Escape - Monday Morning - Team "Mother Lovin' Space Monkeys"

Quack! · Mar 2013

Team: Mother Lovin' Space Monkeys

Guilherme Carvalho - Azkur - Characters
Chris Pollitt - Mask_Salesman - Characters / UDK Stuff
Nick Quackenbush - Quack! - Environments / UDK Stuff

We hope that we can contribute to all of the great entries so far, good luck and have fun everyone!

Title: "Monday Morning"

Theme:
As gamers we escape into the the fantasy worlds of the games we play.

Scene Description:
An intense closeup battle is occurring in a war torn city. Resistance fighters hide behind cover and fire at advancing monsters.

The Gamer:
Visual Style: Modern day human, slightly overweight, typical" gamer.
Characteristics: Modern cloths, blue tooth headset, xbox/ps3 resembling blaster gun.

Human Soldiers:
Visual Style: Near future, modern soldiers with robot tech.
Characteristics: Tubes, Broken, Scraps, Lived In, Grimey, Piecemeal, Kitbash, Industrial

Monsters:
Visual Style: High Tech Alien
Characteristics: Aggressive, Glowy, High Tech, Angular, Complex Armor, Bio-Mechancial, Synthetic Organism

Basic Assets
Female Commander, male soldier + variations, and the gamer.
Large Monster, small monster + variations.
War torn city scape battlefield: rocks, ground, war torn city scape, rubble, smoke, explosions.
The Gamer: Modern day, clean, no grime. Xbox/ps3 esque blaster gun. Accesories, energy drink / cheesy poofs

Technical Info:
Next Gen: PS4, NeXtbox, Ultra High End PC. Reflections! Shaders! UDK! Oh my!

http://www.polycount.com/escapechallenge/

Image Dump!

Scene:

Mask_Salesman's "Ridley" Style Commander:

Azkur's Hulking Monster:

Azkur's Soldier Characters:

Quack! · Mar 2013

I can't wait to get crackin on this! Good luck everyone.

Azkur · Mar 2013

Man lets see what we can do with this. Oh and good luck to everyone i hope we get some kick ass entries for this comp

Mask_Salesman · Mar 2013

Yeah pretty much how I spent most of highschool in my youth, day dreaming about far away lands. Doesn't matter where you are, you can always escape into your mind.

Mask_Salesman · Mar 2013

Yo, we decided although the core idea is nice about a desk worker daydreaming, getting that scene & composition to work is proving pretty difficult, so we're thinking about pushing for a more tense feeling scene that's easier to implement heh.

Still using the same characters, just shuffling things about abit. I've tweaked my concept while sculpting the female base.

I would love some crits for my current female sculpt wip, Be Crazy Harsh, the harsher the better. Just lay it on me, it's been awhile since I've made a proper female, Our current game is mostly populated by buff dudes which feels like a different mind set completely lol.

Fisty · Mar 2013

should stick with the desk scene its a lot stronger

Azkur · Mar 2013

So yeah like Mask said we are narrowing down our focus to something we can manage more easily and focus more on the composition and art side rather than the message that the older scene would bring to the table.

The composition will be the one Mask posted and it will be adjusted as we move along with the project.

overall tone and feel of the scene:

Alien Infantry update:

i would like your guys opinion regarding the armor, i personally like it but i am wondering if it would be better with protection on the stomach and crotch area.

close up:

Azkur · Mar 2013

so i started redesigning one of the resistance soldiers and did a quick blockout yesterday

edit: i am still not sure on what he should be wearing on top i like the jacket but i don't know if it will fit very well with the bullet poof vest so any ideas would be welcome

Safemilk(Daniel) · Mar 2013

This is shaping up nicely! As far as the vest goes, maybe it wouldn't be a problem to have it under the coat, maybe putting the strap for the gun on the outside of the coat could make it press against the vest and look like it forms around it more? That would also give you more opportunities for folds. I like the idea of some higher tech stuff sort of hidden under an old jacket or duster. Can't wait to see more.

Mask_Salesman · Mar 2013

So if there's enough time combining ideas and keep the daydreamer'esque theme with the current scene of those peeps hiding behind a wall but we put a big o' fat gamer nerd inbetween them with like an xbla headset and he's holding a VR controller gun, wearing geek memorabelia, minecraft shirt, bunch of badges etc.
Instead of ammo and stuff like the other guys he'd have a bag of cheesy puffs taped to his leg or something

Also progressed on ma gurl, I've blocked out most of the cloth base aswell.

yodude87 · Mar 2013

coming along nicely, keep it up ^^

ScudzAlmighty · Mar 2013

Sweetness!
Is he gonna be all pimply like the South Park wow guy?

Quack! · Mar 2013

ScudzAlmighty wrote: »

Sweetness!
Is he gonna be all pimply like the South Park wow guy?

Hahah, yea that is the idea. As we work out the other parts of the scene we will see if we can scope it up to include him into the composition. We like the idea, but haven't necessarily finalized it.

Thanks Safemilk and yodude!

ScudzAlmighty · Mar 2013

That's awesome

No poop-socks though, mmmmkay?

Mask_Salesman · Mar 2013

Lol cheers guys, here's a scribble over to check she can pass as human. Its hard to tell without eyebrows ha.

I'm gonna focus on the clothes for now but if you see anything out of place feel free to point it out for when I go back to it. I'm accustomed to it's flaws atm.

Azkur · Apr 2013

hey guys sorry if we don't update this enough but between studio work and personal work we barely have time to work on this.

but anyway here is an update on the resistance soldier, still tones to do on it lets see if i can finish him soon

Blake Mead · Apr 2013

cant go wrong with a nice duster

Lilith · Apr 2013

Nice! How did I miss this one.. Subscribed!

Mask_Salesman · Apr 2013

b00p, Updates for tonite; getting close to start sculpting

Azkur · Apr 2013

unfortunately my teammates were unable to dedicate enough time to the project due to studio work we have so we will not Finnish the project in the given time although i will strive to finish my characters and will post it in the regular forum instead.

Mask_Salesman · May 2013

Heh yeah that's how it is unfortunately. It is 'all consuming' being close to release.

But I had time to play with some skin work, probably abit too much around the eyes tho, she needs some sleep

Escape - Monday Morning - Team "Mother Lovin' Space Monkeys"

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