Star Trek Wrath of Khan: Khan Noonien Singh

NikhilR

   I wanted to challenge myself to create a game ready character of the great Khan Noonien Singh, superbly portrayed by the immortal Ricardo Montalban.

  The major challenge besides the skin detail was capturing all the tiny electrical elements and intricate wiring across his sash, communicator and necklace into a optimised contiguous mesh for each object. 

  There is a unique sense of order to these accessories despite the chaotic madness of its wearer. 

  Substance painter was incredibly useful in their texturing process.

 Khan also comes with a bowl, pair of forceps and pair of slimy Ceti Eel babies. 

  This is my humble tribute to the greatest anti-hero of Star Trek's golden years. 

  For more breakdowns and marmoset viewer presentation, please feel free to visit his artstation page at
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LqKyv


 Also show some appreciation for his stylised circle of friends. 
I am also currently looking for full time/part time/freelance work as a 3D character Artist.

NikhilR

NikhilR

NikhilR

Sash and Necklace:

Hi resolution minute details of Sash were  captured on a single contiguous low poly baked mesh.

The necklace is split into 3 parts.

Sash to Pack link:

Sash was carefully linked to the pack.

Lowpoly is optimised to capture maximum detail in the links in bake while maintaining a near contiguous mesh.

Communicator:

High Poly details were sculpted in zbrush and then baked onto single contiguous low poly baked mesh.

Special consideration was given to the details beneath the glass window, which were also captured into the single contiguous low poly mesh.

Pack with Straps:

A single contiguous mesh with delicate curves of the straps where necessary.

NikhilR

These are pets, not quite domesticated

Brian "Panda" Choi

I like it!

Skin still needs some love. It's reading too plasticy and perhaps hue monotone.  Do you have close ups of the face? 

NikhilR

Brian "Panda" Choi said:

I like it!

Skin still needs some love. It's reading too plasticy and perhaps hue monotone.  Do you have close ups of the face? 

Living in the harsh environs of Ceti Alpha 5 will do that, jk 
I think the lighting maybe affecting the skin detailing, I raised the specularity a wee bit so the details reflect better, and skin looks a little wet/oily. I could raise it a bit more.
Thanks!

I will try a few render passes with different lighting.

Brian "Panda" Choi

Yeah, the lighting is hella harsh,  Pull back on the brightness.

If there is subsurface scattering on the face, it could stand to be stronger.

How are the eyes constructed?  Is there a cornea?  Eye wetness?  They look a little dead still.

NikhilR

Raised spec some more, now the details pop.
Arnold might be a better renderer for skin, will need an upgrade to my computer before I can use it.

NikhilR

Reduced bright lighting and tuned spec of the eyes for better reflection of the environment.
Eyes have a cornea whose spec was too low and bright lighting was eating at the reflection.

NikhilR

I've updated the model with a new jacket (more distressed and bulging at the mane, like the reference.)

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