#22 --((Washed Up Super Hero / Good Guy Gone Bad))-- #22

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Low Poly Mini Contest #22
Subject – Washed-Up Super Hero / Good guy gone bad
ALL WIPS AND CONCEPTS ARE TO BE KEPT IN THIS THREAD.


http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/SuperHeroes.jpg
art by forum member John 'Roc' Upchurch (http://johnnyrocwell.blogspot.com/)
Guide Lines:

We all know how cool super heroes are, when they are at their prime. But what would superman look like if he were 87 years old, or Batman, 50 pounds over weight. Better yet, what would The Joker look like as a good guy?

That’s the topic of this competition. Take a super hero from any form of media, TV, Comics, Internet, Movies, Talk Shows, whatever. You need to make your super hero past their prime, or you can make them the opposite of what we are use to seeing them as. You can even do a bad guy and show what they would look like as a good guy. You have a chance to really think outside the box with this one. Example: Spiderman is a dead girl, that’s right, I said a Gender Bended Zombified Spiderman. Can it get any better? I think not.

Have Fun!

Judging: 3 categories of judging will apply. 10 points possible for each:

Concept - How well your idea fits the topic
Model – How well the geometry is structured, how well it looks like the subject.
Texture – How well the texture space has been used, and how well the texture is painted/applied.

DUE DATE: June 15th: a Sunday, 5 weeks and a few days from today! 11:59 pm GMT - SUNDAY

Idea:

Pick a super hero, any super hero and show the world what they would look like past their prime, or as a bad guy. You have 5,000 Tris, use them as you see fit.

Poly limit:

5,000 Tris Total. You can do whatever you want with these, just don’t get carried away and don’t exceed the 5,000 Tri Limit. Remember, the limit tells you where to stop, there is no minimum, so use as much of the limit as you see fit.

Textures:
(1) 1024 x 1024 texture. This means (1) 1024 for color, (1) 1024 for bump, (1) 1024 for normal, (1) 1024 opacity, so on and so forth. You can chop it up into whatever you want, but you still need to go all out in your texture.

Textures can be hand-painted or you can use photographic sources. Do what you do.

Prizes:(only available with 6 or more final entries)

1st Place gets the following:
- 12 month subscription to the 2DCreative magazine
- 12 month subscription to the 3DCreative magazine

2nd Place gets the following:
- 12 month subscription to the 3DCreative magazine

3rd Place gets the following:
- 6 month subscription to the 3DCreative magazine

Final Pictures:

Required In The Final Post (1 post per entry):

- 1 x Winning pose shot. This image should consist of your character(s) in some sort of a pose.

- 1 x Beauty shot of your character(s). Feel free to put multiple angles of your character(s) or just one big version or your character(s) on this page. Even better, try to composite a nice art piece similar to the ones in the Winners' Gallery. Be careful how you do this though, simple is often better. It’s up to you.

- 1 x wire frame shot of your character(s). Feel free to put multiple wire frame shots or just one big wire frame shot on this page. It is up to you. Must have polycount included.

- 1 x texture sheet that includes all your used sheets squeezed into "one" sheet.

- Concept Sheet (What your Hero looked like)

A Final Entry Thread will be up and waiting around the end of the third week/beginning of fourth week. Don’t forget to submit your work by posting it in the final thread.

Good luck everyone!
BiG ToE.

[funkdelic]

damm man, this one looks really fun.. im in for sure =]

question: do I need to post the concept art?

thx man

[BenniKImmel]

Woo, thats awsome, so we ARE able to do villains as heroes, sweet!

[grindill]

I'm the post doping scandal Juggernaut, BEE-OTCH!!!

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

This looks like a good one. Can't wait to see some creative entries!

[DJdude]

i cant wait to see the entries

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Fantastic artwork there really beautiful, looking like a really cool challenge idea, i'm gonna be watching this thread without a doubt, love to see someone do a fat Spider-man lol.

CG.

[DaddyDoom]

Or a really chubby Batgirl :D

[lordpisang]

yeah :dance:

[katana]

Yeah Yeah.....:dance::dance:

[Wveird]

Argh, such a great topic, cant decide on which hero to have a go at. :D

[tyjotr]

Considering i didnt finish my DomWar3 entry i think i will need to do this one instead. I like this topic, what about superhero/villans in a different time period? Is that possible?

Cheers, GL everyone.

[tyjotr]

And, when you say superhero/villain, does that include heros/villains from videogames too? (eg. sonic, masterchief, ratchet/clank?)

Cheers.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

video games, board games, card games, everything is allowed, even different time periods.

[neokyubi]

haha this sounds fun! I'm gonna watch this thread, but i dont think i will participate. I never finish any challenges ~_~
maybe a thin hulk haha :-P

or a really huge and tall 'minime' hehe

[funkdelic]

Big Toe: Is team allowed on this contest?, I mean, one guy do the concept, the second do the model?

[Wveird]

maybe a thin hulk haha :-P


LOL, I lterally thought about exact same thing...like a really skinny hulk guy. :haha: But because you anounced it first, its your idea i guess, can i use it if i enter?

Mario all tall and handsome, superman style maybe.

[Jumpman]

I'm thinking Colossus from xmen gone bad. Would that work?

[neokyubi]

LOL, I lterally thought about exact same thing...like a really skinny hulk guy. But because you anounced it first, its your idea i guess, can i use it if i enter?

hehe sure you can use it :-) I'd be glad to see that model heheheheh :-)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Big Toe: Is team allowed on this contest?, I mean, one guy do the concept, the second do the model?

that's fine with me, but if you win, you still only get one prize.:cry:

[funkdelic]

sweet!
thanks man!

[Wveird]

Started playing around with skinny hulk idea...

114972

[DaddyDoom]

Anyone care to try a Crack-Head Noddy? I would, but suck at LowPoly...

[Mr.T]

It's been a very long time I wanted to make a lowpoly supercow model,
washed out supercow will be really funny to make :P (I hope I'll finish
this time :cry: )

http://perplex.schmumpf.de/cowandchicken/supercow2.jpg

AAALLL RESSCUUTIIIII!

[chubu]

i tought about a female HULK... that whould be scary and cool, but i dont have enough time and i never made a low poly charecter...
so if anyone want to do it, feel free - i whould love to watch it.

[yoyomon]

Chubu, there's already a female hulk.

[Wveird]

She Hulk (http://www.leaderslair.com/she-hulk/she-hulkv3-006pic1.gif)

:smug:

[neokyubi]

Look! It's washed up Venom ;-) ehehehe

[poopipe]

im thinking pregnant, trailer trash wonderwoman with hair curlers and a cigarette hanging out of her mouth at the moment.

concept is roughed out - ill post something when it looks right

[DJdude]

i love all the ideas

[Chung Wong]

Loving Daddydooms and poopipes ideas. You guys are twisted. I like.

[newhere]

hehehe......washed up wonderwoman....i like that idea poopipe said. can't wait to see it.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Grandpa Mutant Ninja Turtle.

[DaddyDoom]

An anoretic She Hulk would rock :D

[ryvick]

hahah nice ideas, i like that grandpa turtle.

[Steamtrooper]

Wveird - I like the skinny hulk idea but why are his trousers torn? just a thought. Maybe oversized trousers and a hastily adjusted belt would be more fitting? And make him so ripped muscle wise he looks like a human greyhound.

[Steamtrooper]

A medievil or wildwest Punisher might look quite cool, or how about a paraplegic Wally West in a sports wheelchair? (the fat flash has been done before).

How about a very pro-active version of Captain America - all Storming Normaned up and toting state of the art bang bang technology.

Or even though its a bit ackneyed a Victor Von Doom 'Iron Man' hero of the Earth.

[tinpau]

How about Robin in his 30's in his original outfit. Tight and not fitting right ...too short, etc

Tinpau

[lythtis]

not sure if these would be considered super heros, (might be showing my age on this one).....Captian Caveman doing a Gieco commercial....(hope i dont get in trouble for this one)....Wonder Dog as chinese food.....or Mighty Mouse as road kill.

[jeremiahone]

hey everyone, im a little new to these challenges but was thinking of doing a Mr. Fantastic after a stroke =D


More to come!

[Chung Wong]

I'm thinking flash. A tranny flash that is.

[katana]

I've started concepting Jack-Jack as a bit older...doing something really mean...(no spoilers here...lol)

[Warlock 279]

Lots of good ideas so far.

Someday, even Ghost Rider will have to trade in his hog for a mobility scooter.

You'll have to accept this as "concept art" from me, because I'm just not getting on with digital painting at all. :dunno:

I'm guessing the scooter's gonna count against my 5k?

[Firehazurd]

That's pretty freaking cool...

I'm thinking of doing senile old green lantern.

[Wveird]

Wveird - I like the skinny hulk idea but why are his trousers torn? just a thought. Maybe oversized trousers and a hastily adjusted belt would be more fitting? And make him so ripped muscle wise he looks like a human greyhound.

Well the torn trousers are because all the changing from normal to hulk mode for many years. This isnt the final concept, just playing around to see what looks best.
My creativity is kinda limited on this one cos i didnt grow up with superheroe comics or cartoons. :grr:

[Detachable Toe]

Ha, looks awesome Warlock, and nice ideas everyone.

I'm thinking Tapeworm Jim, hopefully I'll get a concept going soonish.

[Fenixy]

Grandpa Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Mutant Sumo Turtle :p


mmmm by the way, who takes wolverine or some other of X-mens ? ^_^

[Aleks]

Mutant Sumo Turtle :p


mmmm by the way, who takes wolverine or some other of X-mens ? ^_^

It's MEN not menS :grr: Damn it Fenixy you are asking for a ban!

On a serious note,though,I like the idea of this one. And I love that Earthworm Jim concpet =D Would love to see someone make this dude.

[Fenixy]

ok !! sorry !!! Aleks,don't kill me !! /bow /beg (omg i just found that x-mens is some online shop for mans)

by the way,take concept that alredy exist is alowed?

[yoyomon]

And I love that Earthworm Jim concpet =D

Agreed, the guy who did those images is pretty good. I might have to make a EWJ drawing too.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

by the way,take concept that alredy exist is alowed?

yeah, that's fine, but you need to let everyone know who made the concept art, if there is any.

[funkdelic]

I´m going with wolverine, but is that a problem to use the same character?

[VinsanityV20]

damn! I forgot how fast these things moved:) Gone for a few days and already 4 pages of stuff. Must...get...going!

...crap. I forgot I let a friend borrow my wacom pen. Guess I'll have to start concepting on ..what's that stuff called:) Oh right - pen and paper...

:)

[Nato_VanDookie]

I love your idea Warlock! I can't wait to see what you can do with it. If I can make a suggestion: make his flames only slightly blown back so as to indicate the lack of speed. His posture and scooter make it look like is moving slowly, but the flames you have now make it look like is going faster, they kind of contradict each other...just a thought.

[yoyomon]

THis thread needs more images!

I got bored this weekend so I made a Gender Bended Zombified Spiderman as mentioned in the brief. This isn't what I'm going for but I need to practice my skillz(?).

[Mr.T]

Lots of good ideas so far.

Someday, even Ghost Rider will have to trade in his hog for a mobility scooter.

You'll have to accept this as "concept art" from me, because I'm just not getting on with digital painting at all. :dunno:

I'm guessing the scooter's gonna count against my 5k?


LOL!!! :haha:

[kaizokuace]

Oh man, I spend a few days in the hyperbolic time chamber and look what happens! I gotta get on this one. I was thinking I could do The Tick but grandpa version. There are so many things I want to do but I can't think of any of them!

[Rych]

YoYoman That is fresh man!! I can't wait to see what you do with that!

I was thinking on doing a mental dark batman, the batman who went bad!

baron

[Tank[NL]]

hey all. long time. work for school has been crazy, but its looking to be slowing down a bit. and i really want to get some more work for my portfolio so im looking forward to joining this one and finishing for once :S

i really like the setting, should be good for some really awesome ideas. looking forward too seeing the entries :D

[BiG ToE-3DT]

I´m going with wolverine, but is that a problem to use the same character?

that is fine, no problem at all.

[grindill]

I brainstormed over the weekend and the wife and I came up with Gambit as a Vegas Blackjack dealer. I think I'm gonna run with that one if I actually have time to work on this challenge.

[Bigley]

This stuff is really turning out awesome! I think I might enter this with my Mario rendition... Really like the spiderwoMAN...


Great work guys I will be watching this.

[Tank[NL]]

i just got an idea i couldnt leave alone. its arthur. not the king, he's a wuss. not, its Arthur the Moth. (from the Tick...)

i thought of two basic ways to go. a fat version, but more so and evil, or a skinny muscular "gollum"-version.

i went for gollum. im gonna do the ortho's next. please, dont pay too much attention to the crappy anatomy. its pretty much my first ""posed" character. be gentle :D

looking forward to working on this. its got me pumped :)

[muntz]

I have always wanted to make a model of The Maxx... as a baby... with a nappy. What a perfect opportunity :o)

[jramauri]

Hey guys, I'm entering this competition with Funkdelic. I'm doing the concept, he's gonna do the low poly model. This is what we have:

In a not so far future, all mutants and bad guys have died or retired. Logan, that don't became old easily needed a job to survive on this new world without super heroes..so he decided to do what he does the best: cut meat! He became a X-Butcher.

Hope you like the concept.

http://www.amauriilustra.com.br/images/sketchbook/wolvie_sketch.jpg

[funkdelic]

Yay Man, Kiss this Butcha!
as I already said! amazing concept, hope I can make a really neat model aswell! thanks mate :)

[Macku]

Wow great concept!
Can't wait what you will make funkdelic!
Maybe i'll also post something, thinking about old flash.
Good Luck!

[obibok]

nice concepts yoyo and jramauri...

ok so heres my idea ... its some sort of What if Orion killed (to death ....) Darkseid and took over Apocalipsis
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8958/conceptorioncz8.png

[Warlock 279]

Firehazurd, Detachable Toe, Mr.T - Thanks Guys, I'm glad you're liking it so far.

Nato_VanDookie - Thanks. I'll probably make the flames less blown back as you suggested, it's also been suggested make smaller flames, sort of like he's fading out, and I might tinker with some blue/white flames as well rather than red/orange to kind of simulate white hair.

Yoyoman - That drawings pretty sweet, even if just for kicks.

Jramauri - That's an awesome concept. Great style. can't wait to see what Funkdelic does with it in 3d, should be pretty cool.

Lots of good ideas floating around in here, looks like its gonna be shaping up into a good competition.

[MonteCristo]

Lots of good ideas so far.

Someday, even Ghost Rider will have to trade in his hog for a mobility scooter.

You'll have to accept this as "concept art" from me, because I'm just not getting on with digital painting at all. :dunno:

I'm guessing the scooter's gonna count against my 5k?

This is a 'lil piece of genius. :D

[Tuss4]

Grandpa Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Robot Chicken -> Senior Mutant Ninja Turtles watch it!:dance:

[coda5351]

hey guys, i'm gonna go for a medievil punisher if thats alright with Steamtrooper. . . i like that idea alot. :wave:

[Steamtrooper]

Go for it, Im sitting this one out as Im soaking up the sun and otherwise a bit busy, so any ramblings I make here are just for support.

The skull n crossbones would fit nicely into a Punisher of the high seas idea ;).

[Detachable Toe]

Finially got a concept image going...My imagination far outstrips my drawing capabilities, so my concept is rather tame especially compared to everyone else's concepts. Still, here is Tapeworm Jim.

He'll be dirtied up with bile and what-not on the 3d model (he is a tapeworm after all), and might receive a suppository inspired rocket to scoot around on...not sure yet.

[Steamtrooper]

Id thin is head a bit more to give him that wormy look, and being as Tapeworms are extraodinarily long why not exagerate the whole neck and head into a big mass of knots and curly intertwined messyiness.

[jramauri]

Thanks for your cumpliments, guys. Here's a retouched version, with slight adjustments on light and shadows. Now I'm gonna do the ortho drawings.

http://www.amauriilustra.com.br/images/sketchbook/wolvie_sketch2.jpg

[funkdelic]

Really nice mate!

[Detachable Toe]

Looking good ,no it looks great jramauri.

Anyway, here's an updated concept following steamtrooper's suggestions (Thanks muchly by the way steamtrooper, it's much nicer looking now).

[Fenixy]

kiss the butcha !!!! awsome:smug:

Detachable Toe: why is he so sad?

my wolverine version

[shiftdelete]

awesome this is areal good competition

[Steamtrooper]

Fenixy thats a realy nice picture, but are you aware there is a female wolvie now? X 23, she has 2 arm claws and a foot claw, as a womans forearms werent broad enough for the 3 claw arrangement. That said shes only a teenagehalf clone so a full blown female wovlie is nice to see. Any chance of a more native american look to her face, like oldschool wolvie had? And for my money I d say add a little curve into the blades, he always looked best with the broad curved blades IMO.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/X-23Unleashed.jpg&imgrefurl=http://isculpt.org/index.php/all/2008/03/02/that_armature_tutorial_finally_sorta&h=911&w=600&sz=76&hl=en&start=11&tbnid=C15DawktTKgMsM:&tbnh=147&tbnw=97&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dx23%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

Detachable Toe - no probs, I think you could still make his head a bit thinner and more tapered ala Earthworm Jim.

[biano3d]

JRAMAURI: Great idea man, good luck
FENIXY:Really nice version...but she´s look more hot with a short jeans and white shirt,,,hehe

[RobThomson]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/Treborguy/bats.jpg
yoyoyo gotham!

I'm thinking a drunken bum fight between Bats and Ironman

The two drunkest heroes naturally...

alternatively it could be Bats and Superman, drinking some ominous green glowing liquid.. any preferences anyone?

jramauri - nice concept. and I didn't realise team ups were allowed, that's cool..

fenixy - cool stuff! but how is it going to fit the title?

[freesupra]

JRAMAURI - totally love the concept sketch.. actually loled

[jramauri]

Thanks guys. There go the ortho views. If something need some clarification, I'll do posterior sketches.

http://www.amauriilustra.com.br/images/sketchbook/Wolvie_ortho2.jpg

[funkdelic]

that will do man! thx hehe
now is my turn!

[poopipe]

Detacheable Toe : Superb idea but I can't help thinking Tapeworm Jim's head should be coming out of somewhere other than the neck of his suit :)

[RobThomson]

www.sitonthebarmoron.co.uk/ironman.wmv

whip

videos are better than screenshots..

oh.. sorry about the music, I didn't realise fraps recorded sound. quite nice though..

[muntz]

Here is my concept. Baby Maxx. I tried to keep the art style in sync with some of the crazy images in the comics of The Maxx.

[KenniFox]

Hopefully I'll get enough time to do this one, one of my room mates gave me the idea for Swamp Thing...lawn care and septic services so I think I'm going to run with it and see what I can do.

[Detachable Toe]

Anyway...here's some progress on the concept (I'm pretty much calling it final), and I've started blocking in the model.

@RobThomson: Ironman is looking good so far, he has a nice solid feel to him. Bats is looking kinda messy to me at the moment. Nice stuff so far, keep it up.

@Steamtrooper: Hmm, I tried making his head more tapered, couldn't really make it look right until it looked too much like Earthworm Jim. So I'm leaving it be I think. Besides, now I figure i can keep his 'hair' (feelers). Thanks for the suggestions though.

@Fenixy: He's not exactly sad as such, more sick and tired of his job. Surely you'd be a bit down after doing a tapeworm's job :p

@poopipe: Haha, nasty. I love it :haha: I just envisioned him as a tapeworm, capable of wreaking extra havok on your digestive system because of his super-suit and opposable thumbs.

[Steamtrooper]

Rob Thompson - Im not sure if its the link or my pc but I got dropped back into safety 8bit mode when I followed it? Just letting you know in case it is the link.

[Perversonality]

Rob Thompson - Im not sure if its the link or my pc but I got dropped back into safety 8bit mode when I followed it? Just letting you know in case it is the link.

Worked for me... @RobThomson, the models are fine, but they are probably too close to the current designs to really score you bonus creativity points. Hopefully the textures will sort that out, but I see this more as a pseudo-characature style contest than a straight forward aging theme

With that in mind, I think I will be entering. I've got half an idea for a teenage Supergirl which I need to flesh out. Traditionally she is tall, thin and blonde, so I'm thinking shorter, breast implanted, goth/punk style... Should be fun if I can get it right

[Fenixy]

but are you aware there is a female wolvie now? X 23


d'oh !! i soght Yuriko Oyama was his female similarity.

RobThomson: hehe dont' know , it was just fast concept, have some time to think on somthing else ^_-

[mies]

im thinking of a gender bender cuz i dont like the old super hero alot. maybe robocop or thor the mighty..

[Firehazurd]

I'm working on a middle aged washed up prince. His Katamari would probably just collect bills.

[Perversonality]

I'm working on a middle aged washed up prince. His Katamari would probably just collect bills.

I'm not familiar with this superhero but it looks interesting. Where is this from?


Here's my rough modeling pass for my Supergirl idea. It's a very quick model, so the topology and some body parts aren't that great, hence me not showing them! This is more for style and proportions

http://www.lowpoly.co.uk/images/threedy/sg_001.jpg

[ValexV]

so wolvie x-butcher became a leprechaun?

jk

good ideas so far i would join but not so good yet on characters.

[Perversonality]

ValexV - best way to improve is to practice and this would be a good chance to get some practice in!

[RobThomson]

thanks for the feedback all.

Perversonality - I'm planning to make them dumpier and older looking and have them sporting certain homeless guy accesories.

Maybe your right, it probably won't be comic or ironic in the same way yours all are, I'm not really looking to score points though. I just think it will look cool :haha:.

I think the humour will be in seeing a realistic looking image of the washed up heroes. and the poses they pull, and also the actions in the final scene.

nice start by the way

Detachable Toe - thanks, yeah I agree I looked back at it today and it needs a lot of work. I think I will be changing it to Superman and Ironman though.

[Detachable Toe]

Perversonality, nice start to your Supergirl. I wasn't too sold on the idea at first, but I quite like where it's heading.

Here's the current state of Jim, roughly 2600 Tris.

[al3x]

Nice ..i think ill join in allso wit a Beaten up old IronMan :>

[DJdude]

an iron man so rusty he cant move. good work evryone.

[Perversonality]

Perversonality, nice start to your Supergirl. I wasn't too sold on the idea at first, but I quite like where it's heading.

Here's the current state of Jim, roughly 2600 Tris.

It was just another excuse to model huge norks... ;)

Nice work on matching the model to the sketch so far. Will be interesting to see how many tris you have left for the worm at the end!

[lordpisang]

Hi all!
Send you my concept, i have decided to make an old cyclope was blind!
i hope you like it. cyclope live's gone very bad ^^

http://www.lordpisang.org/old_cyclope.jpg

[funkdelic]

hahaha lordpisang, your idea is just amazing man!

[Bhaskarrac]

I m in!
My favorite villain character is two face! so i ll b thinking to change him a bit towards good. :)

[Warlock 279]

This is a 'lil piece of genius. :D

..thanks! I'm feeling a little pressure now to step up to the plate and not let the idea down. ;p

Lordpisang - That, indeed, is a clever idea. I almost want to see him wearing those blind person glasses over his normal goggles tho.

[funkdelic]

got some time to shape up the body, still some adjustments to do, the head will kill me for sure! but everything for a good lowpoly :dance:

[Daye]

Stumbled across this site this morning. This place was the first thing
I thought of when I saw it. Might be good for an idea or two.

http://donaldsoffritti.blogspot.com/search?q=decadence

[jramauri]

Pretty good funk, it's very faithful to the concept until now! Go on, man! :dance:

[obibok]

so heres a small update of orion ... right now its about 3900 tris

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8238/screenwz0.png

[DJdude]

http://donaldsoffritti.blogspot.com/search?q=decadence
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this site is awesome.

[yoyomon]

Lol, nice idea lordspraing

[Osky]

I'm gonna create "The Riddler," as a high school bus driver. He's older and his riddling skills have gone down the drain. That's why he's a bus driver rather than a philosophy teacher.

He passes his time by challenging his kids with riddles but they are always one step ahead of him.

I'm gonna create a concept design with a similar style to Donald Soffritti's characters.

I'll be posting that up.

[L3XICON]

really funny and unique ideas coming out here! love it.

Warlock279 the Ghost Rider in a mobility scooter is pure genius! great stuff

yoyomon love the concept for your Gender Bended Zombified Spiderman :D

Tank[NL] lol never heard of Arthur the Moth, but sounds awesome, possibly washed up already :P

jramauri and funkdelic think you guys got a winning team there, awesome concept and great start to your 3d work :)

fenixy liking the female wolverine, good stuff mate :)

lordpisang rofl, nice idea for cyclops!

obibok good looking mesh there, nice start

apologies to anyone I have missed out, so many great ideas so far

[funkdelic]

Thank you Lexicon glad that you liked it man!
btw, really awesome goblin concept mate! want to see that in 3d :)

[Weiryknight]

hi all....this looks like so much fun...unfortunately i have no time to participate. however i have a couple of ideas if anyone is interested.....
-The Flash. Old, withered with a walker or an amputee.
-Professor Xavier. in his chair or rather on it and in an urn.
-Arc Angel. working for KFC dressed as a bucket of chicken, or is the bucket of chicken
-Sabretooth stuffed, or balding.

hope these help spark some ideas....maybe next time i'll have the time to join in the fun

Weiryknight

[Sisco]

this contest sounds cool...was thinking maybe Captain Planet having "retired" and is now a homeless bum...holding up a sign on some street corner saying "Will save environment for food" :D

[lordpisang]

Thanks for your cumpliments, guys.^^ send you the 3D model soon! i hope XD
Warlock279 : really great idea , i wait the final comp!
And for all! WORK WORK WORK! ^^

[Detachable Toe]

More progress, pretty much just the head to do, apart from a bit of cleaning up here and there, before I start texturing. Oh, and the neck is still rather rough, and will definately see some more refinement a bit later on. Sitting at ~3600 Tris now

Nice ideas everyone, can't wait to see more models happening.

[funkdelic]

really cool detachable toe, the edge flow seen really solid for me

[Perversonality]

Looking good there Toe :)

Quick paint over of my basic model. Not quite there yet, but I'm getting ideas as I go...

http://www.lowpoly.co.uk/images/threedy/sg_punk_001.jpg

Colours may change to more black and white with lace, but it would be nice to keep some of the colour in there

[archee]

This one is Zorro... this is quick hi-poly model of my idea...
There is still a lot of ruff edges there...:crazy: but it`s a start...:roll:

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/6386/zorrofg1.png

[HollowReaper]

This one is Zorro... this is quick hi-poly model of my idea...
There is still a lot of ruff edges there...:crazy: but it`s a start...:roll:

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/6386/zorrofg1.png

I would hate getting into a sword duel with that guy LOL

[Bhaskarrac]

Hi all,
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5187/twoface01nr5.jpg

Here is my character meddling, wanted to make my super villain,Two Face, into a super hero. Probably the ugliest super hero of Gotham!

[L3XICON]

Perversonality loving the punk supergirl, great stuff :D

HollowReaper rofl, love it, great idea

[Perversonality]

Thanks L3x :)

Great ideas Archee and Bhas. Going to be a tough contest judging by all the entries so far!

Edit: Playing with a black based dress. Somewhere in between the two might be good as this one is less recognizable as Supergirl

http://www.lowpoly.co.uk/images/threedy/sg_002.jpg

Edit 2: Stupid idea if anyone wants to go with it - an elderly Superman who has to use X-Ray specs and a laser pointer to replace his ailing powers...

[funkdelic]

hahaha the fat zorro is to funny =P

here is mine, hope you guys like it!
4990 tris, think it is ready for uv, what do you guys think?

nice entries everybody!

[archee]

I would hate getting into a sword duel with that guy LOL

the look can be misleading... :grr:

[Perversonality]

Looks bang on the money to me Funk :) Nice job

[poopipe]

I has a sneaking suspicion i wont get time to finish this but here's some orthos

I intend to add a floral housecoat and maybe one of those nasty little rat dogs

[Osky]

Hahahaha........

Poopipe, that wonderwoman is so funny.

You should do it and finish it.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

see, poopipe, your one of the main reasons why we need a 2d concept art comp here.

[funkdelic]

hahah nice poopipe! thats is what I call a wonderwoman :dance:

[poopipe]

if i could paint worth a damn that might be true

ta tho :)

[lampshadehead]

I think she needs flip-flops and prison tattoo on her behind

[archee]

Here is wiers of my creature named Zorro fatso... :shy:
I think that original Zorro would look exactliy the same if he would know coca cola + McDonald + Pizzas + HotDogs...

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2099/zorrowiresij2.png
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9226/zorrowires2lz8.png

[Victorfornes]

First to all... i must admit my admiration for the display of imagination in all the entries... Congrats to all, and hope with more time i can make commentaries over each one in particular.

This is the idea over the main brief.

http://i193.photobucket.com:80/albums/z17/Victorfobos/oldhero.jpg

Sry about the wip stage, but i just need to show this, being my first time here... i think any commentary could be gold :D

Have a fun!

Later!

[Detachable Toe]

Jim's finally got a face, so it's almost time for texturing, just a bit of refinement in places left to do. Currently 4150-ish tris.

Also a quick question, are double sided faces counted as 1 or 2 tris? Not that it's important for Jim, but I figure I might as well ask for future reference.

Victorfornes: Great painting, no critiques from me. Love the integration of his glasses into the original suit design.

archee: Nice concept. Might want to look into cleaning up that area behind his chin/under his mask. Keep it up.

poopipe: Haha, perfect, the floral housecoat is a definite must.

Funkdelic: Looks like a nice clean mesh. Can't wait to see some texturing happen.

Perversonality: Heh, for some reason I'd pictured she's be wearing a variation of Supermans black suit. Anyway, I agree that something between the two would be the best.

Bhaskarrac: Very nice drawing. His face will be interesting to texture later on.

[Sisco]

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/963/captainplanetef2.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=captainplanetef2.jpg)

Captain planet concept that I did, comments welcome. Hope you like it.

[funkdelic]

hahah sisco, I just loved this dude! damn I used to watch this show when I was like, 5 years old....
very cool concept!

[Osky]

Sisco, that Captn' Planet is so funny. You should have him holding a piggy bank so that he can go around asking for some coins for his purpose in life.

[archee]

Victorfornes, that spiederman idea is realy funny.... I would want to see it in action... :D
dont stop finish it...!

[poopipe]

I think she needs flip-flops and prison tattoo on her behind

tattooo - brilliant, will happen

flip flops - brilliant but i'm not sure I can afford to lose that much of her original costume. I'll have a bit of a think.




that spidey is great :)



edit:

I done made some polygons into a shape

edit:

then i did some more..

[Perversonality]

Nice flow there Poopipe

Working on my poly flow and added ears, which made me remember why I hate doing character models ;)

http://www.lowpoly.co.uk/images/threedy/sg_004.jpg

3614 triangles so far so plenty of space for details, which naturally will include the cape

[Bhaskarrac]

Finally finished the concept for him. Half of him is of futuristic (white and ugly Part), still his vicious part. Just like the original character, where he was a friend of Bruce Wayne, and a foe of batman.
And very much morally and mentally strong,(black part) to fight the evil world outside.
So, he has got the strange story of fighting of himself or to make himself inclined towards the goodness of him as he has got a split personality.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4605/twoface02rj6.jpg

[Detachable Toe]

Hey all, I'm going to pretty much call the mesh final now.

It's sitting at 4996 tris, due to a fair amount of bevelling on some sharp edges to help the future normal map. Is this normal practise? Or is there a way to have normal maps work well with sharp edges?

[Zax]

I like the concept.fun and graet.Best wishes.

[poopipe]

detachable toe...

You can get rid of the bevels after generating the normal map - it should look fine in most places, the only time it really falls down is at seams which by the look of your mesh shouldn't be a problem.

[BioJoe]

Hey guys. THese are all looking great :) I got a couple of Ideas here for ya.

1) Jean from Xmen can't kiss people right, due to her power, how about a Jean Whore. And everyones dead Lmao.
2) And a Fat Nightwalker with his stomach hanging threw one of his portals Lol.

Can't wait to see more :)

[Perversonality]

Practically there now... 4,710 triangles so I can still play around some more though. I think the hair might need some additional polys though

http://www.lowpoly.co.uk/images/threedy/sg_005.jpg

[Iron Boot]

That wonderwoman is awesome. Its definetly a wonder how she ended up in the trailor park.

[simple_minded]

Great work so far everybody! Roc and I decided to do a washed up Wolverine, heres the damage so far......


http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/4922/pic1mv7.jpg


!BAMF!

[BiG ToE-3DT]

looking good so far.

another idea that came to mind, Beast from The X-Men as a hair club for men spokes person. He'll be saying, "I'm not only the president, I'm also a client".

[Steamtrooper]

1) Jean from Xmen can't kiss people right, due to her power, how about a Jean Whore. And everyones dead Lmao.
2) And a Fat Nightwalker with his stomach hanging threw one of his portals Lol.

Can't wait to see more :)

I think you might be talking about Rogue, she steals powers and memories from people on contact, OR at least she used to before becoming de-powered.

Jean was Pheonix or Marvel girl - a powerfull telekine and telepath.

The fat nightcrawler was seen in the second xmen film - played by the tubby actor Alan Cummings - but could be a nice idea to see a real tubby nightcrawler stuffing his face with sourcraut and sausages (no offense meant to germans).

simple_minded -loving your drawing, but why do people think Wolvie would ever lose his hair? I know I know its artistic license to give the impression of age but it aint gonna happen BUB! ;)

[BioJoe]

Rouge is the one, yea lol. My bad all :P

Im loving both of the Wolverine ones, amazing work (Y)

[funkdelic]

so many wolvies here :P

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Rouge, working the kissing booth at a carnival

[simple_minded]

Steamtrooper----> The drawing is Roc's, he's my partner.... In the comp..... No where else...... Just the comp.......

So, here's an update....

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/6827/pic2jt3.jpg


!BAMF!

[Rocwell]

Yes! Lovin this...brings back memories. . .sniff-sniff. . . .so many memories.

!BAMF!

[BiG ToE-3DT]

are you the same Rocwell that drew the pictures posted in the first post?

If so, your good.

[funkdelic]

really nice flow simple_minded!
so you and Roc are partners? cools man =]
hehhe jk

[lordpisang]

Hi! today i post my base mesh, but i do work more for define geometry and volume and optimise mesh.:zzz:
All comments are welcome!

And good starting for all, send you more work soon.

http://www.lordpisang.org/cyclope_mesh01.jpg

[Warlock 279]

Warlock279 the Ghost Rider in a mobility scooter is pure genius! great stuff Thanks Lex. :-)

Warlock279 : really great idea , i wait the final comp! Thanks LordPisang, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished entries as well. Your Cyclops is coming along well.



Funkdelic - That's looking great, you've really nailed the style of the concept art I think, well done. I think you could use a few of those last 10 tris to make the strings where his apron ties in the back, that's the only thing that seems to be missing right now.

Obibok - Looks like a nice start for Orion. Glad to see someone using Blender. Keep at it.

Detachable Toe - Looking really solid so far, mesh looks great, clean and efficient.

Perversonality - Lookin' good, I like the style/proportions you've chosen, and I think the mesh looks good as well.

Poopipe - Concept looks solid, and the mesh looks well on its way.

Simple_Minded - Looks like you've got some awesome concept art to work from, and it looks like you've captured the style well enough in what you've done so far, looking good.

Update - Modeled a fair skull, modeled a rather rubbish attempt at the rest of the rider, deleted said rider, modeled the scooter, and promptly ran outta triangles. Since then, I've been reclaiming tris from the scooter and the skull, they currently reside at 3552 tris for the pair, and I'd imagine I can reclaim some more if need be. [Blue dude and flames are still filler.]

Not sure whether I should go cartoony or realistic with the rider/textures, any thoughts?

[lordpisang]

Warlock 279 : for me, i think cartoony textures is not good way because your idea are so funny and you dont need more with cartoony style. resalistic textures with little fun idea like : self-adhesive for handicapped

I hope you understand what i say, lol sorry for my english.

http://incolor-inc.com/shop/images/Handicap_6_reflective_sticker.jpg

[Rocwell]

are you the same Rocwell that drew the pictures posted in the first post?

If so, your good.

I have no idea who that man is.

[Steamtrooper]

Well judging from Wolvie your on a par with him, very nice stuff indeed, crispy lines, reminds me a bit of when Bobillo was still producing great work, and the mesh is looking just as good.

Will you or simple_minded be doing the texture sheet I wonder? that must be a quandry for you.

The "OTHER" Rocs site looks great, Ill def give it a good looking at later, nice to see a link to Josh Middleton on there, hes such a great artist. I fell in love with 'Kidden', the moment I saw that dummy in mouth image, Ive had that picture on my pc or memory stick since it first appeared.

Man that other Roc has been copying your style for legs/knees/calves and upper arms - you should sue ;)

No Cassaday though?

Oh an on topic crit - tee hee - does Wolvie have the tattoo re-done hourly or has his healing factor started to recede like his hair? or is it just on e of those bubble-gum transfer tats? - I had to say something on topic for once.

[funkdelic]

warlock 279: thank you man, I tried to do with the last few tris the tie of the apron, but when i start the normal map I shall came up with something to fix this! thanks for the advice! I used the last tris to add a cigar :)

[Sisco]

ahaha cool ghost rider model....

[ThEoNeAnDoNlY]

Hey, first, really nice entries everyone, I love them. If I had more time off college at the moment I would join in, sadly I'm stuck doing a boring Final Major Project.

@ Detachable toe - Is there any chance you could whip up a brief tutorial for the unwrapping of your model. I've got my techniques for Unwrapping, but I would love to learn how you Unwrapped the neck/coil thing. I'm sure I would just make a hash of it lol.

Love the entries, you guys are keeping me entertained at college lol.

Guy

[poopipe]

Haven't given up yet....

legs and arms applied

[funkdelic]

nice one poopipe, give that a boost man! =]

[Osky]

After thinking up so many different Ideas, some that worked and some that didn't.

I just decided to make an old Storm.

In my final comp she will be holding very small sparks in her hand, as she isn't as powerful as before.

This is the concept, for the final entry it will be cleaned up. But I'm going to get right into modelling it in Maya.

Comments are welcome.

[Detachable Toe]

Great stuff all! Everything is looking awesome.

@Perversonality: I'm digging the model in general, and I love the the dress frills. Maybe the boots are a bit messy, and it seems to me that her eyebrow is fairly prominent.

@Simple_minded: Great start to a great concept. Keep it going

@lordpisang: Nice concept, and a okay start to your model, but I can't help but think your polys could be used better. At the moment the legs are 6 sided, but then you have some very tightly packed polygons on his neck, inner chest and face, that seem like they're not all needed.

@Warlock 279: Ha, the riders looking great. The scooter looks fine in my opinion, and my vote is for realistic texturing on it. Thanks for the comment.

@poopipe: Your model is looking great, nice and clean flow to it.

@ThEoNeAnDoNlY: Heh, first time I've been asked for a tutorial, but unfortunately there isn't much to my 'technique'. I don't know how unwrapping works in other packages, but I imagine that the process isn't too different between Blender and other programs.

Basically I put a seam down the length of the worm, and used blenders unwrap. This left me with a fairly dodgy tapering triangle shaped section on my unwrap, however it didn't give me any overlapping faces. From there I basically scaled the loops (?) so they laid straight horizontally and vertically, then adjusted the size of the faces pretty much individually until it looked right. Whether it is right or not though...

[Victorfornes]

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z17/Victorfobos/spideymesh.jpg

Excent Osky... may they can be a dismissed couple :D ... sry again for not being critic with all the works... here is late and tomorrow more amazing work is there... just a bit of sleep between :D

Later.

PS:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z17/Victorfobos/correcrtion.jpg

in the haste of sleep i miss this line in the arm... just to leave this right so i can sleep quietly... and now yes... cya.

And don´t leave pass the chance to critic any aspecto of this or the concept itself (must be completed too)

[defaultalias]

I might do something 3D, dunno how my schedules looking but I'll try. Anyway, I drew something. Really rough at the moment, just wanted to throw down some colors and see what looked cool. And no, it isn't iron man.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/defaultalias/BGY-11.jpg

[lordpisang]

Poopipe: Good start Men! ^^

Detachable Toe : yep i try to improve my model!

I want seen more model!
Let's go work!

[Perversonality]

@Perversonality: I'm digging the model in general, and I love the the dress frills. Maybe the boots are a bit messy, and it seems to me that her eyebrow is fairly prominent.

Thanks, that's great feedback :) I'm struggling to find more than 5 minutes here and there to work on her at the moment, but I'll see if I can't sort that out tonight

[L3XICON]

poopipe looking great man :D great edge flow

[Detachable Toe]

Here's my Highpoly sculpt so far. While doing the sculpt, I realised I kinda screwed up the low-poly face, so I'll be revisiting that soon.

[poopipe]

poopipe looking great man :D great edge flow

wee !


thankyou sir :)



anybody else having serious crashing problems with max (9 and 2008) on XP32 this week? I seem to be ok on xp64 but both at home and at work on the 32 it's blowing up when I snap vertices and orbit the camera immediately afterwards - most upsetting

[BiG ToE-3DT]

its funny you say that, just the other day, I was trying to make a simple one segment cut and Max crashed on me. Then everytime I would reload max, open the file, a select the object I was trying to add the cut to, Max would shut down on me.

[poopipe]

just after i posted that my 64 bit version went all spanish which was a bit frightening - seems to have calmed down though.


I haven't found a solid fix to the 32 bit problems yet beyond collapsing everything, shutting down outlook (the first thing I blame for any software problems) hoping, and swearing like a trooper everytime it blows up on me. (it wasn't video drivers btw.) I lost UI settings and the main toolbar when the window was maximised too which was odd.

something wrongi think?


aaanyway - excuses aside I did some more

apart from filling in the missing bits I'll pretty much leave the base mesh alone at this juncture as I want to zbrush it before tidying up the looping. It's a workflow that seems to do wonders for some people so I might as well give it a rag..

[funkdelic]

same thing with me, was trying to add a symmetry modifier, but max crashed, everytime i reload this file and try to add the symmetry again max crashs...
some kind of curse, i dont know.. we better take care!

poopipe: really cool shape so far man, I would just use a little less polygons in her hand, but its really coming out really cool!


so here are some of the high poly version, I´m kinda of happy with the results so far, still some things to fix and to finish!
comments and critics welcome as aways!

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/wolvie_face02.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/wolvie_wip.jpg

[poopipe]

he's great - perhaps he needs bigger feet though, he looks kind of top heavy on those little ones


The hands ... you're absolutely right. My head is still stuck in the pre-normal map days (this will be my 3rd normal mapped character) so I'm inclined to over-detail areas like hands and the trunk of the body as I'm just not used to where I can cut polys.
Thats kind of why I'm wanting to go into zbrush as early as possible on this one and put the time in optimising and mapping after I've sculpted

[DJdude]

looking good everyone. glad to c all the updates. kiss the butcha!. ha

[koimizu]

starting a little late cause i just got out of school but here is the first rough. ill hopefully start modeling soon.

its a poor iron man with a carboard box helmet, dishwashing gloves, and red pajamas.

[DJdude]

haha. i love the concept, koimizu.

[funkdelic]

haha this concept is really creative man, but in fact this is the box man right? ( stupid joke I know I know! )

[DJdude]

whats the boxman?

[funkdelic]

iron man, box man? dont you get it?

[DJdude]

no

[simple_minded]

Quick Update!

Cause he's a cardboard BOX! I get it!

Funkdelic----> Your wolverine is looking great man! Hot Lava, Some would say!

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6641/pic3xe9.jpg

!BAMF!

[Elbi]

Hello to all of you! This is my first post here, but I'm reading the forum from several years. I don't know why I didn't register since now.
I didn't think about taking part in this chalenge, but I have talked with a friend of mine obout it. She drew a nice concept of Marv from Sin City as a skiny girl and I really like it. I hope you like it too. Now I have no choise, I must do it in 3d. Here it is:
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8729/marvra0.jpg

For those, who don't remember who is Marv, here is a pic from the comics.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9470/sincitymarvbragadiburrozm2.jpg

The model is now on the stage "base mesh" so nothing unusual, I'll post when I have something more interesting to show.

[kravo]

starting a little late cause i just got out of school but here is the first rough. ill hopefully start modeling soon.

its a poor iron man with a carboard box helmet, dishwashing gloves, and red pajamas.

koimizu, that is soooo funny, that´s my favourite concept so far!!! I can´t wait to see it in 3D!!!

[Identity3d]

This is my entry for this comp its only a quick sketch of the idea. Its going to be superman in this 60's remembering the days he didnt need his zimmer frame to get around. The scene is set in the living room and super man is lying on a table with a fan facing him. This reminds him of the days he was flying. ;P I know i draw like a preschooler but you get the idea. Best of like to the rest of the entry's.

[funkdelic]

Elbi: welcome aboard man =], haah very well done man, Marv is such a badass guy, and you turned into a nice looking girl :P , want to see that coming to life, so lets get this job done! good luck man!

simple_minded: thank´s man =], really cool poly flow man, I can see a lot potential on this one! give that a boost and finish it!

[jramauri]

Pretty cool entries, guys. Congrats for all of you!

funkdelic: Pretty cool, mate. Excellente job on his face. Don't forget to give more attention to his hands.

[DJdude]

Quick Update!

Cause he's a cardboard BOX! I get it!

!BAMF!

then wouldnt he be called cardboard man?

[funkdelic]

whatever man =P
let koimizu decide if he is box, cardboard or iron man!

[Osky]

Hey Funkdelic,

Your Wolverine is looking great. I wanted to ask you how much experience do you have?

[funkdelic]

Hello Osky,
I´m really a newbie at this field, I´m studying hard to become good some day hehe, so lets just say that I have a long road in front of me, :P
but trying to answer you question, I started my studies last year, with the second dominance war, and this year I started with zbrush.
=]

[poopipe]

This is my entry for this comp its only a quick sketch of the idea. Its going to be superman in this 60's remembering the days he didnt need his zimmer frame to get around. The scene is set in the living room and super man is lying on a table with a fan facing him. This reminds him of the days he was flying. ;P I know i draw like a preschooler but you get the idea. Best of like to the rest of the entry's.



I like this idea a lot - it's kind of tragic and adds something to the usual interpretation of the ageing superman.

[Warlock 279]

Lordpisang, Detachable Toe - Thanks for the input guys, it looks like I'll be going realistic with the textures then.

Victorfornes - Looks like your Spiderman is off to a good start. Nice concept btw.

Poopipe - Looks good so far, I think you've got the shape down, I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it in ZB and how you handle the hair.

Funkdelic - Lookin' good. Keep going. Show the hair some love. ;p

Koimizu - Nice concept. Looking forward to seeing you get that started in 3d.

Elbi - Looks like you've got a nice concept image to go from, and welcome to the boards.

Identity3d - Good idea, and you could always give him a toupée with that signature curl, and have it blowing half off in the wind or something.

[funkdelic]

thank you warlock!

well here is my finished high poly version of wolvebutcher!

gonna bake some cak.... some normals now.. :dance:

critics and suggestions are aways welcome!
hope you guys like it

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/3dt_wolvie_high.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/3dt_wolvie_high1.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/3dt_wolvie_high2.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/3dt_wolvie_high_face1.jpg
:wave:

[Victorfornes]

REally impresive... congrats for this one and the lot of detail... amazing!

[obibok]

nice sculpt funkodelic keep up the good work ...
koimizu maybe u should ad your box-man a light bulb on his chest

ok so heres my progres ... im using blender scultp tools so probably there wont be too many details....

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6194/frontjq5.png
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6933/sidegq4.png

[katana]

Great work everyone.

[DJdude]

its amazing how much people can post in only a night.

[koimizu]

thanks everyone for the words of encouragment.

nice sculpt funkodelic keep up the good work ...
koimizu maybe u should ad your box-man a light bulb on his chest

i was thinking about that too. i need something to go on his chest that looks very...well...poor lol.

here is a update on the modeling. started today so theres much work to be done lol

115824

[funkdelic]

really cool koimizu, seems that you wont have problems with the facial edge loops :P :P
keep it up man!

I was just exporting my model back to 3dmax when it messed up with the whole uvw =( now I got to redo it, does anyone know how to use this software, unfold uvw? is that a good option for a quick uvw map?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

funkdelic: sorry, never used it.


I'm going to be away from the internet for about 4 days, so if you have any questions, go ahead and ask them, I'm sure someone will be able to answer them.

[koimizu]

i actually have a question. how do you check poly count in max? lol i was told how to do it a while ago but i forgot where it was.

thanks :o

[Sisco]

Hot key:"7" in max 9 to check for poly count details on view port.

[poopipe]

you need to make sure it's telling you about triangles (not polys) too

do that in viewport configuration > statistics

[neokyubi]

Haha, so nice all these concepts :D
How about someone making a Magneto who can only pull iron stuff via using his attached magnets haha. Since his powers are fading ;)
and of course make him old.. very old :D

[lordpisang]

Hi! send you mesh with little better polygons flow.
Cyclope:
http://lordpisang.org/cyclope_rende01.jpg

And the Dog :
http://lordpisang.org/dog_rende01.jpg

All comments are welcome about my mesh, actually i have 3500 tri, i think, more detailled him after rotopology in zbrush!

Poopipe : I love your pregnant Wonder woman, your my hero!

Bye all and good work.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

I'm loving Wolverine & Earthworm Jim the most at the moment really impressive.

CG.

[grindill]

These are all looking really good. The sculpting on Wolverine is top notch. I like the superman idea. Funny. Wonder Woman i shaping up very nicely. The Cyclops idea is just too hilarious for words. Great work everyone.

I'm sorry to say that I won't be joining in with this comp. 40+ hours of overtime this week has really killed my free time. I hope to be back on board for the next one though.

[Victorfornes]

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z17/Victorfobos/spideymesh1.jpg

Well... here is soma advancement in topology... polys grow fast... my number now is 2440 polys (i think x2 for tris... doing 4880 :D) ... more work to do... but its part of my wip ;) ...)

[Osky]

Hey funk dellic, that sucks about your uvs.

Check out this site, uvlayout.com.

It's very easy to use, you just import your obj to the program and flatten the uv's, there are many videos to help you learn how to use it quick.

Aight

[Osky]

Victorfornes you have some very good edgeflow on your spidey mesh.

[koimizu]

wow the spiderman looks awesome! i dont think my skills are gonna cut it lol.

to stop the fighting ive decided to call him dohl Iron man. the dohl stands for "down on his luck". when you say box man it changes the whole superhero and he is just supposed to be washed up. not a completely new character :)

also a quick update on the modeling. gonna start doing the textures soon.

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[Perversonality]

Koimizu - any chance of a wireframe? That looks way too smooth to be 5000 triangles, but I could be very wrong! Also, some of the proportions look a little screwy, such as the knee position, but that should be easy enough to fix

[funkdelic]

Osky: thank you man! gonna try it ou! =]
koimizu: hahaha really funny man =P but are you subdividing your mesh ? btw, nice flip flops :P
Victorfornes: really nice poly flow! want to see some colors now :)

keep with the good work guys!

[Piotr Szlaga]

ITS TIME FOR PUNISHMENT!

hi everbody, here is my first concept for the 'the punisher'.

Now I'm going further to the next step.


I like your work guys keep it up! :cool:


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[Osky]

Hey Sin0k_raw, that's a great looking concept, can't wait to see it in 3d.

[funkdelic]

Sink0k_raw, really cool concept he looks like a friend =P , keep it up

I finally finished the uv maps, I did it like 3 or 4 times, but its fine now, here is some max view shot, with normal map!

support crits aways welcome!

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/3dt_wolverine_normal.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/wolwires.jpg

[Perversonality]

Sink0k_raw, really cool concept he looks like a friend =P , keep it up

I finally finished the uv maps, I did it like 3 or 4 times, but its fine now, here is some max view shot, with normal map!

support crits aways welcome!


If you screw up the other texture maps I will be forced to do nasty things to you :p Very nice work, though I'm still aiming to win... We shall see what the weekend brings :D

[Victorfornes]

hi guys... man... funk you rock ;) ... still ... i have a question about when this contest ends... bcause this weekend may i cannot play with all my time (yes... freelos and smthing more)... but if this is the last week... i gonna try hard.

Nearly the final count and topology (4998 in Blender and checked in max about 4968 ... dunno where the differences are).

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z17/Victorfobos/spideymesh1a.jpg

A hug to all!

Victor.

Edited ... from the cover of the contest "... DUE DATE: June 8th: a Sunday,... " so... ia can keep my slow ritm :D )

[funkdelic]

really nice poly flow victor, give that a boost and finish! you have 2 weeks =]

[simple_minded]

A small update, I haven't had alot of time to work on him, but aside
from a head and the hands, I believe I'm done tweaking the body.
The claws maybe a bit long, but their just in for ref, or something....
I'd like to hear what you guys think, Everyone is doing a great job!

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/9661/pic4kc3.jpg

!BAMF!

[L3XICON]

funkdelic truly awesome sculpting there! really great stuff

koimizu love the idea of the cardboard 'iron' man, genius :D

poopipe each update is looking better mate, but speaking of updates... were are they? :P

[dudidam]

the theme are fun and all the ideas here are interesting! i might jump into this one. gonna find some idea soon....
nice to meet you all! ^^,

[archee]

damn, I see that here without normalmaps + zbrush you(me) haven`t got any chances...:grr:

[funkdelic]

Lexicon: Thanks man!
Simple_minded: nice shapes man! you got some time yet so try to finisht it!
dydudan: welcome to the forum man! =]

here are some texture work, still got to fix some things and paint the specular map.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c149/raffael1231/3DT_WOLVIE_DIF_WIP.jpg

[poopipe]

poopipe each update is looking better mate, but speaking of updates... were are they? :P

aawww mate... the hair is doing my head in :) - I've made 3 full attempts at it and i still can't figure out how to build it in one piece and still keep some semblance of sensible poly flow in there.
I'm tempted to move on and tackle some other areas but if I fail on the hair this is ruined anyway so I'm going to have to struggle through.

I'm going to crack open my bottle of port and have a poke at it now I think.


damn, I see that here without normalmaps + zbrush you(me) haven`t got any chances...:grr:

you're wrong for two reasons.
1: you don't need zbrush/mudbox to create normal maps.
2: if you make something great without normal maps it's going to do better than something mediocre with normal maps.

If I wasn't in dire need of zbrush practice I'd ditch the normal maps on this one just to prove a point but since I am, I won't :p

[Chung Wong]

Just alpha map the hair. No matter what, the poly flow of the hair is going to be slightly messy. A bit like the chains you did. Show us your 3 attempts. I bet there isn't much wrong with it at all

Looking nice Funkdelic.

[poopipe]

it's the rollers/curler things that have been giving me trouble - I think I'm just going to sculpt them up as separate objects. It'll probably work out fine.

so, yeah.

I've opted for the fast/easy approach on the hair in the end - it's blocked out and I've made my decision so I took the opportunity to build a rough bra and some boots instead of messing with hair.

not a great deal of progress but at least I'm moving again ..

[Chung Wong]

Man, I don't think you have anything to worry about. That is looking sweet. I can see those curls now. A nice spec map and boom. Jobs a goodan.

[Victorfornes]

Final mesh (with improvements for joints) - in orange the seams

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z17/Victorfobos/final-mesh.jpg

First quick skecth (trashed)

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z17/Victorfobos/test.jpg

From the above exercise, i think with some parts the normal process will be more easy (and i think the model support that)

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z17/Victorfobos/parts.jpg

And for the close, the first stage of the head (part 1 of 5)

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z17/Victorfobos/head-stage-1.jpg

Congrats to all and cya later.

[funkdelic]

really nice start on the head sculpting victor! keep this up man!

poopipe: you got a nice basemesh man! I still thjink that the hands are in use of too many polygons, but the model is getting better and better!

nice job guys

[Warlock 279]

Funkdelic - That's the kinda love I was talking on the hair, looks great. Textures are lookin' really good so far as well, especially the face. He's coming along really well. A wisp or two of smoke of the end of that cigar perhaps?

Obibok - Looking good, you could really put some more details in if you wanted, particularly the muscles etc. The blender sculpt tools seem really solid from what I've seen. Keep at it.

koimizu - Coming along nicely. For the light bulb on his chest you might consider a "touch light" [Google knows what I mean if you don't] it'd be almost perfect in terms of look and shape.

lordpisang - Looks like a much improved use of your allotted polygons. Looks like a better flow and you've filled out the shapes a lot better I think.

Victorfornes - Looks good, I can't wait to see you get some textures on that. The head sculpt looks awesome.

sinOk_raw - Nice concept, looking forward to seeing you get started on the model, times a running out.

simple_minded - Looks good to me, I think his calves could maybe be a little bigger or defined tho.

damn, I see that here without normalmaps + zbrush you(me) haven`t got any chances...:grr:

...not true at all. Like poopipe said, if you can whip up a great model and throw down some great textures, not having normals won't kill you, might take a little bit more work, but it'll make you all that much better for it when you do use normal maps. If it makes you feel any better, I won't be using a normal map. :)

Poopipe - Yep, looks good. I think that's how I'd have done the hair had it been my problem to solve, may not be the "prettiest" from a modeling stand point, but should hold up fine when all is said and done.


Update from me, it would seem I've been a bit negligent when it comes to updating, guess I got a little wrapped up in working on it. 5000 tris on the nose at the moment, not that its difficult to hit when you've got a bunch of planes tho. :p

Unless you guys are really sold on the bunny slippers, I think I'm gonna pull the ears off them [that sounds kinda mean], make them regular slippers, and that would give 52 tris to use for some more fire planes.

[funkdelic]

warlock: haha thats pretty cool warlock! his 'bike' is kicking! keep that up!, and ill gonna give that smoke idea a try! thanks hehe

for me, well I had a great night painting specular and alpha map, then when I open up max to test those maps, guess what?

thank you autodesk with your pretty cool software and features and FREAKIN BUGS!!!!

my god, its like the 5th time that it happens, really, I´m wondering now why the heck I keep using this software....
gonna take a backup file and do the uv tweaks, for the last time I swear! or Ill just kill my self, rope and bench....
:cry:

keep with the good work guys!!

[simple_minded]

funkdelic----> Have you tried saving out the UV's from a previous version and loading them on the current one?


?BAMF?

[dudidam]

*funkdelic: have you install service pack for max 8/9? i think it might help to fix some UV unwrap issue.

anyway, great sculpt, funkdelic and Victorfornes! others are look promising too.
i have to catch up real soon

[lordpisang]

Warlock 279 : GOOd WORK! i love it!!
Victorfornes : nice start sculpting!
funkdelic : i can't help you because ,i use maya ^^", your problem come from about your export base mesh from zbrush?Have you unfold uv before starting your sculpting mesh?

[poopipe]

warlok : I think you can ditch the ears - i think he'd look better with a set of knackered of tartan/plaid slippers.

it's looking great.


victor: which tool do you use to make the webbing? I'm still really confused by zbrush but can't be bothered to watch tutorial vids :)

[dudidam]

i'm doing grandpa cap. here's my concept. since i'm so lame at drawing and painting, so i'll move directly to the models and develop it later :smug:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o229/dudidam/cap_01.jpg

now i'm starting the model....