Game Art Comp 9: Wolf - Tribal warrior

#29

jeah i like it !!

#30

you should, check the box marked ā€œsmoothing groupsā€ in the mesh smooth box. Biceps are still to big. Claves have two muscles not one. love

#31

edit: double post, my badā€¦ :smiley:

#32

YerEvilTwin: Iā€™m not quite sure I follow you, do you mean I should have kept my ā€œsmoothing groupsā€ when I did the highpoly versionā€¦ if so, why? I can see the obvious, that way I couldā€™ve made sure my highrez didnā€™t stray away too much from my lowpoly version, is that what you meant? :slight_smile:

About the anatomy, Iā€™m aware about the claves, I rushed the model after finishing the torso, resulting in both the ā€œsingle clave muscleā€ and the giant biceps, these will be corrected shortlyā€¦ I will go back and work on it some more in a couple of days.

Since Iā€™m not a max-user, I donā€™t really know the difference between your ā€œsmoothing groupsā€ and the way I control my ā€œhard edgesā€ in maya. :shrug:

Either way, Iā€™m not planning to use any smoothing groups/hard edges at all, as soon as Iā€™ve finished normalmapping and texturing Iā€™ll remove themā€¦ I only use them because they give me good overview of the model. :smiley:

(I will be gone for a couple of days, so donā€™t expect any updates until saturday night/sunday. I do intend to finish this model before the end of the contest, so stay tuned for moreā€¦ I just wish there was a way that this model could UV-map itself while I was goneā€¦ )

#33

Itā€™s funny how Max users assume everyone uses Max. Happens to me all the time. The normal map source looks very nice. Iā€™m glad some entries are choosing to use normal maps. Heā€™s one badass warrior. The feathers are a great addition.

#34

i canā€™t wait to see this textured and finished :slight_smile: iā€™m happy some people are using normal maps

#35

Just posting this to tell you that Iā€™ve not given up, I will probarbly find some time during school this week to finish the unwrap. :slight_smile:

Anyway, the model is done and the unwrap is getting thereā€¦ will probarbly begin texturing this before next weekend.

On a sidenote: Last week I began studying at a game development school in Falun, Sweden known as Playground Squad (http://www.playgroundsquad.com). So far itā€™s been great and whatā€™s more, my teacher is Ivars from the forum. :smiley:

#36

Great modeling - especially on the muscles! Very inspiring!

#37

I couldnā€™t help myself, just doing UVā€™s was too boringā€¦ :smiley:
I started working on the fur, I think it might turn out rather nice as soon as Iā€™ve fixed some more shadingā€¦

Iā€™m also going to try out Byrons Automatic UV-creation-thingy-majhongā€¦ :buttrock:

#38

Great texturing, you need to fix those seams though :shrug:

#39

Texturing is coming along nicely, almost got it all mapped now. :smiley:

I will soon get in there and remove those seamsā€¦ thatā€™s going to be fun.
I try to find some time here and there to work on this while in school, wouldnā€™t want to miss the deadline. :slight_smile:

Here it is, please give me some more crits!

#40

wow sysop!!

HEY I THiNK WEā€™RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER WINNER!

great topology, the model expresses a lot of character, and it looks to me that when your entry is done, it will be very very enteresting I canā€™t wait to see itā€¦

:thumbsup:

#41

This is one of the best fur textures Iā€™ve seen. Fix the lighting in your previews to show it off more. Canā€™t wait to see it submitted. :thumbsup: Excellent work all around.

#42

still wondering how do you guys make fur texture :banghead:

itā€™s just :eek:

#43

acctually iā€™d like to reiterate the same question:
"still wondering how do you guys make fur texture

itā€™s just "
iā€™m doing 3 fur covered models and i donā€™t really have a good idea of how to put it together properly so it doesnā€™t look like a jiggsaw puzzleā€¦iā€™m just kinda hiding seams with alphaā€¦

#44

Ok, itā€™s getting thereā€¦ Im working hard now, trying to finish the textures in time for deadline.
Still got about 500 polys that should go into his secret weapon, I hope Iā€™ll finish it in time.

The fur is a mixture of painted work and photoref, many small patches of fur that Iā€™ve scaled and rotated and blended into placeā€¦

The submissions thread will be great, good luck everyone! :smiley:

while you wait, hereā€™s an ugly render:

#45

Heā€™s look quite creepy now. Amazing work with the fur texture. Do you plan on adding that feathered head band? About 12 hours left to submit. Good luck.

#46

Ok, this is the final renderā€¦ thought I might post it here as well. :slight_smile:

I will probarbly finish his weapon and post him in the gameart forum laterā€¦ Iā€™ve also got the normalmap finished, but didnā€™t have the time to do a render yesterday (in time for the deadline).

This contest was great, many good entries! :slight_smile:

#47

hey men thats incredible, really cool, you are gonna win, probably. It has normal mapps right?

#48

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