Nice! Disgusting...but nice! The swollen gut really adds some character to this guy - I would bring out the veins on his stomach a bit more as at a distance I think they might get lost a bit - this sort of stuff might be coming in the texture though.
looks pretty rocking Vahl, but I honestly liked it way more with no eyes, it may have been done before...but that doesn't mean it doesn't look damn cool. And that's the main goal here anyways right?
yeah wow i really love the concept!!! amazing!!! your sense of colour and the subtle texturing of the character is quite nice. i also like the angled shapes your working with... it's hot!!!!
I'mchanging underwear, I think I just had an accident...
This is the good stuff, I'm digging it a lot, the ribbon around the shoulders/chest is a very nice touch.
(but you already know what I think of the whole thing, lovin' it!!!!)
very cool work yet again, this is miles ahead from your initial sculpt, i would have those small trinket things on his wrist float around madly, make them dangle really far apart from him and perhaps make the size of those trinkets a lil larger.
btw, you can google the word " fu " and "talisman" . its an oriental talisman used to stop vampires during ancient china. they have talisman like that wrapped around vampires or on the heads of vampires, but i guess you already knew that! :P
wow! very striking concept. i really liked your entry last year, but i knew it was too bizarre to win. this year you have kept that strangeness, but added a familiarity that brings it to the next level. good luck. i'll be watching this one for sure
here's an update, the basemesh is done now so I'll start on sculpting all that stuff, seems like I'm going to have a lot of fun I think I managed to convey the concept in 3d pretty closely, but if you spot anything weird, feel free
SEK, Spark, Rooster, Wizo, Gavku, Diggy, Johny, Davision, Pesticles, Rollin, Conte, Tinman, Sa74N, Renaud, Vitor, Micro26, Perpants, JFletcher : Thanks a lot guys, your support is much appreciated, I'll do my best not to disappoint.
Waz :thanks, the 3d thing should be looking less policetape just thought it looked cool at first.
RB: thanks, I got some heavy cloth training with some warmup sculpt I did before the war, so that should be alright.
Dizzy : thanks for the links man, some interesting patterns there.
Dom : thanks man, I'm actually planning to add some floaty bits too around the guy, the tinklets/bells whatever may float aswell, thanks for the heads up on the talismans, I actually saw a few of them in anim
looks great
I really love all those hanging stuffs.. it really gives a magical/superstitious/voodoo/etc. mood..
can't wait to see your sculpt pass on all those props :P
Vassago, Dfacto : the body will have a second pass sculpt next week so the face will get detailed enough to deserve a shot and the feet will be refined a lot, that body was just to get a better idea of the character thanks again
Next update will show the artifact (book, cube, summon, etc) got an idea I like a lot and think fits this character but I would like your input on it
that looks just as badass as the concept vahl, like the others, I agree the face area needs to be worked out. As a suggestion, I would try to make the mouth area more defined and make the guy have biting on something like the pieces that are hanging from his hat..but bigger.
Ca donnerait une touche sado-maso . En tous cas, excellent travail.
Thanks to spark's awesome update I now feel all emo and ashamed to post something so undetailed, but well, most of the remaining detail will be added in the texture and bump, thanks to proximity and curvature maps
obviously very little left (the hat and 2 of the belts, the book is coming too, I swear
the armor is done (and baked) too, just in a different file.
Awesome detail Vahl, and I am not worried that this piece will kick some serious ass. Really love the thin cloth torn around his body, and the design is really balanced and well thought out for 3d. Can't wait to see you do this in texture, as your color study was dead on.
very impressive (the ugly postprod glow apart )
and I wouldn't know either where to start the normal mapping
can't wait to see this with textures and how you gonna use the alphas on this..
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Keep it up!
Spark
I was thinking the same thing Waz :]
Blimey, here's to hoping you can pull that cloth off.
At first sight i also thought about wrapped in police tape!
This is the good stuff, I'm digging it a lot, the ribbon around the shoulders/chest is a very nice touch.
(but you already know what I think of the whole thing, lovin' it!!!!)
japanes pattern - some idea for the clothes
http://patterns.ming-ling.net/large.html
Japanese Foliage brushes photoshop -
http://designfruit.com/jasongaylor/blog/2007/01/17/japanese-foliage%e2%84%a2/
btw, you can google the word " fu " and "talisman" . its an oriental talisman used to stop vampires during ancient china. they have talisman like that wrapped around vampires or on the heads of vampires, but i guess you already knew that! :P
fucking cool though, cant wait to see more.
[22:08] Vahl: it's gonna get locked
here's an update, the basemesh is done now so I'll start on sculpting all that stuff, seems like I'm going to have a lot of fun
SEK, Spark, Rooster, Wizo, Gavku, Diggy, Johny, Davision, Pesticles, Rollin, Conte, Tinman, Sa74N, Renaud, Vitor, Micro26, Perpants, JFletcher : Thanks a lot guys, your support is much appreciated, I'll do my best not to disappoint.
Waz :thanks, the 3d thing should be looking less policetape
RB: thanks, I got some heavy cloth training with some warmup sculpt I did before the war, so that should be alright.
Dizzy : thanks for the links man, some interesting patterns there.
Dom : thanks man, I'm actually planning to add some floaty bits too around the guy, the tinklets/bells whatever may float aswell, thanks for the heads up on the talismans, I actually saw a few of them in anim
I really love all those hanging stuffs.. it really gives a magical/superstitious/voodoo/etc. mood..
can't wait to see your sculpt pass on all those props :P
The only thing that bothers me are the feet and the weird spiked shoulders, but I'll reserve judgment until I see more progrss.
Vassago, Dfacto : the body will have a second pass sculpt next week so the face will get detailed enough to deserve a shot and the feet will be refined a lot, that body was just to get a better idea of the character
Next update will show the artifact (book, cube, summon, etc) got an idea I like a lot and think fits this character but I would like your input on it
Ca donnerait une touche sado-maso
Fail, I'm moving on.
I keep imagining it with an evil-ass black-toothed grin showing underneath that hat. There's just something disturbing about that image.
I agree that you have achieved a great sense of power in this character, without having to rely on his physicality. Great stuff
Thanks to spark's awesome update I now feel all emo and ashamed to post something so undetailed, but well, most of the remaining detail will be added in the texture and bump, thanks to proximity and curvature maps
obviously very little left (the hat and 2 of the belts, the book is coming too, I swear
the armor is done (and baked) too, just in a different file.
BLAH ! so close !
Spark
and I wouldn't know either where to start the normal mapping
can't wait to see this with textures and how you gonna use the alphas on this..
beautiful flows!