Tyrannosaurus Rex - WIP

GoldBlackWolf

Hi. I am working on a project at the moment involving the creation of a dinosaur and having it walk about in UDK. I decided on a T-Rex.

Here is my progress on the base mesh so far. If anyone can see something that I could improve on please let me know

A model I am using for physical reference (I am using pictures as well of course)


Head


Body - no legs


Scale


I intend to attach the head and change the position of the knee slightly.
That's where I am so far. Thanks for taking the time to look at my post

GoldBlackWolf

I have adjusted the scale of the beast as looking at my reference it was very tall. I have also adjusted the knee.

Phil101

Good start, Glad to see the scale was corrected. I would think about seeing if you can get some muscle definition into the legs. I know its just a base mesh but they do seem very low poly in that area at the moment and it might help you during your sculpt to have a bit of an understanding of where muscle lines are going to flow without having to measure where they will be with sculpting tools. The things you can leave to the sculpting should be details as subtle as ribs slightly showing and of course the scales/veins and what not.

Looking forward to seeing it with the large T-Rex teeth.

GoldBlackWolf

Cheers Phil, I intend to re work the polygons a bit more first anyway to space them out more evenly; and also to go through making sure It will move correctly. I took a look at you thread, your concept is look pretty awesome at the moment I look forward to seeing your work as well.

Here is a Turntable of the base mesh I am preparing for sculpt.

Youtube:
http://youtu.be/PR4ukL-QDqE

Lucas Annunziata

Looks like you've got a good start here. If you haven't seen either of the threads dudeman95 started, they might be a good reference.

Old Thread:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76566&highlight=T-Recks

New Thread:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92688&highlight=T-Recks

GoldBlackWolf

Thankyou darbeendo; and again for the links. Some good reference and advice for his work in there :thumbup:

S_ource

Looks good so far, but i would suggest to remove the invard thing on the head, To get more square polygons instead of long ones better for sculpting. Its not so hard to add something like that in sculpting anyway.

GoldBlackWolf

Thankyou S_ource, I didn't think of that ^_^ a bit obvious now I think about it, saves on tris too

GoldBlackWolf

Here is a bit of an update on my work. I am sculpting it atm.

GoldBlackWolf

Another update: I used a framer material to show the geometry off a bit more.

GoldBlackWolf

GoldBlackWolf

Bit of an update.

GoldBlackWolf

... I felt this look like doggy **** so, I have tried to take a different approach to the skin, and make him look less.... hungry.

GoldBlackWolf

Hello to anyone that accidentally clicked on my thread.

Here is an update on my finished sculpt. I am also working on the texture as you can see in the video, any advice for me at this point would be pretty handy

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnE7IW_uZDs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnE7IW_uZDs[/ame]

GoldBlackWolf

Testing the Texture in UDK:

specsowl

Ok, I have several critiques on this model. We'll start with the back, and move our way up. First of all, His tail is incredibly long and almost the same diameter all the way through. On an actual T-Rex, the tail is really thick at the base moving under the legs at the pelvis and coming to a point at the end. The tail probably shouldn't be more that the overall length of the body. Secondly, The snout is way too long. A Tyrannosaurus has a short snout and a lot more formed jaw. Right now his head is incredibly boxy (word?). Try bringing jowls down and toning the muscles more. Lastly, the arms are really thin and have almost no definition. They seem almost like they can't actually move and just dangle awkwardly under him.

Now I think the sculpt looks decent, but maybe the low poly version could use some more work. Baking in the normals might add some extra detail that will make it more refined and realistic. Hope this helps.

Here are some images of a T-Rex head to help shape up the face:

GoldBlackWolf

Cheers for the feedback specsowl, it is much appreciated.

The whole scale shape of T-rex is a bit of a pain to get right if im honest. Allot of the images I found through research are very stylised compared to the information and data I read about from books and magazines. I agree though the face is off, and the wrong kind of long. My low poly is something I will re-do, to produce a better set of maps and define the geometry better.

It might just be the image making the arms look thin? On the sculpt they are quite muscular and thick... though tiny as my research has suggested.

Thanks again, I'll work on it right away

GoldBlackWolf

Just though I'd post a quick update on the model, based on the feed back. Im not 100% sure about it yet however it has only been about and hours work... I personally like the new tail thickness.

GoldBlackWolf

I have increased the arms size and played around with a few bits. Hopefully this is looking better?

If anyone can suggest something else I have missed or just looks poor let me know; I'm at the point where I have stared at it too long!

GoldBlackWolf

I have re-textured my model now. (Zbrush)





I am working on a grime layer for the texture and starting playing around with it in UDK. By the end of this I will of rigged it and have it walking about in UDK as an NPC.

GoldBlackWolf

Im looking to put some more depth into the texture and the model. I intend to use some cavity masking on the texture in Zbrush, but does anyone have any suggestions on top of this method?

Also: I want to add some details in like:

http://henriquedw.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/final_trex_bronze_2.jpg

I want to add the bumps and scales onto the model in order to liven it up a bit more.

(Don't get me wrong im not looking to create a Jurassic Park T-rex - she looks cool but she never looked like that)

GoldBlackWolf

Just an update on my model.

Alberto Rdrgz

hell yeah man! this is definitely going in the right direction! good on you for sticking to it.

GoldBlackWolf

Cheers Alberto, it is nice to hear once in a while im doing something right - though there is a fair bit to do still!

sean_rodrigues

Its going in a good direction. The Trex is a great choice for subject matter. Respectfully, I think more attention to anatomy is needed to push it, further. Specifically, the muscle tension is not in the sculpt. Figure out what muscles he needs to stand and flex them. All the other muscles, relax them. Then you will see a rhythm of tension throughout the pose. Vary up the skin details; larger detail on the large parts and smaller details on the tiny parts.

Your doing well, and the model is improving. We can see you really like modeling the guy. Keep going.


Sean

GoldBlackWolf

Nicely put Sean thank you

I see what you mean, though I am a little stumped on how to achieve this, mainly because he will be animated. If the tension is set throughout the body wont it look odd (or oddly tensioned) when he moves about? or should I just attempt to bring out the muscle rhythm more?

I like the skin detail suggestion!

Thanks again

GoldBlackWolf

Update: a post for a bit of laugh at the outcome of dropping this into UDK; also for any advice on how to solve this.

>full screen me to see me<

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLPcr2sPnBw&quot;]T-Rex - Animation error UDK - YouTube[/ame]