LPC #05 - Armanguy - Half-life2 : Alyx Vance

Armanguy · Jan 2008

reserving my spot.

Xaltar · Jan 2008

Hey I was gonna do Alyx :P

Oh well, guess I gotta find me another subject.

Armanguy · Jan 2008

i don't see why you cant also do alyx it be cool so see someone else's interpretation of the model

Xaltar · Jan 2008

Cool, then I'll get to it

May the best Alyx um, ahh sod it we all know Mop is gonna win

Good luck

Armanguy · Jan 2008

hahah thanks bro heres and early wip what does everyone think?
crits please im new to character modeling so be gentle :P

Xenobond · Jan 2008

way way WAY too many polys in the head as opposed to the rest of her. try putting a black material on her and just observe her silhouette. Might give you a better idea what areas you need to be spending the polys.

Xaltar · Jan 2008

Great start

I always find it easier to build the model a little higher poly and get the shape how I want it and then optimise from there. In Max selecting edges and pressing shift backspace is your friend.

Armanguy · Jan 2008

thanks for the crits guys i might actually go back and fix it up but i might just stick to what i have:

i thing the hands are gonna cause me the most problems i should of added more poly toward them.

MoP · Jan 2008

Pretty cool! Easily recognisable.
Couple of minor crits: Her chin looks really fat, maybe pull those verts in a bit, or it could just be lack of shadow under her jaw on the texture.
Also why do the ears have so much texture space? That ear has nearly as much space as the front of her face, seems a bit unnecessary - I reckon you can probably get away with putting the ear UVs on the side of the head.

Armanguy · Jan 2008

yeah i suck when it comes to uvmapping humans im so used to more inorganic objects like mail boxes and stuff. thanks for the crits ill work on the head texture a little more and add some shadow under her chin ill also see if pulling in some verts will help.

Armanguy · Jan 2008

still working on the texture

I need to add the belt and gun ill probably make a little enviroment for here when im done

Xaltar · Jan 2008

Looking pretty good. Tighten up the colors and contrast a bit. Keep it up.

Zwebbie · Jan 2008

If you have some triangles left, I'd definitely spend those on the bottom of the jacket on the sides. That should help make the silhouette more recognizable.

Textures look good. I agree with MoP that some shadows under her chin would help. If you squint your eyes a bit, it's as if she has no chin at all.

Armanguy · Jan 2008

added a few polies to the player, started on the accessories i dont have time to uvmap them tonight i got work at 5 am tommorow so i need to get some sleep

hawken · Jan 2008

the texture space for her hair, ear, is bigger than her face.

Armanguy · Jan 2008

yeah nothing i can really do about it now, live and learn i guess.

Armanguy · Jan 2008

almost done im looking for harsh crits now to finish everything off.

Xaltar · Jan 2008

Looking pretty good

Try get rid of the seam on the neck in your textures, its easy to do at this res, pic the color from the chest then make your neck that color at the seam edge and taper it into the shadow. Bump up the contrast a bit and try sharpen it once or twice, that should make the textures pop a bit more.

She's fun to model aint she

Armanguy · Jan 2008

i really enjoyed modeling her i guess i dont really need to put as much into it as i would a higher poly model but i love it :P ill try to fix the seam.

hawken · Jan 2008

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yeah nothing i can really do about it now, live and learn i guess.

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thats the spirit!

Armanguy · Jan 2008

done check the submissions

my first low-poly character ever!!! came out great i had tons of fun working on it and i did learn alot from it. hope to enter more contests over here at polycount

LPC #05 - Armanguy - Half-life2 : Alyx Vance

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