Shikamaru [WIP]

Enix

I did a shikamaru a while back. If none of you know who
he is, he is a character from the anime naruto. Anyway,
I didn't like my old one, so i thought i would do a
totally new one. But first, before I move on, I have a
question.



I want to get rid of those verts so I dont have that many
sides when i extrude up to the torso. I dunno what to do,
cause i dont want to weld them all because it makes the
crotch connection look newb. And I can't believe I went
with the lame ass box toes...but I wanted to keep it low
poly. Any suggestions?

rawkstar

well... it doesn't look like shikamaru yet... heh but hey its cool man, the legs are a bit too long, but just keep going. I think I'll do a naruto character too...

Enix

I forgot to mention that im using davidskiwan's refs.
Thanks david ^_^. Umm...I skiped the torso for now,
and started on the arms. I made new hands this time..
I usually reuse this hand I made about 7 months ago..
anyway, here it is:



Pretty basic atm, basic low poly hand and arm. I need
a some suggestions, because im just not getting any better...

Ramucho

I really like your style of modeling, the mesh workflow seems good and you always keep your mesh clean! Hope I could model like that... Anyway, you have a good start and seems like you're already getting the right proportions, good luck ^_^

Enix

Well...umm....



Not gonna finish this one. Deleted all my max files.
Just needed a fresh start, and all of those incomplete
models where haunting me.... So, from now on, im just
going to do one model at a time, and this one isn't
the one I want to do... cya later. Once I decide which
model I want to do, I will post it.I hope you understand
why I did this ^_^.

Asthane

I understand why you did it, but I do think you'll regret it =P Old models are very useful if you need a quick hand or leg, some inspiration, or hell, any time anyone posts one of those "what was your first model" threads

I find it helps to make several model directories

- Models
      + WIP
      + Purgatory
      + Graveyard
      + Finished
      + Etc

Oh, and you need to save more often, I only see 286 files across how many models? Pfft =P

Here's the character I'm working on now


Oh well, that's how people learn.... Once you lose hours of work to a corrupted file, you'll be hitting that button (Save Incrementally) every 2-5 minutes

thinsoldier

or you could have done the n00bs in the community a service by donating them for download. Cuz I for one love looking over other peoples meshes just to see what I could do better. and having an extra free hand or foot for something quick is nice.

thinsoldier

Where do u get your naruto reference pics. Did you delete those too?

Enix

nah, I only deleted my old incomplete meshes. I use
Davidskiwans refs. And I also look over some screen
caps and stuff. Well all of that is gone, and i got
a new model goin, and im not going to start a new one
untill im done with it. Thats the mistake I made before
I started too many models, which kinda overwelmed me.

thinsoldier

is it http://davidskiwan.deviantart.com/ ??
cuz devart isn't loading for me at the moment.