[FIGHTER] Marvel VS Capcom, Megaman

wester

UPDATE:






I am so into this competition. It's definitely a little less overwhelming than Dom War so I'm into it.

I've actually wanted to do this for a long time, and it's perfect for this competition. I've wanted to do an updated looking megaman. Something you'd see in a next gen sci fi game or something.

Here is my reference.

wester

Here's what i have so far. Just messing around with an idea. I'm going to leave it at this for now, as i have a previous art related project im tied to until the end of the weekend. Then I'll finish this guy up next week and move to modeling.

wester

I decided to finish this guy up tonight after work actually. Just spent a couple more hours on it. I went alittle crazy with the gloss/glow....but that wont transfer over to the 3d model.

Enjoy!

Base

His head feels really awkward proportionally to the rest of his body. Even his facial features seem wonky. I like the rest of it, but that head is really jarring. I think something about the chest is also a little weird but I can't place my finger on it...

beezul

i agree with base. the proportions need to be revised. the details are cool, but the face/ head throws of the entire design.

wester

Thanks for the crits guys.

Yeah the concept is definitely alittle wonky. But i'm not going to spend too much more time on it. I'm moving on to the 3d blockout and hopefully those weird proportions wont transfer over.

thomgoblin

i think with the deign you have a faceplate liek iron mans may be more appropriate instead of giving him human features. id also ad more plates to his abdomen so it looks more flexible.

JacqueChoi

mmmm...

I think the proportions are cool. I just think the face needs to incorperate stylization, because it's TOO real-ish in comparison with the rest.

I'd make the eyes 3-4 times bigger, then it'll look like it fits.


BTW, how are you liking highmoon? Is Aaron Limonick still there?

wester

Jacque: I love it here. As you can tell i'm heavily heavily influenced by the concept art team. Although i'm a prop artist, i walk by their wall of concepts everyday and it literally stops me in my tracks. Never worked amongst such talented people before.

Yeah i met aaron a couple times, didnt really get to pick his brain for tips or anything but definitely a mind blowing artist.

also wow, your megaman could kick my megamans ass hah.

Yeah i think I'll do a folded up face plate design like the iron man suit has. I do like that he has a flesh colored face though, it's a nice contrast with all of the cool blues he's going to have.

I'm also thinking about making his blaster transformable as it is in the games. Not sure, goin to block it out and see waht comes of it.

Spug

Wester, I'm loving the overall direction. Very badass, but I would like to see that face reworked. I assume you will make adjustments, but overall it feels very cabbage patch kids. Yeah Buddy! Cant wait to see this one go through. Good luck brotha.

wester

Here's the blockout so far. Going to work on the tech on his back thrusters abit more, not sure i'm happy with it. Also going to probably change his little collar piece.

Digital Cantina

I agree with everyone else, the proportions were a bit off but from your sculpt looks like things are on their way. Good to see another megaman entry

wester

Took my lunch break to fix his face up alittle. I couldnt leave the 2d concept where it was given that it just looks creepy.

Buckster

damn, you are fast into modeling, great stuff. Looks like the design is flowing nicely. Keep up the brilliance.

wester

Well it's just a blockout hah...still very very early in the process. Going to decimate the blockout and model over it in max which will take awhile. I"m going to try to model all the cut lines and what not since i'm planning on making a cinematic version for my own fun.

and thanks for the help guys. I hope the face is a little less creepy to look at hah.

wester

Ok decided to go for more "epic" and change him up a little more. Took some feedback from my buddy and added more of the iron man reference as well as a face plate. It's going to transform back into his helmet.

Also going to add a jetpack type thing but i'll concept that out in the blockout

sculpt.

Archanex

I don't much care for the facial changes, particularly the red nose. You may want to try making the top half of the helmet more ironmany and keeping the face part more human/megamany. I really feel like the face is too iconicly megaman to lose.

ojlsparkes

i am really looking forward to seeing the end result of this awesome concept

Cordell Felix

eh, im not feeling the mask. I like it without

wester

Yeah, after i had some sleep and am taking another look at it i'm going to keep it simplistic. I like him having a simple, more like the original silhouette with high frequency detail. I don't want to deviate from the original mega man design too much.

So i'm going with the open face helmet.

wester

Spent some more time on his gun.

wester

Here's a quick sketch of what i like the back to look like.

Cordell Felix

glad you decided to go without the facemask :]

Digital Cantina

Love the jetpack design

seven

ditto... the Jetpack is pretty sweet.

wester

Cordell: yeah I'm glad too. It looks cool, but would deviate from it being megaman too much.

glad you guys like the jetpack, i've started the geo blockout right now and goin to spend a couple hours on that today.

wester

Small update. Started modeling out the helmet. I immediately regret making myself model everything into the geometry, like the cutlines and the holes and stuff. I'm trying to get better at modeling for cinematics and movies, but damn it's hard.

The parts i'm having the most trouble with is of course when the cutlines suddenly change direction. Making them sharp cutlines yet smooth helmet shape is the difficult part.

enjoy

wester

Finished up the head, going to move on to the face in zbrush tonight.

LRoy

that's lookin pretty awesome.

wester

Thanks LRoy. THere are definitely alot of awesome projects on this comp, just trying to keep up ha.

wester

Here's the torso blockout and the zbrush sculpt for the face. I'll probably do a paintover of the face for some more pieces i want to add.

also going to stop posting updates nightly hah. I'll have too many pages if i post an update everynight.

enjoy

seforin

I agree so much with this

Digital Cantina

Jeremi Eldridge

I absolutely LOVE where this is going. Rock on.

Autocon

Looking awesome Wes

And dont do something lame like not posting lots of updates. Most people would rather see lots of updates on awesome work then updates that are way to few and far between. Or atleast I like lots of update ha

ojlsparkes

my mouth is droping to the ground on how good this is looking

wester

wow hah. thanks for the positive feedback everyone. I'm trying to work on this guy as much as i can. The positive feedback is definitely helping keep me motivated.

wester

Ok it seems like everyone here is super super fast. Most of the people in the competition have finished their HP's. I'm working double time on this guy this week! I need to finish the HP ASAP so i can ensure it's a quality piece.

Due to time restraints...i might have to leave out his cannon I don't want to...but we'll see.

enjoy

wester

Update! Finished up the torso, moving on to the arms.

I'm going to go through when the armor is done and do the techy details like his arm pit and pieces on the backpack thruster.





Must....model....quicker.....

butt_sahib

Sweeeeet.
Great modeling!

Why not zbrush these hardsurface details aswell? If you havent done it before (like myself), it'd be great practice since everyone is doing it these days

yoyomon

Your hard surface modeling is looking pretty sweet.

wester

butt_sahib: The big thing i want out of this competition is to model everything by hand. I want to get some serious modeling practice in as i'm going to try to put together a cg portfolio this year. Doing high rez, tv/film quality models. WIth that in mind i have to model the cutlines, the panels...everything the hard way.

Thanks for the love!

Liquid-Grievous

everything is cooler with jet packs ^_^

Rorkimaru

I really like where this design is going, especially with the suit. The technical stuff looks amazing.

The face however, I feel, weakens the design. I know Megaman is bad-ass and a sort of impish character but I think you should possibly try and go for a more child like face. Perhaps a little Oliver Twist or similar with a bit more confidence. I think the juxtaposition of innocent face with the bad-ass tech would strengthen the design. Just a thought though =D

ozoman

Let me just say that I truly believe that this is a winner indead. Your hard surface modeling is awesome, and this will definetely add so much to your portfolio. Keep it up. Anxiously waiting for more.

brokenartistry

Face mask will do well. For some reason his eyebrows were bugging me.

wester

Update!

So here's an update. I've finished the upper torso, now going to start on the bottom half. Which i'm hoping won't take up as much time since there isnt as much going on.

I'm probably not going to finish this in time...but i'm definitely going to try. I'm absolutely finishing him regardless.

I'm going to try to do his gun arm....but i dont know if i have time. We will see!

Also, i'll post up higher rez images with the next udpate.

Josh_Singh

Make His Eyes Bigger and Distance from the Nose to Mouth Smaller, Make the Head Bigger and He will instantly feel Younger and get that Kid Vibe to him. If that's what you want. Great Modeling!

crazyfingers

Wanted to see how he'd look without the chin strap so I threw this together. Threw in josh's suggestions too.

wester

Yeah i really like those changes. I'm going to resize the head, and adjust his facial proportions abit. Thanks for the tips guys!

wester

Update.

Blocked out the legs and stuff. I adjusted the position of the hands to make sure i like the proportions. I'm reeeeally going to try to finish his body this weekend. So i can work on his gun next week, and then start on the lowpoly next weekend. That is the plan anyways.

hope you guys likes.