[Mixamo Contest] SharD's Archer WIP

SharDCG

Final update 30.08.12

Update 16.08.12

Update 11.08.12
Update 04.08.12

Update 24.07.12

Sketch 13.07.12

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Hi gents! Im in too.
GL HF GG all (:

TehSplatt

Nice start

joshmtyler

I think you have entirely too much detail on the face before you've flushed out the rest of him. That being said, I love the direction it is going! He's super interesting to me.

grisQwin

incredible! super start
keep it up :poly121:

Texelion

This will be cool.

SharDCG

Thanks guys! Can someone help me?
I want to rename my thread because my necromancer mutated into archer)) How can i do this?

SharDCG

ok, here we go!
sketch of my archer mutated from the necromancer

ps: The question in the previous post is still important

Sauron

Напиши любому модератору, исправят, я так делал на этом форуме

R3D

Message Adam or one of the admins/mods.

Texelion

Really cool concept. It could have been a good necro too.

SharDCG

Thanks guys! A little update from me

Hope you like it)

makecg

wow this guy looks badass !

MrNinjutsu

Looking boss, keep it up!

SharDCG

thanx! happy that you like it

lotet

awezome, he looks very "warhammer online squig herder" ish when you changed him into an archer.
I like that you put the quiver in the belt and not on the back btw!

SharDCG

lotet wrote: »

awezome, he looks very "warhammer online squig herder" ish when you changed him into an archer.
I like that you put the quiver in the belt and not on the back btw!

Thanks man! I didn't play warhammer)) yes, its the truth)) But google says that you are right. Hmm...

SharDCG

And today's little update from me:

Finished base forms, now time to detail. And main question for me today is how to sculpt all this fur. Maybe someone knows good way to do this?

woogity

Looking really awesome man!

lotet

google is always true =P

have u checked out the arena net art test threads? there are a lot of different fur sculpts there, maybe u can take some inspiration from those.

DockRock

I think this one is my favorite so far. Been going through most of them but this one really stands out! Great work!

DBentley

Ho man, this is an awesome little character you've got going here! Reaaally liking the overall look. Definitely feels like there's good story behind this character.

Only thing I feel is that the ornamental skull on his belt feels a bit out of place. I don't know. It could entirely be just me, but he feels very nature-oriented/wild, and the skull seems out of place, being metal and all. It might suit more to have a real skull?

Really minor nitpick, looks good like it is too! Keep it up!

mix

looking awesome!!

SharDCG

thx guys!
highpoly is almost finished:

SharDCG

lotet wrote: »

google is always true =P

have u checked out the arena net art test threads? there are a lot of different fur sculpts there, maybe u can take some inspiration from those.

Thank you, man! This is my interpretation of the fur from this threads.

SharDCG

DBentley wrote: »

Only thing I feel is that the ornamental skull on his belt feels a bit out of place. I don't know. It could entirely be just me, but he feels very nature-oriented/wild, and the skull seems out of place, being metal and all. It might suit more to have a real skull?

Thx! Maybe you right... But I think its not a problem because he has many metal parts in his cloth like belt pyramids, chain and buckles on his jacket, big metal horns holder on the back etc

Caldria

Wow, that fur came out really really nice.

lotet

holy sht man, that looks awezome!

SharDCG

Caldria
lotet
thx guys!

nechnechmo

Awesome sculpting!

ralusek

Holy shit that fur is awesome. Great face too. Only thing I don't like about it so far is the bow, I think that you could push it a lot further judging by what you've done here. Maybe some fur on it?

SharDCG

ralusek wrote: »

Only thing I don't like about it so far is the bow, I think that you could push it a lot further judging by what you've done here. Maybe some fur on it?

If I'll have time, i'll think about the bow. But now i want to finish it as fast as possible cause I need to do some freelance work soon.
In any case thanks!

jeebs

very good job, looking forward for the low poly.

JoeCyriac

Lovely work on the fur. Great colour scheme in your concept too.

SharDCG

Thx guys!
Finally low poly) Normal + AO + cavity of 2 types. 14994 tris

wire

and silhouette.

Its time to texturing and skinning this guy.

jeebs

flawless

SharDCG

jeebs
yeah)

Started texturing from defining base solid colors and overall volume.

alphajayel

just awesomenesss! Your almost finished! can't wait to this fully textured!

lotet

awezomeness in a can, you haz it!

SharDCG

alphajayel wrote: »

just awesomenesss! Your almost finished! can't wait to this fully textured!

lotet wrote: »

awezomeness in a can, you haz it!

Thankz! :icon60:

Just finished rig and skin. Now final textures and maybe pedestal.

gaganjain

looking gr8....
Cheers

guhhh

Love the quality of the bake!! New reference for me for bakes. Want to see this finished. Keep rocking

SharDCG

Thx guys!
guhhh
I baked him in xnormal with the cage from 3ds max.

Almost finished. I have still to tune specular, gloss and sss maps.
It skinned to biped with additional bones. Rendered in marmoset toolbag.
Finally 14996 tris and single texture 2048^2048

garriola83

very nice!

Texelion

Really good. I thought you would put some dirt and a worn aspect on the clothes, everything look too clean, "new". But maybe he just bought all the stuff ^^.

woogity

looking really cool man if you have time for a quick texture tweak i may have one for ya. the laces wrapped around the bow are very heavily occluded for how big they are. Darkening that wrapping may allow them to separate themselves better from the bow's wood texture without having that really dark black shadow right on the edge of the material. also really loving the hand painted look on the gold metals. The boots are killer man!

-Woog

SharDCG

@garriola83
thx!
@Texelion
There are many dirt on the clothes and other stuff so.. Maybe its too dark and not visible on dark clothes... Thanks, i will add some bright warm spots on his jacket, boots etc.
@woogity
Yeah man, thanks! I will fix belts on the bow.

praetus

Saw this in the WAYWO thread. Just wanted to say that this looks amazing. I really enjoy the way that he truly has character. Between his armor style and scars on his face it doesn't feel like a generic character. Good job.

SharDCG

Because

mixamo wrote: »

Deadline has been extended because of popular request to Aug 31st at 12:00 PM PST!

Its NOT final renders. I will tune light, spec etc next week. But here is my current progress of this character:

lotet

love the platform! your textures look a bit plain though, I think you could ad alot of detail in there, dirt, scratches, war paint, color variations,hue shifts, stuff like that.

SharDCG

ok, thanks for the advice!

tsabszy

great work man! straight into my inspiration folder!! also.. subscribed
(gonna check out your other works when ill have time)