First 3D character - - Falcon Guardsman

j4polaris

Heya all,
I've been a prop/environment artist for the last few years, and figured it was about time I gave a character a go. I haven't done one since college, and that was a while ago:poly136:

The ultimate goal with this character is to make two versions: a lower polygon version used for handheld platforms, and a high resolution used for current-gen platforms.

I've been having trouble a lot around the shoulders and neck area of the model, but I'm sure I need a lot of help everywhere else!:D! Please feel free to rip it up. I need the practice!

Thanks in advance guys!

Alec3d

very nice edge flow, I like it

P442

looks good, but you're probably going to encounter "issues" when trying to animate, because of all the triangles and ngons, but its only an issue of you plan on animating or bringing it into a game engine.

Mark Dygert

Looks pretty cool I really like the concept.

Crits:
- There seems to be a lot of wasted geometry that isn't doing much.
- looks a little more portly then the concept, probably slim him down and used the saved polys as feathers and fluff.
- The joints seem kind of weird and would be hard to rig up properly, unless there is some method I'm missing.
- If joints are a little puzzling these might help, they're how I normally ask that joints be done when I'm going to rig up a character.
http://www.vigville.com/forum_images/Joints.jpg
http://www.vigville.com/forum_images/Joint02.jpg
They use a modified method from here: http://www.pig-brain.com/tut02/tut02_01.htm