DWIII - 3D - 3DLAM - Marinus - Stalker

3DLam

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Hi all, just expelling the poop out of my system.. Excited to compete for the first time.



Now to bed.

3DLam

Was hard working today...as dominance war has been on my mind. Did a little sketch at work today and touched it a bit up at home. I'm liking the head on the left.. I'm gonna take that and massage it a little and see where I'm at. I have more drawings but they are crap!! If only I could thumbnail like peppi.

pestibug

I don't think your thumbs are bad. Maybe do a few more and see what comes out of those. Whip up an interesting body/armor to go with that head.

I like how it almost looks like a cage where you made the inside dark. Like it's more a spirit then a head it contains.

3DLam

I was laughing cause in my first silouettes... in the middlethere's Michael Jackson with power gauntlets.

Clint

I was actually gonna say that michael jackson with power gauntlets was my favorite He is easily the most memorable shape in your concepts, and has a decent balance between lower and upper body. That and the pose is stellar.

3DLam

i wonder if boys undies could be considered an artifact?

3DLam

Did some more work today... I'm getting to know the character a bit more. One day John Doe took a swim, the next thing he knew, a bunch of deep sea creatures stuck to him and he became a champion from the sea. He is going to be an blind (perhaps albino) assasin who brings darkness/void with his translucent weapons. I like the idea of the creatures all working together to help him whoop ass.

3DLam

quick fix.. still lots to resolve. Again bed time.

Salvo

Nice Dave!
Sounds like a pretty original concept, i hav'nt seen a Sea like character entry yet.Roll with it man.

EnErgEstEr

Hey dood!
This is Blair. Maybe you could try some coral armour pieces. Or other stuff from the deep.

3DLam

update... it's a coral bodysuit. Will be adding a crab/lobster like hitchhiker on his back and something else for protection on shins etc. Shoot feedback if ya got it.

rollin

the sheeld is an cool idear.. and would look realy cool in 3d.. but i´m no fan of this... weapon? on his other hand.. maybe give im one single long tentacle or something more dynamic

jeremy price

there's lots of other underwater things that could be a cool weapon... what about a puffer fish on a chain, like a morning star?
the sheild is awesome... i bet his hand is sore though:)

3DLam

I really like the idea of this weapon grabbing his hand.. "cooperation". I dunno. Perhaps the shell is kinda fruity. I'll rethink and see what comes up. Any ideas would be appreciated.

rollin

imagine new-see-animals.. doesn´t have to be something existing today

3DLam

Couldn't resist the need to model something. Went a little crazy on the head considering i'm gonna cover it up. Oh well.

BlackB

uh oh ~ nice face man!!
shoulda just leave it dont cover it!!!

Steve Schulze

I like the cuttlefish sword, myself. if you're not going to run with that, theres a great reference source for unusual sea creatures up on the Aquaria forum
http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=4.0
11 pages of weird fish and crustaceans. Some interesting stuff.
http://www.hilavitkutin.com/2007/05/28/k...ia-aaniaaltoja/
Weapon-wise you could probably do much worse than this. Pistol Shrimp!

3DLam

Thanks Jackablade! Pistol shrimp.. .nice!

HonkyPunch

Pistol shrimp helmet!

BlackB

haha the pistol shrimp is wicked man XD !

3DLam

Well.. haven't had much time the last couple days. Have been thinking about the design and have been doodling at work. (will post later) To me, this is too pretty for a male character so Marinus has gone to a doctor and has received a sex change. Going for an anime style and there's still some male attributes to adjust. I've never modelled an anime character before so it should be fun. Let me know if you guys hate the new direction.

3DLam

Quick update, hammered out some hair. Not sure if I'm gonna stay with the sculptural approach or breakdown and do some alpha planes.

Cody

Cool sculpts.

3DLam

Too busy to finish off the paintover..plus I need to get cracking on the modeling. I'm pretty happy where this is going. Pretty much a coral body suit with translucency showing her circulatory system. Gonna stick with the jelly shield. Not sure for the other arm. Perhaps a stingray which sits on her like a "falconer" of sorts? I was thinking about a octopus that she throws at her opponents. I'll ponder some more as I model.

VANARTS_Brian Kenny

I like the hair

CyberMoose

Hey hey looking good.

I think using a glow map on the blue veinage will be very nice indeed. (Yes I know I made up the word).

One thing...I like the falconry octopus idea but would the octopus be aerodynamic enough to be sicced on someone? Maybe it would be I don't know how fast those suckers are. Pun intended. Obviously your call.

Just as a possible brainstormed idea though... how about a moray eel thats thrown at you like a spear and starfish shurikens?

BlackB

octopus that she throws at her opponents..... wahahaha
what about a big octopus sit on her shoulder(back) and it throws the mini octopus out of its mouth :P so the mini octopus will stuck on enemies face!!!

3DLam

Just fooling around with a pose.. hope to get my ass in gear and finish up modeling this week. I can dream can't I?



Any comments on the pose would be appreciated.. i think it looks a little stiff on some areas.

JesterBox

I work part-time at a petstore, and getting hermit crabs made me think of your stuff.

Scrawled this on a sticky note, then doodled it later.

That was the coolest shrimp I've ever seen... and I know shrimp.

I dunno it seemed like it might be fun to share.


Love the jelly shield. Keep up the awesomeness.

3DLam

Thanks for the love JesterBox... it's heart warming to think that i'm not the only one thinking about my stuff
Still undecided what the weapon is besides the shield.

3DLam

Well I gave it my best shot.. but the new baby has taken up most of my free time. I don't know how these other guys do it.... but unhappy wife means unhappy life



Changed the pose to be more dynamic.. I've worked more on the high res figure and made the jelly shield. Staff weapon is unknown. Will continue on well past deadline...

Japhir

aww too bad. real-life always wins (and that's a good thing too ). looking forward to the finished piece.

Xaltar

You are not alone, I also dropped out cuz of my newborn (2 months old now )

3DLam

Well some say better late than never, it's back from the dead! I finally found sometime to work on this. Thought my demo reel lacked an original character of my own design so got this lady done in about two weeks. Attempting to perfect Zbrush/Photoshop workflow.