Races of Middle Earth - character - lildragon

#81

Wow, wow lotsa responses :smiley: okie time for an update, I spent sometime reading up on the Maya renderer and taking it for a real run, and its not as bad as most make it out to be, I actually like it :slight_smile: with some more time I’ll be very contented with it…

Anyhoo here’s the update I haven’t added any detailing to the foot pads as of yet, and the goatie is just for placement as is the loin cloth, its stiff like that for animation reasons. The next thing for me is the arm armor plates and the remaining straps and tons of fine details! weeeeeeee almost done :slight_smile:

Now for replies :slight_smile:

dur23 those lil bolt thingies are part of his garment, the pad they’re embedded on is going to be velvet :wink:

SEL Big thx man and you forgot one thing, a fiancee that needs attention and a fulltime job :smiley: and I still find time for 5-6hrs sleep heheh

Virtuoso thx man I was actually thinking of something on his head but decided no, just a perfect place to start showing off some detailed texturing. Gawd I hope I can figure MAya’s texture editor out heheh. I haven’t used max in so long now, I’m beginning to forget the hotkeys o_O. And that GI renderer is kicka$$ tho I’m not such a big fan of GI, I love to light the traditional way heheh.

dmonk Yup they’ll be covered

Fetus23 An arm wrestle huh? hmmm I think I’ll make Kar kick his a$$ heh

skello Yup you’re right, that’s why I’m making them thick flexible leather. Nice one

Sheep Factory nah nah nah

SPENEN THis is what the first challenges were like, TONS of DETAILS, it was the only way. And nope no fancy features, just straight ahead poly pushing

l_farley13_l Yup Yup, will get to them in the last detailing stage for sure

Thx everyone, much more to come :slight_smile:

salud

#82

looking good your giving himw character ! i like the face and especialy the leg armor ! ill keep an eye out for an update !

#83

:bounce: Looking great

Now if i may…

I hope it’s okay to give these suggestions here…:bounce:

#84

That looks great Lil, almost perfect , but for it to be perfect you gotta improve his forearms, actually the whole arms because muscle are not flowing properly, improve that and it will be great.
Great character btw. :thumbsup:

#85

Looks like someone really liked the title I made for my last update! :smiley: :thumbsup:

Looking great LilDragon!
You got one of my favorite entries in this entire competition.

Keep it up!
When are you going to fix the seam running down the middle of his head!!?
-DivideByZero-

#86

Can I make just one comment on the mesh? I hope you did not textured it yet.

The arm and hand are like one. Maybe make it a bit smaller, oke it’s a muscled arm, but this has no wrist.

It’s just anatomy, If your model is just like this, keep it, I like it anyway:buttrock:

EDIT:
Never mind, I saw it too late…

#87

awesome creature,master :smiley:

#88

cerreto Thx buddy :slight_smile:

DimitrisLiatsos Thx much man that was totally bothering me, I’ll try it out next time :slight_smile:

genesis max Yup gave those a lil twist :slight_smile:

DivideByZero AWESOME! and yeah I loved it heheh, then I remembered Dafont.com :wink:

3ddy yup I mentioned that earlier, his wirst will be totally covered

Well guys this is what I got in, only like a 1/2 hr today sheesh anyhoo

salud!

#89

Wow, I dig the style…
The grin just kills me :slight_smile:

#90

Hey Lil, that is looking fantastic dude. Will you have time to texture it?

Could you elaborate some on how you got those shapes on his shoulder armour please, you could even do it in the MAX forum under theoretical sub-d or something we would all appreciate it.

Thanx and keep up the good work.

lata

#91

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Really beautiful armor lildragon!!! no crits right now, just wanted to say its looking mighty nice… :thumbsup:

:beer:
fetus

#92

Fede I will most definitely do that when I get some free cycles :slight_smile:

Fetus23 thx man :smiley:

working on him now :wip:

salud

#93

like the work you’ve done so far, but i can’t get the thought that he’s the twin brother of Kar out of my head… Maybe you should put some more details in it, that makes him different from Kar, but still bears your own style…

Keep up the good work

#94

er…OMG. :applause: This rocks :airguitar

#95

Dang that’s looking good! May I ask where you got the font for the titling of the piece?? :buttrock:

#96

Solesurvivor yeah I guess I love goat feet type characters :), but other than that he’s way beefier than kar, and alot prettier :smiley:

BoromirNo1 :smiley:

Mentat7 dafont.com baby!!! :xtreme: search for “Lord of the rings”, its on the 2nd page

I’ve also updated it a bit, I’m completely finished with the armor now, so all that’s left in the straps and minor details… Oh and the gums/teeth/mouth area, he has to be pretty when he snarls :slight_smile:

Next update will be texture and I may just rig this bad boy!


salud

#97

Looking awesome lil’d! My only gripe is that the fingers look a bit square. Great work pal! :thumbsup: :applause:

#98

really good stuff, i hadn’t checked in this in a few days and i come back to see all the armor and everything…killer work, really nice job :thumbsup:

is everything one solid mesh or is the armor separate pieces. and i know you started in wings, was everything done there or was some of it done in maya?

chris

#99

Hey Lildragon,
He’s looking good!!
I noticed that theres a seem that runs down his face… Is his face still in developement?

He kinda looks like a fella that would kill foxes and wear their pelts, like some old warrior. Ever thought about having him wearing some?

#100

lildragon very cool model :slight_smile: I really would like to see him in action :thumbsup: