[Character Model] GNOME!

Paulewog

Hello polycounters.

So i visited my sis the other day and found the cutest statue in her apartment. I snapped some pictures with my trusty digital camera and whipped up a quick modeling sheet. This one is gonna be fun




The top row is my modeling sheet while the bottom row are the pictures i snapped. I wont be able to start modeling him for a few day but when I do, ah man jolly good fun!

marq4porsche

This looks like a fun character, can't wait to see how this comes out. Good Luck!!

Quack!

Great little character. Will watch.

System

haha love the mushroom hat but where's the fishing pole? No gnome is complete without his fishing pole!!

Paulewog

OK! finally got around to starting the modeling phase. Highpoly basemesh complete. I am ready to start sculpting now.





the low poly base mesh is still very much WIP right now but I will save the final adjustments until my sculpted high is right on top of it.




By the way does anyone know if the POLYCRUNCHER utility works with 3dsmax 2010? I am asking this because I plan to do all my bakes in max.

nrek

Haha great Paul! I look forward to seeing some sculpting updates. As far as polycruncher, you can just use the decimation master that is built into the newest version of zbrush (or download it as a plugin for older versions).

DarthNater

David the Gnome FTW!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5oI2mkgDRw[/ame]

Am I the only one here who used to watch that as a kid?

Anyway, looking good so far. Polycruncher in 2010 is the ProOptimizer modifier. Select you're settings, hit calculate and then edit your vert count as needed... I usually pull it down a small amount and then manually edit the verts anyway. It's good to get a decent start on optimization, but don't rely on it 100%

ShinsetsuDesuka

i love the idea for this, i remember watching that show when i was young..... but its a blurry memory

ivanushka

Paul, looks awesome so far!! This guy gets around quick from the kitchen counter top to the computer screen haha. You're topology is clean and smooth, defining the shape of the character wonderfully. Can't wait to see him textured and to see what approach you take: photo or paint or a combination of both. And love that 'shroom!

Paulewog

Real Quick update here. I have the sculpting pretty much complete at this point. I am finishing up unwrapping the low so I can bake this little guy. I am a little iffy about the beard and might spend some time and rework it into a bit more of cartoony style. I didn't know whether to keep the hair very clumpy or go with small strands, or a mix. let me know what you think about that but for now I guess I will leave it.


CANT WAIT TO BAKE!

SanderDL

I would make the beard with biggers shapes as it's like that in both the pictures and the concept and I think it would look better

Nistrum

darth OMG i remember that.. very cool model/concept man paul

FlyByKnight

loving the model so far, i'll be watching this with a keen interest for the final result!

nrek

Nice work on the sculpting man, I agree with Sander about going with the bigger shapes in the beard.

DarthNater

Sculpts looking good. I agree with everyone else, I like the concepted beard better than what you sculpted. What you have is great, but I think the bigger shapes would better fit the overall cartoony feel of the model :P

Paulewog

hey everyone! quick update on hermann. I named him hermann. hehe. anyways I resculped hermanns beard to fit the concept more. I am so much more satisfied with this version, but if anyone has crits feel free to let loose. Only textures I have left to bake are the head now. I will upload a baked lowpoly soon so stay tunes polycount.

take it easy
Paul Hoefener

Quack!

New beard is awesome. Great style.

LlamaJuice

Yes.

That beard looks tons better than your other one, nice work sir.

Lookin forward to seeing this guy with completed textures and such on him :P The highres stuff looks great so far :P

ivanushka

The chunky, thick strands of beard look much better on him now. Just keep going, can't wait to see the textures on this fella. And Hermann you say, hmm... Awesome .

Paulewog

small update on Hermanns progress. Almost finished painting the diffuse and normals. Only thing left is the spec map. The lighting in this scene is not going to be the final beauty pass, just WIP so you polycounters can get an idea of what I had in mind. I think maybe the source light needs to be stronger, oh well I'll play with it later.

comments and critiques strongly encouraged. Thanks

Take it easy
Paul Hoefener

Paulewog

in that image I had not added additional bump detail to the normals so some fine detail is missing in this version.

LlamaJuice

That picture made me happy. Nice work sir, the only real issues I have are spec related ones... but you don't have a spec map yet... so I'll be quiet for now haha. Keep up the good work!

Paulewog

ENJOY.

more beauty renders coming soon. I still need to rig him and pose him, maybe even some animations. Also let me know what you guys think about building a stand for him. Does he need one?

Comments and Critiques very encouraged. Thanks polycounters
Paul Hoefener

makecg

Nice character looks great.

fullofclovers

Fun!