Machineflesh 3D Challenge Entry: Angel Nieves

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Angel Nieves has entered the Machineflesh 3D Challenge.

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The Flyers" Concept Background:

The Flyers are a race of humanoids obsessed with the ability of flight. This obsession has made the flyers evolve to a self-mutilating culture incorporating “man” made parts to enhance their bodies in order to achieve flight.

For the flyers these “improvements” are tightly related to their religion. They believe that their purpose of existence is that of becoming “one being” with their God; the wind. They feel they become “one” with the wind every time they take off to the skies; they love their environment and wish to keep their planet as pristine as possible.

When a child reaches maturity, he/she has the privilege of becoming one with God and therefore the “improvements” begin at the parent’s discretion.

The Flyers have lived in peace for centuries until now when a civil war has been declared between the “Purists” and the “Burners”. The Purist Flyers believe in becoming one with God without polluting their environment, after all polluting the air would be polluting God itself. The rebel group of Flyers calling themselves “burners” have abandoned their believes and culture in the seek of control and power at whatever means necessary. The burners main means of achieving flight is by burning fuel and therefore polluting “God” This form of flight was banished and had made unlawful by the Flyer Royal Council decades ago.

Now war rages on between these two groups and it shall not cease until one finally declares victory…

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Bravo, Snows. I love the fact that you a really cool mythros’ish story and a really great design concept. Colkai will love this one as well.

#4

I like you concept and also the story you have behind it. Cant wait to see more drawings and then 3d models.

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here is a quick sketch of a short beak “implant” Too Mardi Grass looking here but I’ll work on it so it won’t end up looking like that.

Also here is another sketch of the arm feathers coming out of the little pegs.
I’m thinking on making the whole arm mechanical… will see.

#6

Thanks aurora and oxyg3n!
I’m going to come up with some quick sketches for the “burners” now.

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I kinda like this for the upper arm instead of the hose shown in sketch #1

I think I have enough to begin modeling the character.

#8

started modeling! first take at the beak…

#9

I like the idea and love the story.
I think you are right about changing the hose on the arm.
I can wait to see what you do with the feathers in texturing.
I totally dig the mask. Nice touch.
Oh, and don’t be afraid to go grotesque (if you want to). I think if they are “obsessed” then they will do anything necessary to obtain their goal especially the “burners.”
Just an idea.
Can’t wait to see both sides!

-mackey

#10

Thanks tlgp!

I’m not sure how far I’ll go with the mutilations but I do want to make the “Burners” wierd. I’m not ready to post any burners sketches just yet.

For the feathers I was thinking to have some different kind of material besides metal… maybe some sort of translucent material would be cool, will see.

#11

:bowdown:

Nice work, as always…

#12

here is a small update on the head.

#13

Here is a detail of the nose or what works like nose anyways…

The top hoses is for oxygen intake when inhaleing and the bottom ones are for the carbon bioxide when exhaling.

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Hey, I like the clever way you are doin’ the most natural of things…Breathin’!! Very nice, do you have anything new?
I don’t mean to be pushy! Just curious!

-mackey

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haven’t had much time to work on this lately but here is what I have so far.

I wanted to show that the mask is not really a snap on mask… it is actually part of the skull and in essence it becomes the character’s face; didn’t want to literaly show that but instead suggest it by making the bump on the top of the head.

#16

here is the ear implant. I made an orifice for her to actually hear from and made a couple of holes on the bottom for ear rings which I haven’t decided what to make em look like… I might try to make an actual feather and not metallic ones.

#17

Heven’t had much time to work on my entry but managed to make this feather arrangement for the head last night.

#18

here is what the feather arrangement looks like on the head… any C&C always welcomed.

#19

Great work here :buttrock: I like alot your story behind it, and your modeling is going well too:beer:

#20

Thanks for the nice comments Cygnus_X!

I think I’ll make the feathers a bit larger, seem a little small now.