Rogues do it from behind - Finished
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Ok, decided to get back to some lowpoly lovin. Made this guy yesterday. Going to uvmap and start texturing him up today.
Ok, decided to get back to some lowpoly lovin. Made this guy yesterday. Going to uvmap and start texturing him up today.
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zenarion - just for fun
unless he is going to be bearfoot or wearing socks, I'd raise the height of the shoe's toe just a tad.
this is quite inspiring! sweet new website btw.
tremulant - sorry to disappoint... maybe later?!?! LOL
I was a little preoccupied with celebrating my 24th birthday yesterday. BTW, have bday acknowledgments on this board been deactivated? I wasn't listed
If you want some real tips, than just study textures from people you admire. And concerning modeling, study the topology of good character models. That's how I learned (still learn).
I like the face texture so far, I know its WIP so I won't crit too harshly. I'll agree with you in the part that its looking a little dull (but only in the colour sense of things). The detail on the face is great, once a bit of colour variation goes in, it'll be sweet! I'm digging the detail around the eye the most.
Keep it up!
-caseyjones
I haven't touched the face texture since my last post, but I have started on the body. The black areas on the rogues left-arm sleeve are suppose to be transparent.... here's what I got so far.
But yeah, it was just a suggestion about the daggers. In the end it is your model and your choice.
But its coming along great.
-caseyjones
I was making a joke at him being a poor swordsmen, thus the eyepatch (lost it in a sword fight). Not that the eyepatch would make him a poor swordsmen.
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Well, either way you're right. Realistically he wouldn't be as fantastic with only one eye... plus he only has one eye, so obviously he's not the best. LoL. Anyway, thanks man
Vig - Thank you. I agree with the face. Added some color... hope you like.
I like:
Head, glove texture parts is very good to me.
U could fix that:
whole texture contrast, add some highlights to metall, sharp folds on cloth. And i don't really like pattern on red thing on his left hand.
anyway, cool.
From the 3/4 view, not having any hair planes on the back of the head, gives away it's low poly solid nature. I'd try to round it off a bit, and add another row of hair planes so that it breaks the silhouette from 3/4. Good use of hair planes otherwise.
Color usage on his outfit is weird. It doesn't seem to have a strong theme, and deep crimson/pink of the arm guard is totally out of place. I'd either reuse it elsewhere, or use one of the other colors there.
Contrast on his outfit is extremely shallow. He reads as very muddy, especially from the waist down. Presenting him on a darker background could help, but I'd suggest expanding the value range, and hit it with a few hot specular highlights in key places.
The face came out really nice, and I'm digging the soft volumes overall.
The arms strike me as the weakest part of the character. The FFX esque sleeve looks out of place, and the other arm is rather dull. Nothing wrong, they just don't seem to be on par with the rest of the model.
Saved to reference folder for sure.
not digging the chest plate, it's very out of place. It doesn't appear to be large enough for any form of protection, also it appears to be floating on his torso, not visibly attached by any means - one would guess that such a bit of armour would be rather heavy.
All your values are pretty much the same. You need to sharpen up certain area, You dont have enough stronger dark area, or stronger highlight area, they are all the same.Use colors to accentuate thoses values. MEH, I hate explaning!
Buzz me when u see me on msn, and Ill do a quick example if u want.!
CHacha! good luck on freelance bitch!
ben
I have to echo the others' sentiments on more light/dark range though, everywhere but the face needs a lot more, sharper shadow and highlight values. At the moment it's all stuck in the midtones, and doesn't pop out the way it should to really make the implied depth believable.
also with the chest piece, it seems a little bit out of place because its the only seemingly metal piece on this character. so I would maybe take that type of metal plating you made for the chest and maybe carry it on to perhaps a thigh guard, or some kind of shin guard. but just in general carry that metal armor plating in to some other area's because its just reading very random at the moment.
other then that, great work it is lookin awsome.
edit: adding that metal plate might make the most sense if you added it to his left arm to carry on that feeling of his blocking arm that it has right now...but it also might throw off the balance a bit so play around with it.
poopinmymouth - I might be making some quick fixes to the texture... highlights, and some hair alpha fixes. Glad you like the face.
Zcubed - Thanks. About the arms, I like 'em that way *shrug*. But everyone's entitled to their own opinion... as long as you like the rest of the model/texture. Thanks for saving me
hawken - Might go back and fix highlights and whatnot. The chest area is actually attached to the leather that's strapped around the character. I'd put bolts, but I don't want it to look like it's bolted into his chest... because that'd hurt.
b1ll - HELP ME BE GOOD! haha. Seriously, I agree. Look at the pick below and tell me if I'm still being stupid (there's a good chance I am).
ultra - Thanks... look below
MoP - Thanks man. I have to echo my reply to the others. I did a paintover below. Hopefully this'll look better to you all.
dkorch - Sorry, I like the chestplate and where things are placed... that's why I put 'em there in the first place. This is just a model for fun in my free time but I think I will atleast fix some lighting stuff... because I don't want it to look muddy. Other than that, glad you like.
OK, I did a paintover of one of my screencaps. Let me know if I'm going in the right direction with the highlights and shadows. Don't won't to overblow the texture with too many highlights... but just the right amount. Let the crits continue.
I made all the changes to the textures that I made on the paintover image above.
http://www.benregimbal.com/quick_paintover_skrub.jpg
http://www.benregimbal.com/quick_paintoverquic_info.jpg
Ooghijmiqtxxa - (had to copy&paste that name) Thank you
hawken - There's a difference. It's not drastic. Just some small highlight/shadow stuff.
b1ll - Thanks for taking the time to do that man. I'll talk to you in a few minutes.