Polycount - Generals - [dfacto]

dfacto

Death from above! With class.



General of the Armored Flight Corps. He's not really evil in the traditional sense of the word, he just has no morals. Doesn't really care who he fights for or against, as long as he can fly. Because in the air, he is king.

This is his flying armor, early wip. I'll have the canopy open to show his face for the model I think. If I can't spare the polygons, then I'll just lie and say he's a robot. :P

dfacto

Slight update before I go to bed. Might not have the time to work on this in the next few days, so...

Need to fix the left wing. Out of perspective.

gauss

hooray for mechie stuff from dfacto! really looking forward to seeing you develop this one.

dfacto

Well, here you go gauss.

Just touched it up a bit so I have a clearer concept to work from.



And my model wip:

gauss

i think you're going to have to work a little harder to establish this identifiably as a character and not a vehicle, but other than that it's looking promising.

dfacto

Well, here's another progress shot, with the arms sorta shown. They're manipulator arms, although they can carry weapons too.



I'll make the top of the mech open so you can see the pilots face. Hopefully that will cut it, and if not, then...

I dunno. Another concept?

Makkon

Model's looking great, dfacto. you learn fast!

dfacto

Well, after the extension I figured I'd try and do this after all. I came back to this concept, reworked it, and made a new model. Now I'm trying to sub-d model the mofo, which is.... interesting.

Silo shot:


Beauty render to test whether my floating geometry looks like it's supposed to:


There are more parts, plus arms legs, and an opening canopy, but I'm going to try and get the hang of subd on the body first, and then go crazy with the rest.

Makkon

That's the cockpit at the top, right? That's going to be some intense detail overall for your character. Might take a while, too. Looks great!

dfacto

Yeah, that's the cockpit, but it isn't a jet. The head fits in there, with the rest of the body trailing backwards. At least for the sake of the competition. :P

Here's a test render in max. I'm getting the hang of sub-d work after two false starts, and I'm hoping to have the normal map finished in a day or two.

gauss

i like it, but you better hurry this bidness up if you're looking to make it for the deadline! chop chop!