ART WAR | 3D | Liana | b-l-motter

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This will be the first contest for me, so I am excited to see everyone's work and to get my own out there.
WIP so far:
Concepting

I am going with a lighter armor style, just a breast plate strapped on and belt and boots. My idea is for her to have a dagger, and a mysterious wooden arm cannon-type weapon. That one just right out of messing around in ZBrush and I liked it.

Retopology of each part was done in ZBrush and Blender with a combination of ZShpere Retopology and Topology Brush, and Blender's snapping and BSurfaces (which is by far my favorite method).

UVs in Blender. I made the parts that will be covered a lot smaller because they will not be visible. I wanted to keep the underlying structure, though, because I feel it is important.

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I am learning a ton of ZModeler, and it is amazing. I have been using this, doing a quick export to Blender when something gets complicated, and then shooting back into ZBrush to continue.

I want to keep it simpler, nothing too extravagant, just functional. I am thinking that I will have it strapped on to the side of her boot.

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Final stages time. I fixed up my pose after not liking it, and I feel it is a little more dynamic now. I am still getting accustomed to using Transpose Master in ZBrush, so that took me a long time. Now it is all ready to finish in Painter.

Old Pose

New Pose

New Expression

UV Grid

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I did the best I could, and I am happy with the things I learned. I have a check list of things to improve on next, definitely including hair, because I want to get better at cards and painting the custom alphas. But I am happy with what I accomplished during this project.