[MUTANT] Defensive Lineman, DockRock

DockRock

A little late to the party but better late then never right? I was hanging my head seeing that almost all the contests/challenges for this month end at the end of the month. And since I am going on vacation in two weeks it didn't seem likely I would finish any of them, however i'll be back just in time to have a whole week to finish this guy! WooHoo! So here's my entry ref:



Defensive Lineman, working on the concept right now, my idea is that he is a cross between flesh and stone and is going to be a brute of a dude! I am stoked to see everyone's entries for this one, some of my favorite heavy hitters are jumping on this comp! Can't wait to start modeling.

DockRock

UPDATE: Here is my base concept for my Lineman. I will probably wait until the texture phase to experiment with colors, but for now this should be enough to start modeling with. I'll most likely do a quick side view later.

JGcount

I really love your ref sheet. I would break up the symmetry a bit more. Perhaps just removing one pauldron and enlargening the other?

Dan!

love that face- cool concept

Jason Young

Also loving the concept and proportions! I like the face you've got, and think it's a shame to cover it with a facemask. Maybe you could make it look like the mask got ripped off during play?

DockRock

JMYoung- I was checking out some of the baddies from Blood Bowl and they (the developers) seem to remedy that problem by reducing or completely removing the face guard. I thought about maybe doing that, it was just too late last night to change it haha (3 AM), so maybe I'll touch on that and see how it turns out. Thanks for the feedback!

JGcount - Thanks man, I started breaking up the symmetry across the torso and pants, the original concept I put together has a torn shoe and broken shoulder pad so I might have to bring that back. Thanks for the feedback man!

Dan! - Thanks man!

Sirdelita

shit that is awesome.

GragGunslinger

oh man it would suck to get tackled by this guy! I'm really digging him. especially the bandages on his arm. it almost looks like they're trying to hold his spines in in case they got caught on something/someone.

obeyurnapster

lol badass character

DockRock

Thanks guys! I loved Mutant League when I was a kid so I am super excited to be working on this challenge!

skankerzero

this design rocks!

reads very well and fits in with the game universe perfectly!

DockRock

skankerzero - Thanks man! I saw that you were planning on making a team, I look forward to seeing that in action!

DockRock

Some progress is better than no progress at all. Hopefully I'll have his base mesh done before the weekend is out.

dproeder

Can't wait to see this sexified. Your base mesh torso looks a little poly heavy for the challenge though. You going to optimize after the sculpting?

DockRock

itismario - Thanks!

dproeder - I've been doing a little optimizing as I go, but I will definitely be doing some touch up optimization in the end.

DockRock

Here's some progress:


I am surprised at how many issues I am running into with the tri-limit! Definitely a challenge but I only have a few more additions to this guy before I need to start unwrapping.

g2000

Love the concept,mesh looks cool so far,looking forward to see it with textures

DockRock

Made some progress tonight. I am about 18 tri's over for now but that could change during the unwrapping process. Got to get this bad boy unwrapped by Friday because I am going out of town for the next 2 weeks for vacation and I don't think I will have a chance to work on this dude at all during that time. Cutting it close! Here's a turnaround:

leslievdb

nice silhouette and concept man, i hope you get to finish this

Tadao215

I am going out of town for the next 2 weeks for vacation and I don't think I will have a chance to work on this dude at all during that time.

yea, same boat

looking good

DockRock

g2000 - Thanks, textures are going to be a mad dash for this guy but I can do it pretty quick if I need to.

Ravenslayer - I hope I do too haha! Thanks.

Tadao215- Thanks! I wish I had more time but my vacation is definitely going to throw a monkey wrench in my plans.

DockRock

So I am officially on vacation now but I got this dude unwrapped before I left. It's going to be a mad dash to get everything done when I get back but I am pretty sure I can do it.

MDSchee

your texture style is awesome(check out your site) . this is going to look great. good luck!

taking off next week myself for the holidays too

DockRock

MDSchee - Thanks! I can't wait to get back and start working on this guy!

DockRock

For some reason I already thought the deadline was the 7th! maybe I read that wrong or something. But I am officially back from my vacation. I unpacked my bags watched some TV with the wife and then sat down to do a little blocking in on my textures. These are as rough as rough can get and don't even kind of reflect my plans for this guy, I just wanted to post something since it's my first post in a while. I hope I can get this done this week!


I have seen some pretty awesome entries pop up in the last week or so. There is going to be a great lineup at the end of this challenge.

DockRock

Made some more progress tonight!

MattQ86

Great progress, this has the potential to be amazing.

DockRock

MattQ86 - Thanks!

ranek

Crazy good! this is killer

DockRock

ranek - Thanks!

Let's see how many updates I can post...

Graze

Looks great!! cant wait till you start adding colour.

Kraken

i like your old school texture work!

TylerFluharty

Love your texture methods. This is turning out great.

DockRock

Base textures complete now on to color and need to create some sort of floor for this guy.

DockRock

Final texture, ran out of time so I didn't get to fiddle with this as much I would have liked too but here it is. I was the very last person to post in the submissions thread so hopefully I made the deadline.