Mystic Assassin Player Character [WIP]

czepta

Hi everyone this is my first post here. I'm working on my own game called Mystic Assassin and I'm currently modelling the player character. Thought I would share the progress here in case anyone is keen on offering any input.

Here's my concept:



And here's where I'm at after a day of sculpting:


Looking for any crits or tips on either the concept or model that can help me improve and make it the best it can be.

Thanks!

Tomiajayi

i like the concept

czepta

Thanks @Tomiajayi

Here's an update after a couple more days work. Still got a lot of detail work to do. Saving the feathers on his cloak till last.

Let me know what you think

czepta

Did a bit more work. Started laying in the feathers on the cloak and some of the decals. Also worked more on the folds on the pants. Maybe I'll be able to finish the sculpt by tomorrow..

czepta

Almost finished sculpting still a few details to go and other bits and pieces. Anything I can improve on before I finish up and move to retopo? 

Asura

This is really cool! Im digging the design. My only crit is right now the hood looks a bit too flat on the sides. In the concept it forms an almost upright collar on the sides of his head almost like a neck pillow. Although its not realistic it would help the silhouette a lot.
  

czepta

Cool thanks @Asura . That's a good idea I'll pump it up a bit. Was thinking of making the hood a separate element anyway so I can do a version where he's wearing it. I thought it would be cool in the game to have and animation where you can put his hood on and off.

KurtR

Ah, this guy is cool. In the first few images I was thinking about the hood also, though in the last one you have made it come out pretty well. Agree with Asura however on giving it a little more love. But good job.

czepta

@KurtR awesome definitely something I need to work on then. Thanks!

czepta

So many feathers...

czepta

Here's today's progress. Mostly spent ages hand placing the feathers on the cloak. Hopefully I will be able to retopo it. If anyone has any tips for that it would be great. I'm almost done with this sculpt just gotta finish up one of the bags and then that should be it.

Asura

This Looks savage! The feathers on the shoulders give this a good silhouette.

czepta

Finished! Now onto retopo. I plan to add a lot more subtle detail to the fabric during the texturing phase. 

lotet

wow, nice, this is really cool! love the style, currently Im working on a similar project, so its nice to see more stuff in the same vain.

Only crit I have is that he is looking fat, the cloth folding at the belt looks like a belly, and the mask going all the way down like that gives him a kind of double chin look.

if this is intentional, go for it! but If thats the case, I would push it further.
if not, well maybe push those parts in some =P

czepta

@lotet thanks you're the second person who said he looks flabby. Damn I will have a go at pushing his stomach in a bit. Maybe I also need to add some better folds to his bandanna or may have it hang instead of resting on his chest.

czepta

After getting some interesting feedback I decided to rework the model. I also had a better vision for the game world the character will show up in so decided to redesign the character to fit it better. Looking back on the previous model now I really feel it's lacking. Here is the new design I'll try sculpting. If anyone has any thoughts on it compared to the old I'd love to hear them.

czepta

Finally arrived at a new design I'm happy with.



Started blocking out the shapes in 3d Coat.



The face of my character has always come out a bit alien looking in 3d because I tried to make his bandanna and face connected somehow. So I've decided to try adding more defined cloth folds to it and make it more representational of the fabric tied around his head. I did a few quick sketches to see how it would work and I think it should look better. 

czepta

WIP so far:

czepta

A sketch to refine some of the shapes and design based off some feedback:

czepta

Exploring the head a bit more. I remembered that Grifter from Wildcats had a similar kind of face mask to my character. His was essentially a loose hanging piece of fabric in front of his face. Seems to give a more defined look than having neck folds on the bandanna.