ARTWAR 2 | 3D | Raze, Bound to Burning Blood | Zerraze

Zerraze 2017-12-15 09:45:14 UTC #1

cleared old topic info

Zerraze 2017-12-16 01:55:10 UTC #2

Some rough block ins for Raze. Started in oculus medium and then brought it into zbrush

Zerraze 2017-12-16 03:59:23 UTC #3

A start to the head of the fire salamander mech

Zerraze 2017-12-17 04:22:45 UTC #4

Building up the chest and shoulders/arms of the mech and the face of the character.

Zerraze 2017-12-18 00:02:31 UTC #5

Dragging muscle strands around for the body of the mech blockout. I'm debating if i should go more TTGL influenced and enlarge the head to make the pilot seat facing out the mouth instead of out the ribcage.

Zerraze 2017-12-18 20:19:49 UTC #6

Leaning more toward A with a large mouth and the seat in there, than B with the chest cavity seat.

brohmyr 2017-12-18 20:27:17 UTC #7

Though what B offers is more readability with the rider. If you can solve that with A, that would help push it. I think B is overall stronger right now though.

Zerraze 2017-12-18 20:44:46 UTC #8

Good to hear some feedback on it . I think if i go with A i would have to up the rider scaling. Have him set so his legs run along either side of the tongue portion sort of like a turret gunner. A concept of something like that i can find is the orbital hunter by Johnson Ting https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Q5824. Not really as reference for the material or metal i'm going to use, more the pose and equipment positioning.

brohmyr 2017-12-18 21:15:13 UTC #9

You could push the whole head back some or the seat forward so the rider is a bit more clear. Not neccessarily this far forward if you wanted the sides to give him protection. But just a thought since readability is a key feature overall.

Zerraze 2017-12-18 21:26:53 UTC #10

Yeah readability defiantly key to the piece. I'll try the head first. I might have to get the character base mesh in there or use a mannequin from zbrush to really plan out the finer details and positioning.

sarawildeart 2017-12-18 22:31:43 UTC #11

Great progress so far! I don't think I quite understand how the character will be integrated, they sit in the hollowed area like it's a cockpit I assume? If that's the case I agree with @brohmyr it would be nice if the character was revealed a bit more. Super interesting work! Looking forward to seeing more!

Zerraze 2017-12-19 00:26:42 UTC #12

@brohmyr @sarawildeart
I was thinking of something like this. Used the mannequin as a placeholder for the actual character.

brohmyr 2017-12-19 00:28:54 UTC #13

That reads better.

sarawildeart 2017-12-19 00:41:53 UTC #14

Ah I get it now. That looks very cool.

Zerraze 2017-12-19 00:43:17 UTC #15

Thanks

Zerraze 2017-12-20 06:43:56 UTC #16

Went through some anatomy passes today with the pilot. Haven't gotten to the hands yet though I'm still figuring out more of his overall gear look.

Zerraze 2017-12-22 08:07:10 UTC #17

Pilot clothes updates

Zerraze 2017-12-30 00:39:59 UTC #18

Some inital materail testing on the salamander head

Zerraze 2018-01-03 07:32:14 UTC #19

Retopo on the rest of the body parts for the most part as i continue passes on the salamander.

The wireframe so far.

Zerraze 2018-01-13 04:22:05 UTC #20

Hey im still at it, Bit of a lag cause of the holidays and not feeling too well but im back. While i liked some aspects of the base material i had going it didn't feel fiery enough for the whole idea so i decided to go in to photoshop and start painting away. Then i'll be editing back in the other maps as i get the diffuse look i want.