Desert wanderer
polycounter lvl 16
Post-unearthly stress caused me to start a new character :P Thought I'd might aswell jump on the next challenge. The basic idea is an old wanderer that carries everything he needs, plus alot of stuff that he probably doesn't need 
I made a really basic sculpt to use as a base for the headprops, after I'm done with them I'm gonna make a proper sculpt for the face. Took alot of inspiration from old pilot equipment, like the goggles, and the mic, etc
I made a really basic sculpt to use as a base for the headprops, after I'm done with them I'm gonna make a proper sculpt for the face.
Took alot of inspiration from old pilot equipment, like the goggles, and the mic, etc
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and id's rage:
I like the glasses and leather parts with their details,- the face is odd but you mentioned that already yourself. Nice direction so far, any plans for a complete character (body, legs, cloths,..) ?
The plan is to make him a full character, yes. I'm still concepting the body though, but it will be mostly leather, pouches, small bags, and various items dangling about. Took alot of inspiration from this guy aswell.
Looks cool though.
what are you planning on doing with the really large hand? a big ol robot arm or maybe some kind of heavy leather'd vaseline filled glove?
Any ideas for the pants yet? I can picture him in a pair of jodhpurs for some reason...like a general or some guy on safari. I think it's the stache.
Keep up the good work, you are obviously on the right track
d00kie - The really large hand will be a big ol robot arm, kind of. ^^ But with leather parts and...thingys ^^ As for the pants, I'm still concepting that, got some ideas, but I might go with some old british army-pants or something ^^
either way Im liking this, some wires would be neat!
edit: updated the pic with some fixes :]
Looking forward for the next update !
Small props are so much more fun to do, you can finish them really quickly
( Damn you Snefer, You know your shit
-caseyjones
Finished upper body, before Zbrush, I'll do the last zbrushing on him during the weekend, and start workingo n te lowpoly while I figure the legs out
-woog
sub_roland: Yeah, I know what you mean, it kind of busy atm, but I hope I will be able to clear that up in the texture, with the different materials etc. I think the problem right now is that there is no difference between materials, spec, highlights etc, so everything kind of comes out as a big mess with alot of shapes. I almost always regret pushing the highpoly too little, so this time I tried to go crazy with the accesories, to break up the silouette as much as I could. I hope it'll come through in the end ^^
thats the reason why most people enjoy looking at this piece.
btw great work snefer.
mainly the folds on the chest are bothering me the most
and the lips (reference!!)
keep going.. it´s developing very well
Currently I think they don't match up to the quality and sharpness of the hard-surface stuff.
Definitely get more reference images for the cloth folds, try and make them sharper and more with more volume - right now they look very blobby and not really like cloth that is folding.
Also the large cloth bag looks very "wobbly", I think you could do more to make it look like it has sharp, solid objects in it, and accentuate the folds along the stress lines where it will be pulled up by the straps. Currently there's no real "direction" to the folds on the bag, and I think those would really help.
Keep it up though, he's turning out well - don't rush it!
really nice stuff
love the level of creativity in this piece, especially in the details
keep it goin man, it maketh me drool