Eriotic WIP's (new to polycount)

eriotic

Hi all, I'm new here at Polycount so I figured this would be a good place to start posting. I'll be posting both models and concepts as I trudge along.

For my first project I'm working on what's essentially a zombie in a wheelchair. The wheelchair will have an oxygen tank attached that players can use to shoot and explode as a counter-measure. Any suggestions or critiques would be welcome as well. Thanks!

eriotic

Here's my first attempt at a high poly oxygen tank. I'm thinking of latching it onto the side at an angle.

MrMachete

looking good, I think oxygen tanks would usually sit on the back of the chair in some sort of cage attached to the bottom, but i'm not sure

DrunkShaman

Nice work!! Thanks for sharing.

eriotic

Haha that's true MrMachete. I was just thinking if the zombie was coming straight at you the tank would probably need to be on the side or somewhere else. Also it might have potential for changing the silhouette a bit. Thanks for the replies guys!

mathes

Looking good, and I dig the concept!

P442

i thought the post was "EROTIC" WIP. Anyway, I don't know about the blood on the wheelchair. It doesnt make sense

Krypteia

eriotic wrote: »

Haha that's true MrMachete. I was just thinking if the zombie was coming straight at you the tank would probably need to be on the side or somewhere else. Also it might have potential for changing the silhouette a bit. Thanks for the replies guys!

I don't know though - in a game situation having it on the back would increase the challenge for the player, who would have to either find a way to get behind the zombie or hope for a lucky shot.

Maybe the zombie can "bob" from side to side as he moves - giving the player only a short window of opportunity to hit the tank (with some masterful aiming of course) if it's peaking up over the back of the chair.

eriotic

As to the blood on the wheelchair I'm currently working on my hipoly zombie in zbrush. There'll be pretty much a legless/deformed legs zombie with his guts pouring out on top. Here's a shot of what I have so far for my environment. I'm basing my scene in what is basically Left4dead in Japan/Chinatown. My main character will most likely be an asian tennis player who was visiting for a tournament. His choice of weapon will be the tennis racket wrapped in barbed wire( Will post renders)

On a side note does anyone have any suggestions for creating glass? Would it mainly just be applying texture/alpha maps in the actual game engine? Or would what you create in max carry over? Thanks!

eriotic

Krypteia wrote: »

Maybe the zombie can "bob" from side to side as he moves - giving the player only a short window of opportunity to hit the tank (with some masterful aiming of course) if it's peaking up over the back of the chair.

Thanks for the suggestion, I guess it would be too easy if the tank was right on the side. Also it's a bit of a silly idea but I was thinking when you play the zombie you have to gain a certain momentum then slam on the brakes to launch yourself onto the survivors. If you miss you'll be left wriggling on the floor due to being separated from your oxygen supply (granted i guess he would be dead already haha)

ZacD

I don't think I've ever seen a dented oxygen tank, they are so thick and have so much pressure. The dents make it look thin.

waedoe

how did you make the dents?

eriotic

I got to agree ZacD, I just thought it might be something I could get away with haha. I guess the textures will help but I just felt the whole tank would be too plain without any dents or something. Perhaps it's a some sort of new material! Any suggestions on what I could do instead of dents?

Waedoe- I pretty much cut/inset in the low poly. It looks quite ugly when lowpoly but with the turbosmooth on it sort of has the effect I wanted.

waedoe

mmm i was just wondering if you were using like a vert modifier, isnt there one of those that allows you to pull on a vert and it pulls surround verts so its smooth?

eriotic

not sure, if there is I'd love to know about it as it would make my life a lot easier.

waedoe

ill look it up i think i actually used it once, but it would be used on a higher resolution mesh, you actually did a really good job making sure that all the geo stayed soft i like it. hey i pmed you when you get a chance check it please.

Ott

waedoe, you can do that in Editable Poly mode under "Soft Selection". Just adjust the falloff amount for affect.

ZacD

eriotic wrote: »

I got to agree ZacD, I just thought it might be something I could get away with haha. I guess the textures will help but I just felt the whole tank would be too plain without any dents or something. Perhaps it's a some sort of new material! Any suggestions on what I could do instead of dents?

Just a lot of scratches http://media.photobucket.com/image/old%20oxygen%20tank/ritter40/DSCN3885.jpg

roosterMAP

good job on the oxygen tank. nice touch wth the dent.

eriotic

I'm getting a weird (smoothing error?) with a model that I'm working on. It's just a standard max file and it was completely fine before. The uvs in the editor haven't changed. There's also only one checker material applied also but in the render it'll show both. My main issue is with the weird black stretching occurring in the handle. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

eriotic

Here's a WIP on my zombie concept. Bot flies have laid eggs inside of him so whenever he moves around the map a trail of flies come out like exhaust. Still a lot of tightening up to do but I have most of my ideas down.

NoChance

I'm confused how no ones mentioned that the wheelchairs dimensions are all wonky. The seat is entirely to small, especially considering most wheel chairs have fairly deep seats. The arm rests are extremely short but I think if you fix the seat those will get longer also. Once you do that I think you'll find that the seat back might need to be raised also.

I feel like I'm going crazy though because no one has mentioned it yet...

ZacD

Awesome concept art.

eriotic

Thanks NoChance, when modeling this I had reference but I did feel I was getting some proportions off. Thanks for pointing those out.

Thanks ZacD, hopefully will have a relatively finished version soon so I can begin zbrushing.

Joseph Silverman

Dude that painting is baller. You should post more 2d work!

MarcusF

Considering how gory that awesome concept is, I don't think you have enough blood and gore on your chair.

eriotic

Just a quick update. Added a few changes to the hipoly oxygen tank. Began modeling out my zombie. No hair yet as I'm not quite sure of the best way to apply it. Still in at a lower subd level.

eriotic

Here's a WIP of highpoly shoes I'm doing for my survivor, having some trouble cutting in all the stitched shapes. Will be beating them up a bit in zbrush once I fixed the stitched areas.

gauss

Looking good so far. You have a concept in mind for the survivor, or are you literally just going to start from the ground up?

roosterMAP

shoos look great! nicely detailed.

natetheartist

Personally, I think you should make that concept just a little more finished looking, just so it reads a little easier. But then, i always over-detail things, so screw it.

Anyway, yeah, the oxygen tank's dents are really bothersome in my opinion.
Personally, I think you need some more geometry for the bottom of the seat in the wheelchair.

Otherwise, good stuff.

tottarie

Wow, awesome idea and concept, lookin good!

I think it would make it more freaky if you would damage/bend one of the rear wheels to have a lumpy animation while he moves.