Eddie the Clansman

Miguelito

Hey guys,
this is for gameartisans.org contest. The goal is to make an "Extreme Makeover" of one of your older works.
So this will be Iron Maiden's Eddie in a scottish Clansman outfit:



Probably it would have been a better idea to divide the mesh into several pieces after scultping but thanks to the clothes these seams wont be visible anyway...
Hope u like it!

Servus!

zenarion

oh THAT eddie
good work, good luck!

redmond_david

Looks great keep at it man!

Steve Schulze

Looking nice mate.
Sounds like an interesting comp. Game Artisans is down at the moment, though. I don't suppose you have a copy of the brief?

Neo_God

I think I make that same facial expression if I accidentally bite into a aspirin or Tylenol.

Looking cool, the abs seem a tad wonky to me though.

andym12

Up the Irons!

indian_boy

i believe my reaction on the sets of gameartisans.org was:
"bitch-shit!"

or something to that effect?
in any case, just thought i'd say: "amazing work" once again.

cheers!
and good luck

Miguelito

Hehe THX guys. I appreciate the love u give me .
Here's the latest update:


I added the body, kilt, shirt, and armor. All parts are still WIP as I want to block in things first. Next is belt and sash.
Hope u like it.

Servus!

Miguelito

Well guys,
here is the finished high poly model:

indian_boy

its lokoing really great! only, the decay on his arms [im guessing they're decayed?] seems too perfect. some skin might remain on the muscle?

real great work otherwise!

redmond_david

Man that licks the cats ass!

culturedbum

Is his jaw supposed to be that thin?
Good work overall, are you baking into a normal map?

ghost-d

Great model! I like all the details. And the clothes... really impressive.

poopinmymouth

Huge improvement over the old version, good job buddy. I'd say you could take another look at the end of the fabric, it has that kind of "made in a sculpting app" feel to the edge. Try looking at real fabric and see how the edge moves, then try to emulate that. It's particularly evident in the cloth drape over his shoulder, the part that ends in the back.

_Shimmer

Nice one! Very huge improvment indeed.

I think some of the parts need more volume and definition to sell its believability like the metal plates on the armor.

Overall the straps and proportion look very nice designwise.

Is the cloth and the straps created in Zbrush or modeled separately in another app?

III_Demon

i'm sorry i dont have anything constructive to say, but i just had to post. that is BAD ASS. are you planning on doing the whole scene, with the flags and such?

Archanex

Hey man, first of all I just wanted to say great job on the model.

Secondly, I do agree with bens comment on the cloth

and thirdly I think you may want to check your anatomy on the gastrocnemius muscle

Other than that everything looks great! I especially appreciate your attention to detail on the straps

Miguelito

Sry for my lack of updating and responding. I'm really crunching this out....
I appreciate all comments and crits!
I know the clothes have a very sculpy look. I would have changed it if I had more time but deadline is close and so most stays how it is now

@Shimmer: Yes all pieces were first created and placed in Max and then taken to Zbrush except the shirt under his armor which was a ZBrush Meshextraction. His socks for example were just a cheap tube.
@Archanex: Yes the anatomy may look a bit different as I tried to get this specific "stripy" look of Eddie's muscles.

There will be a big update with finished lowpoly, texture and pedestal tomorrow...

Cheers

Miguelito

So here he is. 1st I tried to do it with FX shaders but I didn't like the result. So I switched to traditional rendering. Shadows are not be underestimated...
Now there is just posing left



Cheers

indian_boy

HOWly!

StJoris

Very nice work man! Some parts could use another pass on the texturing I feel to make it even better.

Asmuel

looks great man!

Sordid23

It actualy looks like he took the time to use conditioner on his hair.

killingpeople

great job!

Mark Dygert

wow thats great, rreally nice sculpting work.

The only crit I have is a practical one. With that much blood letting going on that his upper half would be covered in blood and muck, why are his boots/feet so clean?

Noren

Looking great!
Just the "skin" is a bit too pink and smooth, imho.
I would have expected it to be more grey and brown with AO from the creases baked in. More similar to the usual Pics of him.

Delaney King

Thats delicious! THe sculpt is very cool indeed. I would suggest dropping down the lighting a notch- its overburnt in places without any real reward - perhaps move your key lights to bring out all those folds and details.

Por@szek

Hahaha, thats great. Eddie the Braveheart

MAUL0r

I agree about the shoes and hair... too clean! other than that I love it. Now they can't take our lives OR our freedom!!!!

Miguelito

THX guys!

I finished him! Now wish me luck!

poopinmymouth

Huge improvement buddy, and glad you fixes his shampoo perfect hair. I like the final result a lot.

Por@szek

Damn good job U made. I see U even play with antyalias to remove this blur in render. Cool.
Dig it

tremulant

Looks awesome, but what happened to all the normal detail on the arms?

Miguelito

Thx guys!
@Por@szek: Hehe. I just rendered the picture 4x bigger sharpened it, halfed the size, sharpened again, halfed the size again and looked where it could use some additional sharpness.
@tremulant: Yes you're right. The MR SkinShader and the lighting ate up the normals a bit.:( Unfortunately I didn't have that much time to work on the shader as I was a bit in a hurry. I hope I'll get a better result next time...

Renaud Galand

hey, VERY nice work here ! Another comment would be to make dirty a little bit more the shoes which is the cleaner part atm (and it's definitly not logical )