Viking Character - Noob learning

zicoV

Hey guys,

So i figured it was about time i actually tried and finish a character and i've decided to start by making a manly viking warrior dude..

Okay so i'm not completely sure what i'm doing here but i've been messing around with this guy in zbrush the last couple of weeks and here's what i got so far.



I've been spending today trying to figure out how to make the fur around his arm, belt and feet and i'm still not quite feeling it so if anyone has any tips on that i'll be glad to hear them Or if you have any crit at all really.

teggs

I think you are having some trouble with the fur because the shapes you have created are very uniform and repetitive. Fur tends to lay in un-even clumps. I suggest looking at reference images of fur while sculpting and focus on the overall mass/shape of the clumps of fur. Also examine the directionality of the fur growth. Here are a few links to images I think you may find helpful and I think explain what I am trying to get at.
http://www.sfdm.scad.edu/faculty/mkesson/vsfx419/wip/spring11/shannon_dingle/images/golden_fur.jpg
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/arsgera/arsgera1004/arsgera100400034/6835611-polar-fox-fur-useful-as-texture-or-background.jpg
http://www.bittbox.com/~caleb/free_high_res_texture_117.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RE3qt6kuVzI/T86fqBj828I/AAAAAAAAB2Y/LvSEpw8qiqE/s1600/Jon+Snow.jpg
http://wfiles.brothersoft.com/r/robb-stark-game-of-thrones_193579-1600x1200.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQH0ffz5BYs/T61iFFvO9sI/AAAAAAAABMQ/EFDjxTZ_h9I/s1600/Eddard-Ned-Stark-game-of-thrones-17834627-1600-1200.jpg

zicoV

Coming along slowly. Still need to practice on my fur but thanks for the ref teggs



Made a few changes to the design but i keep fiddling around with this but cant really seem to get it done. Maybe i just need to suck it up and commit a weekend to it.

ASGUARDVIKING

Hey dude

Dosent look to bad looks skyrim esk, not totally traditional. Ive got a couple of links using zbrushes fibermesh so ya can have some cool fur.

http://www.3dworldmag.com/2012/08/16/create-fur-with-fibermesh/

http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?vid=14086

Second one is if ya have a tutors account.

zicoV

Thanks

I kinda wanted to mix a bit of barbarian in there but still keep him "viking like".
But i dont have a clear concept to work of cause i cant draw for shit so i'm making it up as i go along

Btw can you bake fibermesh onto a lowpoly model ?

Phosforced

looking good so far. i really like the design.
if you want to make a real time character fibermesh is out
so you are on the right way.keep it up.