[FIGHTER] Mortal Kombat, Reptile -ShootandRun

ShootandRun

Hi Polycount!
So for my fighter I'm plannin on recreating Reptile from Mortal Kombat.
I want to go for a lizard/humanoid version of Reptile.

I really like Thane's type of scaly face, Rango's lizard nose/eyes. Since one of his powers is spitting acid I thought I could add to the side of his face the type of skin on a frilled dragon. I also really like the muscle formation on the crysis suit so I hope to incorporate that somehow into the armor/clothing of reptile.

For the face, I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to to make the scales on his face, or if i should even put scales on his face. I've seen many versions of reptile. On the concept sheet the bottom left is a really lizard version of reptile, while in the movies or other games he looks completely human. If anyone has suggestions I'll gladly accept any help



early concept of clothing:


concept of face:

Lucas Annunziata

Nice, there are many cool things that you can do with this guy. I think you need to nail down just how much of a reptile you want to make him. I would say do a few thumbnail sketches of silhouettes, even if its just some head studies. Look at the skulls of reptiles and gather some inspiration from that.

ShootandRun

experimenting with different heads, one is more lizard-thane like while the other is more dino-lizard like:

ShootandRun

arm guard concepts:

Dim

I definitely like the one in the bottom right most. Get some construction detail in there!

JacqueChoi

I really like the plating idea you have at the bottom right, with the straps to hold it together. Remember to think about how the straps will fit on (think about the buckles you want to put on there), along with how the plating will overlap with each other.

You could also borrow elements from the other designs, like the rivets from the top right one.

ShootandRun

Ok I'll definitely use the one on the bottom right.
Working on the base-mesh now. I followed along the guidelines of another base-mesh I found online. And I really like the scuplt I did up above, so I'm trying to go through and remove the unwanted polygons. (the middle sculpt)

ShootandRun

update: working on the main body, which is a a vest like jacket. I extracted the main body piece from the torso. I want object to be flush to the surface, does anyone know how to create objects flush to another object surface?
I basically spent a lot of time on the diamond pattern only to find it no longer fit the body



By chrisyoon at 2011-03-27

ShootandRun

I'm basically going off of the 2nd image I have on my first post. I would like to flesh it out more, but i kinda suck as drawing and I can visualize what I want in my head.

I'm trying to get the scale of the body right, proportion-wise. what does everyone think? --\/

below that image is the hand and the arm, which I'm trying to get the muscle formation of.

Thanks for the help!

ShootandRun

update on mr. lizard

Lucas Annunziata

Seems to be coming along there buddy! I think you could accentuate the head-flaps a bit more to create a more interesting silhouette.

madmuffin

Coming along nice. I think you could benefit from going down a few subdivisions and fleshing out his forms and muscles more before moving onto smaller details, like when you lost that diamond pattern because it stopped fitting the shape. I liked your highpoly suit much more then the current z-brush one though, hopefully you can salvage it.

I like the concept of his suit a lot, it reminded me of like Power Rangers Green Ranger.

Captain Narway

I agree with what madmuffin said. Also, his face seems to have lost a bit of the reptilian-ness and gone into a more fishy looking mode. Might want to be careful not to make him into someone from Spongebob Squarepants.

Or do you?

ShootandRun

Thanks for the advice guys
I'm working on the muscles, I'm going a little off of dhalsim and his muscular form


I do want to change up is face a go away from fish face man, I redid the suit and added in some more details, trying to make him look more slim. Narrowed the bottom of his torso and added muscles to the upper part.

ShootandRun

been working on the face, here is an update:

Less fishy I hope, I want the things on the side of the face to look like the skin on the side of a frilled dragon, right now it looks more like fins, any ideas?

ShootandRun

totally redid the face, and made the fins open, gave him more of a nose and expanded the mouth

Lucas Annunziata

I think you should bring in the edges of the fins a little bit like so:

ShootandRun

I have learned that buckles are like the hardest thing to make in the world!

anyone know any tips/tricks on how to make buckle quick and dirty? I used CV curves and soft select in maya and a little but of move tool in zbrush (still working on it.

ShootandRun

further updates:
got the staps to fit to the leg, experimenting with cloth and wrinkles and also trying to figure out what alpha I want to use for the skin. refined a few features on the face. I still need to figure out if hes gonna be barefoot or wearing shoes. I think I'm going to try to give him lizard feet.

What does everyone think?

Captain Narway

I vote lizard feet. It'll give him some more noticeable key features that accentuate his reptilian-ess.

Still looking a bit fishy btw. It might be the nose. Or the large eyes. Or something.

ShootandRun

Michael....if I gave him a viking helmet I bet you would think he still looked fishy

Anywho, here's an update on ol' repy

Lucas Annunziata

Hmmm...something is still fishy about this guy. Maybe for your final pose you could have him swimming in a fish tank? Also, the scales on the face I think could use an increase in size, at the moment its really just coming in as noise.

ShootandRun

updated LowPoly character

I made the scales bigger on the hp character. NOT A FISH LUCAS!

ShootandRun

ok I'll make the neck a little thinner, I like the neck on the highpoly which is narrower. I'll try to bring it back with the lowpoly. I'll try working with the hands more too. they prob arnt goin to change a lot in the lp, unless anyone has pointers. In the HP they are a little mooshy now that I look back on it.

Here is what I have for the unwrap so far ---\/

ShootandRun

trying to stick to the green, black and gold color scheme like the reptile found in my image sheet. Though I've been finding black sucks out and finding the right shade of gold between yellow, brown and orange is kind of difficult.

This is what I have so far. Probably gonna change in color. The main chest piece is actually a really dark green too.

color suggestions?

ShootandRun

The final images, figured I'd post them here as well, you know just in case something happens to the final submission thread...again :poly124:

Great work everyone else! I have been drooling over all the amazing artwork, hope to be that good some day!