Batman Bust

Ave

Heyo


A while ago the legendary Serge Birault posted a sick batman sketch on facebook, so i used it as a practice sculpt. It turned out pretty well so i figured i'd share it Currently i'm working on practicing lighting...presentation is something i kinda suck at. A few guys in the google hangout have given me some pointers, which has been awesome. Would love to know how you'd approach lighting/presenting a bust like this..or any pointers you can throw at me.


The Sketch:

(Serge's blog here: sergebirault.blogspot.com.au/)

JordanLeigh

Wow...

oxblood

...yeah wow

marcobar

That sculpt, the awesome pedestal, just everything. Wow.

jStins

Forget the lighting and rendering, get that bad boy 3D printed!

Your main presentation shot may work better in a portrait layout. Great work!

Hard3D

Awesome, just awesome!!! It's super interesting how you made texturing?

Ave

Thanks for the kind words

@jStins - haha printing that cape might suck? :P

@Hard3d - there's nothing special about the texture, this is a polypainted sculpt rendered in marmoset.

danpants

Wow! Final render came out superb. Nice sculpt.

jsargent

that is fantastic!! I love it!

slosh

This is awesome man. My only crit would be the hands...they look very nondefined like he's wearing really thick gardening gloves filled with padding. They look very soft compared to everything else...i dont even see knuckles on the left hand. still, great representation of serge's concept!

Tits

Loving this, congrats on the amazing work!

s6

Really nice subtle touch having the bat symbol in the background.

The stone/city he's on feels off to me. it feels somewhat rushed. the entire sculpt looks baller, then the base looks meh. Perhaps its too greebleled. Which is good in the sense that it establishes scale, but bad in the sense that it isn't realistic or functional looking. More variation in the height and frequency of the building position might help. Having a few strays that stick up high near his body would be cool too.

http://www.raffaelphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/new-york-city-at-night-skyline-panorama1.jpg

In any case, Awesome work!

pixelpatron

ROCKSTEADY GIVE US MODELS LIKE THIS!!! This should totally be an Un-lockable, just send this model to them, I bet if you give them permission they'll throw it in. It's just too cool. His expression is just perfect.

BradMyers82

Great job here man! Very nice balance of fine detail and large shapes. Overall great design!

Super

Really lovely stuff. Mind sharing how you done the suit texture on the sculpt? Noise maker?

adam

My favourite part is the treatment you did on the diorama set up. Loooove that he's massive, looming over Gotham

gloriousczar

Love this, I agree with the height variation on the buildings but I think that's minor. I really like the movement of the cape, did you use Marvelous Designer or anything for that?

Torch

Loads of character, really great stuff!

Ave

Holy crap..i was busy moving house and came back to this. Thanks for the crit/praise. Its not often you get a bunch as talented as you guys commenting on your shit, really appreciate the feedback. Thanks to the polycount ghangout guys for the help with lighting as well...the first render was a bit of a horror..


@Slosh - Thanks, I'll fix it up (Your batman also rocks my jocks)
@s6. Yeah you caught me haha..definitely greebled. I didn't want to spend too much time on the base, so i was a bit lazy.
@Adam - Glad you think so, cheers.

katana

Really excellent.Can you elaborate how you went about the cloth?