Barbarian Warrior

PhantasmicNova

A random stranger walks in. :poly128:
Hey guys I've been working on him since yesterday, plan on normal mapping him when I finish modeling. It's practice, shooting for "next-gen". ("current-gen"?)


Updated

4636 tri for body, 1024x1024 uv
586 tri for hair, 512x256 uv
598 tri per sword, 256x512 uv
132 tri per eye, sharing with hair

Slainean

Hey stranger, looks like you got a good start here, but the pics are a bit small.

For a barbarian, he's looking pretty lean at the moment. Check out the work of Frank Frazetta if you haven't already, since his work is pretty much the benchmark for barbarians.

Are you planning on sculpting him or is it all gonna be sub-d?

PhantasmicNova

Yes, the lowpoly will be adjusted according to the more bulked sculpt.

I've finished the base mesh now, next are his blades.

PhantasmicNova

I've updated the first post. I'm now finished with the low poly and moving on to the high poly sculpt.
I will update as I progress with the sculpt.

Archanex

The first thing I noticed is that he's got a very large square forehead/head. Also I think the neck may be on the long side.

PhantasmicNova

Okay Archanex I tweaked his forehead. I'm now sculpting the high poly, it's my first full attempt at a character sculpt...
What do you guys think so far?

PhantasmicNova

I know these aren't very good high poly sculpts so you guys have little interest in them, but I've learned a lot creating them.
To be honest Zbrush and Mudbox sure look appealing now as Blender's sculpt tools are really hindering.

Next I will sculpt the sword and scabbard meshes.

marq4porsche

Hi there, I really like the sculpting on the upper body. The anatomy looks really good and it looks pretty much spot on. That said you really need to look at the head for this guy. Look at some references to get a better feel of how the shape should be because I think that is the major drawback to this piece.

CheeseOnToast

The body sculpt is looking good so far, but the eyes are too far up the head giving him a bit of an alien look. They should be almost exactly at the halfway point. You might need to mess around with the overall height of the skull as well, until it all looks right.