Polycount - Generals - [arshlevon]

arshlevon · Feb 2006

yeah i think its safe to say cgchat is going down..

lock and load boys.

MoP · Feb 2006

haha yes! look at the list of entrants here... damn... this is gonna be the best contest ever!

Parnell · Feb 2006

So Arsh, you're not going to go with the site that got you your first job in the industry?
That's cold dude...cold.
B

Josh_Singh · Feb 2006

For real. Way to be grateful.

MoP · Feb 2006

That's how evil we all are

Rhinokey · Feb 2006

that job it got him put him working side by side with close to a dozen polycounters for over a year, he knows where he belongs!

killingpeople · Feb 2006

oh noes, ghost rider's not a polycounter? wtf? brutal! good to see you're here arshlevon.

arshlevon · Feb 2006

rhino is right, cgchat got me a job, but it was with a hundred polycounters. its hard to ignore that kind of influence. and while cgchat is a great place and i like lots of the people there, my allegiance lies with polycount. i know more of you guys and this place has my kind of shit talking assholes all over the place, feels more like home.

here is a fist sketch.. kind of a tripod tubby, the scribbles to his left and right will be mutantly messed up children that hold both sides of his 2 sectioned cape, i figure with a 1024 i have tones of room for extras.. more to come soon, i also i have an art test to do, the hellchick, my selfportrait,and sub-Dmodeling comp and i will finish all of them before the monthes over, and if not all of them, at least this one!! he will be getting some greeny bits for PC love.

MoP · Feb 2006

kicketh ze ass

killingpeople · Feb 2006

looks pretty dope man. i like the general concept ..
i'm all about the legs. a dirty clear plastic jacket would be sweet.

vahl · Feb 2006

cool idea man ^^

KDR_11k · Feb 2006

Hooray for the crotchface!

Cubik · Feb 2006

Dickhead!

Any weapons? That jacket looks more like some kind of clear plastic pump, could be neccesary to keep his body moist or something similar.

blankslatejoe · Feb 2006

hahahah arsh, no need to defend yourself, we're just giving ya flak cause we can. you ungrateful monkey.

arshlevon · Feb 2006

did someone say arms???

MoP · Feb 2006

lol!

Valandar · Feb 2006

Almost makes me think of the X-Men baddy Mojo, heheheh.

Wells · Feb 2006

Give him a giant satelite dish on his back... Communications officer! And maybe it shoots a big laser, too. thats what satelite dishes do, right?

arshlevon · Feb 2006

change up.. got rid of mech legs, now he is just riding some weird thing with 8 arms i think.. 8 or 6.. probably go through a few more incarnations..

Jhotun · Feb 2006

I was linking a lot the idea of having two guys inside the armor.
The upper guy now seems a bit piggy. Is that you intention?
I like the idea of having organic legs coming out from a mech body. And that alien head you have done right down for sure is going to bit some chchatter balls!

Those shoulderpads are totally kick ass!

Keep it up!

MoP · Feb 2006

i'm mainly waiting to see how the hell you're gonna do this in 3d, haha

Daz · Feb 2006

I love it Arsh. I was thinking about doing something mounted too, so hope you're cool with me ploughing ahead with that. I love the fact that the upper guy seems a bit piggy. That's how I totally perceive generals. Overweight, mounted for a quick getaway If things get too close and sat there up on a hill on horseback giving orders from a reasonably safe distance. I think to be honest this concept feels much more like a general than most of the stuff Ive seen so far.

rooster · Feb 2006

this development process is fascinating to watch, more!

kite · Feb 2006

very cool progressions, the face in the last pic makes me think of a snotty little baby

gauss · Feb 2006

yeah i'm glad you're posting your in-progress pics, a lot of the time i don't feel confident enough to do that

it's great to see you think through the process in the images, but more importantly give the concept enough iterations to shine before committing to model. if anything, many polycounters are just too quick to get right into the modeling stage, though of course not everyone can think most of it out beforehand. anyhow, please keep us updated, it's a great evolution.

arshlevon · Feb 2006

thanks guys, i hope this all comes together into something i am happy with. i like the overall feel of the last concept, its just time for me to break it down into parts and really figure how it all works together as a whole.
Daz: glad to hear we are on the same page, you know what they say about great minds, well it must also be true for a couple of retards like ourselves.
spent a little time fleashing out the beasty head.. want to keep the feel of the shoulder pads from above.

Makkon · Feb 2006

Honestly creepy stuff, dude. I felt a shiver go down my spine... Great concept. If you can match that style in the model, you'll have no problem going up the ranks in this contest.

vahl · Feb 2006

hooo man...seems those cgchat boys will hate you even more once they will see that general kicking their bitchy arses !!!!

Snowfly · Feb 2006

woo loving the concept! he seems to have gotten less imposing on the second pass, the smaller-sized mount did it i think. looks cool tho. and that general is gross

arshlevon · Feb 2006

here is the final beast the general is going to ride.he is a pentapod so he can easy move in any direction as well as turn to any direction very easily. i have also fleashed out the general on paper, i need to trasfer over to my computer. the general is still a tubby bastard, but now he has the creepy long hands the beast use to. you will see next update...

poopinmymouth · Feb 2006

Hexapod, I love it. The beasts neck already shows tons of potential for Zbrush loving. Good work man.

rooster · Feb 2006

freakin awesome but I thought hex was six.. do you mean pentapod

arshlevon · Feb 2006

rooster your right!!! i am just dumb, i failed geometry (for real) funny i have a career that revolves around it.

arshlevon · Feb 2006

okay and here is general chicken bone chak-kar.. MODELING TIME!

vahl · Feb 2006

really nice one, very dune-ish

poopinmymouth · Feb 2006

Lol, super wierd. I don't know if that head design is doing it for me. I think I personally prefer the direction you were going with your original sketch as it seemed more menacing, whereas this just seems a bit outlandish and goofy. I'm sure you'll bring it to conclusion at the modeling/texturing stage, but that's my two cents.

killingpeople · Feb 2006

this looks awesome! woo! modeling time!

aesir · Feb 2006

I like the outlandish and goofy you look you have going, but I also think there are some weird design problems with him. The head and the feet mainly come to mind. Neither seem to work all that well...

arshlevon · Feb 2006

thanks for crits, i agree aesir about the feet, changed them, to look more lik the rest of the suit.
i dont really get the goofy vibe at all from the piece. but many people IMed me and didnt like the head and since the concept was about the suit and not really the face i have removed it. i will do some face sketches and try to make something not so goofy.

Emil Mujanovic · Feb 2006

WOW, love this concept, even the earlier ones! It's given me just the right inspiration I needed!
Looking forward to seeing the model.

-caseyjones

blankslatejoe · Feb 2006

hahahahahaha that's great arsh... kinda reminds me of the baron from Dune...mixed with Benny-the-mutant from total recall.

coolstuff

poopinmymouth · Feb 2006

I think it's the pear shaped body combined with all the large chunky lines. It gives it a vibe that I think most people read as goofy, even if you may not. I think one way would be to keep the chunkies and go with a more sinister body shape, or keep the body shape and lines and go with a gruesome treatment of the textures. Either way I know you'll bang out something nice.

arshlevon · Feb 2006

started the general goofy model, here are the basic porportions of the beast and fat guy.

Ninjas · Feb 2006

I really like the concept. Mesh looks great.

tasart · Feb 2006

top notch mesh... love the armor design as well... nice arsh

gauss · Feb 2006

this is going to be one scary looking tag team when this is finished, especially with your zbrush-fu in effect. great work.

arshlevon · Feb 2006

little z-update..

rooster · Feb 2006

love it. the big claw detailing is real nice

MoP · Feb 2006

you certainly know how to get zbrush to do your evil bidding... this is looking awesome

Jhotun · Feb 2006

Very very nice. Is it going to be able to open the mouth?

keep it up!

arshlevon · Feb 2006

some more....
and i dont know if his mouth is going to beable to open, i made the bottom jaw a seperate polygroup, so if it is going to beable to open it will be easy to export seperate piece for top and bottom for baking maps..

Polycount - Generals - [arshlevon]

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