HARDCORE MODELING!: 80's Cartoon: Ninja Turtles Character Series Redesign

#1

LATEST UPDATE:


#2

this looks awesome…i like:buttrock:

#3

I’m digging the concept, wish there was a close up
of the sculpt.

#4

Cool!..rock on:buttrock:

#5

Looking fantastic, looks like it could be a new TMNT gritty version, loving the paint-over, I’m always envious of those skills!

Looking forward to see this progress :slight_smile:

#6

I like it !!
I’ll follow your progression!

#7

Well it looks fantastic. What I really like is that approach, very good idea for the future.

#8

Hi guys thank you for the replies. Had some time on the weekend to actually work on this thing. My main goal was to get a basemesh done which is pretty much done for Leonardo. Rocksteady is almost finished as well and should complete that tonight.

As you can see I did a head concept on how I want Rocksteady to look like and with the final sculpt I will make some minor changes. It usually does anyways.

I have a few more characters to do and hopefully I can do them on time.

I will post some larger pics tonight just a little tired now and really wanna go to sleep.:slight_smile:


#9

Wow! Looks fantastic. Not a fan of the turtle face design myself, but Rocksteady looks top notch.

#10

rocksteady looks really nice

#11

Hey vshen, your concepts are really cool, I like the take on the Leo, very original :slight_smile: Rocksteady is looking good too but I really feel the originality with the turtle! The zbrush stuff is looking impressive :slight_smile:

Good luck!

#12

Now, ya see, this is what I think what we all wanted back in the second grade when the Ninja Turtles LA movies came out. Rocksteady looks absolutely amazing from that concept work, and I must ask if there are any plans to do Bebop as well?

#13

Hey guys thanks for the replies. I will be posting some more WIP images when I get home (currently at work now), mainly it’s the basemeshes for rocksteady and leonardo. I am also in progress in designing other charcters like Baxter but we will see how we go.

Again appreciate all the replies.

#14

Awesome, your concept ideas are awesome bro.

#15

I really envy the ease at which you can get so much character out of zbrush.

Are you sculpting directly from zb or using a base mesh from somewhere else?

I think the Rocksteady is looking great although i think a different colour for his horn (and more striation textures) would help sell him :slight_smile:

#16

Here are the progress of Leonardo and Rocksteady so far. Basically it is blocking and shaping of the two models. I am not 100% sure of the overall bodytype of rocksteady but I will be exploring a few ideas. Also I am not 100% of the costume of leonardo so I will probably do some paintovers.

  Will post some more as soon as I get some solid work on it hopefully after work.
  
  [img]http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/vshen/Ninja%20Turtles/leonardo-progression_2.jpg[/img]

#17

The models are looking great though I kinda hoped Leo would’ve had more amphibian looking hands and feet. The head is faithful to the original concept which is great to see :slight_smile:

Great stuff :slight_smile:

#18

Here is another update. Basically just been playing around witht he pose for Rocksteady. Design hasn’t been finalised yet but will be working this weekend to get that to a solid state including leonardo. Didn’t really get much solid time this past few days because of work but this weekend should be good. Also started on Baxter Stockman. I really wanna redesign this character because I feel he could look more menacing.

#19

Another update just adding the extra limbs on baxter and legs. Still a concept sculpt so far and when I get a better idea i’ll retopo again.

#20

Would be interesting to see Splinter, Bebop and Shredder. Maybe Krang too.

Nice one so far. :thumbsup: