Mech Suit Lady
Here is a new character I am starting for my port. Based off this concept.
I am building most of the parts out of Shadowbox then Dynamesh. It's real ugly right now.
I am building most of the parts out of Shadowbox then Dynamesh. It's real ugly right now.
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Ha Tenchi! His work is just too good to be left un-modeled. I saw that someone made a bust of her that was pretty good too. I have the sword and handgun blocked out. I just need to sculpt them. I plan on making the rifle and HOPEFULLY one of the helmets. Its going to be epic!
I did some work on the back parts... tackling the hard part first!
It's hard to tell from the angles you posted, but the arms seem very straight, with elbows locked. That's not too natural, and it will be better for rigging if you model with a slight bend in the elbow. The hands also need some re-evaluation - they just kind of stick out of the end of the arm, but I'm not convinced of how they are attached, definitely work up that area some more.
Even though this is just a t-pose type thing, I think you can introduce some more dynamic angles and such rather than everything being so stiff and rigid. The concept is in a very neutral pose, but still has a lot of character thanks to some dynamic flair added to the pose and anatomy, I think your model would benefit from some similar nuances.
Here is some of the work I did this weekend. Mainly on the body suit and back of the legs. Masking out the inner pattern was so tedious but I really like how it came out.
I am really unsure which direction to take the texture in. I am sorta nervous to start.
also if you dont know where to go, my advise is to tint the ao´s and set them to color dodge/burn. then play around with ctrl+U on the ao layers, usually you will encounter one color combination that will pop.
another good thing to start is to get your baked normal map into crazybump, let it create a diffuse for you, and put that as an overlay-layer into your texture.
adds some highlights that should point out where you need to go.
If you want to see the blending and layer styles used i'll go ahead and leave the PSD here. If you want to take any of these changes you could just do the same to your diffuse map in the appropriate areas.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1451094/po.psd
Goeddy: Haha thanks? I think? She did look pretty ugly starting out. I knew about getting some highlights with a CrazyBump displacement map but I didn't know about using the Diffuse generated from the normal. That is pretty awesome. I am definitely going to try that out.
Torch: Yea man... I have gotten a couple comments on the face. Its going to be a pain but I think it might be ok if I just use some soft selection to tweak. I still want it kind of stylized tho.
crazyfingers: Wow! Thanks man! This is awesome. I am going to download the psd and see what I can incorporate in. The headset is a pretty good idea. I think i will shift the armor more blue for sure.
5fingerdiscount: Haha yea for real. Thanks man.
I shifted the armor more blue like crazyfingers sudjested. I tweaked the face some but you probably can't tell. I still have to do the spec map but I am feeling pretty good about these colors. Any thoughts about the texture?
If you want to go for a mixed look, have a look at the Authority Machine Gun from RAGE (AMG), I think they do a good job of blending the two styles.
Here is the game mesh with some WIP textures. I am trying to figure out what to do with that pinky orange.
Any easy suggestions?
JMO
When compositing the final image, you could add some variation to the background to give some sense of danger&action to compliment your character. Maybe a dark background with some redish-purple with minor lightening blue, using difference clouds (Ps), film grain, and gaussian blur. I duno, get in Photoshop and go crazy!
some C&C
+ 1 on the magazine
and there's something odd with her face, she looks scared but not really.
and i think its a bit to shinny like plastic.
and maybe the silencer of the gun could use some variation
again like it
cya
s620ex1: Good point about the clip. I am going to fiddle with the colors and the texture intensity to see if it will read better.
SCB: Yea I did move the barrel around some. Thanks for the suggestion! I made a self illumination map for the red dot sight and her other glowy bits but it isn't voluminous so its hard to tell. I tried putting a small omni light there but it was too intense. I didn't like it.
Bertmac: Thanks for stopping by! Your new good looks awesome btw. I am working on a better expression as we speak. I think its better? Hopefully. I will move the glossyness down some too. Thanks man.
I dunno, I disagree, I think you can forsake realism for a cool looking design - more so when it's not something visibly practical like a latch or a strap and is more to do with the aesthetics of fuctionality
That said, nyx, I think you need to pick a direction between realistic camo colours or bright stylized design, because at the moment it sort of sits in an uncomfortable middle ground.
Here are a couple more views.
Thanks for all the thoughts guys. I am going to try and work on the other stuff soon.
needs a shoulder turret, she looks under-armed
I decided I wanted to push it a little bit more. I am making one of the helmets from the concept. Early Zbrush'in
Lephenix: Heh... I know. I like to imagine that she can switch into "stereoscopic mode" if she ever wants a headache.
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