Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Matt Waggle

#1

Matt Waggle has entered the Grand Space Opera 3D.

#2

I had signed up for 2D but my concept is so big I went 3d instead… gonna spend all my time on this one mates! Good luck to all!

#3

Ok… here’s what’s sitting in my head…

Remember the first battle scene in Saving Private Ryan? I want to achieve that same feeling of impending doom as these space marines wait on the hull of thier ships… … They are magnetically attached by thier boots as thier ships cruise toward the not too distant battle raging in the distance.

So basically you are looking thru the eyes of a marine on his way to a huge meat grinder.

I will be tightening this up and hopefully add some alien soldiers to the mix as well…

#4

Ok… here’s my armour design. It’s not to flashy but I wanted it to be believable. I’m still working out the gun designs but I will post those soon.

the gun will be mounted the the shoulder bar you see on his left shoulder… . .
and uh. … I’m still working on the boots

#5

just a bigger view of the armour sketches:

#6

Hello teyekanik,

nice theme, the space marine reminds me a little of Buzz Lightyear from toy story, im sure these guys will end up looking nothing remotely like him though :slight_smile: . I think the foreground /far distance in your concept sketch is coming along but there feels like a big gap between the marines at the front of the image and the far background. I think you should have some more ‘action’ with the battle in the mid ground. The thing about private ryan was there was a considerable amount of ‘guts’ and damage in that opening scene, if you can somehow sense the impending scale of the damage the newly arrived marries are rushing towards (in the mid ground ) where bodies and damage could be made out in detail, then you will be getting closer to what you want to achieve. good work.

#7

Great idea and drawings man! Good Luck!

#8

yeah, great idea, great sketches, go forward with your work;

i’m sure you’ll bring in that oppressive feeling you’ve wanted :thumbsup:

#9

thanks so far guys! yes… the background seems a bit far away in that sketch… But the battle will be HUGE and I think I will add some floating wreckage/bodies somewhere in there… I think after the textureing and weoponry is done then the marines will look a little less Buzz Lightyear.

#10

Yes really good sketches! Looks like they’ll be easy to use as modelling reference too which is good :slight_smile:

I also like the idea of seeing the troops faces as they are sent into battle. Maybe some more saving private ryan stuff would be nice… some ground defences and guns firing at the ships killing of people in the foreground, wounded troops on the ground and so on.

Now were just waiting for the modeling :thumbsup:

#11

This looks like its got loads of potential! Do you have any idea of what the marines will look like when they have been shot? Will one of those glass helmets be imploding with the pressure in space? that could look really cool!!

Keep up the good work, to infinity and beyond!! sorry I’m sure it wont look like buzz too! :stuck_out_tongue:

#12

haha. Ya… I am thinking of maybe having a closer fighting scene in the midground… I’m going to render and composite ala final fantasy. I don’t know If I will have the glass breaking in this, though it would be really cool. The guns the marines are using are magnetically driven projectiles that basically pop holes in anything (think of the movie: eraser gun)

I also want to include more faces, including faces from different species of aliens. And some heavy armoured units… like gundamn size units. And some fighter jets… but it’s all about time… thanks guys!

#13

hu looks nice
BUT dont forget that the images u post without the “submit entry funktion” arent judged…

#14

what? I’m not aware of that function!!! help me by clarifying that… what am I doing wrong?

#15

uhm

open this page

http://www.cgnetworks.com/challenge/grandspaceopera/submit_entry.php

then fill in ur user informations. After that a page appears where u have the opportunity to upload ur pictures

#16

ya… I figured it out… just glossed over that part before… thanks!

#17

Hey man! Great sketches! good work! another one that plans to make a battle heh :smiley: that’s cool! Keep it up I’ll return for MORE! :smiley:

#18

ahh! I am having so much trouble making my planet look realistic up close… are there any good turorials on makeing a GREAT planet? help me! thnx. . . I am moving onto modeling now… . . .

#19

Ok… thought I would do some proper concept sketches. this is primarily my forground… I am mainly concerned with composition with this one. Take some time to pick through this one please. Also, I am looking for some tutorials on creating a great looking planet… I am having trouble with my planet right now… thanks!

#20

You work demonstrates an influance of STARCRAFT and WARHAMMER.

As for the composition.
a. there appears to be no “center of gravity”. All the differnt elements seam like a collage of pics placed next to each other.

b. in the sense of 3d space, I find it very hard to judge the distances and therefore the realative scales of the differnt elements in this composition.

c. what is the “main” action going on here in this image? There are many complex movements going on and it is rather difficult to determine what exactly is going on, or what is the intent of all the violance.

d. I get the feeling that this is taking place in a dry buring dessert. This is not a bad thing, but alot of people are doing the whole “space dessert” thing. Blame it on STARCRAFT BROOD WAR, or on STAR WARS CLONES WARS. I think you’d short sell yourself by using a dessert enviorment.

e. And finally the most important question… why should I care at all whats happing to this people?? Quite franckly right now I dont care if anyone of these soliders die. What emotional content are you trying to get across? Fundamentally what is there in this image that I can relate to???

Buena suerte amigo.