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Lord Rancid
06-02-2007, 06:09 PM
After a couple of very trying and tiring weeks (involving the loss of a weeks work on this guy and a load of other personal work when my home PC blue-screened and died, cause still unknown) I have clawed my way back to the where I was a week ago, i.e. the high res mesh almost being complete. I'm fairly sure I won't be able to complete this guy for the dealine now (I haven't even done a concept for his weapon yet) but I will continue on until I can continue no more....
Anyway, I'm pretty happy with the high mesh and once I have added a few more details (including all his major pipes, his hands and face around his eyes) I'll quickly knock up a low model and try and at least get the boy normal mapped....
Here's a couple of screen grabs from Silo to show his current state.....
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7905/sturmfrontsmooth01lr5.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3082/sturmfrontsmooth02pn6.jpg
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3922/sturmbacksmooth01qd6.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5263/sturmbacksmooth02hn1.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4549/sturmheadsmoothig2.jpg
Hello man! ;)
This is gonna be a HARD month! ...
Goodluck btw :smug:
Lord Rancid
07-02-2007, 12:49 PM
Just finished my roughed out concept. Still needs loadsa cleaning up (and his Big F*cking Sword needs sorting out) but this is where I am right now....... http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9641/sturmgardpl3.jpg
Lord Rancid
07-02-2007, 12:59 PM
Here's a close up of thearm......
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6919/sturmgardarmhf1.jpg
ThatDon
07-02-2007, 01:06 PM
I'm digging the gears mate!
bumbi
07-02-2007, 01:10 PM
Extremely nice. Love the gears and bolt's feel and those enormous exhaust pipes, you really feel that there is a lot of power in that robot. Head also looks sweet.
Lord Rancid
07-02-2007, 01:30 PM
Last image for now, a pic of the torso on it's own (you can see where the limbs slot into a self contained ball n' socket type joint)....
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7152/sturmgardtorsord1.jpg
arshlevon
07-02-2007, 01:34 PM
really cool, reminds me of hawkprey's older work.
Lord Rancid
07-02-2007, 01:49 PM
really cool, reminds me of hawkprey's older work.
I wish.....
Thanks for all the helpful comments and kind words so far....
The next stage for my concept will be a clean up , both of the design itself (gonna simplify some of the details, cos it's just too damn busy for my taste) and the artwork (gotta clean up the messy construction lines and get some colour ideas on there) ....
Lord Rancid
07-02-2007, 05:12 PM
Added some armour pieces (that fit onto attachment points on the arms and legs) and a first pass design of his sword (the idea here is that he can grip the handle set in the blade for thrusting or parrying moves. The blade-handle can even rotate!!!).....
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6056/sturmgardarmourswordui5.jpg
EvilKnight
07-02-2007, 05:28 PM
Very cool concept dude!
Keep it up!
CleT0
07-02-2007, 05:34 PM
Bravo!!!
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GraphicDragon
07-02-2007, 06:34 PM
Great style and detail. I'm thinking your biggest struggle is going to be fitting all that detail in with the poly limit. No doubt lots of normal/bump/transparency mapping will be required.
I'll definitely be watching your progress.
ryvick
07-02-2007, 06:37 PM
nice, i will make sure my guy is right behind urs in the war for armor protection heheheh
shinja
07-02-2007, 07:36 PM
Now that is way cool !
RickStefani
07-02-2007, 07:41 PM
I like it. Reminds me of Warhammer meets Final Fantasy.
Kalango
07-02-2007, 08:46 PM
Wow! nice are some serious pics! Loved the style and details! good!
great! scary machine! :evil:
btw I think you can handle details yet by normal maps :dunno:
Archeris
08-02-2007, 02:29 AM
Im stunned by the way some of u guys can just paint everything exaclty as they have it in their minds. I love the big sword and the charracter. Keep it up
frostsnake
08-02-2007, 02:30 AM
cool concept!
keep it up!
plasma3d
08-02-2007, 02:57 AM
man your concept is amazing ;)
- FredH -
08-02-2007, 11:03 AM
hmmm, this bugger looks really sturdy, I might have to shoot him twice before he falls. Oh well...
hehe
Nice entry man. I really like your concept. The jet pack was an additional plus!
Lord Rancid
08-02-2007, 12:33 PM
hmmm, this bugger looks really sturdy, I might have to shoot him twice before he falls. Oh well...
hehe
Nice entry man. I really like your concept. The jet pack was an additional plus!
It wasn't supposed to be a jetpack, more a Big Effing Engine.... but now that you've mentioned it.... :) :) :)
Lord Rancid
08-02-2007, 06:11 PM
Got a new front shot of this guy. I cheated a little and mirrored the image (so it looks a bit weird) cos I ran out of red pencil (and time)....Now gotta do a back shot and colour template (and gotta design me some insignias....).....
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3310/sturmgardfrontwo4.jpg
nyphe
08-02-2007, 06:46 PM
I love this. Awesome stuff!
RobRussell
08-02-2007, 07:13 PM
Lovin' this design man. would make an awsome scene having some of the faster attack machines with a few of these of guys pounding into the enemy forces just as the enemy lines are broken.
0202742
11-02-2007, 06:49 PM
Loving this concept, especially the details which all work for me, too many people are adding illogical details to there models without thought. Hope the model is equally impressive. I would like to see some ballistic weaponry also as i worry that it would be likely and easy for the enemy to hide from your tank sized character......can't see anyone taking it out of action.
Tank[NL]
11-02-2007, 07:22 PM
nice work man. really cool, big clunky...
his head reminds a bit of Al from the manga/anime full metal alchemist.
all the pipes and holes give him a nice machined look. really good stuff this.
Lord Rancid
11-02-2007, 11:28 PM
Loving this concept, especially the details which all work for me, too many people are adding illogical details to there models without thought. Hope the model is equally impressive. I would like to see some ballistic weaponry also as i worry that it would be likely and easy for the enemy to hide from your tank sized character......can't see anyone taking it out of action.
Cheers dude.... I've a bit of experience in designing mecha for games and you really need to work out the joints and stuff properly for animation purposes, gott a think those things through....As to the lack of ballistics, I'm working on an idea for a Gun-Sword thing (I know it sounds a bit "Final Fantasy, but I'm confident that it'll suit this bad boy). However I really want this guy to feel more like a heavily armoured knight that just wades into the enemy where they are thickest and unleashes Mecha-Hell on their asses......
Lord Rancid
13-02-2007, 01:48 PM
A big hello to all here....
From now on I'm gonna stick my updates in this first post.....
So, just to start this off I've got a work in progress colour concept (hopefully finish it later today)....
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6614/sturmgardfrontcolourbi2.jpg
and a quick concept for his sword\gun......
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/697/sword2vh4.jpg
Sly Little Bump....
Tank[NL]
13-02-2007, 01:52 PM
aaw :P
haha, looks great man. though it is a thousand years in the future, not sure revolvers will still be popular then :)
except if its a plasma-funky-particle revolver :D
good way to merge mellee and longer range man.
good luck on modelling :D
Lord Rancid
13-02-2007, 02:04 PM
']aaw :P
haha, looks great man. though it is a thousand years in the future, not sure revolvers will still be popular then :)
except if its a plasma-funky-particle revolver :D
good way to merge mellee and longer range man.
good luck on modelling :D
The characters's back story will explain ALL........(but the general idea is closer to the Bolt-Guns from Warhammer 40K than Star Trek)......
frostsnake
13-02-2007, 09:44 PM
hei nice metal rendering! the weapon is great, little finalfantasy..and thats cool!
keep it up!
Klash120
13-02-2007, 09:56 PM
Your coloring skills are awesome o .o Nice & metal-y looking... Metals are my weakness when it comes to texturing...sucks in a way because.... we're robots > .<
Lord Rancid
15-02-2007, 04:36 PM
hei nice metal rendering! the weapon is great, little finalfantasy..and thats cool!
keep it up!
Having noticed that there is a similar weapon design on another contestants entry, and even though I posted my idea first, I'm gonna stop with the gun-sword idea..... Instead I'm gonna push forward with a more beserker approach....this guy is an unstoppable machine moving from one war zone to another and wading into the thickest fighting with whatever piece of weaponry he fashions out of scrap metal....concept ideas to follow........
Lord Rancid
15-02-2007, 05:53 PM
Updated first post pic........
Slow but steady progress on the colour concept (between internet spazzes and power cuts I haven't had a good solid go at it, having to do a bit at a time).....
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/6380/sturmgardfrontcolourxl7.jpg
TheWinterLord
15-02-2007, 06:06 PM
That is really super impressive! Love the style. Hey what does it mean to be a mechanical artist? where do you work? (if its personal or any other reason you dont want to answer its fine.) :) Good luck man!
Agent-X
15-02-2007, 06:06 PM
Very cool work so far. I cant wait to see it in 3d.
John Inman
Agent-X
amasing work, i like your stempunk style!
TMaloney
17-02-2007, 08:20 AM
Love the blade
TMaloney
17-02-2007, 08:32 AM
Love the weight of him and the blade
Lord Rancid
19-02-2007, 02:22 AM
Bump for update on first page.....Cheers guys.....
ThatDon
19-02-2007, 02:30 AM
OMG! Teach me to paint you bad ass!
Lord Rancid
19-02-2007, 02:48 AM
OMG! Teach me to paint you bad ass!
Cheers dude, you've made me smile (with modesty). To be honest though, while I've worked in the games industry for the past 7 years and have created hundreds of textures for various characters, mechs, vehicles etc. this is the first time I've had a go at just "painting" something from scratch (i.e. no original photo source) with just Photoshop and a wacom....It took a while but it's really all just shades of black and white in the end (plus a little red, green, brown, blue etc. etc.).........
ThatDon
19-02-2007, 02:55 AM
hehe, I understand the concept of painting/rendering realistically and the whole point of a underpainting, trust me that comment was nothing more than a pat on the back for a job VERY well done.
BTW you're many years of experience shows in your professionalism, can't say that for some of these other so called "Professionals" that lurk these boards.
Anyways it looks like you're now ready for the fun part...modeling!!!
CHEERS!
0202742
19-02-2007, 07:44 AM
Nicely drawn concept i am looking forward to seeing the model.
Lord Rancid
20-02-2007, 09:31 PM
Updated first page concepts with weathered version.....
Very nice work. Now to bring it to life. . . and unleash it upon our enemies!!!
Lord Rancid
21-02-2007, 10:12 PM
Bump for concept update.....
Final Concept update (a bit image heavy)...From now on it's ALL about the modeling...
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9400/sturmgardfrontcolourlw9.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1755/sturmgardfrontcolourclemy9.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1145/sturmgardfrontew5.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5098/backpackthingamajajingfe8.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5669/sturmgardis0.jpg
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6725/headnarmgv5.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5961/sturmgardnoarmourjh2.jpg
ThatDon
21-02-2007, 10:22 PM
Very nice, now post some modeling!!!
Lord Rancid
21-02-2007, 10:30 PM
Very nice, now post some modeling!!!
Gotta get the concepts right first, makes for a much stronger design (I'm sure you'll all agree). To be honest the modeling bit is the bit I'm not looking forward to really...At the moment I'm not doing much drawing or texturing at work so I've been really enjoying those aspects of this competition. I'm not sure how much energy I have for modeling all day at work and then modeling all night at home (and this boy needs a lot of modeling)......
ThatDon
21-02-2007, 10:40 PM
hehe, good point, for me it's one of my favorite parts of the whole process :) but then again i'm still a student, so i'm not burned out yet like you :)
Lord Rancid
22-02-2007, 12:07 AM
hehe, good point, for me it's one of my favorite parts of the whole process :) but then again i'm still a student, so i'm not burned out yet like you :)
Feeling really burned out right now...Been doing nothing but PSP conversions for the last year and a half, I really miss being able to be creative (the only creative thing left to me now is "creatively" stripping 1000's of polys out of a character and somehow ending up with something that is in someway similar to the original)... This last few weeks I've really been feeling like an artist again (though kinda finding it hard to concentrate on poly stripping during work hours, my head is just full of this competition)....
ThatDon
22-02-2007, 12:14 AM
haha! I'm lucky in that I have managed to convince*(read: trick) my teachers into letting me work on my entry for class work!
PSP Specs sound fun but not poly reduction for it, I'm surprised you don't just create the models from ground up. I would be interested in hearing more about your work stories, if you got time you can contact me with the im info next to my avatar!
Lord Rancid
22-02-2007, 01:07 AM
haha! I'm lucky in that I have managed to convince*(read: trick) my teachers into letting me work on my entry for class work!
PSP Specs sound fun but not poly reduction for it, I'm surprised you don't just create the models from ground up. I would be interested in hearing more about your work stories, if you got time you can contact me with the im info next to my avatar!
Trust me, the PSP is the worst console you'll ever have to work on...Even the old PS1 was nicer in a way (mainly coz you weren't trying to sqeeze stuff from a more powerful machine into it's over-hyped capabilities)... plus PSP projects usually have very short development times becasue they are viewed as conversions (I've worked on 3 in the last 18 months, two of which we completed and one which we're about half way through now) so you really don't have much time or scope for creating new assets and you just gotta get on with what you're given...
george.vas
22-02-2007, 02:21 AM
Love the concept looks somewhat steampunk industrialish.
YdoUwant2know
22-02-2007, 07:43 AM
Wow. I love your concept.
I can see the War Hammer influence. But in truth, I think you blew away almost anything I have seen from them in a while.
If you can get your final model to look half a good as your concept the competition won’t even know what hit them!
I have to say, I do not envy you working with the PSP. That is one platform I hope to never have to work with.
Keep up the great work, cannot wait to see the 3D.
AimBiZ
23-02-2007, 05:18 PM
I just gotta say I love the concept. It's heavy it's cool, it got everything and a bit more you could even say. Also since you've drawn all those units to themselves you ca see how it's constructed and gives others great inspiration.
Best of luck with the modelling and I'll see you on the battlefield! :D
Lord Rancid
25-02-2007, 11:52 PM
Got a start on the model this weekend, nothing exciting yet just laying down the basic shapes for proportions etc. and they'll propably form the basis of the low poly version too....Hoped to have the rough legs in but they might have to wait 'til tomorrow....
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/6057/sturmgardwip01fd5.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9400/sturmgardfrontcolourlw9.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5098/backpackthingamajajingfe8.jpg
First model WIP update....
Tank[NL]
25-02-2007, 11:56 PM
great update. the model looks like to be coming along nicely. the head looks kick-ass.
hope to see an update soon man :D
Kalango
25-02-2007, 11:59 PM
Looking very nice man, the style is rocking :) keep it up.
ThatDon
26-02-2007, 12:04 AM
would you mind posting a close up on your joints?
Lord Rancid
26-02-2007, 12:25 AM
would you mind posting a close up on your joints?
Hey man...I'll be glad to once they're a bit more final, they don't really work just yet...I'll put some work into the shoulder and elbows in the next day or so and get back to you with a screen grab....
ThatDon
26-02-2007, 12:38 AM
thanks, I wasn't trying to sound like a ******* or anything, just curious how you went about handling them. Awesome **** though!
Lord Rancid
26-02-2007, 01:01 AM
thanks, I wasn't trying to sound like a ******* or anything, just curious how you went about handling them. Awesome **** though!
That's all good man, I'm not the best at replying to people's questions but I'll try and get these details for you....
P.S. I don't understand the second set of asterix's........
ThatDon
26-02-2007, 01:05 AM
It was suppose to say ****
Edit: sigh.....s h i t
Lord Rancid
26-02-2007, 01:17 AM
It was suppose to say ****
Edit: sigh.....s h i t
Gotcha ;) ;)
Lord Rancid
12-03-2007, 12:51 PM
After a couple of very trying and tiring weeks (involving the loss of a weeks work on this guy and a load of other personal work when my home PC blue-screened and died, cause still unknown) I have clawed my way back to the where I was a week ago, i.e. the high res mesh almost being complete. I'm fairly sure I won't be able to complete this guy for the dealine now (I haven't even done a concept for his weapon yet) but I will continue on until I can continue no more....
Anyway, I'm pretty happy with the high mesh and once I have added a few more details (including all his major pipes, his hands and face around his eyes) I'll quickly knock up a low model and try and at least get the boy normal mapped....
Here's a couple of screen grabs from Silo to show his current state.....
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7905/sturmfrontsmooth01lr5.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3082/sturmfrontsmooth02pn6.jpg
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3922/sturmbacksmooth01qd6.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5263/sturmbacksmooth02hn1.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4549/sturmheadsmoothig2.jpg
Just updating my thread (after such a long time).......
ThatDon
12-03-2007, 01:51 PM
That's some serious kick ass work man!
AimBiZ
12-03-2007, 02:10 PM
That's some serious kick ass work man!
Indeed it is! :D
younglion
12-03-2007, 02:21 PM
nice work man, i love the concept sketches.
miezis
12-03-2007, 02:41 PM
wow he looks massive, a real war mashine. we've got one more week - c'mon, you can doooo iiiit! we could use a warrior like that on the field!
Kalango
12-03-2007, 09:08 PM
uuuuuu......looking sweeeeet man :)
Tear down some limbs! do it! its loook fiiiine :D
taehoon
12-03-2007, 10:45 PM
That's awesome, The next issue will be the cool textures.. good luck...~~~
0202742
13-03-2007, 06:19 AM
Very nice clean modeling and some great detail. I know that it is influenced by the warhammer model but i find it a bit hard to imagine how it would move well with all that heavy armour, as it looks quite restrictive. I bet you pull off the normal mapping really well. I love the model, and i can't wait to see it complete. Good going.
shadowbreeze
13-03-2007, 04:27 PM
holy s**t that is truly awesome it has such a good vibe to it and guess what WE HAVE ANOTHER WEEK SO NO REASON NOT GET IT FINISHED, but if you don't would you make a thread and show your progress , i would really like to see thi finished
Lord Rancid
14-03-2007, 12:06 PM
holy s**t that is truly awesome it has such a good vibe to it and guess what WE HAVE ANOTHER WEEK SO NO REASON NOT GET IT FINISHED, but if you don't would you make a thread and show your progress , i would really like to see thi finished
That's great news about the extension....except I'm on holiday in Ireland for that week!!! So it really hasn't helped me any :cry: :cry: :cry:
Still, I am gonna finish this guy for myself and I'll try and keep you guys up to date with it's progress....
Lord Rancid
14-03-2007, 12:07 PM
That's awesome, The next issue will be the cool textures.. good luck...~~~
Cheers dude, that's means something coming from you :wave: :wave: :wave:
gridlinked
14-03-2007, 09:14 PM
Very Warhammer-ish, in a good way! Excellent work Lord Rancid :) and good luck with the textures, looking forward to seeing it all dressed up! ;P
Lord Rancid
14-03-2007, 09:38 PM
Very Warhammer-ish, in a good way! Excellent work Lord Rancid :) and good luck with the textures, looking forward to seeing it all dressed up! ;P
It's a bit weird, all these Warhammer references I'm getting. Not that I don't agree now that you've all mentionedit, it's just that the original inspiration for this piece came from a suit of armour I designed recently (for a personal project, blending medieval European armour and Japanese samurai armour) and a bad guy from a Power Rangers show...nowhere in my mind was there any thought of Warhammer stuff (or so I thought). I guess a childhood spent immersed in Warhammer 40K games and White Dwarf magazines has indelibly rubbed off on me....Weird, but kinda cool......
redonix76
14-03-2007, 11:01 PM
Solid work man, very nice modeling. My only concern is the use of the same exhausts in multiple places. TO me it stands out too much because you can tell it's the same ones.
If you have the time, I'd recommend giving them a bit of variations according to each body part.
Lord Rancid
14-03-2007, 11:13 PM
Solid work man, very nice modeling. My only concern is the use of the same exhausts in multiple places. TO me it stands out too much because you can tell it's the same ones.
If you have the time, I'd recommend giving them a bit of variations according to each body part.
Good point. I had intended to make the ones on the legs different from the one on the arms (in the concept they are shorter and stubbier) but I used the arm ones as placeholder and then kinda forgot about them as I focused on other parts. But now you've reminded me (and I'm inthe process of doing the pipes for the exhausts) I'll get right on the case. Many thanks....
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