Octo-Grenade

Foxious

Hey all!

Making a weapon for Unreal, an octpus-themed hand bomb for a pirate-themed mod. Concept is not mine.

Messed about building some high-poly from Max, it's about ready for ZBrush I think. C&C welcome!

se7ered

you left out the webbing between the tentacles which i think are very cool...and the octopus is very stiff looking compared to the concept...but overall i think your version is pretty solid...looks like a more structured, manufactured version

snake85027

the modeling looks good, you should post it without the wire as well.

Mechadus

I think that textures are whats going to make this really shine. Im picturing really pretty hand-hammered brass metals, with cast-iron main body pieces. I agree with the webbing, but thats probably something your going to do in zbrush. Cool concept tho, and pirate themed Unreal sounds like a lot of fun!

Just found this online - this is sort of what Im picturing looking at the concept in terms of materials:


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Foxious

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too, Mechadus. That reference shot will help alot

Regarding the webbing, I had thrown in the shapes for it, but found I transferred the wrong file. They're mostly going to be zbrushed, however.

Do you think I should try to make it more like the concept, or do you prefer the manufactured-ness of mine?

here's the file without wires

Foxious

Hey guys, it's been a while I know. Just moved to Vegas, so packing and unpacking my system has made work difficult, but I'm finally able to get back to work. I spent a few hours zbrushing the octopus, here's my results so far. Any changes you 'counters can recommend before I start going into smaller details?

s0id3

Looking pretty good Phil, I think it's good to go for zbrush. Though I to wonder what exactly the grenade is made(types of metals I suppose), but the metal plates come off as looking like a peeled orange.

BradMyers82

Nice work so far. One of the main things I like about the concept is how organic it all looks. I like how He's sort of smushed down holding on looking worried. Therefore, I think you should get a little looser with the sculpting, try to make it more organic by making it not so perfect. It would also be cool if you strayed away from the concept a bit and made the tentacles not symmetrical. If they were curling around in a random fashion it would add a lot of interested I think. Good job, and keep going!