Cael - Good vs Evil

[Cael]

Starting as a place holder.
My idea was to do a future-ish foot soldier kind of thing.
I haven't decided whether I want him to be Good or Evil. I figure that will all come down to the texturing. Clearly defining his alignment. leaning on good though.
Since the contest thread said every day type of character I was thinking like in a game when attacked by a mob just the average enemy nothing big and bulky just cannon fodder.
Looking forward to participating.
I've drawn up some ideas. I'll try to get them up here soon.

[tsabszy]

where are those drawings? :P

[Cael]

Hey my scanners been down so I'm gonna have to take some photos.
Though I've started working. Here's my first wip.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6691189795_b2cbb86c84_b.jpg
Just working on primary topology. I'll be adding armour and stuff.

[tsabszy]

don't you like using 3ds max's built in topology tools? graphite modeling tools -> freeform?

[Cael]

To be honest I haven't tried them. Old habits die hard and I've been using max retopo for a while. I'll check out the graphite modeling tools. Always lookng for ways to improve my work flow.

[Cael]

finished up the base topology for the undersuit. Time to add Mech and armor bits.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6698844011_501c33976f_z.jpg

[Cael]

started on some armor and stuff. Still playing around with ideas for the helmet.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6699608981_9b4de75072_b.jpg

[tsabszy]

i don't say graphite modelling is better, coz i haven't use retopo and freeform can be buggy sometimes :P btw is retopo free?
keep it up! the arms seem a bit too thin i think

[Cael]

I wanted to go for a kind of scrawnier looking character that's why the arms are like that. I still have to play around with it a bit. and yeah max retopo is free. Right here: http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/max-retopo

[poopipe]

if you like max-retopo you'll probably orgasm when you try wrapit


its basically max-retopo squared. very cheap too

[Cael]

thanks man thats awesome. I've seen wrapit before but I just took a second look. I'll probably grab it when I've got some spending money.

[Cael]

Did a paint over and an update on the armour.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6699659879_3b5d871f65_z.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6719988595_ccf097d1f7_z.jpg

[Cael]

Still have a few bits of armour to add. I unwrapped the body to see how Uv mapping and symmetry work together. I'll probably end up doing a diffuse pass before I take it into Zbrush just in case I don't get enough time cause I'm moving at the end of the month.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6735138781_874042dd39_z.jpg

[Cael]

Really hoping to at least finish even if it's not beautiful. Finished modeling for the most part and started UV'ing
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6774941423_c9882dab1d_z.jpg
Going to try to hand paint all the textures. New process for me but could be fun.

[Cael]

I added some stuff and almost finished UV'ing
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6788050495_23dabd4bb2_b.jpg

[tsabszy]

looking cool so far :)

[Cael]

Thanks! Hopefully I can keep it up during texturing.

[Cael]

I have all night to finish this one and I'm almost there. I'll have something posted soon