[FIGHTER] Mortal Kombat, Rain, Arkadius

Arkadius

I never really liked the new design that they came up with. So I wanna take a stab at a new design. this is the idea I'm going with it is kinda very basic, but it will get me started with the 3D.



This is the original character from Deception.


My goal is to make him less dorky looking.

mitcHELL

sweeet... awesome silhouette... im psyched to see how this comes out

Jason Young

I'm digging the shapes and proportions! I've actually never heard of rain, and just checked him out. Agreed that his re-design was meh. This has a much more unique feel, but I could still see it fitting in the MK universe.

Dan!

cool design- Rain and Ermac not getting much love yet.

NuclearWarrior

Really awesome so far. It's hard to re-design any of those MK guys who share the same outfit, but you got a good thing here. I love the electric/lightning rods on his back and his shape in general.

Arkadius

mitcHELL : So Am I
JMYoung: Yeah they messed him up, hes a parody of "Prince" but still. He doesn't have to look like a bitch. :P
Dan!: Ermac is awesome too, hes new design is quite nice, so I can't see too many people want to redesign something so bad ass.
NuclearWarrior:Thanks I hope I can keep alot of the shapes, I find that when I start modeling alot of stuff that works in 2d doesnt work as well in 3d.
dustinbrown:Sure thing man I'll length his legs, I was trying to keep the shoulder pads small but I'll try out various sizes

Bearly started blocking the sculpt today. I'll post what I came up with in about 6 hours

Japhir

Looking good so far! looking forward to the retopo'd concept sculpt

Arkadius

Heh thanks guys here my concept sculpt. Just finding the portions before I auto retopo in 3D coat and break up the pieces for the final sculpt.

duncan

Found you . Well YOU may say that there is not much here but what I say is that what is here is ace. I don't know too much about this character, but I am really digging the ahhhh..."thickness" of him. His outfit looks ace with a heap of interest. I am looking forward to seeing more, more, more.

Arkadius

Heh thanks Duncan .. I just think before retopoing my models look meh and after they get a little bit better.

Arkadius

Small update:
Thinking about changing the boots.

NuclearWarrior

Doing a good job so far of keeping the "fullness" of the concept, if that makes sense. Looking forward to seeing him progress.

seth.

Hey Ark, sweet stuff mister....I like the chest area in particular, it just flows nice.

Dan!

he's coming along nicely, the extreme curve to the jaw feels a little strange- also feels like he is missing some width there in comparison to the concept.

Arkadius

NuclearWarrior: Yeah that makes sense and thanks. I'm trying to stay close to the concept but it hard.

Seth: Thanks

Dan!: I'll correct the Jaw, it is getting hard to stay close to the concept. The model looks good at one angle and not so good in another, right now I like the mask but Ill keep messing with it. Thanks!

Arkadius

Small Update:

I decide to redo some areas, like the chest since I wasn't liking how it was coming out. I didn't like the way the gloves were coming out either they seemed overly bulky, and the shoulder pads were a happy accident that I liked.

Working on the Dagger right now, since that is rains weapon then I'll come back to finish the micro detail.

Dan!

nice and clean- good update man!

Arkadius

Thanks Dan!

Scoot_da_Poot

I really like the marks you make when you sculpt. It's very painterly. Great job

Arkadius

Thanks! Every vertex is hand pushed :P

I tightened up the graphics on level 8. I'm thinking I could break the Symmetry by overlapping the cloth chest piece and maybe exposing the chest more or less.

duncan

Yeah man!. This guy is looking nice'n beefy. I dig it. more, more, more.

Arkadius

@Duncan: Too much Beef is bad for ya! Thanks

@Dustin: Toooo True! This contest got very big very fast! Thanks man! I had added more bump down there after some one asked what was up with the camel toe :P. The cloth on this ass will be taken care of, I never noticed it because the tail cloth cover the back. Smooth like a babies bottom!

Arkadius

Baking is my business and business is good!

LRoy

Man I almost forgot about this one. Really great design. My only crit is that for being so muscular he has no ass. That's pretty much covered by the cloth though.

Arkadius

Thanks LRoy, I don't know it just seem right at that size? And like you side the cloth covers it up if not I would change it.

Small update still working on the spec map. I'm not sure on the eyes should I just go with a glow or a real iris?

MattQ86

I like the glowing eyes better. The other eyes look deadened, and while intimidating that's more of Scorpion's thing.

Maph

Yeah, glowing eyes. It fits Rain a lot better imho.
Textures are looking hawt. Totally digging the specular on the leg armor.

Dan!

bakes turned out clean- i like the direction of your textures- gonna look great- for the eyes you could do a combination - standard eye plus emissive, im doing this setup on my ashrah piece-example

NuclearWarrior

Like his proportions - looks beefy!

Arkadius

Thank guys! I went with Glowing eyes, It seemed to work better. Hey Dan I tried doing what suggested but I couldn't make it happen .

Well I'm done. Heres a final image that I didn't included with my entry since I wasn't sure if the lights were legal but I liked the image very much. Thanks Everyone! It was a blast. Thanks Polycount!