The Beast - Rat Beast

gilesruscoe

Decided to join in with the fun! I have no real concept right now, apart from that its some kind of beastly rat man. So expect lots of things to be added or change as I go along.

Backstory:

Regis "The Rat" Buckley was a sneaky, good for nothing, slime ball of a man. In the dark night he would scurry from doorstep to doorstep, stealing all he could get his grubby hands on. Come day, he would often be found skulking around the market, waiting for the lapse of watchful eyes, allowing him to pocket what he could.
For a long time, Regis wanted the one thing he could not steal, something that could not be snatched in the blink of an eye, or wheeled away in the dead of night - he desired the love of a woman. Buckley knew of a rumor that told of a witch living in the woods nearby, who possessed a powerful love potion. Naturally, Buckley tried to steal it. The witch caught him. She placed a wicked curse upon him, shifting him into a warped, ugly monster who would never be able to find the love of a woman.
Concept:

Here is the initial rough sculpt:

Shamaz

Cool design!

gilesruscoe

Thanks Here is a tiny bit more progress:

gilesruscoe

Didn't have much time this lunch break, so decided to just clean up a bit of the torso anatomy. Still a long way to go! Do his abs seem too narrow to you guys?

funkbro

Nice! I think the abs could be a little wider for sure.
How are you planning on rendering this fella?

gilesruscoe

Thanks. Yea I think I'll rework the abs area and probably stretch out the torso a bit. Going to try and render him in UE4, with an idle anim and pedestal hopefully.

A little update:

Dimfist

Reminds me of Hogger.

fantasymaster

That's a big rat! 

gilesruscoe

Ah yes, Hogger would be similar to what I want to achieve yea!

Here is an update, I've re-proportioned him, as I didn't like how squat he became after adding so much muscle mass. I think he's looking more ratty now. I've also done a PO of future plans for it.




More updates tomorrow! Its going a bit slow at the moment, as I only work on it during my lunch hour

gilesruscoe

More updates!

I'm in the process of changing his feet to be more rat like, instead of having a human style ankle. This is roughly blocked in for now. I've also changed how his collar bone looks and worked a bit on the face!

gilesruscoe

And some keyshot messin'

tushar

It is coming out good...

Pixelgorilla

so awesome!

gilesruscoe

Thanks guys, very small update, added some teeth/gums/tongue

BhushanArekar

Nice progress.

tushar

I really likes his face... overall look is good.

gilesruscoe

Another tiny tiny update

Pixelgorilla

Really great colors!

gilesruscoe

Thanks! The colours where quickly painted on, but I think its an ok scheme to stick with for now.

Today I did some work on the face and neck areas again. Next thing to focus on is his ugly hands and feet.

gilesruscoe

Face PO, done due to lack of motivation to sculpt Getting a feel for what I might do with fur

fantasymaster

Freakin awesome rat!

Zielarz

Great job! I dig the whole stylization. It has this cartoonish feel but as I see your paintovers you are aiming for more realistic textures. I like this especially head has it's style.