Reallusion 3D Character Design Contest-Wolfzone Digital

Wolfzone Digital

The WIP for a character being created using Reallusion's character creator and Zbrush.
End result will hopefully be a Minotaur. Initial concept sketch.

Workflow:
Reallusion Character Creator For Base Model
3DXchange for .obj export
Zbrush for detailed Normal map, texturing and clothing creation
3DS Max for easy skinning of clothing to base model for re-import into Character Creator/Iclone

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Starting with Character Creator to get the musculature and do a lot of the initial face shaping using extreme morphs and baking and then continuing to morph further. Repeated the steps over and over to get the proper front of the face/snout and eye shape correct.

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Base model then exported out of character creator as a .fbx file to generate the key we will need later to create and import custom clothing for it later.  Character is opened in 3D xchange and then export the body as an .obj file so the base can be used as our model to create clothes on it in zbrush.

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Base model of our Minotaur body shape is imported into zbrush (Zbrush is my chosen modeling software but you can use whatever you're comfortable with for your development)
I use zbrush to modify the body shape further particularly around the feet to convert them into a hoof shape. It's important you don't change the actual polygon count of the model mesh itself or you can't replace it simply back into 3dxchange. I also use it to create high detailed normal maps and texture for the skin to create a higher detail level.

Then we create the individual armor pieces on our base model for export as .obj files. We will later skin the armor in 3ds max as cloth using skin wrap so we can import the character back into character creator fully armored. More on that to be posted later

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Haven't been able to work on character for a while until recently. Started texturing in detail and working on various additional armor completion pieces. I'm designing the character and all the armor clothing to be fully compatible with Iclone's character Creator.
I posted an initial video of the first motion test of the physic's enabled soft cloth: https://www.facebook.com/wolfzonedigital/

Also here are some stills of the progress:

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Here is the model in Sketchfab:
model

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And here are a few youtube videos rendered in 360 degrees:

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Here's another one:

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Final Video Compilation for the entry:

https://youtu.be/de3uyT45tZw