The Infection (caution: a little gory)

johnwoo

Hi all..this is what I am currently working on at the moment...still W.I.P..I intend to also rig, weight and possibly do a couple of anims...bring this character to life a little...

p.s. I'll try an update this as regularly as I can...cheers

nkoste

Wow very inspiring!! This looks great! I'm curious about the split legpose - is this to avoid deformation in the animations? Also if you feel you want to share, I understand if you don't, some tips or method for doing gory, undead flesh? I've never done zombie projects, but I definately want to. That and I'm a huge fan of The Thing.
I'm particularly fond of the tentacle twisting beneath the skin of the right arm and continuing all the way to his brain. Well done.

Suberb job, can't wait to see more of the creepy stuff.

Gmanx

Reminds me of 'the Many' from System Shock 2...
Sweeeeeet work. Love the hair.

Captain_G

Well done man! I like how the mutated hand looks like it mutated from a regular humanoid hand (the little spike looks like it used to be the thumb). If you add a specular levels mapping, I'd like to suggest that you make the bloody areas catch more light to give a liquidy effect, since it looks like he's still bleeding.

IceWolve

Looks like something from resident evil or silent hill. I real love the texture on it looks great.

Neo_God

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Reminds me of 'the Many' from System Shock 2...
Sweeeeeet work. Love the hair.

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Yeah It does look the zombie-like things from SS2, but with more detail of course.

I really like this, I wouldn't minde some flats and an uplclose pic of the head though. The hair does add a nice little effect to it.
Great stuff! Keeping things nice and bloody!

johnwoo

Thanks for the comments guys....thought I should post this, this was the initial mesh modelled from another character artist I work with, since I thought he'd make a good twisted zombie character...from this stage I got the feedback which was "f'ckin hell!!...excellent" ..so I knew at that point I had the likeness locked down...



should have a big update soon...cheers all..

Josh_Singh

are you making a surival horror game? the last guy you posted and this guy are straight out of raccoon city! Great stuff. Will Smith indeed!

IceWolve

Judging from his avatar he likes the resident evil serious .. looking good so far keeit up.

johnwoo

Hi all...

another update...

nkoste: yep..that is the very same reason I got the mesh modelled in this pose, it's that it helps me with deformation, especially if it's going to have an athletic
set of anims..

Captain_G: Thanks man..well observed with the comment on the mutated limb..that is indeed his thumb, if 1 person noticed...then I succeeded..

Gmanx, Neo_God: I never played SS2..if it looks like "the many"..what can I say coincidental I guess...besides there is more to this character that meets the eye...

Ghost_rider,Icewolve: Nah..not making a survival horror title...would absolutely love too...maybe I'll pitch an idea to the CEO's..see the response I get? Oh yeah..Resident Evil f'ckin rocks





more updates as regularly as I can...

nealb4me

He can give me a back massage anytime. Very nice work so far, my only suggestion would be to darken the pants a little. It's a bit close to the skin colour at the moment imo.

dabu

please post your textures, if you're allowed. I would love to see how you painted this guy. I think the color is working really well. I feel like the top of the pants waist could be a little torn/shredded up, seeing as how his shirt is almost completely gone, and seeing as they're jeans. Merely a suggestion, I think it looks great overall.

johnwoo

nealb4me: I think that's exactly what I'll do...makes sense I reckon, especially if it adds a bit more contrast to the overall look..

dabu: Thanks for your comments..they are appreciated...Did'nt occur to me to shred/tear the top of his jeans, next update that'll be done ..btw..I'll post textures when I'm totally happy with them, but not as yet, since I still need to work on them (tweaking)..but when they are done I will post them...honest...

Wings3dee

This ones got an Unorthadox Pose, but I like the damage on the body parts and the decomposing effect. This model would be perfect for the mod I'm involved in for Half-Life 2.

I'm one of the writers @ http://theyarecoming.ritech.net
Its a Zombie Mod...

Cubik

Dirty and nasty, I love it! But what is the thing on his left hand? Too blunt to be a blade and it got a weird texture...

johnwoo

Wings: Cheers...but this character is for the fun, and practice only..it is to sharpen up my skills and to learn new ones...but all the same thanks...

Cubik: glad you like the dirty 'n' nasty feel, cos' that's exactly what I was going for...something a bit more gritty and mature...and the "thing" on his left arm is the infection which as taken host to his limb which originated from his torso (pectoral area), it's actually a dangerous tentacle as a result of the infection...

Ok...this is rigged now(minor tweaks abound) and these images were taken from the test anim I did to put the rig through it's paces...I'm chuffed with it...I'll work on the spec map to finish it all off, and then......

shotgun

hahhaa
awesome

Renaud Galand

Rockin' dude !! Escape from ravenholm? (HL²)

Awesome stuff.

usagi

yes! i thought this needed a little something extra to really push the desgin, and those tentacles coming out of his face are perfect. i like how he still has a thumb on the other hand too

Sean McBride

Holy crap! Thats one fantastic peice you've got there. Can we see some flats? All of the texture looks extreamly well done. I've always had a problem pulling off massive scaring and gore. Its just not my thing. Mind sharing a quick run over your meathods?

Steakhouse

Wow this guy is really going places! I'm really hoping those face tenticals are retractable. It would be great to have them retract, that way they'll be able to poke out and make short stiff wiggling motions, like a dog's nose sniffing the air. Or just has good, to have them come bursting out of their holes, flailing about, slapping the guy about the face and shoulders as it releases a gutteral howl.

All in all it's looking damn good as it is, just take it that extra 10%!

swampbug

Awesome... nice alphas all over the place for different uses. I think you need to present this guy with better lighting to help the mood. Then it will surely rock more.

Volkov

He looks absolutely fantastic. What's the back story behind this character, is it a l

johnwoo

..many thanks for the comments guys...appreciated...

n30: I'll post flats when I'm happy with 'em...there's a couple of tweaks still...but mainly it's all done...
Steakhouse: cheers!...yep..the tentacles do retract back inside his head..it's all rigged and weighted..those images were taken from the test anim I did before I posted 'em...

Swampbug: Yep you're right..I think so too..better lighting will surely enhance the image..lemme work on it..

Volkov:..Cheers man!...no back story to the character..it's all for pushing my skills and also for the fun/enjoyment factor..

again....cheers guys....

Gmanx

This thing's looking fantastic, and the tentacles were a nice surprise. I mentioned 'the many' from SS2 only as a measure of kewlness, (and my own semi-obsessive fondness for it), and not at all to suggest that this is in any way a derivative work. Sorry if my comment was read that way. Please put this guy in a lit setting to show off any specular touches and post an animation movie.......I guarantee I'll shit my pants )

EarthQuake

John: thats some seriously wicked awesome work there man.

Rwolf

Rock Star!
I dunno why that came into mind, too much gene simmons? (I have a feeling I spelt that wrong)