Knight Character Sculpt - WIP

MMKH

Been resuming work on my character model for the Artstation #TheLegendOfKingArthur challenge. Just making a thread here to hopefully get some more exposure and feedback on the work done so far. Constructive comments are appreciated

Link to the entry on Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/contests/the-legend-of-king-arthur/challenges/67/submissions/47375

PolyHertz

The armor block in looks fine so far, but the head definitely needs more work, and the hands are a bit too big.

MMKH

PolyHertz said:

The armor block in looks fine so far, but the head definitely needs more work, and the hands are a bit too big.

Hi PolyHertz, thanks for the comment! I agree, I will improve those areas very soon. Today I managed to get pretty much all of the armour done, and I will work on the head/face next. Also budgeting my time since we only have about a week to submit this for the contest, and I still plan to do the retopo, UVs, textures and final beauty shots.

MMKH

Update: Mon. Jul. 29, 2019: Updated the face and added hair strands using this brush: https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/360358407665937449/

(Because I will create hair strand textures with alpha channel (transparent background). Also made a few minor detail adjustments to the sabatons.

MMKH

Update: Wed. Jul. 31, 2019: Retopo-ing the model

MMKH

Update: Fri. Aug. 2, 2019: UV-mapped, material colour IDs assigned, and ready to be textured

UV set 1 (Upper Body):

UV set 2 (Lower Body & Props):

MMKH

Update: Fri. Aug. 2, 2019: Started texturing with Substance Painter, laying down some base bakes to assist with the hand-painted process

MMKH

Update Mon. Aug. 5, 2019: Submitted my entry this morning. It has been a good learning process. There have been some challenges along the way but this is what I've managed to get done in time. For example, this was really the first time I did hair on a character model, and I had to come up with something at the last minute.

For additional shots, please check out the entry thread: https://www.artstation.com/contests/the-legend-of-king-arthur/challenges/67/submissions/47375

Sketchfab: https://skfb.ly/6MxnP

I am hopeful that future works will be much better.

rollin

I would say the first thing you should improve is texturing skin and hair.
And a tip: make the background gradient on your beauty shot from dark to mid grey (from top down) instead of the bright value

But I like the armor and as flat shaded version it looks already quite nice

MMKH

rollin said:

I would say the first thing you should improve is texturing skin and hair.
And a tip: make the background gradient on your beauty shot from dark to mid grey (from top down) instead of the bright value

But I like the armor and as flat shaded version it looks already quite nice

Thanks rollin for the feedback. I agree, this was the first "semi-realistic" character I attempted and there is a lot to learn". I have heard about XGen for creating hair and started watching some tutorial videos on that.

Yeah I had some experience hand-painting diffuse textures in the past but wanted to see how it would look under PBR settings.

Since there is still a bit of time left, I will consider your suggestion for the beauty shot and make the changes

Edit: Updated my beauty shot submission with a darker grey gradient background now. You're right, it does look nicer and captures a better, darker mood for the character.