lil' dude

rooster · May 2006

been working on a game idea I had, little side on 3d platformer and I decided to go ahead make some models.
been working on this guy a bit over the weekend, based on the first guy of this lot:

heres the progress:

I'm actually thinking about roughing it up a bit, feels like its getting a bit too fiddly and smooth/airbrushy, and I wanted things to feel a bit grittier.
I have the next 2 modelled, Ill post them when I work on em a bit more

Anyway its still WIP of course, CnC welcome

MartinKDahl · May 2006

wow! great concept and model so far man! heres me hoping that this will turn out metal slug'ish

Would love to help out!

rooster · May 2006

hehe thanks man but its nowhere near the stage of needing more folk unfortunately. I got a programmer interested but apart from some initial enthusiasm he has been rather slow on the uptake... I'm hoping some art progress will spur him on.

trying to grit things up a bit:

some of the folds are a bit meh, and the boots need a shakeup.

Slum · May 2006

Dude, that character is so frickin' sweet. I love the eyes especially, and his guns are awesome.

The folds on the jacket are looking a lot like swirly fire rather than leather. Maybe you're trying to push the 'flowing cloth' idea too hard. Try backing way down the minimal folds like in the initial concept.

The style of this guy is great. It has a very awesome "Rocketeer meets MetalSlug" feel.

Vailias · May 2006

what engine are you using? or is it totally custom?

Either way this guy is looking good, aside from the already mentioned crits. My only other thought is you might want to try throwing some more color into the shadows(warm) or highlights(cool) especially on the leather bits. Could help it pop.

Maybe some of These for the boots.

aesir · May 2006

I think having the facial shadows being more blue would look nice.

Wells · May 2006

cool little dude.

how are you going to handle facial expressions with eyes and mouth on the texture?

rooster · May 2006

slum: good call on the folds, I've been fighting with them a bit and it's probably unneccecarry. cheers!

vailias and aesir; I'll try your suggestions when I get home, sounds good

sectaurs: the ideas a sidescrolling platformer, so he'd be busy running jumping and shooting, I wasn't aiming to do much in the way of facial animation. I know metal slug has the guys face animating, but I quite liked the idea of a little dude blasting his way through bad guys with a permanant cheeky grin

hawken · May 2006

not really a big fan of the swirls on the jacket but the rest is nice.

Rhinokey · May 2006

awesome job,, my only thoughts are i think it may look cooler to have more defined edge lines on the face, kinda how they did in the incredibles almost like a molded plastic toy

rooster · May 2006

ok worked on this a bit more, tried to fix the bastard folds. I mirrored the model in photoshop and the smile looked a bit goofy, I dunno. Trying out this one to see if it grows on me.

boots are next up

[MILES] · May 2006

I really dig stylized stuff. Looking great rooster.

rooster · May 2006

cheers man, heres a little more. Think I might put some kind of logo printed on the back of the jacket. His arse is a bit strange at the mo..

reet off to bed

Teddy · Jun 2006

yes, add a logo like this one :
http://pics.hoobly.com/full/442a5204c946e213224ab567d88b1cce.jpg

rooster · Jun 2006

aalmost done. I spent way to friggin long on him already considering how much else there is to do, but I guess youll see the main char model more than any other. I'll probably go back and tweak stuff as things move on too.

I wanted to do an elaborate thing on his back but I forgot I mirrored it! D'oh

ultra · Jun 2006

Looks so cool! GL!

Spacey · Jun 2006

Right now the pants look slightly odd and I think it's because of the pockets. The back ones should be more centered to the leg.
As for the front pockets, try bringing the top of the pocket to the bottom of the belt and maybe even moving them more toward the outside of the leg.

(hope you don't mind...)
-paintover-

Ace model so far. Can't wait to see more.

dur23 · Jun 2006

That totally rocks my pants.
Love the style so damn much. Only two issues are: 1. fly on the pants. 2. back pockets. I know it looks funny cause its mirrored, but it would be nicer if it didn't. Oh and the back pockets being so close makes it look like his ass is soooooo small.

Other than that, which is almost irrelevant, i'd say its one damn nice piece.

rooster · Jun 2006

spot on crits guys, I did just add those pockets in as an afterthought.. didn't think it through properly. cheers!

steady · Jun 2006

awesome rooster, looking forward to seeing him carry one of those badass guns!

shotgun · Jun 2006

rooster, you can make any pockets you want, the function and placement are irrelevant. what they need is to be part of the form of the pants.

i figuered id try and paint on it.. and then dragged to other stuff so the other things are:

try placing some remarkable (noticeable) marks around the highlights for details, that's where it pops out the most. might not be your thing though

pants - volume. u know how to do it it just looks like u lacked the confidence (same as pockets, it wouldn't be an after thought if u thought u knew what u were doing). dont doodle - put it there or dont put it at all. uve got folds on the pants but they're all half way there. look at the jacket and look at the pants - where did your volume go?
the pocket itself i think i painted bad (it's not puffy enough) but i hope u get my point

buckle highlight competes with the eyes.. toned it down, and then darkened knee plates to match helmet (+scratch marks)

general folds - the idea is pressure, tightness, etc. if u'r putting a belt around his jacket that holds the puffiness tight againts his body - and considering the geomatry - u've gotta get more volume in there with all that puffiness still showing.

tatoos and overlay designs like that often make things flat, and u too u forgot to render it according to the jacket rendering. it's all too 'white'. i'd even darken the bottom half more

i really like the whole thing, uve got a cool style. keep it up

ps - forgot to paint the back pockets sorry

Joao Sapiro · Jun 2006

sheeit ! looks like a modern version of pip boy from fallout ! i like it ! and i agree 100% with shotgun.

SHEPEIRO · Jun 2006

man i love it, nice warm textures

rooster · Jun 2006

yep shotgun, great crit- I'll address the stuff you mention when I get home, and thanks for taking the time to point that stuff out. Aye maybe it is part confience, but also I like to just slap something down roughly where I want it then work it towards where I want to end up- as my old music teacher used to say about composition 'you can't edit nothing!'

rooster · Jun 2006

ok I had a crack at your suggestions shotgun, and I definately think its an improvement, so thanks again

. I only dissagree on the skull fading that much, because I want it to be clearly visible- its more a character design choice than trying to get realistic lighting but I hear what you're saying.

-EDIT-
heres the start on the next guy, basic colours mixed with bits of the concept to begin with. Obviously its very wip

Psyk0 · Jun 2006

Awesome character, the textures are really cool. Id probably move the back pockets further from each other, but might be the look you want. Very nice!

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lil' dude

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