DWIII-3D-nikudy-TBA

#1

FINAL UPDATE :

Winning Pose:

Beauty Shot:

Construction Shot:

Texture Sheet:

Concept:

         Initial Post:
         
         hi guys !
            
            All week i've been thinking what character should i create for this war. I have an idea, but i haven't figured out  yet all the details.  The main point is that i want to create a caster, an invoker, but i haven't decided yet what element or item should he use. 
            
            Last year i made something sober, this year on the other hand i want to enjoy myself, so i'll go with some dark humor, something in the lines of [Terry Pratchett books.](http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld/)
            
            I hope something good will come out of this.
            
            Now let's get the weapons loaded !
           
           [[img]http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5913/concept01iz1.jpg[/img]](http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=concept01iz1.jpg)
            
            I can't decide whether to go with a single or multiple characters entry. If i would go with only one character my first choice would be something inbetween 4 and 5. The alternative would be a small, older and fragile caster ( 4 or 5), helped by a younger and stronger assistant ( 1 , 2  or 3 ). I'm also thinking of giving the caster a mount.
            
            I'll soon post the story ( at least what i've figured out untill now ).
#2

I’m in the same boat as well. Can’t think of what to do. I would like to do an ice/water type but CGSociety’s colors are red/black; more like fire. I like drawing number 4 and it seems more dark/void. Nice concept.

#3

Having on old character and an assistant seems like a neat idea. Were you thinking the older one would be more magical and the younger one would be dumb muscle?

#4

Swizzle: something like that.

Although , i think the bigger one should be a caster too, to remain in only one of the 4 clases. He would be a more “retarded” invoker, who’s needed just to light the fire and cary lugages :D.

-claudiu

#5

Another sketch:


Shot at 2008-02-24

Not a clear ideea, but i’m working on it :). I don’t know how much you can figure out from the sketch but he’ wearing a straitjacket. There’s a whole story around it. I haven’t decided yet but it might be his super powerfull item.

c&c always welcomed,
-claudiu

#6

Hey people, i’m getting a better idea of what i want to do :slight_smile: .

Here’s a concept i have done to clear my mind:

In few words: he’s an invoker, his element is summonig or darkness/void ( haven’t decided yet in which od the falls better ).

I’ll post tomorrow his background story, right now it’s too late and i have to go to work in the morning :frowning: .

-claudiu

#7

Hey Nikudy, glad to see you posting ideas :slight_smile: I like what you’ve done so far and the idea of having two characters, one smart one dumb is really cool. Perhaps they’re bound to each other like that classic tale Of Mice and Men. The two lead characters, one small and smart, one big and stupid need each other for obvious reasons… or thats how I remember it anyway, :slight_smile: :wise:

Would be nice to see you go really crazy with shape ideas.

Hope to see more soon! :thumbsup:

#8

Ha!! thats crazy, you read my mind, I was in the middle of replying when you posted that sketch.

Its really cool, I can imagine them appearing from the dark void you describe with terrifying speed.

:wink:

#9

Nice one Claudiu. My only crit is that you could probably exaggerate his silhouette some more. I liked how the neck seems heavier than the lower body in your initial sketches. The demons are very cool too! I’m really looking forward to this.

#10

thank you guys for the posts !

some demon variation:

not much time today for dom war, but still i got some new ideas. too bad i don’t have enough time to put them on paper.

-claudiu

#11

Hello Nikudy.

I’ll be following your entry closely, as I did in DWII. Very excited to see what you come up with.

#12

Brutikong: I hope i won’t dissapoint you :smiley: .

Today was my birthday :slight_smile: , so i hadn’t much time for domwar lately. I’m 27 years old now :wise:.

Anyway, this is what i came up till now concerrning the artifact.

The orb/globe/whatever feeds on it’s master blood ( the red stains are proof of that ), and summons his most cruel/twisted/bloodthirsty/… demons.

#13

i like how he looks like he came from the nut house, with his straight jacket!

#14

blindsyte: that’s the idea i want to point out regarding his personality. I hope it will read well in the final model.

and another demon variation:

I might still have a few iterations till i’m happy with him. I’ll start thinking of a second demon but, at this point, i can’t estimate how many polys will the caster and the first demon need, so i might end up with only one demon. we’ll see …

-claudiu

#15

Hey Claudiu, nice idea with the dual characters, and nice concepts to, my only concern is that of the big shapes, for me they are looking like the demons are a transformation of the caster, with the same round shape and lean of the neck, but I guess that you want to brake all that roundness with the hard angles from the caster jacket. I am really curious how you will end up in this “war” I liked your post from the dominance war II, really clean and simple to in the sense of composition.

#16

hey nikudy, nice work so far!

#17

i started on the modelling, but hadn’t much to show till now. just base meshes and big volumes.

this is one of the demons i plan on making. depending on how much the texture, polygons and time alow me i’ll make more of them.

-claudiu

#18

looks good

good luck ! :slight_smile:

#19

Thanks Sorin :slight_smile:

I wanted to show you a basic layout for the final scene. This is a print screen from maya, so the fine details aren’t there, but you can get an idea of what i want to make in the end.

-claudiu

#20

I like the guy from the right.He has a nice movement motion.Good job !

Ciao