FINAL | ARTWAR 2 | 3D | Kenshi | HuntaH

HuntaHSVK 2017-12-28 12:47:02 UTC #1

Name: Kenshi
Age: Unknown
Personality: Calm, wise, tactical.
He is an assasin, not for the money, but for the enjoyment. He displays that by having gold on his clothes and purple coat.
He only uses close quarters weapons, because he is blind(Hyūga eyes), but can sense things around him. (daredevil/bats maybe?)
His skin color is desaturated, becase there isnt that much blood in him. Only parts are his head/brain so he can use "sonar" and eyes for reasons below.
He has crow as his pet and on rare occasions, he can gain his vision.

CubeBrush.mview (11.0 MB)

evehartman 2017-12-28 15:31:38 UTC #2

Good luck! (and welcome, we have cookies )

HuntaHSVK 2018-01-14 13:18:58 UTC #3

You too! Seen your work and it looks good.

HuntaHSVK 2018-01-14 13:30:29 UTC #4

So, i know i havent posted anything in like 3 weeks. (absolutely did not forgot to do it)
But, I have been working those 3 weeks, having ideas and so on. And i settled on a character, man (not sure about the name), blind, sensitive(like bat), only melee weapons (katanas,kunais) and in black/white/gold colour scheme.
Im now entering the detail sculpting stage of the model.

Making of clothes.

Making of accesories.

And this is where im at now.

HuntaHSVK 2018-01-22 20:10:17 UTC #5

So, i have finished of adding detail to accesories, swords and so on.
But i have a problem with merging, since i made shirt, coat and so on on top of the body, its literaly clothes on human, and when i merge it all subtools convert into just one, which is good. But i can still individual pieces on their own. I want to merge it like its one subtool and one mesh. Can someone give me some tips on how to do that?

HuntaHSVK 2018-01-29 21:06:02 UTC #6

Meanwhile I've been waiting for answer which i did not get i made some progress.
Weapons are now in High/Low poly, UV unwrapped and textured.
This is how they look, hope you like it!

HuntaHSVK 2018-02-04 09:50:55 UTC #7

Hey!
Low poly mesh is done.

Topology is not perfect. There are areas with extra detail that dont need it and some where it may help, there are some triangles, but not one the "moving" parts.
And i dont know, if i should do better job, is topology a factor in judging? If yes, ill fix it if not, lets do the UV part. (I'll begin in 1-2 days if there will be no reply.)

HuntaHSVK 2018-02-11 14:18:00 UTC #8

UV unwrap done, ready for baking and texturing!

HuntaHSVK 2018-02-17 09:52:10 UTC #9

Texturing part is 80% done, might add some detail to shoes and shirt.
What do you think?

HuntaHSVK 2018-02-18 13:02:35 UTC #10

Im not sure, what to put in the middle of the chest, there needs to be something, otherwise it would be too empty, which doesnt look good. Im partialy satisfied with the first design, but friends tell me it looks like a fidged spinner with snapchat logo, which is kind of true i guess...
And the bird is my own logo i use. But the character "owns" crow too and his katanas are with feathers and crows...

But im happy with the result i have. Materials could be better, but im no texture artist, so all there is for me are free textures from substance.

But there is one big problem ahead, rigging, never done it and when i tried it now, it doesnt work in blender. Coat and accesories are problem. So i have no idea, how I'll pose him but wish me luck.

HuntaHSVK 2018-02-19 14:21:02 UTC #11

This will be my final design, only thing i would do is to add eyebrows and render it with 4K textures in substance build in IRay. Wish me luck with the deadline.

HuntaHSVK 2018-02-20 17:06:42 UTC #12

Here is my current 3D version.
CubeBrush.mview (11.0 MB)

HuntaHSVK 2018-02-21 19:31:50 UTC #13

All right, i give up. I just simply cant pose my character, which is kind of sad, but i can not make a good rig for him to work properly, there are always some bad weights, been trying to fix it, but just nothing works. This is the pose i wanted to make, or something like that...

But overall, I'm happy with what i have done. Its been nice experience.
Things to improve next? Better topology, no need for such high poly body. Better connection between accesories and body.

Things to learn: How to make textures in substance designer (i have only used free ones that painter includes) so i can make more interesting visuals. And learn how to rig. (then, maybe even animation)

Thats all, thanks for the opportunity and good luck to all participants!