[Mixamo Contest] Lynx Assassin

nechnechmo

Hi guys! Just wanna show my updated work in this contest.
I chose the male assassin. BTW, he is a noble assassin so expect it to be like that but I would love to hear your suggestions and comments anyway.:poly124:
Thanks!

concept



blocking


progress


sculpt



Marmoset Toolbag 1.05 Test render using old version of the character:



P.S. I do love lighting and rendering too

crazythisguy

nice! your sooo freaking fast! >.<. and I cant wait for the final output!!!

jeffreak

Awesome Silhouette! I suggest you make his gauntlet bigger to make him a bit stronger just like in your concept. Everything else looks awesome! Keep it up!

The_Blenderer

Mortal Kombaaaaat!sorry couldn't help it, nice modelling

Di$array

Glad to see you went with the first design. It's the strongest of the two. Looking forward to the next update, which I'm guessing won't be that long looking at the speed you are going now.

Moogart

nice one nechnechmo! Looking forward to seeing how your character turns out! Hope to see more updates from you ^__^

nechnechmo

Hi guys!

below are screenshots of an updated version including colored version(still wip btw), details for the armor, mesh hair. Also, I altered some parts like the gauntlets where Jeffreak suggested and changed the buckle. I am trying to do intricate designs but I think it will destroy the whole appearance of the character. I don't know...

the upper part only.




I think this is sooo elegant for an assassin. What do you think?

crazythisguy

Cool!!! Its like an ancient killer assasin hehehe. cant wait to see the final output!

Darkleopard

Love the colours, maybe a touch brighter red in some areas might help but hes awesome

alphajayel

Awesome!

almighty_gir

elegant? not really... guaranteed to get you spotted? definitely...

don't get me wrong, i love the whole dark elf assassin style and theme, but elegant is definitely not a word i'd use for it.

lotet

looking good! Is that an already unwhraped low poly with textures or is it paintover?

how are you gonna do your normals btw?

nechnechmo

almighty_gir wrote: »

elegant? not really... guaranteed to get you spotted? definitely...

don't get me wrong, i love the whole dark elf assassin style and theme, but elegant is definitely not a word i'd use for it.

Hi there! Um... Yeah, I realized it. Thanks for pointing that out anyway...but what do you think the best word to describe it?

nechnechmo

lotet wrote: »

looking good! Is that an already unwhraped low poly with textures or is it paintover?

how are you gonna do your normals btw?

Hello! yeah it's painted over. I'm still playing with the colors and armor ornates...whatever you call it...and will sculpt the details later on. I will post it soon!

Texelion

Dark elvish ^^.

nechnechmo

Darkleopard wrote: »

Love the colours, maybe a touch brighter red in some areas might help but hes awesome

Hi! Yeah...I think bright red will do... Thanks!:)

nechnechmo

Di$array wrote: »

Glad to see you went with the first design. It's the strongest of the two. Looking forward to the next update, which I'm guessing won't be that long looking at the speed you are going now.

HI! Yeah... but I tried to mix them all up. and this is the result...but I guess I'll go back to design one. More changes coming on. I really find it hard to choose among them. Thanks anyway!

nechnechmo

Hi guys! Here's my update! Finally got the time and energy to continue.
I altered some parts in the model. The gauntlets, shoulder pads and added the weapon. Hope to start the sculpting already!!! Please crit, crit, CRIT! Thanks!:poly136:

Texelion

I'm not sure, but the boots look too small compared to the head. Or maybe it's just the helmet which does a big head ^^.

For the blades, I suppose that they are something like Bloodrayne's and Vampi's blades, right ?





it's hard to understand, you should "separate" the blade and the handle, don't do a single piece of metal.

nechnechmo

Texelion wrote: »

I'm not sure, but the boots look too small compared to the head. Or maybe it's just the helmet which does a big head ^^.

For the blades, I suppose that they are something like Bloodrayne's and Vampi's blades, right ?





it's hard to understand, you should "separate" the blade and the handle, don't do a single piece of metal.

Hi! Um yes, yes it's just like that!. Anyway, it's just a single piece of weapon for now. Um...maybe i'll try to adjust the boots as you mentioned. Anyway! Thank you for the crit! Keep them going!

BTW, do you think the weapons are too big?

nechnechmo

Hi guys! I finally have time to update.
here's a z brush version of my character. No details yet.

I'm starting to do the sculpting on the upper part of the body.

boybawang

huuwwwoooww! he looks like a dragon ninja. i guess his one of the long lost brothers of scorpion in mortal kombat. hehehe. this getting exciting. cant wait for the final output.

nechnechmo

boybawang wrote: »

huuwwwoooww! he looks like a dragon ninja. i guess his one of the long lost brothers of scorpion in mortal kombat. hehehe. this getting exciting. cant wait for the final output.

He may ended up a dragon assassin or a phoenix assassin. Gonna post the final concept later with final color themes as well.

lotet

looks cool, keep it up!

mix

cool silhouette and your sculpt is looking great. keep it up

jerometado

awesome !!

nechnechmo

Finally an update! I only have free time on weekends!

Hope to finish the sculpting and retopo this weekend!!!
The feet looks odd. Will add more organic detailing on armors,gauntlets,...

Moogart

cool!! you made him a dragon assassin!

crazythisguy

wow!!! He look so cool! ninja warrior! i suggest put some belt. :P i mean the thing at the middle.

nechnechmo

jerometado wrote: »

awesome !!

Thanks!

nechnechmo

Hi guys! I guess I'm finished in sculpting and ready for retopo.I hope I can finish the texturing before the deadline!!!! Wish me luck.




color theme options. What color do you think would look good?

Texelion

Nice sculpt. You should hit the BPR button in ZBrush next time to have an anti aliased render, it helps ^^.

The yellow one really remember Scorpion and the blue one Sub Zero from Mortal KKKKombat. I like the orange one and the blue/green shades of the blue one.

Well, they all looks good ^^.

lotet

3 looks great, 1 looks cool too, but most importently I think you should tone down the colors some, he looks very "super hero" atm, but maybe thats what your going for

Moogart

I like 3 better, and it's kinda feels like a "sentai" to me, maybe the colors are too bright?
Anyway, your sculpt looks great!
We have 1week to go! keep up the good work!!
^__^

nechnechmo

@Texelion @Lotet : Thank you guys!I'm glad that you liked it. I think I'll play more on the colors.
@Moogart: YUP! One week to go!!!Good luck to us all~!!!

Gemstigma

a Dragon Knight like...like the silhouette... cant wait for the final look...

jerometado

cooool @_@ ill go for #1 and 3

jeffreak

Awesome work! Nice details! I noticed his arm are a bit short. Maybe you can lenghten thore arms a bit.

nechnechmo

It's been a long time! -_-
It's good to know that the deadline has been extended. For that, I was able to download a trial version and study marmoset...This is what I've got so far...I did basic rigging to be able to achieve the pose. Take note that I'm not going to submit it....I have to fix some issues and it's only a test render...I got the BG elsewhere...I don't know who made it...:poly122:

lotet

looks great, textures turned out awezome, You should make a render with less effects and more model =P

nechnechmo

lotet wrote: »

looks great, textures turned out awezome, You should make a render with less effects nad more model =P

Hi! Yup I will add some stuffs...Thanks!

SharDCG

great render man, what renderer did you use?

Gemstigma

very nice details..and like the pose!!! and the deadline is 31..hehe

Texelion

The background is useless. Lotet +1.

The texture looks good, more "assassin" than your previous attempts ^^.

nechnechmo

@Gem and Texelion:

Thanks!

nechnechmo

SharDCG wrote: »

great render man, what renderer did you use?

Hi man! I used marmoset.

nechnechmo

Here's what I've got using mental ray...it's not that really bad.

lotet

I like the red bloom/tint from marmorset, but its waayyy to hard to see whats going on =P right one is a lot better, Think you should go with a light background though, sisnce the character is so dark.

TigerGD

I don't think you can submit a Mental Ray render, but that's a far better one for presenting your work than the Marmoset one. Just put a darker background and tone down the effects to make it more like the Mental Ray render. You can't even make out vital details like the blood on the blades in your Marmoset one, under all that bloom.

Texelion

Yes he can, seems like Mixamo authorized any renderer, even offline ones.

But the MR render is really bad imo. You have some really disturbing light spots. And for the overall look of it, there are some things I find strange ( but it's just my mind ) :

- we don't really understand the weapons, especially the right one because of the angle. I had the same probleme last year with a viking wielding two axes, in the same basic pose. I suggest you change the pose and try to do an assymetrical one, try to show the blades more.

- the lighting on the loincloth is really disturbig. The main light seems to come from the left, but the loincloth looks lit from the right, and there is no secondary light on the character.

- as I said the bright spots are disturbing. Could be better to have a real "rim light" or backlight.

Here is a pic :

nechnechmo

Texelion wrote: »

Yes he can, seems like Mixamo authorized any renderer, even offline ones.

But the MR render is really bad imo. You have some really disturbing light spots. And for the overall look of it, there are some things I find strange ( but it's just my mind ) :

- we don't really understand the weapons, especially the right one because of the angle. I had the same probleme last year with a viking wielding two axes, in the same basic pose. I suggest you change the pose and try to do an assymetrical one, try to show the blades more.

- the lighting on the loincloth is really disturbig. The main light seems to come from the left, but the loincloth looks lit from the right, and there is no secondary light on the character.

- as I said the bright spots are disturbing. Could be better to have a real "rim light" or backlight.

Here is a pic :

Hi Texelion! You really have keen eyes! Hehe..
Yes, It's a rim light...Yeah, I find it too distracting specially on the loincloth but I already fix that. The rim light's a lot smoother now. I am now working on the final pose. I'll post all the things next week.