ART WAR | 3D | SPOGH | maxloegler

[maxloegler]

thanks!

@neer i think it helps a lot, i uved the parts beforehand, so at the end i just have to layout them. i hope i didn't miss anything ..

i have added and rebuild some more parts.
i projected a basemesh onto the body and refined the topology. fixed the hands and face.

i have to rebuild the shoulder-thing and then add the last details, before i start sculpting.
and still missing all the skulls and bones!
i'll make the uv's during sculpting and import them onto the sculpt.
have to find a good solution on how to group all the meshes ... a lot of objects at the moment...

[fantasymaster]

Some bad ass stuff man! Looking forward to your sculpting pass!

[grigouips]

great great progress ! Cant wait for what's coming up next.

[maxloegler]

thank you.

@fantasymaster haha, me too.. will take a little bit.

little update, i'm done with the leather and metal, for now.
now finally the bones. and so...

gave him some paint in the face, just to look how he feels, and inspired by some posts here.. don't know if i'll stick with it.

for the skirt .. i think the faces get some hair, and he'll get maybe a fell under it or a chain mail ..

made a image why i have chosen creasing instead of extra loops:

looking at the shading, all 4 look quite the same. but when you smooth 'em you get a lot more of this long quads, which are a pain to sculpt. so that's why, and it's a lot faster to build the mesh!
maybe that's just bullshit :D, i don't know.

happy working to all of you

[maxloegler]

makeing some base stuff. have to add more of this horn-stuff, but no idea where..

[grigouips]

Holy crap ! The horns are soooo cool. Do you have a tip for sculpting such things? Or you just do it the good old way?

[danielgalanty]

Wow, shaping up very nicely , go orcs gang!

[maxloegler]

thanks!
i have no idea, what the good old way is but i suppose i do it that way.
mostly the standard brush and some little dam-brush.
subdivide it, sculpt the rings.
if you want to add some big forms, go the subdivision down, and sculpt on the low poly.
then go up again and add more details.
nothing special, gather some references and start sculpting.

[maxloegler]

base head-skull for variations.
i'm trying to not go too much into detail, cause in the end this serves as a base...
i used auto-retopo ...

[fantasymaster]

Goos stuff!

I hate creasing in maya. It's kinda broken when you try to split or combine geometry. ...just my opinion.

[maxloegler]

that's true but i think i found a workaround for combining! jiha

i have all creases in one set.

you select all meshes, that you want to combine >
go to the crease set editor >
hit the select button >
hit the new button to copy the creases from the selected meshes to a new set >
then you combine the meshes, all creases get fucked up >
then you select the new set and hit the select button (crease-set-editor) >
then the add button >
then you invert the edge-selection and hit the remove button

i hope this makes sense, maybe i'll do a script for this, but it works .. good news ...

[grigouips]

Great ! These what i imagined. Yeah to me the good old way means using the standard brushes, like it was clay. Thanks for the reply. I tried some day to do such horns, but felt like it was very time-consuming. Really like this entry anyways.

[FemCharles]

I love the overall silhouette of the character! It's looking great so far, can't wait to see more

[zyp]

Some how missed all these updates, amazing work, it is coming along great.
I especially like the paint, also thanks for stopping by before the thread was removed i noticed.

Loving the updates.

[maxloegler]

@grigouips yep, it's a little bit time consuming, but in the end you get a nice result.
@FemCharles thank you.

@zyp thank you too. yeah, read what you wrote. good luck to you, maybe a new thread?

little update, i think i'm done for now, with the modeling.
i will organize all the objects and make a sculpt/texture/render test.
i also have to decide how near i'll go with the camera, for the detail-shots..
aaaand then, i'll start with the body sculpting, or maybe a little bit inbetween..

for the weapon .. no idea, thought about a book, but his mouth ... i don't think this makes sense

[zyp]

@zyp thank you too. yeah, read what you wrote. good luck to you, maybe a new thread?

Yes I do not know I want to be sure I really like the next design, I've been playing with 2 ideas 1 for each theme, one is going to be hard next to impossible with an amazing result to do and the other not too much but still difficult, before i had the thread closed, I was still mocking up ideas.
I have to think logically about my abilities and time lines at hand so i can't go super hard and expect it to come out nice, i'll leave the great one for some other time after this. Perhaps i won't even enter, idk yet.

@maxloegler Now to your gentle orc here i don't like the shut mouth, i feel orc are always very vocal and he looks like he likes to eat with the mouth ringed shut he can't do either. I feel sad for him, ha.
The painted skull teeth perhaps after the rings are removed (if you do that), then it might work out better i do not know, it is weird I do like the paint I just don't know what the issue is atm either.

The rest of him looks great though, i saw the weapon at the top i do not know if it works for him in his current state, have to leave that one up to you.

[nikita666]

I like everything in this character, it looks stunning!

[JoseFuentes]

this is coming along quite nicely! great job so far!

[maxloegler]

thank you.
@zyp yeah that's a good point. maybe i rethink this one, but i like the idea, that his shut up.. let's see

[acap]

So many details! It looks very promising. Looking forward for progress.