Battle mech WIP

jordiart

Hello folks, this it´s a wip of my new project, a battle mech in manga style (or something aprox).



For the moment only hi-poly version it´s finished, but the plan it´s to make a game model ( maybe 12k polys and with textures 2k, maybe a rig ) for my portfolio and my next reel too.

The objective of this project it´s both to improve my workflow and test blender 2.5x for production.
In my portfolio there is a rear capture of the model too.

C.C. are wellcome, but i think it´s modelling process finished, maybe for improve next time

KazeoHin

Really detailed and stylistic. I can't wait to see colours. Also, Low-poly modelling is going to be a pain with all of the technical detail...

jordiart

Thanks KazeoHin, and i think it´s gonna be a pain, but i hope to speedup the workflow to make it

chriszuko

Yea... that is going to be a nightmare, but the detail is pretty powerful. Definitely looking forward to future updates

Ged

where are his knees? how do they bend?

Lazerus Reborn

Knees are out of proportion Ged, look a little lower than his hip joint to the wires. If im reading it right, there his knees.

jordiart

Thanks for the observation Ged, Lazerus it´s right, the design it´s a little influenced by "megaman", with his enormous legs and with the knee fairly high in proportion.

I´ll post hope soon the lowpoly process and the texturing also. For the moment i´m working with another project too and it take me some time.

For a game engine in realtime ( i´m thinking about UDK or Unity, or similar engine ) what polycount you guys think it´s right for the mech and for the machingun?

Personally i think it´s between 10k - 15k for mech and 3k - 5k for the machingeun, do you think it´s right?

roosterMAP

never been a fan of mechs, but i can certainly appreciate the amount of time and talent it took to make this. Love the detail!

woogity

looks like a mega man villain to me, kinda awesome, i think the knees and elbows need work now, the hips are pretty strange too.

jordiart

Thanks for the comments guys!
Think the only problem it´s on the hips, because it´s gonna be very rigid in that part, ( don´t need this kind of movement there ) but in the elbows and knees, there is a kind of tube, soft material that can be deformed and elongated ( does not appear very well in the capture ), maybe isn´t the best solution, but it´s gonna work

jordiart

Just a update, not too much for the time passed, but i´m in other things too.
The rifle part for lowpoly in-game model it´s ready



it´s 7.750 tris and for now the normal/occlusion maps at 4096px ( maybe these things can change a little at final model, almost the texture size tought )

Some more info on my portfolio / blog

Devarter

How long did the weapon take for you to (if you did) draw and/or design and what program did you use for the models?

jordiart

Well, i normally use a combo of alchemy and gimp for sketch, but for this weapon, i´ve done on the fly, without a sketch but with a bunch of references of another weapons, and a little trial and error part of course.
This project really begins last year, and i picked up and left several times, it´s difficult to say, i´m not proud about the time i spent on it, too much time i think, but 3 days for the retopo.
The entire modeling/retopo it´s made on blender 2.5x, bake on xNormal and presented on marmorset.
Hope to have a little time for update this sooner

LRoy

Post some bigger images dude! You've got all this crazy awesome detail but its hard to see

jordiart

I´ll do it!

jordiart

Hello folks! this is an update, and a little video too.
Crits and comments very wellcome, for the next project it could be very useful the feedback



Video Turntable 360º
http://vimeo.com/32567348

Lucas Annunziata

Looking great man. I'm assuming you're gonna go for a gundam style color scheme with this?

jordiart

Thanks. That´s a possibility, but i´m gonna study what style and workflow for this, because the painting will be difficult enough