Jager's Tropical Goron

Jager

Hey everyone, so for classes I had to choose an unfinished project to tackle for this quarter. I had only messed with Zbrush once and made some beginner looking wips, so I decided to grab one of them and develop it. I thought for my first model I'd try to recreate something, but give it my own spin. So let me stop talking and just take a look.

This one was made in january, first attempt at Zbrush. Did a little revisiting and then this happened.



This was a step in the wrong direction...didn't look like a goron at all, so I decided to mess with it, basically started it over.

Frog face



Fish face



This was a good place, definitely goron"ish", but his legs are really awkward looking. One weekend later and:



Perfect stance, hands are nice and beefy..now to add some accessories.




Now for some details




These last two are where I'm at right now. Ive done some detailing in the fingers, chest, arms...the back piece is kind of a place holder right now. Haven't fully developed that idea(the toes are also untouched). I'd love some critiques, I have a pretty good knowledge of anatomy, but I've never had to do anything this intense, so I may be wrong or faking a few things. So if anyone knows or sees any obvious mistakes let me know

Jager

Update of the day: Added some obliques and slight leg anatomy work.

minorthreat

Cool idea, I liked the direction you were going in with the frog face, I think the mouth should be wider and the chin a little less boney. Otherwise looking good.

Jager

Yahh, i get what you mean about the frog face bein a better head, since it's what a traditional gorons head would look like. I'm trying to give it a little twist, but yeah I'm gonna start workin on the head soon..I'll keep that in mind(wide mouth, fattier).

Jager

It's been a while since I've posted, here's a shot of the face...still workin on the left half.

Lavitz

I love the idea of Zelda races in different environments. Majora's Mask is one of my favorite games of all time and they pushed each of the races into different areas.
This guy's coming out awesome, and I can't wait to see more. I just imagine him curled up looking like a tiny volcano spouting out smoke, and then he pops up all quirky.

Jager

Haha yahh, im also a Majora nut. Partly why I chose to do this for my first sculpt was because I enjoyed those games so much as a kid that I wanted to see if I could make something that the people I looked up to made. Of course, I'm throwin a little of my own spin to it. I haven't finalized my volcano back piece yet. Tonights all about that hawaiian guy smile lol

Jager

Final Post for the night. Let me know if you see any problems or what I can do to push it.

minorthreat

The only thing that stands out for me is that his eyes are squinting. Every image I've ever seen of a goron, their eyes are perfectly round, and their facial emotions are implied by the wrinkles surrounding the eyes. BUT it looks really good regardless, and you are taking your own spin on it, so I don't think there's too much of a reason to change it, it is your imagination after all so do whatever you think looks best. XD
I'm really impressed with the arms and hands.

Jager

Thanks minor ..It being my first time using Zbrush I wasn't sure how I would change his expression after modeling his face so I just scuplted his expression on there. I know you have to do something with the layers, but I didn't mess around with them, so this guy is probably gonna just be a sculpt from here on in(I originally intended to make a game model), I'll figure it out on a later sculpt.
New Update: broke the symmetry on the chest area, added more fat to hide those obliques, new bracelet and skirt.

Jager

Maori Hook Necklace and a little polypaint boredom lol

Jager

Trying out some posing...it's almost deadline time O_O

BobtheGreatII

How have I missed this thread? This is awesome, great work. I also love the idea of Gorons being in different places, real cool.

tac0m

He be lookin great mon *jamacian accent*

Jager

Gonna be updating a bit these next 2 days...new pose, my professor wanted to see more of a contrappasto kind of pose

Jager

Well, this is it... it's been fun, but now it's done.:)
http://bumluck.deviantart.com/art/Hawaiian-Goron-373059045