#32 is BOARING! - Jaco

Jaco

I couldn't resist, so I give you...

Unihog!!!

A genetically modified boar, created to prod the enemy where it hurts most:



Or what you get when you feed a boar a barrel of Viagra, you decide.

The teeth are ugly, I know. I plan on giving him some hair on his back, and some warpaint, scars etc.

Wells

heh. He's fun!

He's looking a little blobby right now, but this appears to just be the first pass on the hi-poly. Looking forward to seeing it get tightened up.

on a personal note, I'd like to see his big ass-sticker coming out of his mouth... maybe two of them? As tusks are really a selling point for boars... as much so as the piggy snout, I'd say.

I do like his proportions, he's got a good weight to him. might want to try bending his head a little further down for a more powerful pose.

Jaco

Thanks Sectaurs, gave him some tusks, but his main weapon will still be his extended-spine-groin-poking-bone!



The boar is now ready to play in the mud!

Joao Sapiro

really cool ! it would fit twilight princess really well

Jaco

Thanks Johny!

My first pass at the high-poly:

Jaco

Small update:

animatr

fucking cool!

Japhir

looks cool, the front legs look pretty weird though (weird twist or something) and the back part of the body is really small in comparison to normal boars, don't know if thats part of the concept though. i really like the head! good job!

Jaco

Thanks guys. The muscles twist almost like the forearm of a human in that area, but I've done it wrong, I'm busy fixing it. Th small rear is intentional, I'm trying to give him some bulk in the front, but I agree it does look a bit strange, I'll tweak it a bit too.

MoP

Cool stuff Jaco, the forelegs are definitely look odd at the moment though (I think the lower section is too small compared to the upper section, especially compared to the hind legs).

I had similar problems with the main masses of my model too, I wanted to the head and shoulders to be really huge and powerful, but it's difficult to do without losing balance. I'm still trying to find a set of proportions that's not natural but still looks believable, so good luck with that too!

Wells

I think its because he's too long for his mass... usually the exaggerated head/mass is seated above his front legs, which makes it look like he could support himself. Yours, however, has a full neck and head out above it. I'd suggest moving his legs up a bit further, and see if that doesn't help.

Jaco

Thanks guys. Yeah the forelegs are a real pain in the ass. I think I've improved them a bit, still going to tweak them a bit more before I call this finished though.
Agreed MoP, balancing the boar can be troublesome, but your boar looks pretty damn good to me
Good point Sectaurs, I've used the move tool a bit and it looks much better now (?).

MoP

Nice! Always love your sculpting work, Jaco, nice muscle groups there too.

Japhir

great job! love the improvements on the leg!

Jaco

I think I'm finished with the high-poly:

rooster

yep thats pretty cool!

Jaco

Thanks rooster. Here's the lowpoly:



I still have to get rid of about 85 tris, and add some planes for the alpha mapped hair.

Jaco

Textures!:



I'm going to add some zebra like red stripes going from the spine to the belly next. The teeth aren't textured yet.

avengersplot

I wouldn't wanna be in that boar's way no doubt!

Jaco

Indeed!:



The reason why Unihogs weren't successful in nature. Mating often resulted in death by anal penetration

animatr

cool!

xysdf

Jaco that looks fine! the head has a really strong and massive caracter

Jaco

Update:









Thanks for the replies guys!

Wells

I really like the stripes and other details, but the texture is far too monochromatic. Almost gray scale. Shadows shouldn't be pure black. Think of where the skin would be tightest against the bone, where the blood would show through more. I'd keep what you have as a base, and now start going over it adding some subtle shades of color to help bring it alive.

And while its tempting to let the normal do all the work, don't be afraid to paint on the diffuse. Most noticeably is the horns, which looks like a simple noise filter or overlay. If you're going to stick with the green base on them, make the corresponding parts on the boar greenish as well, so it looks like a complete organic structure, rather than parts stuck together.

You've got it so close to the finish line, it'd be a shame not to put in the extra love it deserves!

Jaco

Thanks for the crits Sectaurs. I painted a lot of detail into the diffuse, but now that you mention it I agree, the texture looked too desaturated/grey. My light setup didn't help either, the intensity of the ambient blue light was a too strong.

I've fixed the lighting, and increased the saturation and intensity of the reds a bit.



I'm not finished yet though!

Jacus0

very nice jaco!

dont normal maps just rule!!

thanks for the crits

rooster

yeah god job!
-just a thought about the blood, has it dried on and stained the horn over years of goring people/things? maybe there should be a little more variation from the different ages/splashes of blood and different animals/people etc, maybe scratches/areas peeling off? or if its fresh, a little more specular/specks of blood

I don't know how it would look in real life just a guess :]

Jaco

Good point rooster. I was about to post an update, but I think I'm going to change the blood a bit first. I'll have some darker, new blood on the tip (with specular), and then old crusted stained blood lower down. Thanks!

Jaco

Japhir

looking good! are you going to add some kind of fur to it?

Jaco

Thanks Japhir. I'm thinking about adding some hair on his back, I've got 40 polys left, should be enough for a simple environment and some planes for the alpha hair.

Jaco

rooster

lookin really solid man, cool stuff

Joao Sapiro

looks pretty damn good, but i see too many whites that somehow dont make it look so hot, also he doesnt seem to have any type of furish skin like a boar, maybe a small normal map detail ?

Jaco

Thanks rooster and Johny! Good crits Johny, I got rid of most of the whites. I wanted to leave him mostly furless, as a result of his genetic modification, but I gave him some fluff anyway.

RazorBladder

This has really improved leaps and bounds, I love it :]

Mathorne

Yeah, this really turned out good. Try playing around with a more interesting light setup to really bring out all those normal map details - and don't forget the next-gen-defining blue rim light.

Jaco

Finished:





1930 tris
1X 512 Diffuse, Specular, Normal
Thanks for all the crits and comments, they really helped.

Joao Sapiro

specular could have a bit more of blacks to simulate somesort of dirt , but looks pretty cool man congrats !

Jaco

Thanks Johny I've got some dirt on the specular (around the feet) but probably not enough.

3D-j

Hey Jaco, i picked up on the screen you posted with the horn of the other boars ass... I guess nobody else did.. haha. Lookin really good. Only comment would be the saturation levels. Have you tried looking at within an engine? maybe try importing and see how it looks/feels within one?