Sci-fi helmet (Juan Gim

CougarJo

Hi there

New project : I'm going to do the helmet in the following picture. I love the amazing art of Juan gim

DWalker

The head feels rather small for the helmet.

CougarJo

Yes it's possible I'm still tweaking it! I've started the inside, and I'm trying to think about the thickness of the pading but I think I can scale it up a bit! Thanks

CougarJo

CougarJo

Update

zetheros

It almost looks like two helmets; a smaller helmet, some sort of liquid (possibly some kind of thermal insulation?), and an exterior helmet. The exterior helmet almost looks like it's designed to hold fluids.

CougarJo

Ah interesting I don't see it as two helmets, maybe it's hard to see it for the moment, but I've done two layers of lenses, the zone in between will hold the liquid.

In the cheeks of the helmet I've done the kind of pump thing, with the tubing going from it to the underside of the lenses area.

In my mind, you put the helmet, then the mask, and when everything is plug-in, the liquid run through the system.

CougarJo

Small update

CougarJo

Update :

Perzik

Interesting idea, I love Jimenez's work!

Can't wait to see it finished !

CougarJo

Thanks!

CougarJo

Small update on the nose . Not final I think, something is bothering me, but I don't want to focus too much on a little zone, I want the big picture.

I think I'll start cuting into the helmet for the little plates etc.

felipealves

Nice shapes you've got there.

Looking forward for the PBR work

CougarJo

Thanks Ahah yes me too!

CougarJo

Update, mostly the exterior :

CougarJo

CougarJo

Small update

Ged

thats looking really good already, I take it this is still high poly?

CougarJo

Thanks Yep, still HP! Exterior is mostly done I think, maybe a little pass later. I'll finish the interior parts, and hope to bake it soon

Perzik

Looking forward for the texture ! =D

CougarJo

Next step, padding inside the helmet, I'll need to sculpt, it's going to be...interesting :poly122:

Stranger

Amazing, I love the detail inside.

CougarJo

Thank you

CougarJo

Pablorom12

Never thouhgt an old looking sci fi helmet could be so cool...nice job

CougarJo

Thanks Pablorom12 ! I appreciate!Retro sci-fi is the best sci-fi for me I can appreciate good looking shapes and design in more recent sci-fi, but it's not as tasty imo :P

LaurentiuN

This is looking very cool, are you doing everything in max ? sub-D ? Some modeling tips would be cool, EX how to cut throuh a round shape without pinch

underfox

Looking really cool. Excelent job so far. cna't wait to see the LP version of it

CougarJo

Thankss1dK ! I'm using maya! Yep sub-d modeling, pretty basic stuff, I'm not reinventing the wheel at all

For the holes etc inside round surface, I just need to have enough loops on the model before booleans or cuts. And support edges wide enough.
Ex : A 4 sides cylinders into a curved surface will have a harder time smoothing nicely than a 10 sides cylinders that can follow the curved shapes closer.


underfox Merci Jimmy

coresplendor

Nice helmet you got there. Are you gonna do all those details in the image, cables etc, or just the helmet? Anyway, great work.

CougarJo

Thanks! Only the helmet! Nothing more than the previous screenshot, except for a little more stuff inside!

Stirls

Really liking the look of this, not-Juan. Can't wait to see the texture.

CougarJo

Thanks, but I'm not Juan haha!

Juan Gimenez is the artist that did the original art on 1st post!:)

Stirls

Ah, my bad! Fixed!

CougarJo

No problems I agree that If you don't know Juan Gimenez the title can be misleading!

CougarJo

First piece of padding (this part is the top piece for the rear padding )! I am not at ease in Zbrush haha!

CougarJo

Second layer :

Caldwell_T

That padding in the back is looking really good. I'm really enjoying that it opens in the front as well. Are you going to do some similar padding on the forehead part?

CougarJo

Thanks Yes, I'm doing another ''patch'' of padding on the top/forehead inside the helmet. The mask part will have a kind of foam around the eyes.

breadcrums

sweeet!

Brian "Panda" Choi

Where do you gather your noise alphas?

CougarJo

Thanks breadcrums !

It's the ''burlap'' from the pixologic gallery.

Stirls

Really solid work, not Juan!

Are you going to add that liquid between the two panels of the visor?

CougarJo

Haha thank you

Huuum I don't know. I'll do the final renders with Marmoset toolbag 2 , but for the moment I have absolutely no idea on how to do it! If there is a solution I'll do it!

ElectricEchoes

Man this is really taking shape now. Awesome stuff! I'm looking forward to seeing the LP.

jhoythottle

Awesome! I Love that retro look. I wish I had the imagination to build functional-looking inter-workings like this. Did you use ref to build that stuff inside the helmet or did you just start building what looked right?

CougarJo

ElectricEchoes Thanks

jhoythottle Really appreciate , thanks

No ref here, except for some little sketches I've made before starting.
I just tried to think logically. "I need a lock system for the mask. If there is liquid, I need a pump or something. Inside the lenses I can see informations like and HUD, maybe I need electric cable to power the system and the liquid pump.''

I tried to mimic the shapes I see everywhere else on the original artwork, but I'm not 100% happy with some details yet.

Oh and rules of cool too

CougarJo

Fabric of padding done, now I'll do the pad themselves.

underfox

I really love how this is going. Keep it up.

If I may say something about the image layout it self, I would say to add something like " from the concept of Juan Gimenez " and " By Jonathan llinares ". with the title font size beeing slightly smaller than your real name.

I'm pretty sure it won't be the last time that someone will come here and congratulate you as " juan jimenez " hehe

CougarJo

Thanks for the advice , you're right

Little update, next step sculpt on the respirator and pads :

Sir Apple

This is shaping up to be a pretty cool project.

Watch your pinching, though.