[Mixamo Contest] - Cerbiron - "Western Rounin"
Hello everyone, I appreciated Polycount and Mixamo for the wonderful contest
This gonna be my first contest I jointing in, and a good opportunity for me to boot up my skill.
(I'm sorry if my English's too bad or strange)
I'd been inspirate by a Japanese classic movie (Kurosawa Akira), and then I created a profile of character and researched for samurai in meiji era.
Story
After the end of Eido era and Meiji era comes. Emperor Meiji abolished the samurai's right and right to ware thier sword.
Maeda Ryoma, a samurai who used to serve the former emperor in Eido era. He refused to put down his sword and decided to get this opportunity to explore the world as "Ronin", and learning a new thing in a way of "Bushido". At last, Maeda settled his home in a new world "America" as mercenary and bounty hunter in Couple years.
When I done to put a story of character, I continue with a profiling of character and collect the referent of wild west fashion in 1870's (mountain man) and traditional samurai dress in the same time
I'd like this character is realistic and reasonable as impossible
This is some part of reference I collected
My drawing skill is very s***k, it's my major problem can't be solve:(, then I have to pay attention about the profiling and collecting the reference more than normal.
Because of his profile is very cleared. I led him try to dress himself as he want and what he need. After that just simply drafting in Photoshop and Zbrush (I'm just newbie in Zbrush)
This is Ryoma's face I figured out what's he look like should be. May it can be improve later (old-fashion Japanese)
After this, I'll model a hi-poly and lo-poly in 3ds max piece by piece.
This gonna be my first contest I jointing in, and a good opportunity for me to boot up my skill.
(I'm sorry if my English's too bad or strange)
I'd been inspirate by a Japanese classic movie (Kurosawa Akira), and then I created a profile of character and researched for samurai in meiji era.
Story
After the end of Eido era and Meiji era comes. Emperor Meiji abolished the samurai's right and right to ware thier sword.
Maeda Ryoma, a samurai who used to serve the former emperor in Eido era. He refused to put down his sword and decided to get this opportunity to explore the world as "Ronin", and learning a new thing in a way of "Bushido". At last, Maeda settled his home in a new world "America" as mercenary and bounty hunter in Couple years.
When I done to put a story of character, I continue with a profiling of character and collect the referent of wild west fashion in 1870's (mountain man) and traditional samurai dress in the same time
I'd like this character is realistic and reasonable as impossible
This is some part of reference I collected
My drawing skill is very s***k, it's my major problem can't be solve:(, then I have to pay attention about the profiling and collecting the reference more than normal.
Because of his profile is very cleared. I led him try to dress himself as he want and what he need. After that just simply drafting in Photoshop and Zbrush (I'm just newbie in Zbrush)
This is Ryoma's face I figured out what's he look like should be. May it can be improve later (old-fashion Japanese)
After this, I'll model a hi-poly and lo-poly in 3ds max piece by piece.
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I'm very hesitated about the hat and the long cloth.
The hat is very necessary item in the desert land like Nevada or Texas.
But I want let he show his samurai hair style.
The Cloth, he wanted! but it's surely make more job for me in rigging process.
By the way, I'm not lock his style yet.
Still some gear I have to add on him.
I continue to redesign something little bit.
Then in blocking all the stuff in 3dsMax.
The hair style, I blocked too. to find the way the make this hair style for game type
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Some gadgets I mold in 3dmax, just simple hard-surface workflow.
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After that, export the blocking mesh to Zbrush piece by piece
This is my final design and all blocking mesh from Max.
Perhaps this is my first character I ever work on Zbrush.
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I'd very hesitated about this long cloth before, "Should I put it or not. If I put it, how could I rig it in ?." what ever.
I decided to make it float behind the katana. It feel more like "cape" for me.
And if he carry his katana on his back. It too much ninja looks more than samurai, Right?
Sorry if my English were bad.
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Update on retopologized and baked the normal map/AO map.
And then I just simple tested the map by Xoliul Shader in max
After that, I fully painted the head and hair.
Because I want to test his look and emotion first.
Preview in Max viewport.
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Prepare for rigging process.
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Just a quick reminder that the deadline for your submission has been extended: you have until tonight (Monday July 8, 11:59:59 pm PST) to email us your entry.
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Good luck!
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