return of the one free man

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

dustin off this bad boy, completed the mesh, puttin the head in mudbox now

Richard Kain · Jan 2009

Oh snap! It's a stylized rendition of Gordon Freeman. This would make a perfect addition to Team Fortress 2.

Stronin · Jan 2009

I sense a mini mod coming, all of half life 2 characters in TF2..

I want to see this happen!

Mark Dygert · Jan 2009

Ahh nice to see it back in the light of day! I was a little disappointed it wasn't finished, the first time around, yea for second chances!

Slum · Jan 2009

aw yeah! awesome.

Jesse Moody · Jan 2009

hells yeah

sicsided · Jan 2009

love the style, especially the suit. Not sure if its the goatee underneath the mouth or what, but it looks like the chin really goes back into the head too much before the lips.

Cool stuff.

oidipusss · Jan 2009

Keep us posted, really like to see the mudbox pass on the head. Perhaps his underarms needs some more muscle? keep it up.

byder · Jan 2009

Heh! Looks Awesome!!

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

still pretty early in the mudboxin,hard to fight myself from adding too many details, and keeping it smooth

Parnell · Jan 2009

Keeping an eye on this one for sure.
You should make a bunch of the characters in this style!
B

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

modeling man, you are vastly underestimating my level of lazy it will be a miricle if this one gets finished

Justin Meisse · Jan 2009

GO MAN GO!

cochtl · Jan 2009

you better finish this!!!

OR ELSE!!

Andreas · Jan 2009

Love his goatee, instantly adds so much character. Really want to see this finished!

BradMyers82 · Jan 2009

Yeah, I really dig the style as well. Nice proportions!

Tumerboy · Jan 2009

I'd hit it.

Firebert · Jan 2009

Totally killer style on a true hero!

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

well i took the head in mudbox and sculpted a bit, but did not like the look it kept being a bit too mushy for me, so i did a quick retop of what i had sculpted using 3dcoat and put it in max and went from there using max for the poly modeling, head is done, and chest piece is in progress

sicsided · Jan 2009

man, this thing keeps getting better and better. Good job mate.
The front part of the hair doo seems to get lost in the brown a bit though, I'd say bring that out a bit more. Goatee ftw!

ae. · Jan 2009

wow i love it keep going! it would be an awesome character to switch out the scout with

Josh_Singh · Jan 2009

Looking good!

Mark Dygert · Jan 2009

Nice progress!

Crits:
Fingers are looking a little thin for being inside of gloves, kind of star-fishy, like sub-d smoothed and relaxed things a little too much.
I think I see a few gaps in the armor?

Firebert · Jan 2009

I gotta agree on the fingers, but I know you're no where near done with him, so it's not a big deal right now. His crotchural region feels too low, especially with the hip placement that is exaggerated by his armor. I would give him more prominent cheek bones. His face needs to really stand out here to add to not only the existing persona, but also the general hero character stature. The style you are using is just so awesome! I can not wait to see more of your progression because it is totally killer right now! Oh, and make sure you dial in those boots with some nice crisp edges and solid mass. Give him some weight to carry that heavy suit!

mikezoo · Jan 2009

oh man. I remember when you posted this up on Interlopers.net, and the forums went crazy.

Love this peice so far, and would love to see Gordon fully textured.

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

the hands look like that cause its just the base mesh smoothed, i have not got around to adding the edges to make them fill out like they should, and the chest is still in progress also so there is some gaps

cochtl · Jan 2009

FASTER!

Good show tho

[Deleted User] · Jan 2009

Feels like it's missing a codpiece.

Gotta have the codpiece.

Justin Meisse · Jan 2009

I watched him work on it today, he's totally gay for 3dcoat now

rasmus · Jan 2009

Love the proportions, something very Guybrush about it

Keep it up.

Tumerboy · Jan 2009

needs more cowbell . . . er uh, crowbar.

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

well gota do the hands, the teeth, and the orange boxes on his hips and i think the high polly is done

e-freak · Jan 2009

for readability and ball's sake it might be a good idea to cover the front part of his pants with such an orange box as well...

check out as well:
http://www.ericspitler.com/images/gordon-tf2.jpg
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/work-progress/3956-tf2-freeman-6.html
http://www.hull-breach.com/Talon/temp/TF2FreemanInGame.jpg

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

yup e-freak, talons model is what inspired me to make this in the first place over a year ago,
i like his model and that concept but i do not think it is really in the style of team fortress, i'm trying to do what i see as tf2 styled, and i don't see any need to make his crotch orange, thats just against the costume design of freeman,

Zwebbie · Jan 2009

Don't forget to look at this this either; it's by Dhabih Eng, one of the guys who actually worked on both HL2 and TF2.

The only criticism that I can give you is that Freeman's hair isn't actually that long and is able to stand upright in any depiction.

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

it was a conscious choice to make his hair long, i experimented briefly with the little spikes, but in the simple geo style i was wanting it just looked too much like a pointy helmet so i decided to let him grow it out a bit,

but looking back over that image, i may go in and give it another try

Mark Dygert · Jan 2009

I remember Talons model. I think its a good idea to stick with what you have, sans orange cod piece. Technically I think the darker piece he currently sports is armored, just not painted orange, maybe its a more flexible material? Maybe its like a bomb squad defusing suit?

I think it will be different enough if you apply slightly different materials to the soft connecting under suit pieces and the harder armored bomb squad-ish pieces... if any of that makes sense...

cool shit, love the pose, fix those hands and get the HL symbol on him!

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

the under will be a kinda mesh material, and the black crotch piece, more of a black metal / plastic, the orange will be the same material but painted orange / red / blue and the light grey a unpainted metal

adam · Jan 2009

IMO already this > Talon's. Not to knock his, but its just rendered in-game (either in Source or mimicked) and that's about it for its relationship to the TF2 style.

Yours feels a lot like Gordon and TF2... combined. *cue dramatic music*

Renaud Galand · Jan 2009

Looking awesome man ! I'm with adam on this one, just stick to your concept finish it

Very nice silhouette !

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

working on short spikeyer hair, and hands, and side pouches, i took some wireframe shots in game of the char hands i tried to export one out to look at with dx ripper, but aparently it does not like working thru steam so i just used the model viewer as a guide,

the hair i'm not sure about but going to tweak it a bit more, and the side pouches are just roughed in

Tumerboy · Jan 2009

I agree. Talon's is cool looking, but yours retains Gordon's style a bit more. Talon's feels more like the robotic hitler at the end of Wolfenstein 3D

Neox · Jan 2009

love it so far but like the longer hair more

i'd just work on the silhouette of the longer hairs and make it a bit sharper here and there, new one doesn't look like a haircut anymore

Slum · Jan 2009

Awesome dude. I like what you did with the hip area, and the hands look great. Lets see some textures now

Firebert · Jan 2009

Sweet update! The hands look awesome! I liked the longer hairstyle. Just more suiting for the style you are going for.

Josh_Singh · Jan 2009

Looking Great!

Rhinokey · Jan 2009

OK i believe the high poly is final, i got a hair that i like i think i will do the low poly retopo after work today,, maybe even get normal maps by tonite

Firebert · Jan 2009

I still say he needs a little more weight on his feet. Just my po but it could add a little more balance.

SHEPEIRO · Jan 2009

sweet shapes

illadam · Jan 2009

Looks great. I really like the hands!

Funky Bunnies · Jan 2009

man this is totally rad, Rhinokey!

return of the one free man

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