FINALLY starting on my General

snemmy

so, yeah.. finally got a bit of time and confidence/motivation and started modeling him.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_01.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_01_back.jpg

feeling good about him. after all that ive gone through in the past ~2 months, it's great to make something and be able to not only be happy with it but to impress myself with what i can make as well.

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Joao Sapiro

the shoulders will deform TERRIBLY mate:(

snemmy

a bit better maybe?
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_02.jpg

urgh.. sleep time anyway

killingpeople

i reallly like the forms in the hips and legs dude. you may want to look for some mesh reference for arm pits/shoulders. then again, it's hardly complete in that area. keep up the great work snemmy.

ebagg

I like the way you handled the anatomy, but is his costume going to be that skin tight?

I need to get back to my general...

McIlroy

Just curious..how come people don't show models at this stage in the " what are you working on thread " ??

ChaosEidolon

Probably because theyre planning on tracing their progress.

All the forms of the body are looking pretty good so far man, keep it tight and itll come out great.

snemmy

a bit better i think
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_03.jpg

CMB

His neck would snap under the pressure of a head. The topology for the first version I find the best though.

snemmy

ah! now im confused!

Jerome

he has a pencil neck hehe. it is a really skinny neck, perhaps give him a thicker neck, necks are not that skinny.

snemmy

working on the head. lalalala
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/general_headstart_01.jpg
i hate ears lalalala

snemmy

progress!
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_05.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/general_head_04.jpg

he's bald for now.. and in need of hands

almighty_gir

dude, i love this

could just be the angle, but the ears look like they could be just a tad far back?

snemmy

3912 polies so far. got a weapon idea in the works. and a possible idea for an adjunct/liasion.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/lame_hands_02.jpg
old lame hands from previous night of work. vast improvement i think

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_06.jpg

still bald for the moment.. not sure what kind of hair style would work well..

snemmy

wee!
hair and asymetrical now
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_07.jpg

snemmy

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_09.jpg

snemmy

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/general_and_adjunct.jpg

wee!

SHEPEIRO

wee, dont you mean whee, or do you model on the toilet :-)

look goods, id suggest collapsing the loops around the finger joints on the palm side.

snemmy

im having doubles about the little hip cape on the General.. it seems a bit.. what's the term kids use nowadays.. oh yeah.. 'ghey'. and kinds scottish.. not that those two are similar. oh no! quite the opposite!

anyway.. he needs something that says "I am General! OBEY!" but im not sure what....

i'll match up his colours later tonight.. tomorrow.. whatever day it is when you go to bed after 9am!

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_10.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/adjunct_polyhat_03.jpg

snemmy

okay.. really looking for some help here..
my general's proportions are looking off. any one out there wanna give me their eye for a minute? what could i do to give him a more commanding presence? what's jacked up about his proportions?
ive been staring at him way too long and need some fresh eyes and a paintover or two...

what could make a younger general(mid 30's) give off that General of the Imperial Navy presence?


and with full accessories and some crappy color thrown on:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/snemmy/general/war_general_11.jpg

SHEPEIRO

his legs look too big for his body. try spliting the mesh at the waist and scaling up the top half a notch or two, see if that helps.

head to hand proportion- the base of my hand to the tip of my fingers is about the same size asa the distance from chin to just above the tops of my eyebrows, your general could hold his whole head in his hands =Z

noritsune

hi snemmy, did a little paintover here of your colored shot. I'm not sure if this was at all the direction you wanted to go but it was fun anyway. In general (hah) I just added a lot of weight to his upper half to balance out the weight you have in the lower half. I painted over his face as well to make the eyes much smaller, the nose shorter and more hooked, the forehead shorter, the mouth higher and thinner, the jaw/cheeks area more pronounced, and the eyebrows lower and heavier. also added epaulettes and leather gloves, for fun.

also try not to call things "ghey" or gay by implication.

NuclearTes

Good job so far Snemmy! I just saw some of those screenshots in your blog. I don't think I can point out anything new to fix though, but I agree with Shepeiro's and Noritsune's feedback.

snemmy

Shepeiro: already got it split and scaled up. nice improvement. i knew i made his fingers long and liked it but maybe they are a bit too long then o.O

Noritsune: thanks for the paintover. i definatley see some areas im gonna work on.
and dont worry, im highly opposed to using 'gay' as a descriptive/derogatory/slang word. very much a pet peeve. hence, the saracastic 'what do kids say nowadays?' and the quotations and leet speak. was my very poor attempt at humor after i've been up all night working on models. didntmean to ruffle your feathers

Tes: eeks! you read my blog! my secrets are revealed!
thanks for the kind words

btw.. the colours are temporary. just helping me distinguish sections of the mesh.