ART WAR 4 | 3D | War of the Elements | Agent Rock Splitter of the Wispering Rock Intelligence Agency (WRIA) | nicholasforasiepi

Full Name: Nicholas Forasiepi
Email: Nicholasforasiepi@gmail.com
Website: https://nicholasforasiepi.com

In times of war, reliable intelligence is king and Agent Rock Splitter of the Whispering Rock Intelligence Agency (WRIA) is the agency's premier agent. An expert of espionage and a master of disguise, his victims never see him coming until its too late.

Here is the Final Submission for the this project.

Here is an update on the model, I have blocked out the base structure of both characters and I am going to start filling in the other parts of the models in a later update.

Here are some of the latest Images

I have been swamped at work for the past few weeks so I have not work on this as much as I wished. I finally got around to working on it today and I have most of the base models made and ready for more advanced sculpting and texturing.

I mostly have been working on modeling all of the various props for this character, I still need to get them clothing, underneath their trench coat, which is next on the to do list. I made all of this in blender so far, I plan on using zbrush to make their clothing because it will give me access to better sculpting and texturing tools. I would use blender for all of it, but I can't get the texture painting to work properly for whatever reason so I'm just going to make the maps in zbrush and export to blender for the final renders.

Hello,

I have another update for this project, since the last iteration I have added more props to my character, I UV unwrapped them and I have imported them into zbrush for more in dpeth sculpting and texture painting. I have sculpted in most of the folds in the coat and next I need to add a textured pattern to it so it looks like it is made more of a fabric rather than a flat shiny surface.

In the images I have here the model looks kind of blocky and the reason for that is that I am using HD geometry in zbrush for the detail. Using HD geometry means I can work on sections of the model at a higher resolution while maintaining while keeping the model at a lower resolution in the general scene, doing this makes the scene less taxing on my computer while I am able to get the level of detail I want from the final product. I have a few screenshots showing the higher resolution off below, this resolution won't matter much for the level of detail I have right now, but when I add in the fabric texturing in the next update it will make a big difference.

While looking over reference material for sculpting the folds for the model with the closed coat I came to the conclusion that I needed to present the coat in a manner that showcased that this coat was bursting at the seams, that the coat could barely contain what was underneath. In order to get this appearance, I tried to emulate the folds you might see in a over stuff trash bag, so while normally I would sculpt the folds following the contours of the body, for this model I added far more horizontal folds rather than vertical folds or diagonal folds.

The Open coat model on the other hand showcases a more relaxed coat that is not being overstuffed with random junk. If I have time I want to add a LOT more tools on the inside of this coat, showcasing an arsenal of tools and gadgets at rocksplitter's command, but finishing the more important features of the model come first, adding in new gadgets can come later if I have more time.

Either way, this is where I am now with this model, I hope you guys like it so far.

Hi, I have another update for this project. I have modeled in all of the clothing for both of the models in the open coat pose and I have added in higher detail sculpted texturing to all of the models (except for the 2 characters skin and face, and the hat and the straps leading to the tank on the bottom characters back).

Tomorrow I plan on sculpting both of the character's faces and adding in higher resolution information such as pores and wrinkles. I also plan on finishing off a few of the other details such as the bottom character's tank straps, strapping them to him and adding more detail sculpt data to the hat.

All and all, I believe I can make the deadline at this pace and I plan on adding more updates daily.

Here is another update on this project, I have finished sculpting the faces of both of the characters, adding in more detailed sculpt information such as pores and wrinkles in the skin, I hope to export the close up data as a bump map for the final model. The some materials in zbrush highlight close up sculpting more effectively, so I have included a view screenshots of the models with different materials applied.

I am starting on the texturing today, I have outlined each part of the model with a basic color highlighting the general colors these items will likely have in the final model.

Either way, I am excited about how it is turning out so far and I am eager to finish it up before the final submission date.

Hi,

So I have another update ready, I have completed creating the defuse maps for all of my models and now I am importing them into blender so I can render them out using the cycles renderer. I need to add work on the shaders for the everything, but I have completed the skin shader in blender for all of the parts of the model that have skin showing and I have renders of them below. In the pictures below, I am using HDRI environment to light the scene and I used 2 HDRI images to get lighting as it would appear in different environments, one where the lighting is kind of dulled in a cloudy day and one set at sunset giving off more directional lighting.

Time is short, but in the time before the deadline, I plan on making a pose where the character is attacking in a fashion similar to that in concept artwork. I also plan on creating a simple model for my character to attack in the attack pose.

I have lots of coffee and i am eager to get as much work done as I can before the deadline on Saturday, I hope you guys like the progress so far.