Hunter w/ Mount WIP

raiskul

Ive decided to create a hunter type character. He will use a spear as his main weapon, have a lion as his mount and have a hawk/eagle for scouting. There are a few ways I want to take this guy. So far I have come up with a concept for the spear and have started working on the Lions base mesh. Plz leave crits and suggestions anything constructive is welcome. Thnx in advance.

edit:
just a quick sketch of the spear and placeholder hunter

mikezoo

dude! post your shit! Then we can crit!

raiskul

I am having some trouble with the Front Legs edge loops any suggestions on how to make them good for animation is welcome here are some pics





This will be a male lion but i want to finish the body before moving onto the mane

raiskul

mikezoo wrote: »

dude! post your shit! Then we can crit!

patience is a virtue :poly125:

mikezoo

Lol! yes.

sweet lion mesh! Are you going for a particular style? It reminds me of the Lion in disney's Aladdin. Love that style. Looking good, it just doesn't read as a realistic lion. But thats cool.

as far as the edge loops go your on the right track. looks like you just need to keep going with it.

The character was a little hard to read, just because of how low poly she was. keep going at it.

Onuris

Sorry, this isn't very helpful, but what I thought about when I read the thread title was something like this:

t4paN

My only crit so far is... Post the pictures with [img]tags, having to go to photobucket to see the images is annoying :P Kitty looks good so far though.[/img]

Harry

that first sketch is totally diablo 1

raiskul

@mikezoo: I modeled him using images of adult Simba (Lion King) not really aiming for a realistic look but not really a cartoony look either

@Onuris: ?

@t4paN: will do

@Harry: I hadn't looked there for ideas but if you have any good pics for reference plz post i am still coming up with ideas for the spear

raiskul

I finished attaching the front legs and made some design changes to the head (made it look more realistic) I also dropped in some teeth and a tongue.

Taylor Hood

Nice looking tiger.

Disco Stu

Shape is looking nice but what where you thinking when you added those warts around his eye?

woogity

those extrusions around the eyes are not going to go over well if you plan on sculpting, which i assume you are because you are displaying your mesh in smooth preview. also careful where the legs attach it appears as if your lions arm is clipping through his chest. that said, the shilouette is nice, and i realy like the style of the head on the kitty, and the posture of the sketch you have, that posture reminds me of the shifters from the DnD universe.


-Woog

raiskul

sorry for the wait i had a few stuff come my way this week made quite a few changes to the model.

1. Head has gone back to being like simbas
2. Paws are better modeled and look more realistic
3. Front Legs connect to the body better
4. Decreased the size of the teeth
5. Started on the mane and armor pieces

heres the updated pic:


i'm most likely going to change the eyes up a bit make them more sinister as well as the mouth area (might add the fangs back)... any opinions? plz crit thnx

raiskul

here's another angle in perspective:

raiskul

im thinking of taking the mask and putting it on the hunter and making a new mask for the lion...after some thought and google searching, I've decided that I am going to change the head and mask

raiskul

fixed the eyes and head...time to go back to the armor pieces

iWeReZ

The hair strands thingy, the roots should be more puffed, more of a proud lion rather then a wet lion other than that good job.

raiskul

here is an update:
1. the face has been changed a little and this is the final head
2. the mane has been expanded (not done)
3. there are the eyes as seen above (may change if i decide to paint evrything)
4. and i have mostly finished the saddle (it is a treeless saddle so there is no grip in the middle of the seat he will hold onto the hair/back)
5. fangs were shortened again (final)

raiskul

The mane is complete and the saddle is attached



Time to wash the dishes and get some sleep

praxedes

shaping up nicely- I liked the simba vibe! The mane has some nice volume, but could be pushed even more!

~P~

d00kie

i'd throw some sweet braids in the mane. Have the mass going back, but have a few dreads dangling.