HARDCORE MODELING!: 80's Cartoon: Skeletor

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      [img]http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9369/skeletor018.jpg[/img]
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      hey all!
              
              it's been awhile since i last did one of these, so when i saw the subject i thought, now was the time.
              i've been wanting to model skeletor for some while now, so all in all, this couldn't be better.
              i decided to try and do my own interputation of him.
              here's tonights two rough concepts. more will come soon.
              [img]http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skeletorconcept001.jpg[/img][img]http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skeletorconcept001.jpg[/img] [img]http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skeletorconcept001.jpg[/img] [img]http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skeletorconcept001.jpg[/img][img]http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skeletorconcept001.jpg[/img][img]http://img18.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skeletorconcept001.jpg[/img]
              my plan is to sketch him out in zbrush. starting with zspheres, then re-topologize and ending with poseing and final details.
              
              i gathered a few ref's which might help me getting in the right direction.
              [img]http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skeletorref.jpg[/img][img]http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skeletorref.jpg[/img]
              well, think that's enough babling from me... good luck everyone.
       
       ohh! forgot. here's a few links to some amazing artists, i'll use for reference as well.
       [kekai kotaki](http://www.kekaiart.com/)
       [simon lee](http://www.bigbluetree.com/)
              
              -r
#2

Good luck with the challenge, Rasmus!
Very challenging and complex character :slight_smile:

#3

excellent! Skeletor is my choice too.
good luck with the challenge :thumbsup:

#4

Good choice, Rasmus! :slight_smile:

For some reason the evil characters always have the coolest design, but since there are two of him in the line-up already …

Looking forward to what you come up with.

Cheers!

#5

musi: hey sasha. thanks for dropping by. i’ll be sure to tap you on your back when i got updates (-we work toghether).

stage-gr: yeah! so i saw. gonna be fun to see more interputations of the same character. good luck to you too.

TheRazorsEdge: hehehe… yeah! you almost feel sorry for those poor heros…

i ran out of drawing skills (ppffftt…as if i ever had any) so i decided to get started with the sculpting, and then figure out a little more of where i want to go with this fella.
head and cloak is just placeholders…

c&c is ofcause very welcome.

-r

#6

great start so far,love the bony thing at the back,looks nice,

cheers

#7

Nice work so far! His hips look almost female to me though. Maybe they’re a tad too wide? Some more height on the iliac crest might help too.

Keep the updates coming.

Cheers!

#8

Hey good start! Feels very bony…I like:)
Looking forward to see more
ciao

#9

kjaxx: thanks alot.

TheRazorsEdge: thanks for the crit. you where absolutely right. hope i got it fixed now.

delavega: thanks.

here’s a little more sketching. corrected his pose and different masses.
i think i’ll add a few (smaller) more of those tentacles, around his neck. probally connect af few of them.
and then there’s gonna be some kind of membrane filling out some of the “bone-hood” holes.
next up, adding hands and retopoing.

-r

#10

This is looking great already, looking forward to seeing this progress :slight_smile:

#11

That guy really looks like the bad guy :stuck_out_tongue: very nice start.

#12

Hey champ :slight_smile: Long time… Your modeling looks nice as always :thumbsup:

#13

this looks great!

#14

Hey cool update!
This is starting to look interesting.
One crit maybe, dunno if you were just prototyping but I would integrate the spine more with his body. Now it doesn’t really look like its part of his back…maybe let some skin grow over it or something.
Anyways, nice work!

#15

Like how those hood thingies growing around the clavicle, and the idea of the membrane hood!

#16

Great progress! I really like where you are going with your hunchback-interpretation. He looks very creepy already, which I think suits the character perfectly.

Keep 'em coming!

#17

samartin: thanks alot. hope to have something new soon.

PKT: thanks for the kind words.

MartinNielsen: heeeey buddy. thanks for dropping by. glad you think so.

honestdom: thanks

delavega: thanks for the crit. i’ll diffently incorporate the spine someway. as of now, it’s more or less just the rough adaptive skin version of a zsphere chain.

musi: hey sasha! glad you like the idea.

TheRazorsEdge: yeah! i’ll try and make him a bit more zombie/creepy, rather than a big bulky and blue guy with a hovering skull.

once again. thanks for all the kind words.

-r

#18

I’m doing skeletor also so I’ll definitely
be keeping an eye out for this one. Nice
sculpt so far.

#19

sburto20: yeah! so i see. think we are 4 or so working on him… heheheh -thanks for the kind words.

here’s today’s evening work. started on re-topoing the body.
when that’s done i’ll start the head. i might do a quick sketch before real start.

c&c is as always very welcome.

-r

#20

Wow, looking fantastic! I get a good feel for his musculature in these shots, looks like you know what you are doing. :slight_smile: