Great modeling! This is looking excellent!
Since you are using both Modo and LW, how do they compare in the modeling dpt? I know LW to be a great modeling tool, but have never tried Modo, so I am curious to hear if Modo is really that much more preferable to use.
Cheers!
Latest update :-
@Rasmus, Thanks for the crits, totally fine with me, I’m always open to crits if constructive and yours definitely are. I really struggle with hands so I will go back to those at some point in the near future, I really want to get the base characters fleshed out before I tweak like mad. If I get all these characters meshed out this week then I can refine in the coming weeks, that’s my plan anyway…
@Felix, Thanks, I used to model in LW and when I bought modo 201 I really struggled with it. A bit of perseverence and I am in tune with it. It’s very very similar but shortcuts are slightly different, but the upside is you can pick verts/edges/poly’s really easily and just play around whereas in LW it’s not so easy. I suggest you try the demo and try out a few tutorials.
Oh and the only reason for going to LW is for the posing at a later point, unfortunately posing in modo isn’t a great strength as I see it.
edit Felix, I think modo is a great organic modeler, I know some people aren’t keen on it for technical modeling, i.e. architecture, apparently LW excels with LWCAD v3.
PS. It’s funny but I see problems much easier when I post here! Like the arch of the back isn’t pronounced enough yet!!!
cheers
lol Same here, I always end up seeing problem areas in the images after I post them.
Thanks a lot for the detailed answer on Modo/LW, Scott! 
I’ll give Modo a trial run when I can find the time.
Cheers!
Last update for a few hours :-
My poly flow has really screwed up on this one! The backside being the worst affected area and 1 area at the front! Will sort that eventually…
you started a 6.30 in the morning ?? have you no life ? 
good progress though.
Greenback’s face looks a little round compared to your ref image, it seems a bit longer in the picture, but as i know every picture looks a bit different anyway.
also seems a bit flat across the back of his neck, from the ref its seems to curve more from his head down his back …
keep at it, your doing better than me so far (and i cant get the hands right either …)
Lol no not quite, I sometimes suffer with my sleeping patterns and life doesn’t start until after 9am does it!?
Latest version, no render this time just preview :-
I had enough of modelling the characters for the time being so thought I’d replicate the setting :-
I’m unsure about the scale of the characters at the moment, need to go watch some DM 
Wow, you work fast!
Both your models are looking good. Maybe DM’s body could be a little narrower, and also there could be a sharper edge where the nose meets the snout. And don’t forget his badge!
Baron Greenback is looking very good. There are a couple things I’d change:
Greenback’s tie - He wears an ascot with a round tie pin in the center, and he has a pointed shirt collar (I think that may be what you mistook for a bowtie).
Greenback’s legs should be somewhat longer and be bent at the knees.
I think you’ve got the face down pat! Very good likeness.
I hope you don’t mind the comments - I’m amazed at how much you’ve gotten done!
@Rob, good to see you about, are you gonna get yourself into this challenge? Hope all is well with you?
@Cindy, thanks for the comments/crits and it’s cool, I’m happy to receive crits as I often miss details when I’m in the package, as soon as I upload a screen/render I then start to see things wrong For the moment I think I’m going to attempt starting GB’s hands, do the coat and then I’ll be moving on to Penfold, etc… I will go back to these characters and tweak like mad eventually.
@George, cheers fella…
I’m back to it, I couldn’t help resist posting as I attempt creating the jacket now, meet the Greenback Hulk :-
I just might do a variation on the Hulk at some point, I think he would then be ablt to kick DM’s @ss…
OK so I lost the plot a little!
Here’s Greenback finished apart from tweaks, I’m not feeling the 3D love today so no more for today :-
I couldn’t resist doing a quick pose tho’, I doubt it will remain as it’s a morph which could confuse matters down the line, I’m aware there is pinching and the likes but these will be resolved when I get them rigged properly.
bye for now
Nice pose for DM!
Slow down a little, will ya!? lol How long have you been working on this total so far?
Cheers!
Danger mouse is the coolest 80s toon. I used to watch it like a religion as a child.
@Kelly, Felix - To answer the speed question, I guess my time put into this challenge is coming in at about 16 hours so far. I struggled yesterday just adding GB’s jacket, that took me about 2-3 hours on top! Wasn’t in the flow yesterday…
@Kelly, the render is lit by a studio HDR map and one directional light, nothing special going on, I like the simplicity of modo for setting up simple scenes.
I’m going to be starting Penfold today, but again I’m not really feeling it, I am going to put in about 2 hours and see where it ends up. I generally get a feel for how I’m going to perform about an hour into it.
cheers guys
Wow Scott this is looking really good so far. Your Characters are so simple yet they have so much…uhmm…well…character
I noticed you play a little with DOF for your WIP lol. I love how modo can make use of such heavy features in such a simple and efficient way!
As for lighting, your simple set up is effective, however have you tried ies lights for lighting? I’ve just started using them and I’m hooked. I practically don’t use anything else now lol.
If you’re interested in checking it out, just google ies lights and you can find a ton. Within 10 minutes I had around 500.
Keep it up
-Rage
@Joel, Thanks, but I’m replicating great characteristic characters I’m always one for keeping meshes as low as I can, I guess it comes from the days of the Amiga, there was no way you could create dense meshes back then. Being particularly lazy I hate pushing tonnes of verts too.
Thanks for the tips on IES, I haven’t played with them much to be honest, I try to also keep my render times down, when it’s rendering just the character they weigh in about 7s a render. The scene was about 15s I think, not only am I lazy but I’m impatient too
I will prob go for proper beauty renders when I finish the characters off…
Anyways, here’s the start of Penfold, I started from a quadball, subdivided once and then used the Wacom along with the sculpt/move tool. I thought I’d try a different approach as I was struggling deciding where to start, fleshing out this way took about 20 mins. I normally start from the eyes and build outwards but I was having trouble realising how to do it with Penfold…
