Virtual On Fei-Yen model WIP

Gungriffon Geona

I had started this model sometime last year and got as far as the head, ears, and part of the torso before I became annoyed with Max's standard subdivision tools flat out getting in my way. But thanks to Turbosmooth Pro I've been able to restart this and make very good progress in a short span of time!





Most of what is seen here is 4 days worth of bashing things out, so hopefully I can get of the rest done pretty quickly. (Sans possibly that insanely complex booster system. REALLY gonna hate that one!)

Gungriffon Geona

While I'm here, I was curious if anyone knew how to best approach the indentions seen here:


the best guess I have is to set the quad flow diagonally, but that sounds really obnoxious and unfun to do. does anyone else have an idea on how to handle this?

Gungriffon Geona

I could have just said the hands were done and showed a normal picture, but where's the fun in that?

Gungriffon Geona

All vital pieces are in place. going to go ahead and retopo and UV the model so I can hand it over to the person who'll rig things up. after that work on major accessories and anything extra will be done.

Gungriffon Geona

Is there really no feedback at all? It's kind of suprising that there's nobody willing to comment on this! Is it just not good? Is it too boring?

TigerGD

If you're planning on baking normal maps for a low poly, you can model the indentations separately, float them over the calves (but inside your cage) and they'll turn up on the normal maps. Or just remodel or retopo those calves like you said.

Gungriffon Geona

I feel like that's the best option, but with this curved surface it's proven problematic to get them to render correctly with the one test I did. I'm honestly thinking it'll be best to just take the legs into mudbox, make some alphas of the shapes, and just dent them in that way. I'll see when I get to that point though.

Fnitrox

Watch out for some proportions on the feet. they look rather on the big side compared to your ref. The back of the foot should be at least half as wide and it doesn't taper as much.

For the indentations I'd say if you've gone this far with just subd modeling, just model them. It'll be good practice and you can always get some help in the "How you model them shapes" thread.

Gungriffon Geona

Oh, I hadn't seen that thread before! that'll be good help, thank you!