Normal Mapped Creatures

frostymoose

Lookin' for some crits on these 2 monsters I worked on in Modo + Zbrush (w/ zmapper to generate the normal maps.) Neither of them have a texture because I'm terrible at painting them! Maybe I'll give it a go on one of these guys when I feel up to it.
Both are based off designs from the HL mod natural selection.

Skulk ~ 5182 tris


Gorge ~ 5614 tris


The seam on the leg is fixed now, but I was too lazy to get new pics

Click for Wires

Crit away please

aesir

very cool stuff, but I've gotta ask, do you really expect the first creature to be able to walk on those spikes?

If I could make a suggestion, give him 3 spikes coming out from each limb, then connect them with webbing in between them, and say its a swimming creature.

shotgun

i thought it was a sea monster,
like a sea cow or something.
no fins tho :>

really cool stuff anyways
i love the first one

Mr Ray

Aesir, they are jus higer representations of the default models of a hl mod called natural selection.
They are nice and u've kept true to the originals. The gorge however doesnt give the same "lets chase it" feeling as the original tho

frostymoose

Thanks for the comments!
aesir: Like mr ray said they're just my redos of the original designs so this isn't going to change

shotgun: yes, some other people have told me it looks like a seamonster. I guess it might have something to do with how I modelled the front legs in that hanging pose.

To clarify how it's supposed to be standing it should look a little bit like this but this is just a really quick grab + rotate job

poopinmymouth

I'm not sure why this isn't getting more replies, this is awesome stuff.

Can you post a wireframe or a faceted shot of the model without the normal map? What about shots of the actual high poly?

You had better texture these guys, they look great. Pose them too.

Ozymandias

This is great stuff frostymoose. The details are great, and I especially like the anatomy, I get a really good feel for just how these guys would move. The only crit, which isn't really much of a crit, is that i'm not so sure about the second mouth thing in the gorge. It just seems to me that his jaws would be more powerful with a long row of teeth for grinding and chomping. Other than that keep it up, can't wait to see them textured.