Dwarven Kingdom Ranger

Asura

Artstation to higher res images: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9n1aW
Final Render:


Hey Guys,
A little while ago I started working on a dwarf character to use as a test model to improve my character art workflow. Any questions I come across or have noted will be applied to this character.If I get extra time want to make him into 3 separate heroes using the same base. 

The heroes will be an Ranger (Archer), Sentinel (Heavy warrior), and Assassin. 

Ref board


Base body: Textures still WIP

Asura

Its been awhile since I've updated this thread. Kinda slowed down on this guy since I recently got a new job and had to move out of state. 

Update for today is that the piece is now in Marm 3 and MAN IS THAT PROGRAM DOPE!! I worked on the hair using a Xgen hair as a base and game rezing it from there. 

Elithenia

Are you going to work more on the transition between the beard and the skin? It looks too.. cardy at the moment

Ouran

Cool start on the hair! For the beard I think you'll want to get rid of the stepping effect by angling the roots of the cards and by adding transition cards on top.

Asura

@Elithenia and @Ouran I added som transition hairs and layers for fullness. 

Ouran

I'd stay this is a net improvement already !

Elithenia

yeah this looks much better. Keep it up
Get some colour variance in there as well? Flyaways? 

Asura

Thanks guys!
@Elithenia i have a few but I'm currently working on another pass. I will say i need to work on making the current once thicker so they show up more lol

Asura

Update Time!
Taking a break from hair for a bit to work on the armor. Spending alot of time getting a good blockout for the major shapes and proportions. Once this is done ill have a good jumping off point for mid level details and some bigger accessories.

Asura

More armor block out yay!!! 
I'm going to start experimenting with a hood variations next. Cant have an archer without a dope hood. 

Asura

Another update, getting pretty close to taking this into zbrsuh. 

Sunray

Hey man hee looks nice I like the face but I would redo the ears they look bad compared to the rest of they head. It looks like you neglected them and thought shit I forgot the ears. I.m not sure how to explain it but they look really thin and breakable. 

Asura

@Sunray Thanks  and yea I agree the ears have been bugging me too. 

Asura

Getting to a good point with the HP so far. Moving on to a few layers of wear and tear/ fine details in zbrush. Fixed some of the silhouette issues with the head as well. Dont want to overload the page too much so i have more/ better res images on artstation. 
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YVNWK 




 

Jedairusz

What is the reason of wearing lines on boots? Everything else looks really good. Clean shapes and nice style. Good luck!

Asura

Started my first industry job a bit after my last post ! Haven't updated this guy in awhile on here but I've been hammering away slowly. Currently working on the texture pass and getting the colors down. I am going for a more grounded earthy feel to solidify the forest archer feel. 

Asura

Jazzed up some of the colors and added the hair and eyes from before to get a more final feel. I think ill be going back over the hear and explore some more styles. 

Asura

Made a few changed based on a paint over from a buddy. 
I really like where the character is at so far. Next up is a nice platform to stand on for presentation and to find a good glam pose. 

MrHobo

Hey man, good on you for keeping up with this!
I wanted to point this out before you called it fin as its a minor thing but it helps with readability. I think you have some contrast and brightness issues which to be honest you can probably fix through post fx but its just something to keep an eye on. I did ultimately minor levels, hue and brightness adjustments in PS, but take it with a grain of salt as always and decided what works best for what you want in the end.

Asura

@MrHobo
Thanks Charles . The lighting/ color fixes look pretty good. Ill play with the lighting and post processing to see if I can bring out the colors more. He does read a too dark and earthy in some areas. 

Asura

Final Update:
Looking to call this guy done for now with these final renders. Learned quite a bit doing this guy and I really want to carry that into my next project. Thank you all for the feedback on FB, here on PC and in the hangouts! 

FreneticPonies

Ha! Looking good. For some reason I like the top of his hair more than the bottom half/beard. Messy vs too neat, and a somewhat different material?

MrHobo

Good finish man! Came out great!

Rambo4you

That's a job well done. I also really like how you made the armour pieces and the hair.

Asura

Thanks guys