My first proper wings model - Arachnid

#12

1st of all, the model is missing pedipalps (2 short “legs” between leg 1 and the chelicerae (fangs, probably miss-spelled)
The legs of arachnids also have 7 segments.

There are tons of images of spiders on the internet, some of them taken by me :smiley:

Michael

#13

Thanks michael, I will do a little more research. I want to finsish this off and perhaps retry a more anatomically correct version.

Cheers JA

#14

keep up the good work man its not a bad model … just keep modeling and you’ll get better

#15

Thanks for the feedback. This was only a stylised model completed in lunchbreaks however I’ve render it out in C4D with a little background. Wouldn’t want to stand on it!!!

Cheers

JA

#16

Let me search thru my harddrives for som reference images. I used to be an hobby arachlologist, and found some old description drawing, in some of the university’s annals, which also contained Ingrams story/findings of Machu Pichu, interesting to read in a book thats 100+ years old.
Ill let you know if i find the “blueprint”

Michael

#17

Found one image from that book on a friends page.

Not a common spider, but a Mygalomorph, or tarantula/birdeating spider/Earthtiger or whatever local name that are used.

If you are a beginner, a more bulkier spider would be easier to model.

Edit: bout the 7 segments, some say that there are 6, but other count for the first part where the leg meats the body, not seeable on this image.

Michael

#18

Thanks for that:thumbsup:

If you can post a side and front view of the same then I can try and redo it a bit better.

Thanks for any help.

JA

#19

Um when i thought of it there were only that drawing, and some of the legs themselves.
But if you do a search on google on Poecilotheria you will find images of the spider, I dont remember which species this one is, but theyre pretty much the same, with some color variations. side and front views are not used much in taxanomy.
I did photgraph a few of them once, but did not take the time to take front and side view, theyre fast and nasty, running on vertical glass.
And i did look thru my taxanomy books, but couldnt find any.

Michael

#20

Thanks for your help michael.

I will have a look on the web using the term you suggested.

Best regards

John

#21

<< where the leg meats the body, not seeable on this image >>

Dunno if these help - from a couple of slides I took some while ago.

pp

www.geocities.com/paulthepuzzles/spiderpix.html

(Pix won’t stay up for ever, btw )

#22

Grabbed them…Thank Puzzled paul

JA

#23

Thanks to ll for the feedback.

Ive used the image and will now try and d amore realistic version of a tarantula.

Done a couple of legs and heres an unsmoothed screenshot.

Any C&C welcome.

JA

#24

and heres a smoothed version…

#25

OK, finished the leg outline and will try and spend some time on the body later.

Any C&C?

JA

#26

Right,

I’m finished this model to the level of detail I’m going to take it.

Its been a great learning experience and if I get some time will try and render out in C4D.

Heres a view of the underside…

#27

and heres the top…

Any comments and crits very welcome and thanks to Michael for his image and feedback.

#28

looking great?

can you most a bigger version of the finished work…possibly shaded? or atleast with GI?

#29

Sure.

Heres an upper view…

#30

and a lower one…

Thanks for the interest and any C&C on this attempt will be well received (if good or bad).

JA

#31

looking great :smiley:

maybe you should try a Weta [pun intended].