I’m in 
I’ll post references of artwork later in the day. I’ll be going for original interpretation.
good luck all!!!
LATEST UPDATE Apr 6th 2009
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[img]http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv247/stage-gr/skltr_08.jpg[/img]These images show pretty much the general direction that i’ll be taking for the character’s model.
I am already drooling over the lower right drawing. That is EXACTLY what i had in mind :buttrock:
Probably that will be my final pose for him.
Awesome! I knew someone would do this one and was looking forward to it.
I’ll be by frequently.
Good luck
-Rage
Skeletor’s newer designs have been quite awesome.
I know the movie was quite cheesy but I thought Skeletor was the best part of the whole film.
Good luck, very excited.
Did you?
Really?
wow… then this after credits hidden scene must be good news to you (sorry that was TOO good not to post :D:D)
Anyway, thanks for the early support guys! I did some work on his head today,I will post something when I’ll be almost done with it, so you can have a better view, and I’ll be needing some heavy crit :hmm:
It is a 3day holiday in Greece this W/E+Monday so i’ll be able to focus on him undistracted from work for the next days.
To quote Peloquin from Nightbreed - “HE LIED ASSHOLE!”
Just where did the sequel get to anyway?:surprised
I think it’s sitting somewhere between Batman Triumphant and Superman Reborn.
Wow, Frank Langella looks nothing like a skeleton. He looks like a boiled version of my grandpa.
He said he’d be back and here he is
I started from his head and i think the skull is at a level that i can get some valuable crit. 
Some randomness will be given to the teeth once i finish with the overall skull shape, everything still has the symmetry modifier on.
I think maybe doing an ecorche for the neck area might look good and use that as a transition towards the rest of his body instead of a sudden -skeleton to skinned body- jump.
Before you see this horrible render and decide to ban me from the challenge i must say in my defence that this is just a basic blocking of what i intend to do. :arteest:
I kinda rushed into things and started modeling with the skull right away…therefore I had to backstep a bit and do it the right way before diving into any further modeling.
I will start modeling on his underrobe (the gray geometry) and work my way outwards
Lordrych thanks…good luck to you too
ban lifted
I spend some time on his under/robe mostly chasing good topo since i plan to extract the rest of his apparel (vest/cross chest thingie/belts) from this mesh. I will post the wires in my next post.I tried to keep it all quads but ,oh man, some parts are so hard to keep control over. A few tris could not be avoided but oh well
this is the progress i made so far (+ some work on the skull)
Looking good so far, Im doing skeletor as well.
Are u gonna do any sculpting? Nice ref also.
nah i am going to stick with max throughout this. It is a nice chance to practice modeling skills and stuff and with sculpting you might be tempted to overlook some topology faults. But after seeing your latest update and kjaxx’s skeletor i might reconsider… hehe.
Anyway, here is the robe’s wire
(ignore the wrong deleted edge over his right chest where the belt would run, it is fixed)
wow that is so cool, what you using to create that?
also, im thinking of going with like a skull for my first main character model what reference images did you use to make the skull look so good and do you have any tips for what i should do when creating the skull?
hey Ash, thanks! I am using 3DSmax for this. If you look in google or yahoo you can find plenty of skull images to use as references. You can even use the wires i posted in this thread since they are ortho views
Tips? hmmm… Start as you would with any model you attempt to make. Block out, adjust, divide, repeat. I really haven’t much more to say here…
What i like to do as an alternative to that, is outline the front view, then outline the side view and fill in the gaps. That kinda evens up the lack of a top view but in the end you should end up with what makes YOU feel more comfortable
anyway, here is my latest update. I didn’t make as much progress as i was hoping. Hopefully i will pick up the pace and finish this on time
thanx for the tips, ill probly be using XSI 7 to do this as i have the trial and want to get more used to using before i decide if i want to take the plunge, but very good work, love how the clothes look
Still not satisfied with my pace since i am juggling between this and work but I hope that the remaining month will prove to be enough time to have a complete entry.
I did some work on his cross-chest thingie and i gave him boots. The boots sure need more defining but i think i might rush through some bits and add more and more details after i have all my geometry in place.
