hey, guys I have been working on making an Elite from the Halo series, I'm making it all in zbrush, and I plan to use maya for UVs. Critiques are welcome
There's quite a few anatomy problems that you could refine, the pecks, the neck, pelvis, brows etc. i'd try and get those sorted before you model his armour. it looks like you have a decent understanding of anatomy but it looks like maybe you rushed it out?
It looks like a good start I think the upper body needs more bulk, the waist needs to be slimmer. I definitely agree with Computron he needs to be taller I took a quick look on Google and found this reference. Maybe you could show some of your references if you are going for a different look. Good start can't wait to see it finished.
thanks for the feedback guys, that halo wars pic is a great reference. I was actually going off of one of the old halo action figures I had laying around ha ha. It seems like every halo game the elites change a lot.
I made his waist thinner and made him taller as well. I'm going to work on it more tomorrow. thanks again for the feedback
hey guys I have been working on the armor for a little bit and now I'm ready to add the damage layer, so it doesn't look so new. I'm really looking forward to texturing this guy up. hope you like it so far. Critiques are welcome as always
@ LRoy the blobby parts are you refering to the arm or the torso area? becasue he is wearing a jumpsuit kind of thing (not really sure what it is) so that may be why. I have made his body though.
@ Computron I agree since the arm is going to be exposed i shall bulk him up a bit
looks beautiful good job, keep it going, just a heads up though remember the elites have armor on their mouth pieces that split a part, the sort of gum/lip things lol, but it looks great cant wait to see it finished
lol no problem man, im a halo freak so ill be able to pick it all out :P that's why im so excited to see this thing finished you're doing great so far:)
is this based from the halo 3 or reach elite? it reminds me of both so im not positive
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nvm went back and read, i have some really good refs here somewhere soon as i find them ill get them to you
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these should def help, the first one looks more like the elite youre going for
this second one helps with scale and size comparison
their armor makes them look bigger but they are still pretty beasty i do wanna say that something about his feet are throwing me off and im not sure what it is, but great job and please continue, halo inspired art always makes me happy to see
alright I worked with the armor some today and I damaged it pretty good. I need to make the feet bigger, that was one thing I noticed. I'm going to be getting into retopo soon, I just hope zbrush doesn't crash every 10 sec .
i think making the feet bigger would help but you also should make the legs much longer, hes out of proportion for an elite, if you notice in the pictures elites actually have pretty long legs even hunched over there legs are long, if you havent seen it theres a part in the halo legends dvd that shows elites with and without armor and that would help you alot with reference
Alright sorry i haven't updated in a long time, I had some stuff I needed to take care of. But I am back on track now, and the sculpt is done and I'm in the process of making the low poly model along with transferring the normal maps over.
and for the question of what action figure I am using as a reference, it is the old Joyride studios figure
Now that I am back on track I want to get this done soon, so I should be updating more frequently now. That's all I got for now
dpaynter26 gave some pretty good advice about the legs. Both of the legs in your model more closely resemble the leg that is carrying all of the weight in your action figure. The other leg in your action figure looks more like it would look if it were standing up right. I would spend a little more time with the overall proportions in zbrush before retopologizing etc. Maybe study some more reference photos.
I agree with you guys on the legs, I lengthened them and he is standing a little more upright now. I still want to keep him in a semi relaxed pose so I don't want to stretch his legs to much.
I will have more updates coming soon
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http://mydisguises.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/halo-elite.jpg
I made his waist thinner and made him taller as well. I'm going to work on it more tomorrow. thanks again for the feedback
@ Computron I agree since the arm is going to be exposed i shall bulk him up a bit
Nice work though.
I Love Zbrush man you definitely need to get into it, its like pringles, once you pop you cant stop :P lol
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nvm went back and read, i have some really good refs here somewhere soon as i find them ill get them to you
double edit:
these should def help, the first one looks more like the elite youre going for
this second one helps with scale and size comparison
their armor makes them look bigger but they are still pretty beasty i do wanna say that something about his feet are throwing me off and im not sure what it is, but great job and please continue, halo inspired art always makes me happy to see
and for the question of what action figure I am using as a reference, it is the old Joyride studios figure
Now that I am back on track I want to get this done soon, so I should be updating more frequently now. That's all I got for now
I will have more updates coming soon