trying to think highpoly...

rollin · May 2006

hoi there

i havn´t thougt it would be come so far..
but atm i´m building a model with more than 3k polys ( a shame

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theres still a lot of stupid stuff going on here and there and some places are still very vip
but however, i see it more as a training place to play around with highpoly-moddeling-techniques and normalmapping stuff
and i realy should try to find a way, make stuff look like it should look

btw. head is z-brush and these Renders showing only mid-subD .. the rest is stored in a normalmap on my hd

and some question about the lowpoly..
is there a "bestway" du build/generate it, or what´s your favorite way to make the lowpoly?!

and sorry for my 1.50 AM english

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http://www.rollin.homepage.t-online.de/mar/mar_b_07a_high_05.jpg

http://www.rollin.homepage.t-online.de/mar/mar_b_07a_high_05b.jpg

___________UPDATE:

rooster · May 2006

I like to edge-extrude polys over the hi to get the basic geom, then I go over that to improve any edge flow that needs tweaking. Looks great man! nice and chunky

malcolm · May 2006

He looks like kitty man from the thundercats, the grey guy with eyeshadow. Looks nifty so far.

Mark Dygert · May 2006

I really like it!

rollin · May 2006

update: i´m just playing around with the textures and q4 to figure out what normal-diffuse textures can do and what not

atm the texture is at a very very basic level

btw: xNormal is a great program but why can´t i add an additional bumpmap like in q4?

Thegodzero · May 2006

rollin thats what the photoshop filter is for.

rollin · May 2006

i know, but it would be nice to see my q4-bumpmap also in xNormal

EarthQuake · May 2006

Dosent d3 combine both maps into a single cached .DDS file on loadtime anyway? I really dont see the point of using two maps when both arent even used at runtime. I generally just save a normals map psd(or even just have a layerset for normals in my base texture) so i can tweak the opacity of an overlayed extra normal layer.

shotgun · May 2006

hey rollin looking v nice, i like some of the designs you got on the upper body, but why not on the lower body? the armor straps fall short in comparison. they work, but i wish u were more patient

hope u dont mind i had some fun with the head, it has a real nice character to it and i felt something was off with it. i think it's how the neck connects real tight with the jaw, he wouldn't be able to open his mouth without smashing into his own throat!
just an idea sorry if it sux

rollin · Jul 2006

jap your right with this .. but i´v changed that on the lowpoly..

.. ha and about the design.. the upper body is "new" compared to the lower body.. bc i had to redesign it for the highpoly (this model is original based on a old lowpoly i worked from time to time) and i was realy tooo lacy to work more on the legs.. but ya.. it would be better

got some more time to play around.. normalmapping has some nice effects but even some "cold"-style.. still testing and playing.. but i have so much other stuff to do.. hard to find some time to do so

poopinmymouth · Jul 2006

His outfit came out awesome. I think his face is a little hard to read, but still came out nice.

Hands down, my favorate part is his calf armor. Great job.

Jeremy Wright · Jul 2006

On a scale of 1 - 10? He gets an 11.

The face is hard to read; he may benefit from less contrast between the spots and the fleshtone, but I understand he's supposed to be aged.

I love it.

conte · Jul 2006

CooL! i love it!

Kyraal · Jul 2006

Very nice sense of colours and materials. Especially good choice with the yellow contrasting against the otherwise dark colours. Not good for camouflage, but gives that nice "I'm dangerous, I sting, and it's going to hurt" feel.

As for the neck. Me, I'd go with the original. The jaw isn't going to smash into the neck, unless the jawbone of this tiger creature is some weird solid mass thing, instead of a normal U-shaped deal that all mammals have.

It looks more massive, like there's actually bone, cartilage, muscle underneath the skin/fur; while shotgun's paintover seems more akin to a head on a stick.

Really good work here, gorgeous armour. I came here for inspiration, and I definitely found it in this character

LordScottish · Jul 2006

This is very nice looking! I dig your different materials, nothing seems exaggerated. I'm with Poop on the face though.

BoBo_the_seal · Jul 2006

very nice work Rollin!

- BoBo

Pedro Amorim · Jul 2006

i think i just drip a little from my woowoo

cool

trying to think highpoly...

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