More turtle might be a good idea but he definitely looks better MAD. 
HARDCORE MODELING!: 80's Cartoon: Ninja Turtles Character Series Redesign
vshen
#53
WyattHarris: Yeah I definitely need to make him more turtle, gotta go back to my concept art. I prefer him mad too. 
ZombieGoasts: Thanks for the positive comment… Trying really hard to this point to get these two characters done by the deadline. Probably finish Baxter after the challenge.
OskarR
#54
the detail on Rocksteady rocks! Only thing is that U messed up with all the “madness”. U made Rocksteady not mad enough for him and enough for Leo. And Leo is far to madd for him but just right there for Rocksteady but that’s just me thinking loud
WyattHarris
#56
Dang, looks like a rhino version of Michael Clark Duncan, big ol’ boy. Looks great Vshen.
vshen
#59
WyattHarris: Lol, he does give that kind of impression. If they ever make a live action tmnt again he would make a great rocksteady. Rocksteady could be cgi but he would drive the performance and the voice.
OskarR: Thanks mate, I’ll have more closeups in my future updates.
Senseicapi: Thanks for the kind comment… working hard now to actually completing it. Still a fair bit to go.
Slight update on Leonardo… made some small changes on the mouth and a quick concept sculpt on the mask. Also did a quick paintover on the eyes and the shell. I should get to work on those. lol.
vshen
#60
WyattHarris: Lol, he does give that kind of impression. If they ever make a live action tmnt again he would make a great rocksteady. Rocksteady could be cgi but he would drive the performance and the voice.
OskarR: Thanks mate, I’ll have more closeups in my future updates.
Senseicapi: Thanks for the kind comment… working hard now to actually completing it. Still a fair bit to go.
Here is un update on leonardo. nothing much just working on some changes for his mouth and worked more on the textures. Also did a rough paintover on the eyes and shell.
stage-gr
#62
This is progressing so sweet!
And to be honest the smirk he had before didn’t bother me much, it had something menacing about it combined with that ‘coming atcha’ walking pose.
you think of rendering both of them facing off?
vshen
#63
Thanks for the comment stage-gr… I didn’t mind the smile either but right now I’m just playing around with different stuff and finalizing the other parts of him. Still gotta finish off some other elements for Rocksteady.
I might consider rendering them facing off… that’s actually a good a idea.
OskarR
#64
that is looking better and better. I’m just thinking that U should add more detail to the mask/tissue an the top of his head. the skin detail and the face detail is just right but next to those the mask looks too simple keep it up and show some progress on ROCKSTEADY
vshen
#65
I won’t have time to finish Rocksteady so I will just have to finish him after the next challenge. I will start posting his progress in 3d WIP section of the forums so if there is anybody interested… you watch out for it there.
For Leonardo I will just have to finish off what I need for to complete the challenge… but there is till room for refinement in the design area after the challenge so it will also be in the 3d WIP section.
Latest update is just some rpugh render test at low res mesh. I will have the final renders soon with textures.
samartin
#67
Loving that 1st grey render, the mood suits your take perfectly, fantastic work Good luck with finalising it
vshen
#68
wev and samartin thanks for te comments and everyone else that has been commenting on my thread. Unfortunately I won’t have to finish it for the deadline… there is still some work to do with him and not enough time. 
However I will still complete him in the next few days along with Rocksteady and I will be starting a new thread in the 3d WIP section so watch out for both of them there.
Good luck to everyone! There is a lot of talent in this challenge so it will be very hard to judge.
vshen
#69
First of all thanks Roberto for the really needed extension, I really appreciate otherwise I wouldn’t have a final entry.
Character Redesign: Ninja Turtles - Leonardo
Artist Name: George Evangelista
Description:
My goal for this challenge is to create my version of the Ninja Turtles. I would like to have explored through the concept stage a lot more and get deeper with the character, but since this is a modeling challenge I just have to go with the first thing I can conceptualize and generalise everything else.
Softwares Used: Maya 2008, Zbrush 3.1 and Headus UV Layout
My Concept Art:
[img]http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/vshen/Ninja%20Turtles/Ninja-Turtle-Progress-Update--1.jpg[/img]
My WIP:
[](http://%20http//forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=738036) [http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=738036](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=738036)
NOTE: Addtional Renders are in WIP thread because I wasn’t able to fit in all the images I needed to include.
Beauty Render:
Orthographic Renders:
Wires:
[img]http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/vshen/Ninja%20Turtles/wireframe_1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/vshen/Ninja%20Turtles/wireframe_2.jpg[/img]
Thanks to everyone who commented on my thread and good luck with all the participants. I really enjoyed the challenge and it’s a pleasure to do it with really motivated fellow artists.
energise
#70
Really love your concept art =P it has feeling! and i like the way you have drawn the eyes!
For the model… i hate it! JUST KIDDING!!! 
It looks awesome! the thing i love the most is the swordpose! that is soo ninja 
kinda like when they run towards each other in a duel on a field in the sunset…
To bad you didn´t have time to finish rocksteady on time 
would have been great to see the size comparison between the two
Great work! Hope to see you in a future challange!