Machineflesh 3D Challenge Entry: sascha henrichs

#1

sascha henrichs has entered the Machineflesh 3D Challenge.

#2

hi, my name is sascha henrichs. and i’m working as a gamedeveloper in germany.

i just wanted to participate in this great contest.
and only log in at he moment. because i’m terribly ill…
i got some idea for a scene not in the very far future. 2020.
only in short: the scene contains a grandma in some U.S. suburbs cooking. it shows her in her kitchen and from behind.

she got some artificial legs and hips beginning from her waist and controlled by her brain, through a direct biomechanical connection to it…
the scene should show a possible future of medical improvement in the field of artificial limbs.
it should look abit terrifying but should also be sort of funny. because some grandma controls such heavy mechanical/electronic device, and she will never ever understand how this high tech device is really functioning…
also it is a contrast of very powerful energy and the weakness of the old.

i got not much time for it, because i have got some heavy work to do at the moment, and also got family. so i wish to get statisfying result only with short time to work for this.

i wish all other challengers good luck!

sascha

#3

This is a small sketch of the setting i choose.
it should be a small kitchen part in some U.S. suburbs house.
the grandma with artificial limbs will be submitted later.

#4

This concept shows a rough mechanic structure and overall look of the artificial body part.

it may be used for people who are paralyzed down one part of the body, or somewhat. also it is a replacement for people who have heavy atrophy of the bones or were victims of war.

this setting is placed in a not so bad future, where the medical aid is affordable by everyone, and even those complicated machines are built in factories, financed by government and big surgical insitutions. the machine is directly built into the patient ex works.

they are given to everyone who is in need of this. because money is no more a problem in this better future.
and people are good to each other…

…err…

isnt it sweet :wink:

#5

Hi Namensvetter:beer: ,

I like your concept, and it recollects me to a film called “The Arrival”.
Lookin’ forward to see the 3D Stuff.

Germany rocks :buttrock: :applause: :wip:

cya
Sascha

#6

hi sascha :),
here, have a drink for doing the first comment on my thread :beer: :slight_smile:
thx

btw. what is the connection to “the arrival” is there a robot also?
i searched for some screenshots, but just found charly sheen and some aliens :slight_smile:

thx
sascha

#7

Yes , it’s with Charlie … and the aliens have the same form and function of legs like yours, but organic. They can jump 6m with them, hehe!

So - no panic- u are on the right way;)

btw: thx for your comment, I know that most of the people here show some scifi-artwork. But I like the paradox between modern imaginations (cyborg, cybernetic parts etc.) and the technic of the middleage.:buttrock:

…and thx for the drink- now i’m drunk- hicks:hmm: :stuck_out_tongue:

#8

here i’m starting the face of the woman…
i also got some tests for the machine parts. they will follow…

perhaps someone can give some feedback about the idea itself…currently i’m a bit confused if i take a whole new concept. because i got some other idea.
i’ll give it a try… in a short render or sketch i think.

but please tell me if the current idea is interesting enough.

thx
sascha

#9

this is a part of the legs…tomorrow i’ll post some detailrenderings

#10

this is a next version of the legs.

for explanation of the modeling technique i used, i’ll post the simple mesh, and the subdivided version of this.

so its normal polygonmodeling what i use.

the link joint (or inverted knee) is NOT ready for now. i want to give it some more detail.

#11

for clarification: this is the left leg.

#12

so thats it. the link joint itself.

rendered version.

#13

another renderview of it.

unfortunately you won’t see very much of it, in the entire scene, since it is mostly covered by…the cover :slight_smile:
as you can see in the other pics

…

#14

Hi sascha,

I like the concept and the way the detail is going. Is gonna be a great model.

:thumbsup:

my machineflesh:

#15

ok another picture of the leg, now rendered.

i made a break, modeling the face, since it is more interesting for me, to model the machine parts.
but i have to come back to this soon.

over all i have to say, that this will be my very first character to model! no joke.

at work i’m only into environment and architecture modeling.

so i also got no skills in rendering, post processing, lighting and all that. but it is a real enrichment for me, that i have to go into all these different fields.
its very much fun!

#16

ok i think i’ll stay with this idea, since i really put some modeling into it for now.

but i think i’ll do some small tweaks on the shape and the proportions of the legs, since i found the upper part a bit too uniform, and the lower part a bit of bad shaped.

anyway, the impression of being a medical device should be preserved, by leaving the plastic coverings on it.
this keeps me away of doing a nice overall detailed look, wich is not so good, but for the meaning of the picture it is better.

big feet are missing for now, they will give the machine better proportions. i’ll go on modeling on monday.
till then i’m looking foward for any comments.

thx
sascha

#17

Hey sascha, the machine part of the modelling looks great. It has lots of detail. I want to see how the face turns out, but it has a good start so far.

#18

thank you psychon,
in fakt i have no idea how to model and map a character :shrug: , currently i’m doing tutorials for getting into it :slight_smile:
the face is the first face i ever made …err

but i hope i can get it, since i’m involved into normal modeling for a long time now.
i only hope to get it somehow look natural…
but well this is more a rendering skill but a modeling skill.
good render artists are able to make a polyscrapheap look natural i think :slight_smile:

anyway, please tell me, what do you think about the idea itself?
is it too flat? or boring?

cu
sascha

#19

nearly the same perspective, but some other contrasts…
i wnated to hold this back, for not to post the same content…but i think the “colors” are ´some better in this rendering

#20

Hi Sascha! It’s coming along nicely! I really like the idea of making the mechanical thing in a way that it actually could be used in. You could say that it’s less SF and more “future” I guess. Very nice indeed.

I don’t know what the final composition will look like but if you want to develope the concept a little, you could try to add special features to the mechanical device. Stuff like things that can help her to cook, or clean, maybe a telephone or something like that.

Great concept!