Great idea, I dig this barrel design 
Reminds me that once I made wooden spaceships (carrier and fighters), also made of barrels 
I think this intricate yet bit fragile mechanism of legs and ‘crotch’ should have some kind of protection, but not hiding it completely 'cos it looks cool. and some bevel on leg elements won’t harm either.:bounce:
Thx Azazel for the comments, hmm, ponders crotch protection, is a jock straying too far from Tolkien’s world??? 
…bevels are in there, everything is sub-d’d twice
About to start the actual Gobutecs, more to come soon
Excellent Dirk…great work…those arms do through a bit of “messiness” to it…are those used swords for fingers? Brilliant…keep going man…can’t wait to see the gobutecs:thumbsup:
It was simply practical idea, to protect these mechanisms from damage yet to leave them visible. Waiting for Gobutecs…
Bam, finally an update! WHOO!, head of course is just for sizing. This is the main Gobutec I think, riding in the head, have to do at least one more taller one, and a big strong fat one. Comments are welcome! thanks folks.
Good start on the next creatures Dirk…i think without doubt you should add size to them feet as Joril already stated.Also the hands,give them more girth and overall size as well.Unless it’s a taste thing for you,but if not give them a supersize up.
A fat one will be a good extra to go along with the skinny one.Keep up all the work,it's promising.:beer:great idea Dirk! I love it 
You made the “mech” so perfect! It definitely looks like its built by those little gobbies. Does it actually work? You should set it up to animate so all the pieces interact with each other…i dont know how you would do it, but it would rock!
I think the Goblin looks good so far. Now i know its hard to criticize anatomy on teeny little goblins, but i think for one so skinny who’s ribs are showing (and if those are his ribs, they are going the wrong way), he wouldnt have those little love handles down there. His torso also looks a bit elongated, but of course its possible thats just what they look like, and if so, then rock on Longer fingers might help as well…he’d have an awful time trying to build anything with those stubby little fingers
That’s one freaky lil critter, Dirk
I actually rather like the tiny feet too - you should keep them tiny like that!
The only thing that kinda bugs me a bit is that the ribs showing through the skin seem to be sloping in the wrong way :surprised
Wow, Thanks all for the wonderfull support!!
Joril: Check the big feet, you like them Better?
Virtuoso: Thanks man, made the hands a bit bitter, I think theyre at a good size, I could be wrong though.
Rye: WOW, thanks a bunch for the comments, makes me feel all special I would love to get this thing animated, but my skills are sorely lacking in that department, who knows, maybe sometime down the line. I have no idea how I missed the rib thing, im a disgrace, maybe I should stare at the naked MEN on artist.sk more often…uhh…i mean… :surprised: Anyways, fixed that, and I de-lovehandled him. The long torso is intentional SO BACK OFF he he, j/k. I made the hands bigger, maybe ill elongate em too, Iunno, what do you think now??
Leigh: Made em just to scare ya! heh, j/k I got both feetses up there, what do you think now? Still like the small ones? I’m torn now that you said you liked em like that!! oh dear. The friggin ribs, im super embarassed about that one, theyre fixed now.
Anyhoo, to all out there, Im asking which size feet you like, big or small? you have the POWER to decide this little guys fate!
As Always Comments are welcomed.
hey cool, agreed bigger feets would be cool…
lets see a new head soon…and him at the controls…and a monkey! :buttrock:
Hey Hey kids, we have a head!
King: You bring the monkeys, I’ll bring the beer.
Azazel: Your wish is my command
Dont worry Leigh, one of the other dudes will get the tiny feetses.
This is where the Gobutec stands currently, much tweaking and details to do on the head.
Thanks for comments
Alright folks, bit of an update here. These are the three guys controlling the Mech thing. The fat/strong one works the legs, the Tall one (may be another one too) will control the knees. And the one in the middle, with the best horns (standards set by gobutecs of course), is driving and working the arms from the head of the contraption.
Much more details per guy to come, comments are welcome.
hehe nice folk!
but i recommend smaller cow ears for fatty, longer rabbit ears for the skinny one…
and bigger feet for the taller ones… you nailed the foot size on the fat one though…
an fatty could have a stockier neck… or perhaps no neck at all you can cover it with fat or a double chin and make him reaaally chunkier for contrast
the mid size could have a bigger head (=IQ)
keep goin man, don’t lose the motivation!
:buttrock:
Just a small update, in wire format. I think ive got the proportions down. Currently thinking about accesories and such. Any ideas you, the good ppl of cgtalk, would be great.
Well hello everyone, I have the smallest of updates for you!
Made the guys vests, pretty snazzy huh? Im just ITCHING to get texturing.
Comments encouraged.
Looks great…could you possible give him some sort of weapon…:shrug: my brain is mush right now so you’ll have to forgive me for my lack of creativity…hehe…texturing is pretty hard for me…trying different things…hope your’s goes smoothly…
Thats great Dirk! I love those horns, very unique. I don’t know if funny is what you are going for, but I think more extreme differences in the 3 gobbies would be more interesting. Make the one on the left super lanky and tall, and the one on the right much much fatter. Maybe they could have cogs around their ankles or wrists and necklaces made with sprockets!
Remi Thanks dude! My brain is mush as well, we’ll see If I can pull something out of my as… err, brain Texturing is one of my weaknesses as well.
Rye Thanks for the kind words! Not sure If I’ll have time but i’ll definately try it if the opportunity arises.
Alright folks, I’m still alive. However now that I am employed, the progress will definately take a hit. I’m sure you’re all devastated
My goal is to at least get fatty here textured, started unwrapping today, heres proof.
