Soldier dude

C86G

Hi there.
I´ve been working on a marine-esque soldier dude [everybody has to to a marine, right ; ) ] and the high poly is quite done.
The facial structures were inspired by the awesome Brink designs.

reverendK

I don't know that the stylized head suits the rest of the character - it's really the only part with the exaggeration and it makes it feel a little pasted in.
other then that i love it all.

C86G

Hm... I see what you are saying. I really tried to get the body at least a bit stylized too but I´m afraid the clothes/equipment kills it?

sheckee

Posted this in the what are you working on thread too, but it's probably better here.

"The pouch looks amazing man. I guess you used an alpha in Zbrush for the pattern, what did your alpha look like for that? Did you make a base mesh before hand and how did that look? I'm sculpting something similar myself soon so just wondering."

C86G

I used the displace function in Zbrush used with a fabric texture. I´m really sorry I don´t know which one it was. My computer crashed last week and I am still trying to organize all the dumped files from my external drive. I would recognize it and when I see it, I will post it here (or pm you), promised!

And let me just start max and take some screens from the base mesh...

C86G

Here is the base mesh I made in max. It is reeeeally basic.
First thing I did in Zbrush was to apply some proper polygroups.

Azkur

yeah i think the cloth looks great but the rest of the character doesnt fit in the 2 styles are clashing in my opinion

North

I think the face doesnt work because mainly youre stylized shapes are awkward. try adjusting the facial proportions... Right now the eyes are too close together, the ears sit a bit low, and the nose is just too large. I think he may have a little too much chin as well

C86G

I thought the head/face was one of the better parts...
Do you think it is worth fixing? Maybe I should try a different and more realistic head and see how it works.

Thanks for the feedback so far : )

North

def fix it. The face really ruins the entire piece which is over all pretty strong. The gear sculpts are incredible

chrisradsby

Yeah this is awesome, everything looks great. I do agree with the face though, the rest looks ace

butt_sahib

yeah everything looks superb!

i just wanted to ask, did you use alphas for the details on the face? esp the cheeck area? im doing a head myself and would love some help with high res modelling!

Kurt Russell Fan Club

Hey dude, he looks good. Props and gear are looking brilliant.

I did a paintover of the face, hope you don't mind.



I'd try toning down the expression (or changing it, it's a little intense right now) and pull in the proportions. Right now they're cartoony and I think they need to be exaggerated but still plausible.

Barnhill8

support

SPYFF

Very nice fabric patterns and cloth design, really inspirational! But how you create it? Noisemaker?

Cordell Felix

I really like what Kurt did with the face paintover. It was way over the top cartoony proportions before imo.

lotet

really awezome, exeept the face, i actually laughed when i saw it, it looks stupid, dont get me wrong, the anatmoy is great and i really like the facial features, but the eyes and the pose you made with the tilted head makes him look stupid.

he looks "derp" sorry, its the only way i can explain it, the paintover kurt russel did really nailed it, with the smaller and not so popping out eyes.

C86G

Wow, thanks again for the replies and especially to Kurt Russel FC!

Your paintover really shows me the way to get it right! I will absolutely work on the head and show you guys the changes here.

gilesruscoe

top notch work on the armor dude, really crisp details. What matcap did you render them shoes out with? got a link?

I agree with the face paint over too, face is the only thing letting this down right now!

C86G

MaterialS used are: standard gray AND bringzin AND mudcap.
Not sure where you can find them. f you need them, I may upload them for you.

I threw them together in Photoshop, so it is not just a one-click thing.

PaulP

Awesome work, I like the slightly Brink-esque look to this character, especially in the face.

C86G

I pulled some shapes and wondered if I am on the right way.
Guess I need your help again, guys.

Feel free to do paintovers or whatever this head needs to look right.
(left is the new, right the old)

Benton

I actually like the first face best.

But your second version will probably please more people.

North

ears are still too low

MainManiac

Those boots... could you go over how you made them?

And also how you put the cloth bump on everything? was that with zbrush or photoshop?

Laughing_Bun

I think you are doing some cool stuff, But I don't really see the point in creating all this micro detail when from any sort of game perspective it is going to be lost.

C86G

I started this project with the intention just to have a cool and fun sculpt and yeah, maybe the details are not necessary. And I am also not sure about doing the lowpoly, at least I won´t do it immediately.

Anyway, here is the new head and a comparison to the old version. Does it look right?

Kurt Russell Fan Club

I think he's way better!

Edit: really like the character you've added to the eyes.

If you can stand making any more changes, the only thing I think I'd do is fill out the cheeks a little. I like the definition but right now it's less chiseled than gaunt. Here's what I mean, just a subtle change:



Rock on, looking forward to seeing you texture him.

C86G

Maaaaan, Russell...

Haha, you are so right : D
I´ll follow your advice, really looks better (again!)

C86G

Ok, no more spamming for the head, promised!



Next will be some screens with the new head on the body and then some textures.
Thanks again so far.