Races of Middle Earth - character - Leigh

#41

looking good, a samurai elf perhaps? this is going to look great textured :slight_smile:

#42

Hehehe not a samurai, no :stuck_out_tongue:
What I have used for a lot of my ideas are the concept designs on the LOTR dvds - all the Elven designs are very organic, with shapes derived from nature. I still need to tweak the armour here a bit - especially the shoulder armour, to get the shapes more leaf-like :wink:
When they are textured, I will be putting faint Celtic style designs into the armour, almost like etchings, to detract from the eastern look somewhat, although there will also still be a faint trace of eastern influence in it.

In the documentaries on the dvd, the designers at Weta workshop said that their designs were supposed to have an historical (as opposed to totally fantastical) look, but of an indiscernable origin. So that is the kind of thing that I am going for - something that looks like it could have been around at some point in our own history, but which has a culture that is difficult to pinpoint completely :slight_smile:

#43

Thatā€™s looking really nice Leigh.

Det blir nog riktigt snyggt om du bara lyckas gƶra fƤrdigt alltihopā€¦ :wink:

(btw, leigh, check my latestā€¦ robotgirl wip )

#44

Boy oh boy,or should I say Girl oh girl,really very nice high quality work Leigh espeacially in such a short time. Very nice elven feel to the armor already. Possibly a little ā€œMithralā€ mixed in with the armor here or there? I am very big on intricate details,and you are showing them well already.

                Very nice thus far ,it's got a very elegant look already,just as a elven Wraith's armor should have. :beer:
#45

is that all you got huh huh? is that it!!! :argh: dangit girl youā€™re making the rest of us looking bad :p, at any rate at this point heā€™s and empty ā€œshellā€ of a man hehehe

rock on :buttrock: I shudder to think what youā€™ll do come texture time :surprised

salud

#46

lil do us all a favor and judt delete this thread nothing useful will come from itā€¦ except scare people from joining the contestā€¦ lol

#47

Very nice concept & progress! I like the connections between the armour platesā€¦In fact I like all the design :slight_smile:

#48

Incredible as we could attend, canā€™t wait to see how u will create the ghostly body!! :thumbsup:

#49

What a powerstart Leigh! Damn, when did the challenge start? Yesterday right? Come on, slow down girl! :smiley:

Was wondering if you have the body roughed out allreadyā€¦or how do you know the armor will fit/have the proper proportions?
Nice one!

Wiro

#50

:slight_smile: Wiro: I was wondering the same thing, but thinking well of it, Iā€™m sure sheā€™s gonna tweek that in no time :wink:

#51

Hey Leigh, did it surprise you how much stuff got crammed onto those dvds.

Crickey!

Your definitely on the right track.

#52

I have to agree that you should use some template to fit the armor on, it looks a bit too thin right now.

Hey Wiroā€¦ canā€™t find your challenge thread. Donā€™t tell me you want to miss it :slight_smile:

#53

Thanks so much for all the kind comments, everybody, itā€™s really good to see all the support :love: Thank you, all of you :slight_smile:

Wiro - Iā€™m just kinda going with the flow. Iā€™ll kinda build the body out of what I have here. Remember, the body is going to be withered and wraithlike, so it will almost be something that kinda floats inside the armour.

Laa-Yosh - yeah, some areas (especially around the belt) need some tweaks, to give the structure a more believable look, however, the Elves are rather slender things - not all that much shape to them. I have thickened the armour out somewhat, in terms of itā€™s width :slight_smile:

And here is another hours worth of modelling!

More updates coming as soon as I have them - and I have all night ahead of me!!! :bounce:

#54

Wowā€¦Amazing work so farā€¦:thumbsup: :buttrock:

Cheerz:beer:

Tommy Lee

#55

Great model! :thumbsup:
I have only a crit, I agree with Laa-Yosh, it seem a bit too thinā€¦

#56

thatā€™s some great progress leigh

Love the clothing !:thumbsup:
would be great seein a wire tho , keep it up !

#57

Wonderful progress on the armor/clothing . . . the attention to detail on the buckles and fasteners is really great! :thumbsup:

As for the proportions . . . I kinda like the idea that the transformation to wraith has warped the shape and look of the armor and the character itself. The ringwraiths in the movie were very distorted in this way . . . at least when Frodo saw their true form while wearing the ring. It might be interesting to actually modify the elven armor a bit and maybe ā€œevilā€ it up a tad . . .

Just my 2cents . . . :smiley:

Keep up the wonderful work!

#58

certainly not letting us down!

cant wait to see the critters, andā€¦oh, Leigh, were you planning on texturing this critter? :rolleyes:

looking good!

#59

Thanks once again for all the overwhelming support :love:

uthuan - since this Elf would have been slain in battle, I will be messing the armour up a bit once itā€™s done. Iā€™m going to make some of the plates slightly unhinged and Iā€™m going to add cuts and holes in the plates her and there.
I like your idea of contortion :thumbsup: Iā€™m not going to for exactly the same look as in the film, but something similar :wink:
However, Iā€™m not going to make him look evil - for once, Iā€™m going to make a nice character! :smiley:

Here is another quick update. Iā€™ve thickened the armour more, so that his torso appears more sturdy.

Oh, and OF COURSE Iā€™m going to texture this!!

#60

looks cool leigh, dunno if someone sayd that before of it is the look u want but it looks abit thin to me. but is looking really fine the design, i like the details on it