Chaun Soldier

Raider · Jan 2010

Latest:

Been working on a new character for a mod, probably going to end up using the UDK kit. But anyway here's a wip, still getting some forms right tweaking stuff before i get into the nitty gritty. Any crits on the form before i get cracking?

Mark Dygert · Jan 2010

Looking pretty cool.

A few things:
- The belts seem to be doing nothing to the cloth, they actually look like they're conforming to it rather than holding it in place.
- The lips/mouth area needs work. Looks like he's a tough guy about to cry, quivering lip. The features look a little low on his face.
- Knee pads look kind of small and sculpted on as their thickness seems kind of inconsistent.
- Boots look pretty cool.

Raider · Jan 2010

Bit of an update, trying to lock down how i want the folds to work on the jacket but can't really get it how i want, finding ref for one like that is tough

Wayfa · Jan 2010

Looking good..
Also check the mesh for little bumps.. you can soften some areas to avoid little brush irregularities like can be seen on the hair.

Raider · Feb 2010

Done some more work. Gonna start on some of the finishing detail and get this guy textured so I can move onto some weapons :d

Razvan · Feb 2010

Looks very nice.

The cloth in the belly area looks a bit too puffy though.

Raider · Feb 2010

Ok think i'm down for the high poly, gonna sleep on it have a look in the morning and see if there's anything else but onto the LP.

Anyone know any good retopo programs? I've heard good things about Topogun is it worth it?

makecg · Feb 2010

zbrush

Raider · Feb 2010

dunno man last time i used zbrush i wanted to neck myself for retopo it was so touchy / little things annoyed me

Raider · Feb 2010

Managed to get some retopo going today, this is what I have so far, I still gotta optimise a few things, but seems to be on track.

Raider · Feb 2010

Alright the lowpoly is done, i'll go back and try to get rid as many tris as possible so i can give him a nice alpha haircut.

ngs616 · Feb 2010

That retopo turned out well. Thats a pretty good model. What'd you use for the retopo? Zbrush or topogun?

Raider · Feb 2010

Topogun, yer i'm kinda giving it everything since if i don't land a job after this i'ma prob have to get a random full time warehouse gig or something and do this part time, i don't want that $:\$

Raider · Feb 2010

Started doing some baking, got a few small errors but it's turning out fairly nicely.

SinisterUrge · Feb 2010

Looks good. Are you going to use alphas for the fine detail? It saves a lot of time and effort with excellent results

Sirdelita · Feb 2010

Nice retopo, looks a lot better than you had it

Raider · Feb 2010

Sinister: Yer I'll throw in some alphas for eye lashes, some bits of hair etc and other stuff if i remember, will have to make a list.

Sirdelita: cheers, first time using topogun so i might have gone a bit overboard but i really wanted to keep the volume of some of the folds and curves

Raider · Feb 2010

Ok, finally finished baking it all down, gotta do a few tweaks but other than that i'm onto texturing thank god.

Raider · Feb 2010

Alright got some time today to rough out some colours, still can't decide what i want to do with the vest.. light / dark / camo. But anyway here's an update.

DrunkShaman · Feb 2010

Nice work!!!!!!

Raider · Feb 2010

Updatez:

butt_sahib · Feb 2010

Man this is turning out to be awesome! Nice.... i like it

zxcman · Feb 2010

you are making a good progress!
But!You should do smth with that background.
And make your light more presentable,cos it is looking hard

Raider · Mar 2010

Alright have had a few dramas, needless to say started fresh. Changed the colour scheme to a more earthy toned colours. Just diffuse / normals no spec yet.

Elhrrah · Mar 2010

In my utterly biased, totally skewed, and absolutely self-serving opinion, I think this looks awesome. I can easily imagine a squad of these guys going toe-to-toe with some Craus.

Raider · Mar 2010

Reworked the face, been mucking around with SSS. I may as well ask here before i go to google, does UDK support SSS?

left side, noSSS, right side SSS.

Raider · Mar 2010

Closing in on the finish

Raider · Mar 2010

Calling it done, time to move onto the next project. Cheers for the crits fellas, good help like usual

3DRyan · Mar 2010

The face looks a bit strange in the close up pic, but the final ones look great, so doesn't matter then. I'm glad you took it all the way and textured it. Looks great!