The Rocketeer

Smithy

Hi all, my first Polycount post! This is my work-in-progress model of the Rocketeer, a 30's style steampunk character, most recognizable from the movie of the same name. I spent about an hour a night on this character over the past week, he's about 4000 triangles, 1000 of which are in the hands, which I pulled in from a previous model. Only the red jacket, pants and boots have normal maps, and all the textures fit on two 1024's. I hope to shrink the material size a fair amount, as there's some unnecessary detail in areas like the pants and jetpack. Tools used were 3ds, mudbox and photoshop. Comments and crits are much appreciated!

I used directx shaders, so these are all max viewport grabs.



Edged faces:


Many thanks!

BeatKitano

I would tone down the spec on jacket, if it's leather (judging from the cracks on the torso). And i think this too colorfull i would desaturate a bit too. Good work, i dig the backpack.

Asthane

Nice work for the most part, instantly recognizable. Please do some cloth studies though-- for you own sake, and for the sake of all who view your work Seriously though, the cloth looks very random and floaty and could use some love.

MikeF

looks great, but wheres the gum on the tank?

Josh_Singh

it's pretty cool. I agree with what has been said. Put a bit more love into the cloth, and the leather. Really work the leather seams on the jacket. Tone down the spec as well.
You really should throw a normal on the rest of the model. It would round things out.

Xenobond

Here's a pic of my Rocketeer "man-doll".

The size and placement of the eye holes and mouth slits are pretty noticeably off. And the weld lines could also use some work, there. If you need any more shots for reference, let me know.

Ruz

the pockets and seams of the torusers are a bit weak. you need to make them bolder. its a tough area to get right i suppose.
The shapes of the creases look a litle made up too. His crotch area is soooo wide.
technically its starting to come along nice, just need to work on the art side of it, ie get some good reference

{scumworks}

Another thing you need to renember is the spec's on the jacket Yours are orange/brow giving him a copper'ish look. Now look at the ref, the spec is almost white due to the jackets gloss.
Colors in real life is usually affected by so many sources that you'll never really see the same pure consistent color throughout object.
Imo you should try aiming for something like this.

http://www.abbyshot.com/newsletters/photos/rocketeer-jacket-preview.jpg