[WIP] Medieval Eva 01

DomTheBomb · May 2020

Heya!

It's been awhile since I've done some serious hard surface stuff, and I realized I'm super out of practice. So I thought I might share what I'm working on and get some thoughts.
I'm curious to hear what workflows/tips might be recommend. I'm unsure of what an effective workflow for something like this might be, so I'm just kind of winging it.
My plan so far is to model it in Maya and then when all my shapes and bevels are there to take that into Zbrush for high frequency level detail. Let me know your thoughts!

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The concept I'm working from is a medieval Eva based on the concept art by Jeff Chen.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xbQBW

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Ashervisalis · May 2020

Will look cool when you're done!! I find it a bit odd how high poly you're going with the head before starting on the rest of the body?

DomTheBomb · May 2020

Thanks man! I should have mentioned I was debating if I just wanted to do the helmet/upper body for the sake of time and commitment. But after thinking about it some more I figured the lower body seems to be a bit less complicated compared to whats going on with the upper body anyway.

Here's my update with everything blocked in! Figure I'll do a second pass at modeling before posing and then getting into zbrush with it.

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Now that I've been staring at it for so long I can't help but get some FMA vibes from this as well.

DomTheBomb · Jun 2020

Heya, so it's been a minute and thought I might share some more progress on this guy. Definitely has been a good learning experience when it comes to hard surface sculpting and workflow.

Also have been spending a bit of time on the design as well, taking a lot more liberties from the concept art than I originally intended.