WWI-based Character

alec2002

Hey everyone, it's been way too long. I recently started this character, and I want to track my progress on him here. The plan for this term is for me to texture, pose, render, and comp a scene with this guy in it. His body beneath the clothes won't be production-ready this term, but I hope to make it so in the near future. I'd really appreciate your feedback on this dude as I go. Thanks in advance!

alec2002

I created a look-dev render of some possible environment materials for my scene. All textures/shaders were created by me, but I got the lighting template from Robby Branham, my Texturing and Shading instructor.

alec2002

Wow, been a while. Here's an overdue update, just a few raw renders from VRay. I got him out of Painter a few days ago and am now figuring out the lighting for the scene. For these renders, I was going for something a bit more cinematic. I still need to adjust the glossiness of the armor and props on his waist, sculpt displacements for the gloves and pouches, and make a few things a bit more inconsistent. Moving onto the environment and background soon.

Feedback would be greatly appreciated!

alec2002

Here are the final Images! Hope you like it!

Doxturtle

Amazing texture work on this, minor crit, I'd probably muddy up the shoes a bit, seeing as the environment around him is very wet

alec2002

@Doxturtle Thanks man! Very good point on the muddiness of the boots. I was so focused on the main 3D illustration that the boots took a back seat when it came to polishing the textures and storytelling. I'm thinking about returning to this if I have time this term, so I'll upload new renders if I do! Thanks again!

Alexander_Beim

very good

Alexander_Beim

very good

alec2002

@LotusArt Thank you!

arnov

Very cool, was it based on a concept? He looks like he fought some zombies during war

alec2002

@arnov Thanks! It's my own design and composition, but I referenced a lot of Battlefield 1 concepts and key art. That stuff really inspired me to shoot for an honest depiction of a WWI trench raider, hence the blood.