wip MINOTAUR

#1

Here’s what I got for now. Tell me what ya think :beer:

#2

dont mind the arms… theyre just roughed out.

#3

looks alright…good start

way to dark… muscles are off too… u need to get some reference images for muscle lay out…

honestly I’m tired of minotaur… I know u have an imagination.

-Chris

#4

Yeah, Those muscles are just roughies. This is like 8 hours worth of work. Sorry to hear about your dislike of minotaurs. I’ve written about 'em, and I’m quite fond of them.

This character is to make up for a previous attempt in NURBS a few months back. Back then I had no idea about parametrization or patching, so it looked alright, but quite generic, and featureless.

This is Polygons now, a couple of characters, and techniques later.

#5

:scream: :smiley:

#6

good work so far, keep it up and you will get it done soon:beer: :beer: :beer: :thumbsup: BTW the renders are alittle dark.

#7

Thanks!

Here’s an update

#8

:smiley:

#9

NO CRITS??:annoyed:

#10

I still think that his head look too box like in the front view but nothing you cant tweek :beer:

#11

Hey Magi, it’s coming along great, however it looks like some things are a little off… i think, the arms need to be closer to the torso… they look like they where “added” to the body like any typical NURBS character (although you made him poly’s), and the detail on the arms looks way too straight forward, and it looks like the flow of the lines that define the muscles are too straight, you should curve them up a bit… accent the muscles more, it seems they deserve that compared to the torso, which i think you did a wonderful job with. The only other thing i’m not too comfortable with is the horns… i think they probably need to curve forward a little more and be more sharp. Keep up the good work!:thumbsup:

#12

Thanks for the tips. I agree. Workin on em right now

#13

Update. This has been the fastest character I’ve made yet… and oddly enough, the most detailed. I should be done within two days tops. After that, I might start doing the inevitable tweaking that leads nowhere for a couple of days more.

Dont mind the crotch/ glut area… It’s just a stand in for now. I’m building over it to connect the legs and torso.

#14

ANOTHER

#15

you should have an animation of him going :drool: :bounce: :buttrock: :thumbsup:

#16

Hey there Digital Magi, thanks for taking my advice, i think it made quite a difference and it looks great… now you should take a look at the back of your legs… where they bend… looks like you could add some more info there, also… the hands (which are not attached yet), look real… human maybe too skinny for the rest of the character… have you thought of maybe designing hands that are a cross between bull feet and human hands? well, i guess that’s not exactly how a minotaur is supposed to be, but i just thought about it and figured i’d be cool. However, if you’re keeping the human hands… i suggest making them chunkyer… or however you say it. Looking great man, keep it up!:thumbsup:

#17

Good call! I was thinking on making hands loke the teenage mutant ninja turtles… beefy hands with only three thick fingers.

Also I’m thinking on cultural accessories. Stuff like nailing a horseshoe to the back of your hand as a sign of bravery, or a weapon that has twin blades that are born from both eithrer sides of the handle in a hoof shape. It would be used in a punching fashion. I’ll post it up in the morning.

Any ideas on that or clothing (no generic loincloths please) would be welcome. I want to break the tipical image of the usual minotaur.

Youre in Fullsail too, right, hairball?

#18

Heres the weapon I was thinking to emulate for the minotaur. That’s something he’ll bring out instead of a regular knife or dagger in combat. Kinda looks like a hoof, so It can be one of those cultural details I was telling you about. He deserves WAAAYY bigger as a primary attack weapon. Dont want to give him the typical petrified treetrunk, or the huge warhammer. I was thinking on a halbred with a morning star head on the other side of the pole. The spikes made of sharpened bone.

#19

here is mine minotaure i’ve been doing for school, what dyou think about it ??

#20

I like the snout, jeje. makes him look like a boar-minotaur. The pink skin might be throwing me that way too. How long have you been in 3d, willofars?

It’s a good roughie to make a character. It this poly, nurbs or Subd?