HARDCORE MODELING!: 80's Cartoon: G-Force

#1

OK, I am starting another one, this one will be more realistic as opposed to the cartoony style of my DangerMouse thread. I have some down time at the moment and want to keep my skills in check, hence starting one where I will get some detail in.

As I don’t have any sculpting software it will be old fashioned poly modelling only, might attempt some modo sculpting but I’m not holding out for that working as I would want it too…

Anyways, the reference and a quick block out of the body :-

I’m only doing the main character in this one…

#2

So whilst throwing a few lines/contours I was thinking I best get some real world references, typed into google “body sculpt” and I got loads of images for the current craze. Not really what I was thinking, I then thought of Bruce Lee, who was after all the ultimate fighting machine, toned to perfection.

So I’m going to base my challenge on Bruce Lee, I just hope I can do this justice, but this will be a big challenge for me :slight_smile:

#3

The last update, I need to get some rest! :-

Wish I had entered some of the challenges before as I am totally inspired by alot of the awesome work being worked on currently :slight_smile:

BFN

#4

Great to see you tackle another kind of style!

In regards to Bruce Lee, great reference, but dont forget that he was rather short and very light/small. He had so very little fat on his body, that he looked huge muscle-wise, but wasnt really. You might run into some trouble when working out the proportions for a bigger fellow if you don’t consider that.

Cheers!

#5

Hey there Felix,

Well I kind of feel as tho’ I’m entering a HARDCORE challenge I should really push the envelope and feel like I am cheating with DangerMouse as they are simple models. The only hard challenge there is getting an iconic 2D image into a decent 3D representation.

Thanks for the tips on Bruce Lee, I hadn’t realised to be honest, I just thought the lead guy in G-Force had a slender frame with slight muscle mass. I’ll see how I get on but do you have any other suggestion for reference? i.e. should I really search for 6’ guy, toned!?

#6

Damn Scott, You’re all over this Forum. Starting a 2nd? why not start up a 3rd while you’re at it! Hehe.

Nice Block so far. Your toplogy seems to be working for you. Can we get a wireframe ss?

#7

Damn, it appears it was from the 70’s, no wonder why I remember getting excited when-ever I heard the theme music start!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoO5H_UKCrw - theme tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjzJqp0gd3E&feature=related - someone said this was a 70’s version

Ahh well, I’m going to still go on with it to get me out of my comfort zone.

@Joel, yeah I’m pretty active at the mo’, but it could all change so I’m abusing the challenge while I can. The body is nothing special at the mo’ as I’m just blocking it out, I will worry about poly flow once I get something I’m happy with, I’m enjoying using the wacom whilst shaping :slight_smile:

#8

yeah, wrong time zone mate … looked like a good start though

you’ll need to start another thread now …:slight_smile:

#9

Lol indeed. Hmm, Danger Mouse, G-Force then… Dudley Doright! :smiley:

#10

Damn, too bad its from the 70’s. Looked like a great start!

In regards to Bruce Lee as reference, if you keep his real-world dimensions in mind, translating them onto a larger frame should not be that much of an issue. It just wont look the same, which can be the cause of some real frustration until you realise the size issue.

Cheers!

PS: Now I’m real curious what else you’ll pick as a 2nd entry, if any at all! :wink:

#11

Nooooo way I’m going to start a 3rd, I think I’ve got enough going on now :slight_smile:

@Felix, you’re right, already it looks wrong but I think when I start adding details it will start to look a bit more normal. Haha, just realised you are a Bruce Lee fan!?

I’m going to crack on with this, not fussed that it won’t be eligible for the challenge…

#12

That’s the spirit! It’ll be great to see both of your projects take on form over the next few weeks, regardless on whether or not this one will be eligible for voting. Not that the votes matter anyways really. The real gain is in the experience and the effort. :slight_smile: To tell you the truth, I was considering a second one myself, but time is a problem, as I really want to deliver something finished this time around.

Of course I’m a Bruce Lee fan! The man was great and almost everything he said and wrote makes incredible sense. I adored him when I was still active as a competitive athlete in the martial arts and I owe a lot of my success in training and in the ring to his written instructions.

If you really want to replicate his looks, model him to scale with appropriate proportions based on head size. That should work.

Cheers!

#13

I have to do this, but G-froce aka Gatchaman is from the 70s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatchaman

You can finish the model, and post it on the voting thread, but It is not elegible
to win any of the categories.
-R

#14

@Roberto, yeah I’m aware thanks, no worries as it is now just a personal challenge :slight_smile:

Latest update, the sculpty bit is very rough, I wanted to know if I could get away with using modo to sculpt (currently 127,744 tris)! I can get upto 2m poly’s so I think I’ll be able to add the definition I want…

The left model is the base mesh, currently 1,996 tris and the hi-res version is on the right. I’ve still got finish the base mesh off, add facial details and arms, define the legs and back a little more.

#15

Looking good for a first pass, Scott!

I’d say, you’ll hardly need 2M polys to get him to look right. I find that for silhouette and contours, I usually dont have to step up to more than 100-200k (quads). After that its tertiary detailing, which after all does require a lot more depending on the desired detail level. I’m not sure what kind of detail you want to achieve but agree that you’ll be more than fine provided Modo allows for a decent sculpting workflow.

Keep 'em coming!

Skol!:arteest:

#16

Slow going this one, I haven’t done any human modelling in ages! I’m having trouble getting my head around the face at the mo’, but I’ll get there eventually…

For now the base mesh (with a few nGons to be sorted) :-

#17

Latest version, had a bit of time to sort the head out, currently at 1st pass and will hopefully get the ears done later tonight. A few n-Gons to sort out too before I start to think about UV unwrapping and then adding further detail via sculpting…

#18

That’s me done for tonight, pretty damn ugly at the mo’, hope to get some refining done tomorrow.

Bye for now

edit

I had to come back and change the flow of the face, got rid of all n-Gons now :slight_smile: Definitely done for tonight…

#19

we’ll see … :wink:

looking good mate.

#20

Hey Scott I don’t know if you have seen this but you might find it useful.

http://hhssuu.cgsociety.org/gallery/423647