Final | ARTWAR 2 | 3D | NAX The Charred Rift Walker | Mihail_Kounelakis

[mihail_kounelakis]

Heya guys, My name is Mihail Kounelakis and I'm a 3D artist (wow i sound like i'm in a AA meeting) .

Im from Montreal Quebec so i cannot participate, but my good friend Davor Sironic from Croatia will be submitting for me! ( thank you again Davor =] )

about myself:
name: Mihail Kounelakis
email: Mihail_Kounelakis@hotmail.com
site: https://hugetauren.artstation.com/
twitter: @Mihail_Kounelis
facebook: Mihail Kounelakis

So here is a little back story for my character:

Nax, once a great warrior and leader of many battalions, had great respect for the kingdom he stood for.

During a training exercise a flaming portal appeared amongst Nax's ranks. A giant humanoid made of what seemed to be blistering molten metal emerged and immediately started slaughtering Nax's men. He challenged the demonic looking being and after a long strenuous battle, Nax decapitated the demon.

As the demon's body started to dissolve in thin air, Nax noticed the demons blade stood intact and fiery. As any curious person would, Nax reached for the blade and gripped it tightly. As he did so, he heard a voice in his head in a language he did not speak, but a language he understood. The voice promissed him power beyond belief'; power to slay the strongest of enemies with glorious vigor; Power to open rifts and travel through wormholes across unknown galaxies and challenge anyone he pleased.

As Nax accepted this "covenant", his skin and armor started to morph as the sword saw fit and recieved all of what was good in Nax as a trade.

Nax's power increased tenfold as he turned back to his army, and killed everyone in sight. When he was done executing the last of his men, he could sense the blade's recognition. He finally gave Nax the power to open portals through space and time. Nax opened a wormhole, walked through and began his excursion, as he slayed thousands in the name of blood.

SInce then, he started walking a dark path, and was named by many, Nax, The Charred Rift Walker.

Hope u guys like that! ;D

ill be posting some work soon, i got a quick sketch i made and some sculpting. Thanks for reading.

Final work
Shot rendered in I-ray

final sketchfab render

Nax Final art war 2
by Mkounelakis
on Sketchfab

[mihail_kounelakis]

made the belt in 3ds max but mostly all done in zrbush spheres with dynamesh

I gotta go but ill be posting more soon!

[mihail_kounelakis]

so far i've gone with things i've seen in my head xD im crazy i know.

hope u guys like my work so far, texturing this guy is gonna be interesting!

I'm glad i have another 2 months haha..might make even more characters, we will see!

[pisceaser]

You are... freaking fast I mean, I barely draw something a day because I can't come up with anything How much time do you spend a day working on your work? Btw i like your character.

[mihail_kounelakis]

Hi Pisceaser!

Thank you for replying, and im glad u like my character so far!

I've been sick for a while so im currently unemployed, thus i have lots of time on my hands lol.
So far i put about 7 hours into this guy, counting the sword. I work fast but thats also a flaw sometimes hehe

[mihail_kounelakis]

im having trouble posting higher res shots...will post some bigger images soon!

[mihail_kounelakis]

testing

[mihail_kounelakis]

for some reason i cant get higher res images while uploading from my pc so ill just post shots i uploaded online.

[mrjar0]

Isn't there a size limit? Something like 20mb per pic max?

[mihail_kounelakis]

maybe! but my jpegs are no bigger than 500kb! idk

[mihail_kounelakis]

Just started texture testing...but i have errors in my mesh and need to restart certain things ;( lol

[mihail_kounelakis]

so yeah...i textured my guy before fixing some broken polygons in my mesh.. =( means ill have to restart certain parts but its not a big deal. This is where i currently am at, and it this point its still a concept as i have tons of time to change, add, modify stuff! hope u like my idea!!

[RogerP]

This is looking great dude, but be careful with how busy the design is at the moment. Make sure to add some places where the eye can rest

[mihail_kounelakis]

heya RogerP!

thanks for the comment, i appreciate it!

Yeah its why im restarting some of the modeling and texturing, i have some errors in the mesh and what not that i wanna fix and also maybe tone down in the texturing.

Tx again

[mihail_kounelakis]

got a lot of cleaning up to do, and redo the sword BUT im having a lot of fun on this guy! ;D

[mihail_kounelakis]

so i changed some things, and theres more modifications to do still! i kinda got burnt out tho so imma take a smal break..maybe.. xD

here's nax opening a rift

[mihail_kounelakis]

Im trying to play with the emissive exposure on this guy so its not TOO powerful..having fun thats for sure! =D

[sarawildeart]

Holy smokes you're so far along already! The model looks amazing, it's going to be a challenge to pose and light him well. The orb in his hand is far too dominating as it is though I know these are just test shots

[mihail_kounelakis]

Hi sarawildeart! Appreciate the comment!

Yeah im trying to get ahead as i have a lot of time on my hands anyways haha..glad you like it tho! and yeah, the rift is far too powerful atm, ill try and fix it =) ty!

[mihail_kounelakis]

Still just playing around trying to get a decent render!