Zombo Joe - round two *updated again*

Ferg

After finishing the game's first zombie, I've started working on the main character. He's a vietnam vet turned high school janitor. In the proof-of-concept level we're building, the player starts in a fortified town center and has to fight off several waves of zombies using whatever tools he can find. When the zombies attacked, joe lapsed into psycho war vet mode, and has since been fending them off by himself. He'd been building up a stash of home made weapons since vietnam (because he's crazy), so the player has all kinds of zany macguyvered bombs and guns available. His outfit is his janitor uniform with his old army coat and helment worn over it. Anyway here's the concept and the model so far.

The hands are the same ones I made for the zombie, slightly modified.

Emil Mujanovic

Awesome! I'm loving the concept for this guy and the model is looking really nice so far. Great stuff!

-caseyjones

Jaco

Nice concept! The model is looking great too. Can't see anything wrong, except maybe the groin looks a bit too flat (Unless he lost his package in vietnam )

xysdf

concept looks great! model too, maybe something on the face can be tweaked: let the cheekbone and the muscle over it flow more back like in the concept.
dont know the names of all that muscles but I guess that this also tells you what I mean:

Ruz

looking great. wish i had more time to do low poly stuff like this.
Bring on the texture

Ferg

thanks for the crits guys, I changed this leg/shoe proportions (to better match the concept) and unwrapped him. Wish I had time to do the normal map before work tomorrow... oh well. Tuesday!

EricElwell

I like'm! Did you shorten his legs or lengthen his arms since the first post? Maybe it's just the angle, but it feels a little off. Even though his proportions are cartoony, there's an unnatural feeling. The rule I like to use is: hands on the thighs, elbows on the floating-ribs/love-handles. That's not really a solid suggestion, I know you have a style in mind, I don't think it'd hurt to refine a bit..

Look'n cool, I like the fun style

aesir

I think you could thin up and shorten the legs ever more to match the concept better, but I understand if you like how the model is looking now better then the concept.

ultra

Love it!

Ferg

Thanks for the crits guys

Eric: I just shortened the legs a bit, the torso proportions stayed the same

Aesir: I think I'm gonna leave em like this right now... easy enough to experiment with proportions like that after the char's "done" if it needs it

Ultra:

Hammered out a normal map in mudbox (with some photoshop nvidia action for other details) and some other stuff. No spec map yet. The hands are still meh WIP and I haven't really touched the shoes yet. Otherwise... omg crits pls lol

spinal

Absolutely Super! I love it, good proportions. well done.

Ferg

thanks man

I finished up the shoes and gave him a pack of cigs... what do you guys think? Main character material here?

Scrub

Looks really sweet so far, I'd love to see him as a main character.

diZzyWalnut

realy realy nice one.
needs some dirts , broken clothes (t-shirt) and the helmet.

HOT STUFF.

xysdf

cool one! the pack of cigs is a great upgrade.

Slum

looks awesome. i wouldn't say he's really 'main character' material yet though.. he has a very boring silhouette right now that is really indistinguishable from any random footsoldier. I think he needs some flair... like a pack or some kind of equipment on him to add some more visual interest.

Archanex

Hey nice job Ted, I like this guy much better than the first guy

verybad

I think the helmet, while useful for the base character, pulls a lot away from the "Main Characterism" you want to give the guy. Since you can't see the eyes, you can't form a real bond to the guy. The modeling and texturing is great, the basic concept is gonna be hard to make matter however. Most hero's in movies don't wear helmets. Stupid maybe, but it's a huge subconcious thing. This guy could still be a great sidekick as is (eg the Drunken Warbuddy.)

Ferg

thanks for the crits guys. Here's a new update with his backpack, I didn't have time to address most of your comments, that'll happen after I finish his sword. His mop sword.

I still want to add some details to the backpack, some rips and other wear-and-tear. I hand painted some occlusion into the texture, mostly on the pack but a little on the character too... think it's working? Backpack still looks a little muddy to me...

spinal

Love the update,I dont think the pack looks too muddy, maybe do the wear-and-tear first and then make a decision on the amount of occlusion... but very cooool!

Jeremy Lindstrom

only crit is that he looks like he's a one star general. Most general's wouldn't see alot of combat to get shell shocked.

Thurban

one thing I saw in the concept that really added to his whole demeanor was the slight tapper from the crotch to the thigh. In the model you have the spacing between the legs carried over quite well, but I feel like I want that tapper back in there.

overall an awesome job from concept to fruition

IceWolve

Its got a psychonauts feel imo.

Slum

looks cool!i like the pack a lot. it might be cool to see the bed-roll on top of the pack and a bit bigger. not sure if its 'correct' but it would add more cool-factor to the silhouette.

JoelM

His face has a great personality to it; reminds me of a hobo I met.

richkid

maybe pop some more blues around the jaw as long as you are exadurating the colors. Give him that 5 o'clock shadow.

looks awesome man

poopinmymouth

It's very dark and muddy right now. I'd really try to get some more color variation. Aim for some reds in the transition areas of the skin, and on the knuckles. Teh pants and shirt are extremely monochrome, and the jacket as well. Also some general lighting to add focus so that the is more readable, as everything is kind of equal attention right now.

Please also don't use colored backgrounds, or at least ones that saturated, it hurts the ability to focus on the model itself.