Mynx - Quake 3

ironbearxl

I'm working on a model of Mynx for an episode of the Arenas: http://www.tritin-multimedia.com/episodes.html

I made Visor, Grunt and Ranger so far, here is a shot of Mynx wip:



and wire:


Any constructive crits are appreciated!

Killcreek

I think Mynx was a bit more well endowed >:3
Looking good so far though.

Valandar

Wow, if she runs around in nothing but a pair of boots, I bet she gets lots of kills by distracting her enemies! :P

MachineMinded

Okay... don't do an image search for mynx with adult filter off in google. It's NSFW.

But now that I searched "Mynx quake3", I can say that she should definitely be more well endowed.

t4paN

Her knees look a bit weird to me, but the rest of her is smoking hot. Except for the bald head thing. Kinda turns me off.

BTW I'm watching the arenas right now, pretty fucking awesome!

ironbearxl

Killcreek: Thanks, I'll fatten them up a little bit more.

Valandar: Not a bad idea.

MachineMinded: wow, nsfw even with the filter on!

t4pan: Her knees need more work, I haven't really touched her arms either.

Thanks for the feedack guys

Delaney King

Nice!

I always loved playing Mynx - because Pauls model was really thin and her hair matched most scenery color I got fragged less. It was either that or people looking at my digital cleavage.

Of course, I then started my phase as brightly colored clown running around using nothing but gauntlets to wind up my fellow workers - but hey, thats quake for you.

Comments on the model - I feel no air in her lungs- perhaps push out a more defined ribcage mass- her sternum is about five inches further back than it feels it should be. Mind you, if your matching her old costume, youll probably hoik that into a cleavage right?

ironbearxl

Thanks Dave, I'll try and do her justice
I'll take another look at the ribcage/sternum area and try to make it more natural looking.

I increased her bust size, and i'm working on the arms/hands/shoulders:

MoP

Coming along pretty well, maybe block out the hair so it gets more of a Mynx-ish feel already?
Also I would definitely thicken up and exaggerate the elements that make up her boots, maybe make them feel like they're layered and structured, currently it feels kinda like you've just painted indent lines on a base mesh. I assume that's early WIP though

Killcreek

Coming along mighty fine. What modeling app is this? Zbrush?

ironbearxl

Mop: thanks, I blocked out most of her now, and i'll take care of the boots

Killcreek: yup, zbrush and silo.

BeatKitano

I was not convinced at all with the sculpt. But with the accessories, its like, HOLY SHIT ITS MINX §§§

Good job mate.

ironbearxl

BeatKitano, I'm using the Q3 model of her face as reference, not so much the body anatomy though. I'm glad the hair/clothing etc. is working.

Target_Renegade

This is looking really cool, looking forward to it finished.

MoP

instant mynxification!

panic

looks really good so far. . . fapfapfap.? haha
the hair and clothing is definitly working

spacemonkey

Its pretty clear in that last screen your heading in the right direction!

natetheartist

Hey man, it looks pretty good so far. Two things though.

Her knees are really thick and have a lot of folds that i think you should omit to keep her smoother and more feminine.
Also, in the interest of keeping things feminine, Tuck her waist in more and give her more exaggerated curvature. Give them hips room to swing!

Keep it up man!

ironbearxl

Thanks guys, good to see she's in the right direction

natetheartist: I'll check/fix those areas, thanks!

Ged

good work man, been enjoying seeing this progress

ironbearxl

Thanks Ged

flow3d

I like how adding a box in front of her eyes makes her totally look like Mynx, while she looked fairly 'default woman character' before
just leave the box like that, screw doing goggles out of it! ;D

I love all these Quake3 char remakes, all from ye olde Sarge back in the days to the Visor and Patriot remakes.
hope yours makes it that far!!


Still want to see a Slash one though, since she is the hotest babeh ever

Killcreek

Any updates? I'd love to see how it's coming along.

ironbearxl

I was having some trouble with the tights since they were an extract mesh, so I retopoed them. I still have much more to go.

Update:

Jaco

Good job man, looks very promising. The tights look to loose though, the wrinkles should be smaller/tighter and less raised I think. You've got some great sculpting going on around the hips/stomach that's being lost in loose cloth folds.

Ged

yeah I agree with jaco, those tights need to look tiiight smooth and shiny in most places and small close wrinkles in knees groin etc but for the most part smooth and sharp. good idea retopoing it.

Killcreek

/\ Agreed. Totally looking great though. Can't wait for the finished product.

MoP

Yep, shaping up very nicely!
Totally agree tho, you should definitely smooth those clothes out - the right look would be to avoid large folds almost entirely, just have them maybe on the back of the knee, and everywhere else is either totally smooth (for stretching over muscle / fat) and with very small/sharp/thin wrinkles around corners and overlaps.

Is she meant to look like she's got implants? If those boobs are meant to be natural you should probably smooth out the connection with the chest, currently it looks like she has had a cheap silicone job.

conte

what a lovely lips!

ironbearxl

Jaco/Ged: Thanks, the references I was using were of pleather-like material before and loosened up around the knees, but I found a much better one:

http://www.amiclubwear.com/clothing-hosiery-ggg-p2445vinylblack.html

It's not a full bodysuit, but I think I get the idea of how the folds should work.

Thanks Killcreek

Mop: Thanks, hopefully they'll look like really well done implants.
I smoothed out the connection, and defined the breast bone a little more.
The area between her breasts is a little too sharp atm, but i'll smooth it out some.

conte: lol, what about the rest of her?

tremulant

wow, this is looking great. Really nice figure. My only suggestion is that you add some slight detail to the glasses so they arent so boxy. You probablly just havent gotten to that anyway.
A+work dude

ironbearxl

Thanks tremulant, yup those glasses were just a box (not anymore)

I'm close to wrapping up the sculpting, I just have to finish the tights, boots and jacket now:

Steve Schulze

That is looking really nice. Aren't you going to have problems animating her with her hair sculpted to her shoulders like that though?

ironbearxl

Jackablade, that mesh is going to be used to bake the hair to a couple of overlaping polystrips.

408

Fantastic sculpting. Sexy yet modest. Excellent proportions.

Crash

good stuff IB

nkoste

Sweet! Everything looks really good with the exception of the skull. The cheeks look a little bubbly for example. Maybe this is one area where Mynx could really excel into the new generation models. Like put a lot of detail here and give it your own spin. The other cheeks look just fine. Real nice subtle sculpting.

conte

ironbearxl, yeah, rest of her is nice too) but lips are sexah, very nice job.

ironbearxl

Thanks guys!

nkoste, got out some skull reference last night, and defined the cheeks, sharpened the teeth.
Here's a close up (combined zbrush shaders gw_leigh+gw_hulk+gw_silver to see detail better):

butt_sahib

DAAAAYUM

ironbearxl

lol

I have a few areas on the jacket and boots to finish up, hopefully the wrinkles on the tights aren't too overdone?

odium

I think overall the piece looks fantastic, you did a great job of getting Mynx into the next gen world. The only area I have an issue with is the glasses... I'm guessing those are done in your eyes, as you never mentioned those needed doing, but they just look really dull compared to the rest, almost like a rectangle with a line on them. They don't actually look like the originals either, not quite. I think it would be perfectly possible to update this while still keeping the classic look, because ATM this is the only area I can see on the model that looks like its not quite there yet:

ironbearxl

Thanks odium, that closeup helps alot.
I'll rework the glasses to better match the classic look.

shotgun

this looks great
maybe give her that sexy teasing snarl over one side of her lip, just like the original skin

ironbearxl

shotgun, i'll make the snarl once I have the lowpoly + teeth etc. built

I have to cleanup the tights still, but almost done:



I want to see how far I can push her with alphas + polypainting afterwards.

ElysiumGX

This is great work. Progressing nicely.

There are two crits I can make:
I think the sunglasses are far too boxy and flat for this particular model. They are a sharp contrast to the curvy shapes of the figure. With the original Q3 visors, I always assumed their shape was due to the low polycounts used at the time. But you can see the curves in the texture. I imagines they would look more similiar to this in a current gen mesh. But it depends on your preference.

And secondly, the boots look too simple and generic in comparison to the other details in her outfit. It looks as if each foot has a single piece of molded rubber on them. Make it appear as many separate pieces, each with alterations in shape and material...and don't limit your design to the low polygon restrictions of the original.

Target_Renegade

This is looking really great.

ElysiumGX: Not sure if I agree about the glasses, the original ones have 80s plastered
all over it. Would deviating from the source be a good thing?

BeatKitano

The glasses don't bother me, the boots do, too simple, not interesting to look at.
I know you want to be faithful to the low poly version, but honestly those seems out of place there.

ironbearxl

Elysium/Target: I rounded the profile of the glasses more, but kept the shape (hopefully resembles the original.)

I'll give the boots some more attention, adding some wear to them will probably make them more interesting.

included a side view:

MoP

I preferred the other glasses! The new ones don't look like Mynx anymore
Great stuff though, it's coming along really nicely!

LEViATHAN

Arms might be a tad too short and the feet are too small, great otherwise.