dmonk - thanks again bud!
tasart - awesome cheers dude - I’ll fix the teeth
JBoskma - cheers - its rendered with Mental Ray HDRI and final gathering
Por@szek - lol - thanks man!
antwawn - I intend to rig and animate him. Some detail will not make it into the normal map because of the res limit and the chain mail will be normal mapped in a different way which I will explain later.
Started his sword this afternoon
awesome work there!! :bounce: definitely the best in this competition i’ve seen so far… but i’m concerned abt something… u still able to keep to the limit of 15000 tris?
O_o
what else can i say? awesome planning and awesome execution. i just might cry if you don’t finish this. 
I wonder how the lowpoly will look with all this detail on the normal map.
I hope it goes well and all. This model so far looks sweet as hell I am just wondering about how this will transfer into low poly.
Holy crap, youve been busy!
Makes me ashamed to have not started mine yet!
Nice work so far - good to see someone proficient at 2d and 3d
Beautiful work Andrewley! This is looking amazing. Are you going to rough him up a bit, or is this Richard departing on his first crusade, or wearing his polished dress armour for parleys, court-marshalls, functions and such? Will you be baking the reflections into the textures?
Keep it coming man.
Cheers
-O
this thread is a slap in the face. i’m loving this so far. i like his overall frame, he looks like a powerful fella. out of Pure interest, how many polys is this high poly version? i think it would be really awsome if you kept the high poly version and made him a star in his own fully no poly limit glory with an awsome render of a battlefeild and slain enemys and Ricky boy standing sword held high with a Proud and Glorious battlecry yelling forth…wow.
dare i even critisise this peace? i like the sword, but i dunno, the hilt (is that right), the 2 metal bits sticking out horisontaly on sword, kinda look a little bit fragile. i dunno if i can see those bits defending ricks hands from a powerful sword swipe. maybe a little chunkier perhaps? if you disagree with me then thats cool, cos all this is sweet. 
I vote that after this contest You MUST create some background and place him in the same high class scene. How many hands You have, like a spider -> 8?? :applause:
xenoid - thanks man - this model is for the normal mapping
monotypic - get ready to cry dude 
Desp#2/Rog - cheers
Andy H - cheers man - looking forward to yours.
obelisk - yes he will recieve a beating
eMPeck - lol
ninjacore - I’ll fix the hilt - cheers
SUB7NYC, -KDX-, Por@szek - Thanks guys!
Well I’m gonna take a break from this project as I’ve started a new one today
Later
The sword need more love, it looks like a candle stand right now. Shield looks wierd too, especially the 4 “circles” at the top area.
Everything else (except the lion teeth, which you said to change anyway) is coated with a thick layer of goodness. Keep it up.
Andrewley - MAN! This is totally AWESOME! I need to pick my jaw up off the floor.
You are DA’ MAN!! 
:bounce: :buttrock: :applause: :bowdown: 
:arteest:
i’m speechless… great work, the amount of details is amazing :applause:
and i have to agree with Por@szek : it would be nice to see him in scene
Wow I’m speechless… I love the lion paw gauntlets. Excellent touch! Wowa… now I have no will to continue with my char!! waaahh!! 
That is so very very excellent. Your metal material looks amazing I look foward to seeing how that translates to game texture.
Just found this thread today it s amazing! I d spend ages trying to acheive that type of work. well done Andrew. How do you fit it in with uni ? Have you or do you work in the animation or games industry! You ll have to finish this piece eventually! Other wise i ll need a new carpet cause my mouths watering! keep up the a1 work:buttrock: