Races of Middle Earth - Character - Dirk P Ho

#21

Maybe he could be a Goblin/Elf? This could explain the intelligence it would take to create the vehicle they move in (the barrel thing). Good work so far though!

#22

Talk about an original concept. :eek:

I agree with mtmckinley’s idea about the creature being controlled by smaller ones… would really be creative.

You should also be sure to bang up those barrels full of holes, tears, chips, rips, and dings to help make it fit better into the LOTR world.

Looking forward to what you come up with,
-DivideByZero-

#23

Very cool!

I think what makes things tolkienesque is the amount of depth that each race has,

for example, I’ve already created a language and architechture for my race,

You might want to contemplate their history, and give them trinkets and things. Good Luck Charms and things.

Also for the barrels you might want to do paintings like they have on WW2 planes, like the naked women and the such.

Hope that Helps!

#24

i like that idea very much, would u by any chance happen to own a copy of Mace The dark age? It bears a striking resemblance to a character in that game :thumbsup:

#25

Look good and original concept!!! :thumbsup:

#26

There is something truly creepy about this character :surprised
But it’s pretty cool, and really authentic too!!
Keep going, this one will be really interesting and fascinating when its done! :D:D

#27

Woah, what great support from all of you! Humble thank yous to all.

Im currently toying with the mechanics of this character, pulleys/gears/treadmills, even a hampster wheel :slight_smile: . Its actually really difficult seeing as how it should be believeable within this world.

#28

Looks like i’ve hit a wall as far as new stuff, still trying to wrap my head arounf the mobility of this contraption. Broke up the wood a bit and added a suspended seat in the head.

#29

great great update man…I think you should “sharpen” the edge of the broken wood tho, its a little soft.

keep up the good work my friend

#30

This reminds me of some sort of cross-merging between Middle Earth and Warhammer! Which is a good thing. (Seeing as you can play warhammer with LOTR characters now, I guess that works!):smiley:

Looking good.

#31

Ha, i was thinking MECHWARRIOR: LOTR expansion :stuck_out_tongue:

#32

Excellent job Dirk…i’m liking your updates and can’t wait to see what you do next…great job of mixing up some things…keep going:thumbsup:

#33

Ok everyone, here’s the leg configuration as it stands now. This is the third design for them that I’ve come up with. Once its done I will spend time making it look well broken in and such. Still lots of work to do, there will be much more to the leg mechanics than this.

NOTE* - those boot things are placeholders

#34

Update before beddy-bye. Got me some webspace, that 40k limit was making me a sad sad boy :annoyed: But im happy now! :slight_smile:

#35

Alrighty, this is how the legs work, Im going to have a larger, more muscular guy controlling the leg pulleys. Two Smaller guys will control the knee cranks.

#36

Dirk, that’s wonderfully wacky!
Just sneakily call it ‘Sauron’s Siege Engine of Doom’, and you can slip it in as part of the Tolkien mythos, involved in the siege of Gondor.:stuck_out_tongue:

#37

Ha ha, totally, classified sauron battle plans!

#38

this guy is up to 371 objects, who knows how many polys (I’d check but then I’d have to open XSI Again :slight_smile: ) All I got left to do on the contraption is the arms. Then on to the gobotec ppl, have to model at least 3 of them, oh man, this is gonna take forever :slight_smile: Im such a dork, oh well. As Always, comments are welcome.

#39

Wow, pretty cool lookin :slight_smile:

#40

Hey Dirk…it’s looking better every time you update…I would still comment on the fact that it still looks a tad bit too uniform…just my opinion…I would maybe make the legs a little different…but…this your vision…you make what you think you should make…great job man…keep it up…keeping an eye on this one…:thumbsup: