HMP Contest - Nacertag

nacertag

well i want to be part of this competition .i don't know anything about Houdini other than its an amazing procedural piece of software, so i got to hurry up and pick up some knowledge about cloth and the mantra render in Houdini .
good luck to everyone
last update:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W81j5a9zquU

BananaHead

i think you should rename your thread...
something like "HMP Contest - nacertag"...o.O

nacertag

i think only the admin can change the thread title ,so i hope he rename it to the name you suggested ,ill try and contact him

Anais

Done. No worries.
Welcome and best of luck to you Nacertag!

nacertag

did this on my lunch break today just testing

BananaHead

looks very interesting so far! like some chinese kimono/fighter outfit...
good luck!

i think, the head is a tick to big...

nacertag

thanks for the comment
,i agree with u the head is a bit too big ,i had kinda the same idea about a Chinese kimono fighter,i will c what i can do

Anais

Looking good. Agreed that some of the proportions might be slightly off (head, shinbone...) so it might be worth reworking those a little.

nacertag

still in the process of concepting ,i come up with this look today,the cloth fold are not so good because that is the first time that i sculpted cloth,and i`m actually still new to the whole 3d world thing ,any way here is what i got today

Elyaradine

Pretty cool for first time cloth!

It's looking terribly lumpy/noisy though. I'd recommend going in with some kind of planar/flatten or equivalent brush and simplifying the shapes before softening it up again with smoothing. Also, lots of reference!

nacertag

thanks for the comment ,and i`m gonna spend some time learning how to deal with cloth and hope i get better

nacertag

just a little update im almost done with modeling

nacertag

[IMG]http://www.polycount.com/forum/<a href=http://postimage.org/image/5jqznav57/ target=_blank>[/img]did add a shirt and im experimenting with an armored arm

Ultraperson

Wow that is turning out to be really good.

Dryulya

serious work and a lot of detail. well done.

nacertag

thanks for the comment
finally i got some free time so i did a little bit of work on the model and i think its almost done just got some more detail and im thinkig to add a weapon on him im thinking about a huge vega claws (from street fighter)

nacertag

still in the process of finding the right character so i tried a new look for my model

Dryulya

stylish guy! wah-wah!!!

nacertag

after a lot of thinking about what character i want. i decided to go with this still a lot need to be done but here is what i got so far

nacertag

well this is my latest concept and the last one ,and im not gonna change my minde now because i dont have time to do that anyway:).
ill be puting more detail on the armor but aft6er that i will to start working on topology soon

BananaHead

wow, this is a nice concept! i like it very much!
for me the horns are a little bit too swirled (to round), but thats only my opinion!

looking forward to see further updates.

Dryulya

There are several characters in the competitions. And all good.

nacertag

almost done retology
and i changed the horns thanx bananahead and dryulya

nacertag

trying to find a color them ,and i think i have to remodel the boots and the arm gards

Dryulya

Super job. And boots can make orange?

nacertag

here is my first test in houdini this is just the default cloth setting i did not tweak it to my need yet hope you like it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W81j5a9zquU

Vivi_ZA

looking good dude, what fabric is the thing made of? if you can get slightly more creases in will be perfect

nacertag

another houdini test i think i llike what i got ,ill just finish texturing all the cloth parts and i ill move to render the finale shot:
http://youtu.be/2fUI5c9ldzQ

ChewyPixels

Nice cloth setup.

Are you going to add any thickness to your cloth elements? If so, I'm curious how you'll handle that.

-Chewy

nacertag

glad you like it:)
not sure if i will add thinckness to all the cloth parts .
if i do it will have to be very small ,and i think ill just use the polyextrude node followed by a smooth node on top of the cached cloth and that will do it
and i might resim the cloth and change the collision thickness parameter if it does intersect when i add thickness

ChewyPixels

I think adding slight thickness to the cloth makes it look better, especially with the rendering style you have going there.

I plan on doing the same, just not sure if I can pull it off.

-Chewy

nacertag

just a little update i did add some thickness to the cloth and starting to test the bottom cloth textures ,make sure to enable HD viewing to see more detail:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6I6wWG3yok&quot;]houdini cloth test3 - YouTube[/ame]

ChewyPixels

Yeah, the thickness definitely helps.

Are you planning on taking this further or are you calling it done?

-Chewy

nacertag

thanks chewy and im not done yet still some time left:)
not sure if i wanna add the eyes or just give him some red or blue glowing evil eyes will c,
and i think i m done with the simulation and texturing ill just have to finish tightening up everything and render high res video and move to render the posed still image . does anybody knows how to render sperate passes in houdini
because i dont know how to do it
http://youtu.be/GQonvjxaNQE

Dryulya

Looks very interesting.

ChewyPixels

Not sure how to render separate passes yet. Have you looked in the "Light, Shade, & Render" video series from SideFX yet? My guess is they touch on that there. Maybe try the later videos in the series.

-Chewy

nacertag

here is what i got so far i changed the armor texture and if i dont finish whats left like the work on the eyes this will be my final:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0J2oPM_ljY&feature=youtu.be

Anais

Quick hint: Make sure to make your video long enough for the judges to take a good look at your work. Music also adds to the final presentation!

Cheers,

Dryulya

Very good update. He is terrible and awful.

nacertag

thanks drulya and anias for the tip
any critic will be most appreciated since we still got one more day wish is enough to polish thanks again

jayson

Very nice. Reminds me of Galactus a little, but different enough. Your model and texturing are really solid, so it's hard to critique. If you were looking for something though, the image looks a little flat, given your character is larger than life. If you have the time, try bring the scene to the epic level of the character. Good luck!