UGAC - CHARACTER 101 - AMBIENT ARTHROPOD - Erilaz

#1

This sounds like a challenge I may actually fit into my schedule for once! :smiley: Concepts coming up.

#2

Might try a few concept ideas before I settle:

Going towards some kind of explosive bug. A bit cliche though. May work a few more ideas out.

#3

Hmmmā€¦ not sure iā€™m liking this one. May have to develop the concept further. Spikes maybe. Some sort of caltrip bug perhaps. Itā€™s late. :smiley:


So far the game genre is FPS, the sort of creepy that surprises you in mass clusters doing small amounts of damage but in large numbers.

#4

Dooo do doooooā€¦

Hmmmā€¦ the carapace/abdomen may be too high and weird.

Oh this is at 1278 tris so farā€¦ fairly expensive for what it is! Iā€™ll look into reduction as I add more refinements.

Whee!:smiley:

#5

wow, thats pretty fast man, nice work so far.

#6

Thanks Cromo! Itā€™s a pretty basic shape, so it wasnā€™t too difficult to model.

Iā€™ve never done a normal map before now (all the games Iā€™ve worked on have been basic engines), so this will be a great chance to learn to put details in!

#7

And continuingā€¦

#8

Very cosy looking critterā€¦ the Armageddon Tick :smiley:

#9

Looking good so far. I like the fact that youā€™re going with an imaginative concept that ties in with gameplay. Iā€™m just remembering those little skittering spiders from Unreal II. One didnā€™t do much, but they swarmed like crazy, and usually startled me.

The cool thing about this model is that, at this point, it could be done in either hyper-realistic or cartoon style. And the legs are cool. Very segmented, very insect-like.

On the bugā€™s back, Are the quads-within-quads for spikes, or just variation on the topology?

A very nice ā€œBombas-tickā€. :wink:

#10

Thanks guys!

JamesMK: I like the name! I may just use that! :smiley:
Imagus: Iā€™m going for the serious kinda boom, but comic-style would be fun! The bobbles are just for bumpiness.

A little texture work:

#11

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