Techno Viking - challenge continued, first character progress

OctoKube

Decided to post some progress on this character in order to hear from your feedback, good or bad.

Right now I am starting to work on the folds for the chaps and later the leather jacket Already did a detail pass on some of the accessories on the lower body:




Here is the concept by Alexander Ovchinnikov:






This is my first time bringing a character to a game ready stage so there are a lot of hurdles ahead for me! Hopefully this thread will allow me to get tips, advice and constructive criticism.

What do you think...feel free to leave your comment!

Suba

Pretty weird that some stuff is already detailed and finished while some stuff is not even sculpted yet. Usually, you should try to work on all the pieces at the same time, it really helps because if you have to make changes you don't have to destroy the time you did put in details already.

I'd say it's a pretty good start. Keep going !

OctoKube

Had to take little break but back at it...finishing off the accessories.

OctoKube

@Suba, I know its a bit unconventional but at least all the main blocks are there first Any finished piece can be reworked individually anyways. Thanks for the comments!

PyrZern

Looks nice there ! Cool details.

Just make sure that the end of the 2 belt straps on the left actually continue further under the chap. And not just end right where you have it.

OctoKube

right! PyrZern, i will make sure to extend that part of the srtap befero i call it done! thx!

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back on this, face wip then onto baking. Im going to finish it eventually.

zOffTy

ha nice! I like this concept!!
I think shoes are a little too big?
keep going..

OctoKube

It's taking form nicely, a few more tweaks and details left to do:

OctoKube

Marmoset test for the eyes, flat materials for the head. More to come...

Kaine123

You should maybe give him a post-apocalyptic/cyberpunk gun-axe combo. In the vein of this.

apllana

I think your character looks much taller than the concept. Perhaps you should look into scaling up a bit the head and the mask. Also the legs should be more tapered. Good luck!

SuperFranky

The concept is obviously inspired by the real Techno Viking. I think you should model the face in the resemblance of the real guy.

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OctoKube

@Kaine123: I was looking for something cool for him to hold, an axe/gun type of weapon would suit him well.

@apllana: after your comment I superimposed a render on top of the concept at the same angle and everything is at the right proportions, same thing for the head. Thanks for the encouragement!

@superfranky: I am a fan of the original as well because of lack of good references I decide to go with a more general Nordic male look. Im sure the beard will bring it all together.

Kaine123

Expanding on the axe-gun comment I made before: I feel like you could take pretty much any sort of long rifle that can mount a bayonet, and place a sort of axe attachment over that area. An SKS or maybe a SIG SG 510. It's your call though of course. :poly129:

OctoKube

Just a bit of fun with Polypaint for a quick preview, I am going to push the facial detail a little further still. Any critiques on the face??

Maxilator

The face looks a bit uniformly noisy, like you used the surface thingy in zbrush, i would recommend against that. Try instead to use a brush with spray and make noise where it should be instead if uniformly over the entire head. I would also recommend looking into some tutorial on skin painting.

Texelion

apllana wrote: »

I think your character looks much taller than the concept. Perhaps you should look into scaling up a bit the head and the mask. Also the legs should be more tapered. Good luck!

I was expecting the real technoviking too, pretty disapointed ^^.

Not a bad face, but the real one is better.

OctoKube

Any critiques are welcome:

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bringing some refinement to the shoulder pad

Brian "Panda" Choi

How'd you get the zipper to line onto that thin edge like that?

PyrZern

Nice jacket details. Digging it!

Spiffy

I would suggest making some of the larger creases on the main body of the jacket deeper:

Not all of them necessarily, just find areas where you think there would be more bunching ( around the shoulders and arms, near the bottom, near zipper) and deepen them a little.

This one might not apply though it's up to you. it looks a little manufactured at the moment with the bottom of the jacket being perfectly straight, It kind of looks like it has cardboard underneath holding it all up, Deepening the creases should help but also add some hang like this:



Doesn't have to be as much as in the image, but pull the bottom down a little/rotate so the front or the back hangs more, but adjust everything else accordingly so it doesn't look like it's stretching as well.


Just some crits, Hope it helps. Looking good so far.

OctoKube

@Brian "Panda" Choi: I draw the IM zipper brush line over the flat plane first then I would manually place it at the right spot with the move brush at a low intensity.

@Spiffy : I had already deepened them a little because i noticed the lack contrast as well, I guess I have to push it more.. the straightness is due to the large chestplate under the jacket. I was going to distort the overall hanging look for the jacket on the low poly model.



thank you all for the feedback! @PyrZern Thanks dude!