no worries, like I say hope it helps...I'm still in the learning stages rather than teaching to be honest...hehehe you have a point with the chalk....damn....oh wait...uhm his squire does it?
i'm not sure if i should mention that I erase out a lot of the grunge with a low opacity brush where it would logically not collect as much, but I guess that everyone does that
This looks great man..my only crit is that the skin in transition to the boils should have some kind of inflammation color ..so the green in not so abrupt..I kind of feel the same way about where the hoof meets the flesh..overall it looks great
hey Low odor, thanks man, I have worked more on the transition from boil to skin and toned down the yellow a bit, but the hoof/flesh gap just ended up looking like dirt so I scrapped it....I think I ran out of talent for that bit
I think that this might be done texture wise, but would like the opinion of the good people of polycount while I work on getting the bloody thing rigged
Looking great so far. As for texture work, Maybe try warming up the skin tones a tad more so that it contrasts better with the metal. Also it might be cool to take that white paint idea on the helmet and echo that through the other metal elements of the character. Not too much but maybe in 1 or 2 other places. Just a suggestion though, something to try out maybe.
hey ZacD, Hofsta...thanks for the comments guys, I have put the skin back the way it was, so warmer tones then ...Hofsta, I see where you are coming from, I will have a think about what I could do with the white paint.
Yeah that's better, I think it reads as flesh from farther away now and I dont have to sit there an try and figure out what is metal and whats not. Looks more alive and less like a zombie too!
I must say that I love what you did with this model. Awesome modeling, great texturing and incredible presentation too (btw. big thanks for sharing marmoset lighting setup with us - anytime I tried fighting marmoset I ended up with horrible results). Keep up the great work!
does anyone have links to a good gloss map tut? I have tried them but really dont understand what I'm doing with them
The easiest to start playing with a gloss map would be to just mask out the skin and the metal, make the metal light gray, and the skin dark gray, and play with the values until you like it and add the dirt or other detail in at the end. Also you may want you crank up the spec just so you can see it better at first.
does anyone have links to a good gloss map tut? I have tried them but really dont understand what I'm doing with them
I just started tackling them myself. I've been doing pretty much what ZacD said but I also make up a list of everything in order of tightest shine to broadest shine (Boils, Eyes, Skin, Hooves, Armor, Weapon). Then starting from the bottom I work my way up black to white on the HSB in PS color picker. So, weapon 25%b Armor 30%b Hooves 35%b, etc. Then test in Marmo and tweak. Not sure if thats the BEST way, but it's the way I wrap my head around it. Sorry if this doesnt help too much or if it's just to damn long
And great work on this guy of course, he is disgustingly beautiful.
chris: Hey man, is it a texture thing do you think, could i perhaps salvage her with some updates or is it a lost cause from the mesh up?
ZacD and MrHobo : thanks guys, great advice. I will give that a go this evening, it looks more like I should be adding it into the process before generating the detailed spec map....hmmm I have stuff to think about then
asic: dont mention bacon near him, it makes him grumpy
well, I think that this guy has reached the point where I need to walk away from him for a few weeks and get another project on the go so heres the final shot as it stands. I still want to build a shield for him, but I think a few weeks away from it will help freshen up my eyes...plus I just started Brink and i'm feeling it's influence already
Hey torch, I'm not stressed on the final comments, I figure that not much had changed from the previous shots to this one to talk about, but thank you very much anyway
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i'm not sure if i should mention that I erase out a lot of the grunge with a low opacity brush where it would logically not collect as much, but I guess that everyone does that
anyway...beer and texturing
nearly done with this now, just a few areas to sort...and probably a few corrections...yay!
short turntable on vimeo : http://vimeo.com/27070884
I think that this might be done texture wise, but would like the opinion of the good people of polycount while I work on getting the bloody thing rigged
thanks for looking
more pictures then:
As far as the paint goes, I was thinking in refrence to the uruk hai sorta like this
http://www.wetanz.com/assets/Uploads/lotrbusturukbersekerlrg.jpg
and maybe like this too.
http://th01.deviantart.com/fs23/300W/f/2008/024/e/0/e033ee5c779b2312.jpg
for all i know though it might be a bad idea and you shouldn't listen to me at all.lol
chrisradsby: Thanks Chris
ghost-d: thanks very much, and no worries with the lighting thing, hope that it helps. ( love the cloth on your nurse piece by the way. )
does anyone have links to a good gloss map tut? I have tried them but really dont understand what I'm doing with them
Great progress so far man
The easiest to start playing with a gloss map would be to just mask out the skin and the metal, make the metal light gray, and the skin dark gray, and play with the values until you like it and add the dirt or other detail in at the end. Also you may want you crank up the spec just so you can see it better at first.
I just started tackling them myself. I've been doing pretty much what ZacD said but I also make up a list of everything in order of tightest shine to broadest shine (Boils, Eyes, Skin, Hooves, Armor, Weapon). Then starting from the bottom I work my way up black to white on the HSB in PS color picker. So, weapon 25%b Armor 30%b Hooves 35%b, etc. Then test in Marmo and tweak. Not sure if thats the BEST way, but it's the way I wrap my head around it. Sorry if this doesnt help too much or if it's just to damn long
And great work on this guy of course, he is disgustingly beautiful.
ZacD and MrHobo : thanks guys, great advice. I will give that a go this evening, it looks more like I should be adding it into the process before generating the detailed spec map....hmmm I have stuff to think about then
asic: dont mention bacon near him, it makes him grumpy
thanks again for the comments
thanks to everyone for your comments and crits
Hey torch, I'm not stressed on the final comments, I figure that not much had changed from the previous shots to this one to talk about, but thank you very much anyway