Challenge #30 - SF Redesign - modeling-man/Zangief
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Here's where I'm at.
Still wouldn't mind if we could push the deadline out a little more.
Still wouldn't mind if we could push the deadline out a little more.
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But what on earth did he do to get fat rolls on the inside of his elbows?
hands look awesome.
feet are too low poly. I really shouldn't have to point that out. come on.
I'll take a look at the boots
Thanks!!
Other than that, great looking model so far dude. The hands are looking awesome and I really like the face as well.
-caseyjones
Keep it up!
Here's what i got...not sure how much time, if any, I'll have after this post.
Hair, and skin need some love...no spec work yet. Bracers are literally flat color atm. No bump in the hat...the list goes on and on.
Crits are definitely welcome but please try to keep them in scope with the fact that tomorrow is the end of the deadline.
Thanks!
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Singh: his secret weapon is complete;)
and his happy trail is ominously missing.
Lupus: I'll take a look at the bracers, I kinda of liked the way it made him look like he has tree trunk arms but I can see it getting a bit ackward for posing.
Sectaurs: YOU KNOW IT. Funny how you looked for a treasure trail.
I really hope i can get this guy finished.
GOGOGOGOGOGO
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Finished!!
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High Res Beauty Shot
Good job!
Now your nick name fits you like a glove!
Just in case anyone was wondering why I have a polar bear in the redesign, this was the little backstory I had buzzing around in my head while I worked on this:
As the Soviet Union's greatest professional wrestler, Zangief was contacted to demonstrate the Soviet Union's strength to the rest of the world in the second World Warrior tournament.
Zangief patriotically agreed and received fantastic training in the extreme climate of Siberia. Zangief wrestled polar bears in Siberia, on which he practiced his trademark Spinning Piledriver after being picked up by a cyclone while performing a piledriver on a bear. The scars covering his body are said to have been the results of wrestling with bears.
After the fall of Soviet Union Zangief lost everything. His sponsorship, his housing, everything that was given to him by the government he loved so dearly was taken away. Zangief packed up what belongings he had and went back to Siberia to live amongst the polar bears, and live out his life.
Now I really want to play SF2 Turbo!!
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after being picked up by a cyclone while performing a piledriver on a bear.
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Nah great work, Zangief + Polar bears = great idea and geniune re-design
However, the texturing isn't quite working for me... the boots look great, as does his head and hat, but the torso and arms look like a damaged muscle suit, and the pants are quite boring to look at.
I'm not sure why you went for that scarring (?) pattern on his body, it's really obviously mirrored and doesn't look like any sort of natural damage. They certainly don't look like injuries caused by wrestling with bears - IMHO he'd look a lot better without those scars.
Bears would leave more clawing, ragged wounds, not big sharp areas torn off.
Also I think his flesh would benefit from a bit more specular - it looks almost like rubber at the moment due to lack of it.
Either way, it's a nice model - just the textures need some work and then it'll be perfect!
I think overall you used a bit too much nvfilter and not enough geometry modeled. It's flattening the normal effect.
Sorry I disagree with your opinions on the scars they are how the scars were done originally. They define the look of Zangief. I actually looked into how his scars were done. In all the reference the scars are literally mirrored, so I kept them that way. I was going to put a scar over his face I actually put down realistic looking scars and it looked like a typical futuristic marine.
This was not the look i wanted.
Time was clearly an issue I was up against, and I asked for critiques again and again. There isn't any nvfilter being used just a normal map created in max 8.0 and a bump map. I'll take a look at the pants sometime but at this point I'm exhausted.
*sleepy face emoticon goes here*
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Yeah, Mop, Ben, the scars he used are the exact scars on the original Zangief:
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Yeah , but it's challenge <u>"street fighter - redesign"</u> ,
so I agree with Mop and Poop.
The model will look better & more real without "mirrored scars".
Anyway - it's one of the best model of this challenge !
BRAVO
I actually have played SF2 (although admittedly not very much, and not recently), but that's by the by - IMHO those scars aren't really "part of the character", and especially the way you worked them into his backstory makes them less believable.
Mirrored and regular as they are, especially in contrast to the fairly realistic (if exaggerated) sculpting style, they just look strange, and certainly not like bear claw wounds.
I'm not saying you should make him look like a "stereotypical scarred marine" (yes, scars over the eyes are clich
He just looks like a big nameless brute to me with out them.
The scars immediately read as Zangief and I'm keeping that look. I don't see how my backstory makes the scars any less believable. As for the believability of the character, if he wrestled bears in real life he'd be dead, or his scars would look absolutely disgusting. Being mauled by a bear is not a pretty sight, and not quite what you'd want to see next to a cute little polar bear cub;)
I bet if I changed the scars and made them more "real" people would be telling to me to make them look like the original because it'd suite the character better, and make for a better redesign.
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and especially the way you worked them into his backstory makes them less believable.
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I'm not positive, but at least according to Wikipedia it was written that way in his original backstory:
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Zangief wrestles polar bears in Siberia, on which he practiced his trademark Spinning Piledriver after being picked up by a cyclone while performing a piledriver on a bear. The scars covering his body are said to have been the results of wrestling with bears.
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This is my portion of his backstory redesign:
After the fall of Soviet Union Zangief lost everything. His sponsorship, his housing, everything that was given to him by the government he loved so dearly was taken away. Zangief packed up what belongings he had and went back to Siberia to live amongst the polar bears, and live out his life.
SupRore you are a true hardcore SF2 fan;)
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The only thing I could suggest is some pseudo replications around the torso area. But otherwise props to you a job well done.
As for the back story what's his relationship with the bears? Does he love them or constantly rage against them, tearing their razor-clad paws off and beating their snouts in with them like the not so good old days?
I feel it's the question on everyone's mind.