[FINISHED] Witcher Hunter

Jakub

Hello guys,






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Today I decided to create a character that was sitting in my concept folder for a while now. With all Witcher models that were uploaded to Artstation recently, I couldn't help myself. 

I'll be creating the Witcher Hunter, concept by Face Zero

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/v908x

It is quite challenging, but I hope that I'll manage Any help/suggestions/comments will be welcome!

Jakub

Today's work

Body is pretty much untouched, I gotta find a good reference, focused on the face, to get the right proportions.

Jakub

Fight with proportions

pawige

Nice work so far! I think he seems a little thin from the side, though, especially given his girthier look from the front.

His head also may be a tad small, unless you're going for more heroic proportions.
Looking forward to seeing more!

Jakub

Thanks @pawige

That reference and comment helps a lot, as I had some issues finding the new ones. I will fix the overall proportions while I get the body in place, I had a feeling the back is feeling too thin

Jakub

A bit of an update

Jakub

a bit of an update Started to block out lower body armour to get a sense of proportions and work on belly fat.
I made an artistic decision towards face, as  i dont like the concept one very much. I wont make it so wrinkled etc.

Jakub

Another update. 

Plan is to make him cinematic, all the details will be in displacement map besides overall textile noise. 

Next stage - hands and blockout for all the chest gear. After all that is done, I'll come back to each piece and bring it to awsome detail level )

Tomtegubbe

Looks pretty much spot on to the reference, that is one ugly fat guy. The lower part of his boots seem to lack the detail of the upper portion of his boots. But you'll probably get to that. Looks great.

Nuclear Angel

You are off to a great start, but I think he feels a bit smaller than on the concept. He does not feel as heavy and bulky, and I believe if you push all the forms a bit he would feel more heavy and imposing. Especially around his stomach and chest area. But that could also be for the lack of all the gear. Just keep an eye out for the forms before going to deep in to detailing.  

Jakub

@Tomtegubbe

Yeah, I will get to that Thanks!

@Nuclear Angel

I will check how he looks with all the gear in Thank you

gfelton

I think this looks great but I can't help agree with lots of the other critiques about the fact that he doesn't feel as heavy as the concept dictates. He just feels wide but not as fat or muscley as he should.

Jakub

@gfelton
Thank for you input! As long as he is wide, the way he should be it's great. I can always work on his muscle/fat and I certainly will. 

Jakub

Blocked out what I wanted and starting to do some detail, piece by piece. I'll come back to the body soon

Maxilator

I think you should push the deformation of the head a bit more, take a look at the forehead for example, while he has some deformations at the moment the concept conveys way deeper grooves and lumps. Keep up the good work!

Jakub

@Maxilator

Thank you! That is the artistic decision I was talking about, I think the forehead deformation on the concept in too heavy so I decided to skip it and make some overall changes. He will still be fat and ugly tho

Maxilator

@Jakub

Ah I see, I just scrolled through the thread pretty fast so I might have missed it, I'd personally include it but I guess it's up to you. 

Jakub

Finally sat down to give this guy more fat

CJE

This is looking really good so far. I think the face might need a 30% "Edward James Olmos" action to match the pitting on the concept, especially on the forehead.

gfelton

Looks nice and plump, good work on the fat

Jakub

Thanks guys @CJE  @gfelton

Good to know that he is going in the correct direction. 
 

jose.fuentes

i see you took adam skutts class too! recognize the model from the crits 

Jakub

@jose.fuentes

I took the first one (result - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VNZPn)

But I might've shared that model on the facebook group 

Matt_Hjellen

I really love the model so far! He definitely looks like he would be a handful to deal with.

His head does look like it's a bit smaller/skinnier than the original concept although I know you said you were making some changes from the concept. His expression could also be pushed a bit further to make him look even more mean. 

I can't wait to see what he looks like finished! 

Jakub

Thanks @Matt_Hjellen

There still will be a lot of work to body/face in terms of secondary/tertiary detail. Expression will be changed in the end also

razzman

Great work..keep it going! Only thing is the head size, that is bothering me a bit (if that is not intentional)
His face reminds me a bit of this character

Jakub

Thanks @razzman I'll take a look at the head

I am really happy that you like the way he is going guys!

More detail got to him!



And some nicer render

FreemanH

He is looking fantastic man, can't wait for the end! You plan to texture him ?

Jakub

Thanks @FreemanH
 
Yes, of course Once I'm finished with HP, I'll give myself some break from him and get LP + Texutures done.

gfelton

He's coming along really well. Maybe some more visible veins on his arms would help to emphasize his strength a bit? That might be a nice detail to add

Jakub

@gfelton

There is no visible arms There is a cloth coming from his shoulder, down his arm. I probably should seprate these with a different colour next render.

Jakub

time to get back to this fella!  

Jakub

Little more work done ) Just to clarify, I will make him real-time after all! Wanna practice some texturing and rendering in new Marmoset.

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Jakub

@TeriyakiStyle

Thanks! I had the same feeling about the shoes, I will take a look at them. 

Also, that skullet! I gotta think about it, but its a great idea

Jakub

done some extra work on skin detail )

FreemanH

That is looking so great dude! Love the forms on body.

Jakub

Thanks @FreemanH

An update with face detail

Jakub

A quick test in Marmoset, wanted to see how skin albedo and normals will look there. I still gotta create all the rest

FreemanH

Lookin forward to that.

klown

Very nice man, strong start to texturing ;D

Jakub

Thanks @klown @FreemanH

Added the remaining maps today(roughness mostly). Gotta play with scatter depth next. Everything will be tweaked few times by time I finish it anyways ^^

peloncr

Really awesome work you have here

Jakub

@dustinbrown

Thank you! To be fair, I did not plan on adding them from the very beginning. Once i got into texturing I noticed that he forhead looks really boring, so i probably will do that  

Im really into skin-shading, so I felt I need to try new Marmoset out

@peloncr

Thanks!

I want that guy to shine in my folio, so any advice is more than appreciated!

klown

If you really want this guy to shine, I would certainly focus on getting all that fantastic wrinkle/scar detail from the concept into your model

Ive had this guy in a  potential projects folder for a while just because of that face!

Jakub

@klown @dustinbrown

Suggestions were brought to life Face-lifting the other way around.

Rickpwnz

Really nice progress on the face! From now it is a real eye catcher!
In my opinion you could add a few more fine pore details and add some more details on the lips. 
Cant wait to see your texturing progress

Jakub

@Rickpwnz

Thanks,  I will take a look at stuff you mentioned

Jakub

Texture got some upadates + added the eyes

klown

Hells yeah dude! much more gnarly now!

Seems like you are losing some wrinkle detail in your bake though? Looking at your ZB viewport vs your latest paint, the face details seem about 20-25% softer?

Jakub

@klown

yeah, I noticed that. I had my scatter depth(sss) set a little bit too high and flat light also washes out detail. Changed it a bit