-Red Lion from Voltron cartoon series- robotic animals rule! :D

[ClayCreator]

I never liked that giant robot Voltron as a kid but those lions were so cool, each with their own unique appearance,style and weapons. I have already made all the lions out of clay and now I wanted to make one in 3d, the red lion is my favourite so I chose to make it first. The red lions´ power comes from fire and it´s lair is situated in a volcano underneath the lava flow, it´s armor is so tough it can withstand the searing heat of molten lava. :D
Well, any comments are greatly appreciated, I am modelling this lion using simple primitives and extended primitives which are mesh edited in accordance to the shapes I want for each part of the model.

[Sanders]

voltron 0wnz j00

[ClayCreator]

And what´s that supposed to mean Sanders?.....
Anyway, here´s an update I have added the neck and middle torso. It´s a simple model I know but I´m just trying to quickly make a decent looking quadroped robot to animate and practice on. The raytraced textures when added will of course make it look twice as good. I will post another update once I have finished the hips which I have already added as a simple box with multiple segments for mesh editing, I´ll also try to finish the tail before the next update.

[Ninto]

it means something like:
Voltron rules you ;)

Anyways, nice model :)

[the_solidshadow]

real good.
you made them out of clay you say?
post pics!!!!!!!!
:D

[ClayCreator]

Thanks guys, I´m glad you like the lion! :D
Didn´t expect much positive comments on it since it´s not one of my most detailed models... :p
Solidshadow I whipped up a picture of all the five lions for you, they are all made out of normal soft clay.

[legato]

dude u really love retro cartoons eh....i like voltron too..ahahaha..too bad the voltron series after the lions' kinda lame...vehicles...

anyway...the model's looking good...i would suggest u chamfer the shard edges by a tiny tiny value so it would get some specular highlights when u texture it...

[ClayCreator]

I agree with you on Vehicle Voltron legato, it´s totally lame...
And as for chamfering the edges, it´s a really good idea....if I knew how. :(
I could use some help with that if it´s not too complicated to explain...
Well here´s my update,the hips are ready and so is the tail with animated bones.
I´m not 100% pleased with the shape of the hip area though,still a little too boxy,maybe chamfering the edges or even just adding some Spherify will make it look better.

[ClayCreator]

Better view of the hips and tail:

[3Dan]

Gifted for both virtual and real as i can see.
Will you rig it afterwards? Would make a fine animation.

[ClayCreator]

3Dan, thanks for showing an interest in my work. Yes I was planning on making a short animation, perhaps having the lion run with a target camera attached to it at an angle from the front, and do some particle animation with the tailgun firing a beam burst as well. It´ll all become more clear to me once the model is finished. :)

[legato]

here's what i meant...hope u understand it...the left most is sorta the upper leg of your robot...the right most is what i meant by chamfering the sharp edges...the middle on is the low poly...and i included a close up...i chamfered this once at about 0.2 value...see how much difference a tiny chamfer can do?...:)

[ClayCreator]

Yeah! I do see the difference, thanks alot legato for taking the time to make that explanatory render for me it was a great help. :D
Here´s a small update then, I chamfered the edges of the upper leg armor as you recommended. :)

[ClayCreator]

Well it´s been about a week since I last posted an update, I apologize for that I should have been working alot harder on this project, I´ve just been busy with my Me-262 model and other non-3d stuff as well these days. I managed to complete the head tonight, still think it might need some touch ups though. C&C please :)

[ClayCreator]

Small update here, I added the raytraced textures I´ll be using in my upcoming animation....
I need some oppinions on the jaws and eyes please,too square?

[legato]

nice work man....but i think the tip of the jaws should be a little smaller...

[ClayCreator]

Could you explain better please legato, I´m not completely sure what you mean by that.....I did some meshsmooth on the head and jaws, here´s two views:

[ClayCreator]

I decided to make the rocket launchers that are attached to the front leg shoulders of the lion(all the lions have these as extra firepower), but I´m not sure about how they look like, I don´t have any reference pictures of them so I just made a simple version from my memory....I havent seen the voltron episodes for years now so the launchers may not be accurate. I also added some lens glow for the eyes,tell me what you think.

[the_solidshadow]

those arent made of modelling clay............


are they? :roll:

if so, you did a really great job! 3 thumbs up!

[legato]

heres what i meant before...hope it helps..

[sarN]

looks great, especially with the new textures! very nice job :)

[ClayCreator]

Hmmm, somehow I thought that was what you meant legato, just wasn´t sure. Allright I´m going to modify both jaws according to your edit and then I´ll post another render.
Thank you solidshadow and sarN, I´m glad you like the textures. :)

[Adeel]

Good job
Sigh
Good ol days!!
Voltron Defender of the Universe..
Use to love them, and still do..

[ClayCreator]

The good old days are all gone I´m afraid...just trying to keep them alive in my mind by making animated models. :)
Here´s a couple of renders from the animation I´m working on(I havent rendererd anything except single frames right now), I want to have the lion flying over the ocean at sunset, getting attacked by proximity rockets exploding around it and then firing a couple of missiles towards it´s attacker......and now that I think of it, the attacker might very well be one of those red and yellow attackships from the Voltron series....I'll have to start modelling one to finish the animation with. :D

[ClayCreator]

I´m back after taking a loooong break from 3d, I´ve been too busy gaming online and working to do anything in max. Made a few more renders of the lion,here´s a couple of renders with the lion sitting down.

[ClayCreator]

A bit too dark maybe, but I like it this way :)

[Cyrenn]

Great Job on the modeling Clay. Are you actually getting the reference from the original toy. I rememebr as the kid I wanted the big die cast metal Voltron Toy. I ended up with the crappy car Voltron small version die cast. LOL!

That Big Voltron toy I remeber some dork selling it for a 100 bucks. later he found out that toy was worth alot more than a measly 100 bucks.

Does anyone remember Voltus 5, he was like the first hugh robot that I remember that combined into a giant robot. But Nobody ever seems to have heard of him.

Oh well. Great Job on the Lion, I think you should Model the Black Lion, and then create Voltron. Yea That would rock. LOL!

But then you have to have a Robo Beast. The one that was an elephant with tank tracks for feet. OK! OK! I'll quit, some how I remember that stuff.

[ClayCreator]

Hey Cyrenn, nice to hear from you again and thanks for the comments. I guess I "should" make more lions to form voltron with, but ehhh.....I just don´t like that dorky looking robot,lol.
I never liked it as a kid even, but those lions were cool,still are.
I might make that black one and even some of the others too.

Right now though I am working on the Doomship, if you remember that was one of the most numerous attack ships the evil empire sent against the Voltron force. I´ll make a thread for it once I have something to show.
I´m too rusty now,haven´t done any modelling in ages it seems, only been working on random unfinished stuff...I never can seem to finish anything lately,lol. :p

Btw, was that Voltus 5 created out of 3 combined space ships? I remember(slightly) a robot like that I saw on tape as a kid, one blue ship,one red,one orange I think...oh well :)