building first full character for portfolio, Spartan warrior

Ottom · May 2015

Hi, this is my first post here;) so, at first i will say something about me.
i started my adventure with 3d industry 3 months ago, and i want to be a character artist

so now like i said in topic. I'm building my first character for portfolio.
I'm using Zbrush and Maya.
and i have some questions about Maya... is there better method to add thickness to my armor, than extrude>thickness, and is in Maya some tool like inset tool in 3ds max?

Here is my current progress
any advices?

Nathan3D · May 2015

Hey, are you using any reference images? Put them up if you are so we know what your going for.

First I would say that the hands need a fair bit of work there really flat at the moment

I can't really tell what the top bit of the cheat armour is supposed to be And I'd have another look at the folds in the skirt

I like the helmet that's looks like it's going in the right direction

I use 3ds max so I can't help with your maya thing sorry

Ottom · May 2015

is hard to show You reference image, because i use a lot of different photos/paintings.
type in google "greek warrior" and You will get my references

Yea... hands need work for sure, i know it, but at this moment i'm modeling a armor so i will fix them later

there is a lot of armor parts to do so cheat armor will be improved

peteed1985 · May 2015

Extrude is also inset

Extrude and just up the offset only and thats the same as inset. So instead of inset then extrude in Max you extrude>offset then extrude a 2nd time for thickness.

mrgesy · May 2015

He looks more like a Roman legionnaire than a Spartan. Remove the pauldrons, Spartans typically didn't wear any. Lower the breastplate's neck area, its too close to the neck. The skirt definitely needs a lot more work (fold-wise and detail-wise). The helmet looks too soft and his upper body needs more mass (he's a Spartan, no?

). Usually Spartans warriors are less armoured than Hoplites. The anatomy isn't too bad, his hands need a bit more work and his calves look weird. Fix those and he will look super. Can't wait to see more

[Deleted User] · May 2015

This might not be the advice you're looking for, but I think it needs to be said--you need to choose another concept, because everyone does a gladiator/warrior (I myself did). This should be a good practice, but for a portfolio, I wouldn't really recommend it. You can look at demo reels on youtube/posts on polycount and see how many gladiators/spartans/hoplites there are. The saying is, if you're going to do something that has already been done, yours has to be much better, or at the same level at least.

Ottom · May 2015

Peteed-Thx for solution

Mrgesy -I made mistake typing"spartan warrior"

base for me is "greek warrior" sorry for that

Paololazatin- Maybe You have right, but if i have already started this project, then i should finish this

Armor Update

mrgesy · May 2015

Ok that's a better looking base for a Greek Warrior. The helmet still looks strange to me though, or maybe that's your personal touch to it. Will you texture it?

Ottom · May 2015

Yea i will texture it, but at this moment I need a break with this project, i will start now some female char;)

GREEK WARRIOR UPDATE

building first full character for portfolio, Spartan warrior

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