Little Roomba Robot Friend

Shelbiathan · Aug 2016

I've always loved the little robot vacuums that vroom around on the floor, being able to sense their surroundings, terrorizing the house pets.
I see them as cool little dudes with little faces, sucking up dust and keeping the indoors-y company, and I'm going to hard surface model the picture that I have in my head when I think "cute ass v-Roombas".

Eventually my little guy will have a digital face, and get rendered out in PBR.

Here's the shape I've modelled and have been working with.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/g3/00uigbivek2a.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/hy/ep3qoof6jf82.png

The model I'll be creating will be used in an office scene that my partner is currently creating.

Shelbiathan · Aug 2016

Quick test render in Marmoset, just to see if everything was clean. Yet to add a few buttons, knick knacks to the base, before I add all the cute stuff.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/8h/zvvtwknr92vk.png

Brian "Panda" Choi · Aug 2016

Just as an idea for the final beauty render: try grabbing the arch vis levels off of Unreal Marketplace and do your shots there. I think it will definitely help them pop out.

OR, for kicks and giggles, do it in a completely contrasting environment like the Infinity Blade environment assets from the Unreal Marketplace.

Shelbiathan · Aug 2016

Thanks fam, it's gonna be an asset for a bigger piece so hopefully I can grab a quick render from that scene, but that would be hilarious having just a little roomba in some big ass battle scene, cleaning up some guts.

Shelbiathan · Aug 2016

The personality I want to convey, is one similar to M-O from Wall-E. "Must... clean..." The digital display where the eyes are located, show so much emotion from just two lines and I want to emulate this level of emotion in my roomba's personality.

Shelbiathan · Aug 2016

To do a face or nah?

Little Roomba Robot Friend

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