Spartan

TheodorUrhed

FINAL POST:

TheodorUrhed wrote: »

Here is the final presentation!

And a construction shot


Thanks again for all the feedback! There are of course still things I could fix, but now I consider this piece done, the .psd files are at this point so large and laggy they're no longer workable, and I'm also sick to death of this project and want to move on.

See you soon!

ORIGINAL POST:

Hello! Hopefully I won't abandon this post like all my previous ones

I'm making a spartan inspired by, of course, the movie 300. It's mainly an excuse to do an anatomy and skin shading study more interesting than a random naked dude. I am doing this for school and I have two weeks half time to complete it.

Crits and tips are very welcome!

Brian "Panda" Choi

Arms are proportionally a tad too long. They're clocking in at a little over a head and a half in length for both the forearms and biceps.

Good start though.

TheodorUrhed

Yup, you were totally right, the hands were especially huge.
Update:

Only small tweaks done on the body today, I've blocked out the armor pieces in Maya so they should show up in tomorrows update.

TheodorUrhed

Imported the clothing/armor and started detailing the "pants". I haven't planned on doing the helmet and cape as I sadly don't have the time to do so.

On the body I mostly worked on the hands and I also started to work a bit asymmetrically on the abs.

TheodorUrhed

I've detailed some more and I've started polypainting, the big thing left is detailing the face and body.

TheodorUrhed

Finished the Sculpt and Highpoly


I've started to retopologize in Maya.

pmiller001

I'm super pumped to see this. Wish I had some critiques at this moment for it. Keep it up man

TheodorUrhed

pmiller001 wrote: »

I'm super pumped to see this. Wish I had some critiques at this moment for it. Keep it up man

Thanks a lot man

Finished the Low Poly and UV mapping today and also managed to do some quick bakes and threw it in to Marmoset.

TheodorUrhed

Had to rebake some stuff and fix the geometry here and there. Also started texturing.

DespicablCheese

Looking really great! Can we see some wireframes for topology crit?

Grogbar

Great work!
Let us see some wires

Arendt

Looks good , but i you should put more polys in his head , even nose has more than that and it's smaller part.

DarkStar

Make me think of Spartacus the serie.

TheodorUrhed

Thanks a lot guys!
I will post some wires first thing tomorrow morning!

I am planning on adding hair so the low poly head shouldn't be too much of a problem (I hope)

TheodorUrhed

Here ya go!

lotet

He has a verry funny polygon on the top of his head, that is just a tad to pointy, it looks like a little hat or something =P

everything else looks pretty good this I just can not unsee.

TheodorUrhed

I worked mostly on the hair today but it's still too WIP to show here.
I also fixed the edge that seemed to bother you all to no end :P

Remerbr

Is there anyway you can subdivide his head a little more? It stands out that it is really polygonal compared to the rest of the awesome model. Awesome topology, btw. See no triangles.

TheodorUrhed

No massive difference today, mainly small fixes and general polish. From now on I will only work on the hair which will cover up his polygonal head.

Thrivius

I really like this man

Kaine123

I know it's not the likeness, but your guy reminds me a lot of Titus Pullo from the "Rome" series on HBO.

TheodorUrhed

Kaine123 wrote: »

I know it's not the likeness, but your guy reminds me a lot of Titus Pullo from the "Rome" series on HBO.

Haha, well spotted, he was actually one of my references!

I had some fun rigging today, just to pose him for school submission. My first two weeks with this guy is now over so I'll pitch doing the weapons, shield, helm and cape for the next couple of weeks to my teachers.



I've also added hair but as you can see I'm having problems. It's still a pretty rough block in but I don't understand how to fix the problem that arise in closeups at the top of the head (seeing the dark underside of the hairplanes).

BradMyers82

nice work so far.
The thing that is most off putting imo are the eyes. I would give him a more natural rested eye appearance like this.


basically, have the upper eyelid on the edge of the black pupil part, and the lower eyelid on the edge of the iris.

TheodorUrhed

BradMyers82 wrote: »

nice work so far.
The thing that is most off putting imo are the eyes. I would give him a more natural rested eye appearance like this.


basically, have the upper eyelid on the edge of the black pupil part, and the lower eyelid on the edge of the iris.

I've had a feeling something was off with the eyes but couldn't quite put my finger on it, Thanks!

TheodorUrhed

The pitch went through and I will now work another two weeks (half time) on this guy :P

I've blocked out the Basemeshes for the different parts today, should be able to start with the Highpoly tomorrow.

TheodorUrhed

Sculpted the cape, shield and helm today. I'll probably work some more on the cape and start with the weapons tomorrow.

TheodorUrhed

So I kinda forgot to update this thread, but now I'm back, with only 2 days left to submission.
This is where I'm currently at:

I'm doing the "mane" on the helmet tomorrow.

Kaine123

I would try to make the metals on the weapons a bit more varied with their reflections in order to give them more "pop."

TheodorUrhed

This is what I turned in, didn't get it to the quality and polish I would've wanted but all in all I'm pretty satisfied with the result.

I'll probably revisit this guy in time for the portfolio course and polish him a bit further.

Thank you guys for the feedback

WesleyArthur

Some solid modelling there, very nice indeed.

I agree with @Kaine123, some of the textures look a little plain, perhaps a bit too clean. The character's helmet and skin is in fairly pristine condition, yet his shield and cape and quite damaged and dirty. I think the helmet in particular could do with more roughness variation.

It's a nice piece overall, nice proportions, and not excessively toned.

achillesian

your final presentation shot is making the model look a lot worse than it is. Needs better lighting so we can see the model and its details

pongstah

Details on the head look good but it's being covered by the helmet. Maybe you could make him hold the helmet instead of wearing it.

TheodorUrhed

Thank you very much for the crits on the presentation, I'll take them into consideration when I make adjustments to textures, pose and lighting in the final presentation for my portfolio next year

TheodorUrhed

Here is the final presentation!

And a construction shot


Thanks again for all the feedback! There are of course still things I could fix, but now I consider this piece done, the .psd files are at this point so large and laggy they're no longer workable, and I'm also sick to death of this project and want to move on.

See you soon!