PETROL/BLOOD - Gannon

Gannon

Started playing with some large shapes shapes until I ended up with something I liked based on these references.





Once I'm happy with the large details I'll retopo and make a second pass at the medium and small shapes.

aesir

I think it's looking great, but it definitely has a bit of a harmless kind of feeling about it in the 3/4 view. If you're going for that, awesome. Otherwise you could probably lengthen some bits and adjust some curves to make it feel more aggressive.

Kurt Russell Fan Club

Awesome, I love the shape so far

Ulrick

Nice start, looking forward to see the texturing / render

jeebs

great start, I like the shapes so far!

Gannon

Thanks for the love guys.

@ Aesir - I'm a fan of scouting/light armor units in most games I play. Quick and nimble is definitely something I'm interested in. I'll probably add a little more beef to the design though once I start adding in the weapons.



Current WIP.

Bbox85

Lookin' sweet! It's got a really cool 60's/flash gordon vibe.

Suba

Wow i love this already !

lightbird

great model....really liking it!!! Keep up the good work.

Ithoual

indeed : )

Really nice entry and universe !

Safemilk(Daniel)

Really dig the proportions on this, makes me think of a snub nosed pistol or something, looking forward to seeing more!

Gannon

Thanks again guys. I feel like I'm pretty happy with the design and where the plane is at. I think I'm going to take a break on this until I get some progress on the pedestal/character design.

Added the machine guns.



Let me know if there's anything that really bothers you or have any suggestions for changes. I still feel like there's soooooomething missing but I'm not quite sure what.

Gannon

Did a couple of sketches, tried to find something industrial/war factory kind of feel. Some plate armor to surround the building. It will have some vents/dirigible balloons to keep it floating in the sky. I really liked the vertical designs a bit more.

Gannon

Quick WIP shot of the base. I decided that the factory wasn't going to read well at the scale I wanted to put it at. Basically a factory for ants.

Here's a turret instead! I'll probably throw some sandbags on the ropes to weigh it down and add bullet casings around the top.

Sebeuroc

Very cool so far, man. I'm digging those shapes!

toby.rutter

I second that, I really like the combination of smooth surfaces and hard bevelled edges. What are you thinking of creating to fly this amazing contraption?

rv_el

This thing is looking totally rad. Looking forward to driver. guage cluster is coo.

Gannon

Thanks guys, I don't know how I want to push the proportions but costume design wise I want to pull elements from these references.

skue352

I really like the potential look of for your character. The Range Murata, in the lower right might be ideal direction to go along with your fighter. can't wait J.G., g.g. g.j.

Gannon

Thanks Eric!



Iiiii'm super slow with characters. I've just been kit bashing elements from the reference and hoping my proportions are good. Had a couple of friends take a peak here and there for the base mesh I made. Now I'm adding the medium details.

Gannon

Faces are officially the bane of my 3D existence.



I've been spending a lot of time checking out Funky Bunnys process videos and checking out artists with other exaggerated facial proportions.

it keeps turning out like this though



Really hoping I can fumble through this like some of the busts I've done in the past and come out with something awesome. haha. If I spend longer than another day on this then I'm just gonna retopo and UV my vehicle and pedestal and revisit the character last.

EarthQuake

Something really bothers me about those legs, I think its the fact that the silhouette is just a straight tube. I think you need to work to define the underlying shape of the legs better. I see what you're trying to do in terms of the last exile reference, but I don't think its working out well for you here. The arms have a similar problem but not a severe.



This shows the underlying shape quite well, and also the stance is very, very important. Right now the stance your character is modeled is again, basically just a tube shape for the legs, you need to show the curves of the legs even if the shape itself is mostly tubular.

The shape of the breasts also looks off from the side view, almost as if they were modeled as naked breasts, but they're underneath clothing and would likely have some support so I would expect to see a different silhouette there as well.

The torso seems overly elongated as well, and you seem to be struggling a bit with exactly the body type you want to represent.

More refs as you seem to be pulling very heavily from Tatiana: https://www.google.com/search?q=last+exile+pilot&tbm=isch&ei=vWHeU6_JJoquyATK4oC4Ag#q=last+exile+Tatiana&tbm=isch&imgdii=_

Gannon

You pretty much nailed everything I was unsure about in regards to the body, lol. Thanks man, This feedback really helped me break the tunnel vision. I'll noodle around with it and post the changes later tonight.

Quick update for the body progress. I definitely like this better but I think it still needs work.

EarthQuake

Yeah the legs definitely feel a bit better now, keep at it!