Character improvement thread: Sci-Fi millitary police
polycounter lvl 8
hey polycounters i thought id start a thread to gain advice on a character i am working on which i am planning to rig and pose. the character is set in the city of citadel a almost Utopian society but recent civil wars have required for the police to up their game to more effectively combat the rioters.
i hope i can get good advice on workflows and techniques used by the pros and critiques are welcome!
i hope i can get good advice on workflows and techniques used by the pros and critiques are welcome!
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I'd really revisit the proportions of the body first though before you get too bogged down on the details. It looks like his torso is a bit long, and his legs are way too short.
I'd recommend taking a straight on picture of the front and sides of him so we can help you further with the anatomy, the current camera angle is interfering too much to be able to tell more precisely.
The armor is also a good start, but methinks you have no concept to come from because it is very much like a type of modeling that is done from making stuff up on the fly. For example, the padding and designs i see are either an extude or a bevel from the body. Clothes are not like that, even in sci fi. Check out Mass Effect 3 or even movies like Elysium; the suits are not truncated wetsuits.
Pause for a second and give thought to what you are making. Gather sources from other references like armor or insects and fashion and see what you can come up with. And keep going. Good luck.
feedback would be awesome.
after this im going to go on and optimize the polycount through retopology but i dont know how. am i supposed to retopologize everything as a connected mesh or should i separate hard surface parts? advice on how this is done would be great. after that ill rig and pose the character with a gun.
http://www.uartsy.com/course/game-character-workshop-sculpting-napoleon
here is a rendered pose.