Polycount - Generals - [Slash] <REVENANT>

Slash

Fuck the q3 slash remake. Fuck the hellchick model. Fuck mod work. That is for times of peace.

This is war. I am ready.

gauss

Good to see you've got your priorities in order, soldier. I know you'll be able to really prove your stuff with this compo. Show 'em what you learned!

Slash

Will do sir!



here's the initial concept.

Ramucho

really inspiring Slash! keep detailing it!

steady

nice, our guys can be brothers or something!

Slash

haha steady i've checked yours, and dang.. i guess great minds think alike! They must be related.

Jhotun

woah! fucking great! I really love the weapon on his left arm. Simple, clean, and for sure damn killer!

Keep it up!

Slash

thanks jotun!


starting to integrate our colors.

gauss

niiiice, yeah it's coming along alright. that transition from the torso into the rest of the lower body seems a little abrupt, but overall the detailing is coming along nicely. with the way the lower legs are positioned and designed i can see this thing having a really dramatic/aggressive looking stance, good work with that.

Slash

updated! Tried to make the torso transition a little less abrupt..

rooster

badass! what about some glow coming from the smash in his armour

Slash

you know, if you look closely at that smash, you'll see traces of green.. thats from the attempt of a glow effect that ended up looking gay. I also tried a red and orange glow, also gay.. I'll give the green another shot.

rooster

oops :] maybe one of those green tubes slightly exposed underneath instead?

Jhotun

Some green horizontal lines on the lower part of the legs i think that would look cool.

It is looking really great. Keep it up!

Slash

update!



i'll incorporate some green on the legs one way or another jhotun, dont worry!

Wells

nice!

yeah, just take the same green on a very low opacity and smear it over all the metal thats facing the glowy bits.

Slash

I'm saving that for last sec.

Wells

no! glow now!

I really like the stature you gave him, with the back legs sloped down so much further, not the average centaur-esque look, and really gives him a towering feel.

I think maybe his chain saw should be bigger.

Mit Gas

ultra sexy - shall i start digging cgchats grave already?

Snowfly

this rocks! really like the concept, its badass. single out the gun in your next concept pass though, it looks out of place right now. like a big candybar

vahl

what snowfly said

really cool one slash, keep it up !!!

rawkstar

reminds me of the macron from Quake 4

Slash

Damn right mr rockstar! A friend of mine pointed out that it looks like a cross between skeletor and the makron, and now that i think about it, it does! Its funny because my inspiration was uriel from q3 and the centipede boss from resident evil zero.. go figure.

//edit: Mit gas, no graves for those dogs! Leave their corpses to the crows!

killingpeople

oooh, ya, i like how his front legs are high like that, it would look impressive rising up from a lower stance.

Slash

yup kp, thats what i was thinking too. From an almost sneaky stance like this:

(excuse the crappy photoshop haxx job..)

to a very threatening and towering pose like the one above.

killingpeople

and i like how he's pumped with glowing green sludge, we're working with an idea like that with our concept.

Slash

polycount juice baby!

Jhotun

Woops! someone has lost some inches :P Honestly, i´d go with the taller version. He seems more capable in combat with longer legs.
I´m totally loving that shiny laser bolt.

Keep it up!

Mark Dygert

I like the new coloring job, but I think the shorter legs would interfere with his ablity to fight. I don't think he could really move around and swing his saw blade around without knocking into his legs?

rooster

yeah I like the taller one or somewhere inbetween the taller and shorter- I liked the extra bit of mech for his hind legs (thorax?).. -Oh that word sounds cool, dibbs for general name!

edit: seems I meant abdomen

Wells

I'm pretty sure the photochop is to just show him crouching before he rears up.

Slash

exactly sectaurs. It was just to show how it could look in a low stance.

Slash

UPDATE! I tried out some signature saw teeth, and worked some more on the PolyGun(tm) More dust, dirt and damage too.

Slum

That looks so wicked! I'd add some more mechanized fun to that big ole gun, because right now it looks like a big ole stick of gum

The sawblade is awesome, but the green on the teeth looks strange. Maybe have like a glowing ring on the blade itself. That could be neat.

LoTekK

I would not wanna run into him in a dark alley. Or a bright alley, for that matter.

I agree about the gun, though. It looks so clean and slick, compared to the rest of him.

Belltann

Um, i dont want to know what sort of vile liquids that fourlegged fellow has in his vains
Great lighteffekts, texture and design!

Slash

okay okay.. i'll durrty up the gun.

Gave the sawblade a little love. I'm not ready to let the polygon sawteeth die yet.

Wells

I'd switch the laser-light on the gun to the more common red. I think it would add a nice contrast to all the bright green, and match the bloody/rusty red sawblade.

Lee3dee

reminds me of the cyber-demon from doom . Looks great!

Resin

So far I find this concept the coolest general so far. Cant wait to see how the model turns out. Keep up the great work!

Jhotun

I see on the green tube of the weapon much more than that boring pattern some kind of liquid with bubbles. That could be used too on the other tubes to make it like the veins that go by all the body.

Great work man, i can't wait to see it finished!

Slash

there, one more update before heading to bed. I gave the gun a little more love, i figgerd it needed less "fut" and more "ooumpfh". I'll make it dirty tomorrow. I also tried to incorporate some of the advice given in this thread.

poopinmymouth

I think you could push the metallic elements and subdue the green. Keep some glowing bits, but don't make them so large and overpowering. I think his real dynamic comes from the proportions of his head to his metalic body. That's the real interesting part to me.

Resin

Just wondering. Why are the air outlets on the laser part? Seems rather useless right there unless some air is pushed down the tube behind the laser.. But then why wouldnt the air outlets be in the other end?

rooster

yeah what poop says about the glow, what about dulling the glow a bit the further it gets from the torso. then itll help keep focus there and to the face
edit: resin, maybe its for mounting something, or a product or the manufacture process, perhaps its a stock laser that has to integrate into other soldiers. or it looks cool

Wells

heh. stock part #1222923 down at the old Robotic-Arm Warehouse. Big Sale this weekend!

Dulling the green would be nice, but if thats the only crit you're getting, I'd say you're ready to model. Okay, I just want to see the model made. Model!

Rhinokey

he wasnt doping a taller and shorter versions, its the same guy,, just demonstrating how he would look crouches,, imagine him running at you in the crouched run posistion,, then as he gets right up on you he rises to tower over you,, creepy creepy

Slash

Rhino, i think you replied to something on page one.

The things on the laser isnt air intakes, its just rivets (is that the right word?) that's supposed to go all around. Its fixed now. I tried to desaturate some of the green, and beefed up the green in the core, where it all comes from. More dirt, scratches and details. I think i'm ready to start modeling soon. I STILL havent found a screenshot of the makron to check if its too similar. If someone has a save before the makron, i would be most grateful if you could screengrab it and send it to me. I wont start modeling until i'm sure that its not too similar.



//edit: I came up with a name for him too: The revenant. This name was given to him by his troops because they dont really know if he is alive, dead, undead or returned from the dead. (in fact he's a little of all..)

rooster

he appears in a blurry video on this page http://www.gamespot.com/features/6136475/p-9.html . personally I didnt think of the makron when I saw your concept. The quake 4 makron was kind of forgettable compared to the q2 design I thought.. its true he does have big crabby legs but I think you're fine

JKMakowka

Tight stuff... can't wait to see the model.

Oh and I would keep the same style for these green tubes all over the model, e.G. either with 'cross texture' or without (but I would prefer them all 'crossed').

okkun

Looks great! I second the one style tubes. I'd loose the crossed style though, it makes me think of a garden hose.