Hi there people!
My name is Stefano and I'm going to post here as phobalien from now! First time posting here after some years following silently. I was active on another forum...
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Anyway,
I'm here to join the fight with my revision of Super Mario! I've already seen a couple of great wips from big names on the character so I'm sure I will have an hard time challenging them
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Anyway here goes the first ref image:
As you can see we have a regular mario and the version in ssbm. other than you can see my reference based on two actors: bob hoskins and Francesco Pannofino.
then for last, terry bogard from kof as a ref for a jacket and a couple of tools and belt I want to add.
Now let's see about the concepts:
So, as you can see we have a more rough Mario...
the Idea is to mix an harsh face like the one from hoskins or pannofino with an anti-hero attitude from the 90s... like Snake Plinskie or John McClane.
So Mario is not a bad guy in the end, still is not as cute and rounded as we know him!
My choice so far is on the left one... with the jacket
Last part of the post!
A first wip:
Well, this has been some hours of work on the model from a base mesh I already had. so cutting parts in max and gozing into zb.
proportions are wip as well :poly121:
c&c are welcome!!!
cheers,
phobalien