THE Sculpting Challenge 018: Video Game Character

[Freespace-3DT]

Video Game Character

Welcome to THE Eighteenth Speed Sculpting Challenge. Whether you're new to sculpting, to the Threedy forums, or you're a seasoned veteran, come and join in on the Sculpting madness – there's plenty of fun and learning to be had by all!

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww288/Freespace87/ssc018_poster.jpg


The Rules:

1. The competition will run until the 20th of Septenber 2009, 12:00 PM GMT+0 (For information about GMT click here (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/)); the time between now and then will be allocated to creating and submitting the entries, followed by several days of judging and voting for the entries – at which point the next competition should start.

2. You will be supplying your own base mesh for the competition, from which you will start sculpting. You can create your base mesh in any application ( 3dsmax, Maya, XSI, Cinema4D, Zspheres in Zbrush, etc ) using any technique, with no limits other than the number of meshes used. In this challenge, you must use only two base meshes, whatever they may be. Do not use an already made base mesh, you must build it specifically for this challenge.

3. There will be a time limit for the sculpting. Spend no longer than the allocated time limit, then post a screen-grab of your model. No cheating – we are relying on your honesty here!

4. Do not add any meshes other than those sanctioned in this competition brief.

5. You will have to supply a wireframe screenshot of your base mesh/meshes along with your final entry image ( see rule 7 ).

6. No rendering, texturing, lighting or rigging – let's keep it all about the high-res sculpt! What we are looking for is the quality of the sculpt you can produce "under pressure". If your entry is not complete, you can still post as long as it's recognisable and on topic.

7. For your final entry, post a screen-grab from your software with your finished work in it, along with your screenshot of the base meshes used ( see rule 5 ). It's fine to present this stuff nicely, with nice labelling etc., but do not add any post-production to the images themselves. These images must be uploaded to our servers by using the "Manage Attachments" button on the forum reply page. Do not link to external image files. Larger than the maximum size or posts containing links to external images (other than for reference materials) will be removed and the poster disqualified.

8. You can create multiple sculpts, but you can have only one final entry for each competition.

9. Do not create your own WIP thread. Simply post all WIP screen-grabs in here and your FINAL entry in the Submissions thread here (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=69558).

These rules apply to everybody taking part – there will be NO exceptions!

The Prizes:

1st Place: 3 x 3DTotal products from the 3DTotal Shop. These can include our books, ebooks, texture DVDs, Shorts DVDs, training products and 12 month subscriptions to 2DArtist Magazine and 3DCreative Magazine.

2nd Place: 2 x 3DTotal products from the 3DTotal Shop (see above).

3rd Place: 1 x 3DTotal product from the 3DTotal Shop (see above).

Note: We do unfortunately have to limit prizes to 1 book per winner per challenge, due to high postage costs for heavier items. Please note that we cannot offer any non-3DTotal products as prizes, such as the Design Studio Press books, the 3D Printed models, the Anatomy Models or the Artist Busts.

Plus! don't forget the status that comes along with a 1st place Speed Sculpting Winner is always pretty cool! The award you receive is also polished and shiny.

The Brief:

Time limit: 6 hours ( base mesh creation included )

Start Date: 1st September 2009

Deadline: 20th September 2009 ( possibility of extension ), 12:00 PM GMT+0 (For information about GMT click here (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/))

Subject: Video Game Character

There is one driving force that unites most of us digital artists together. No, it's not the latest uber-computer with more GB of RAM than craters on Mars. No, it's not driving naked with a huge flag waving out of... ( oh wait, I should delete this ). The true thing that brings us together is our love for video games!

For some of us ( myself included ) it's what started us down this path in the first place. For others, it's a source of fun and periodic relaxation. For those few who truly immerse themselves into the universe of their video games, it is living a life of unhinged posibility in another world, fighting some one else's wars and living their adventures. But it all comes down to interacting with and playing a character. So naturally we would associate games with the characters that stood out for us the most.

Who is your favourite video game character? There are so many that it would be a shame for me to name a select few for examples. Remember him/her/it ( hence forth referred to as "it" ), visualise it, create a base mesh for it and sculpt it. Feel free to add your own twist to its appearance if you feel like doing so ( call it artist's license ).

This challenge brings a big change to the rules of the game ( see rules 2 and 5 ), meaning that you will be making your very own base mesh for this. In this challenge, you will be able to create two base meshes ( though you can choose to only have one ). The meshes can be anything from someone's head, body, weapon to whatever you can imagine as long as the result will be on topic. Your final character can be only a bust ( head + chest ), but full a body sculpt is highly recommended.

The six hours are both for base mesh creation and sculpting, so don't waste time on minor details unless you've got minutes to spare. Block your mesh out, use reference, check proportions, and keep adding details in controlled iterations, as you subdivide further toward infinity.

You have the option to sculpt a pedestal for your character, regardless if you used one or two base meshes for the sculpt.

[mastein]

huhuhuh nice theme!
always good to get back into games!

[Freespace-3DT]

Bring it on, mastein ;P Goku's a video game character too, I guess :D

[Joseph Pomeisl]

ineteresting topic; the rule change seems to have come at a very appropriate time. Good luck to everyone. Hope I can get in on this one...

[buzz001]

So, the base mesh could be a full body or just a portrait sculpt.

[NeoGeo]

Does the time limit include the time you spent modeling the base mesh, or just sculpting time?


NVM i'm blind

[Freespace-3DT]

Joseph: Looking forward to it, man.

buzz001: Depends on you.

NeoGeo: Time limit includes all. We're looking for more sketchy sculpts, with crispy details only if you can manage the time appropriately.

[buzz001]

Good, the base mesh will kill my time. I'll give it the all college try.

[Freespace-3DT]

Remeber what awesome things people would sculpt from a simple cube, in our earlier challenges.

Don't take too long on doing an intricate base mesh, it's the sculpt that counts. But now you've got the freedom to do things that you could not with predefined meshes. ( This very topic is a good example )

[buzz001]

You make a good point Freespace

[Pedro Toledo]

Does it mean that you have to create an unique basemesh for this contest? I like to start from a very neutral basemesh that I use for most of my humanoid characters. It is pretty simple, based on Montecristo's mesh that was used on some SSC.
Is it ok to use it?

[Freespace-3DT]

You need to make your very own mesh for this, Pedro.

A tip is you can build over that mesh of yours.

[mastein]

haehaeh you know what sucks?
I just started a new DBZ project this week :( hahaha
If i had wait a few days, i could enter this challange with it ^^

Good Luck all!!

[liquidbear]

omfg i love this :)
This is will make the challenges alot more fun and creative can not wait to start plus im getting my new cintiq 21Ux in a week or 2 so i will enter a few times me thinks :)

[Freespace-3DT]

mastein: Start over ;P

liquidbear: Awesome! Cintiq rules, I'll get one of those one day too. Don't forget that, at the moment, this challenge is shorter than our recent ones, so don't miss out!

[Raul]

Just to make sure i understand this clearly. We make a base mesh ( a bust ) of a character's face, or characters torso, or weapon, but not a full character? This bust will include both base meshes.

Now..........here is MY BIG question. Can we make something as simple as a cube, and say...sculpt it, make it look cool. Subtract, or by some other mean create a another subtool ( which will be the second mesh ) Then go ahead and retopologize stuff using zbrush, and would that count as both THE final 2 base meshes?

Also, if we are doing this base mesh stuff, and since this is for a game, are we having to uv map and bake normal maps?

[Freespace-3DT]

Just to make sure i understand this clearly. We make a base mesh ( a bust ) of a character's face, or characters torso, or weapon, but not a full character? This bust will include both base meshes.

Now..........here is MY BIG question. Can we make something as simple as a cube, and say...sculpt it, make it look cool. Subtract, or by some other mean create a another subtool ( which will be the second mesh ) Then go ahead and retopologize stuff using zbrush, and would that count as both THE final 2 base meshes?

Also, if we are doing this base mesh stuff, and since this is for a game, are we having to uv map and bake normal maps?
To clarify things, you must make one or two base meshes, that can be anything ( from a face, bust, to entire body if you want to ). The second mesh is there for support, in case you need it for whatever ( weapon, accessory, maybe it's a tricky character that needs two pieces ).

Once you start sculpting, you cannot edit your base mesh with substractions, etc.

This is a video game inspired topic, as in you choose your favourite character. That's all, you don't do this for a game, so no need for uvs, baking, or anything. :) Just sculpting.

[liquidbear]

freespace.... my cintiq should be here by monday :) im so happy if you want a tip look on ebay for one i got a few hundred off mine :)

[Freespace-3DT]

freespace.... my cintiq should be here by monday :) im so happy if you want a tip look on ebay for one i got a few hundred off mine :)

Does that include warranty?

[liquidbear]

yep 1 year :) boxed and sealed if u want i will give the ebay shop link/user where i got it

[Freespace-3DT]

Thanks for the tip, but I'll still wait a bit for my Cintiq. :) Got my Intuos 4 to keep me company for now. ( Very happy with it's performance -> challenge poster for example ;P )

[Raul]

Woo! just sculpting! That's what i wanted to hear! :)

[Freespace-3DT]

< Challenge extended to the 20th September >

[Raul]

By the way, from a hardcore "xsi" user. Autodesk named it softimage autodesk. On the rules u mentioned xsi. Is no big deal. Just know that its going by softimage now! :)

[Freespace-3DT]

Force of habit ;P It's been XSI since forever.

[CleT0]

Hello! I have a question.. Can i create the secound mesh with extract or retopology or i have to start with it?

[Freespace-3DT]

Your second mesh should be created from zero, just like the first mesh.

[Anoxic]

Sounds good, i would really like to get involved on this forum. so i hope i can get a final submission in..

good luck all

[dPunisher]

Hey.. got a question.. can we just use Zspheres to create the 'base mesh' stuff? It's quick, simple and don't have to worry about symetry and stuff...

[gumby666]

Just bought myself a new system last weekend as my old one disappeared into a cloud of smoke! This'll give me the perfect chance to put it through it's paces!!

This challenge will be a good way to see how everyone works with their base meshes through to 'final' (and get a few tips on what I'm doing wrong).

What's the ruling on using characters from films/books/comics that have been adapted to games (ie: Wolverine, Transformers, Hellboy etc)? Do we need to use character developed solely for gaming or does this crossover make a character ok to sculpt?

[Raul]

freespace - he he he, i know right! :) I have the same problem. Im old school so i cant help it. lol.

gumby666 - i was going to ask the same thing. Can we?


So i had to think this one through. and i decided that i want to do do crimson viper, from street figther 4. She is not only the ultimate sexy killer machine in the new game, but it is also my fav character.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/10293-cviper_large.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/2638397-2-crimson-viper-street-figh.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/crimson-viper-by-j-estacado.jpg

Now, im sorry i keep asking. But say i decide to only model from the hips all the way to the head. I would make a basemesh of the upper body, head, hair included. Then on the same mesh, i would model a pedestal...Finally, i guess i could use the extra subtool to model the glasses, correct? That would be totatlly valid, right?

[Pedro Toledo]

When I read the theme I had an idea of which character I would like to model, but just after I saw that we could make our own basemesh I was certain that I would model him... You really need a custom basemesh to make him right.

Anyways, it was one of my favorite games (back on the first and second versions) and Goro used to make my life miserable :P

A little less than three hours, about 30-40 minutes for the basemesh.

I would suggest having separate time for each step. Like, 5 hours for the sculpting, 1 hour for basemesh (6 total), and in case someone wants to use a pre-made basemesh, he or she would just have the 5 hours for sculpting. After all it's a sculpting challenge...

Well, just my two cents.

[Zlatovous]

That Goro is killer!

I will participate too, which will be fun, 'cos I just started to learn ZBrush and all I did was three sculpts. But I am here to learn, right :-)

I am thinking of Nameless One or Max Payne...

[Freespace-3DT]

Anoxic: Welcome aboard!

dPunisher: ZSpheres are OK.

gumby666: Now I would strongly suggest doing an original video game character, even though thousands of comics/movies characters eventually got into games. ( heck, we might have a favourite comic book superhero or something in the future, and we don't want to overlap topics ;P )

Neto: Yes you could have one base mesh for her hips-torso-head-hair, and one base mesh for her glasses. This is one of the scenarios I was thinking of when I said two base meshes :) Tip: You can use a separate "third" mesh for your pedestal if you want. I remember C Viper, she packs quite an electric punch, hehe.

Pedro Toledo: Good suggestion, I'm definetely going to think about it. This challenge is really a beta-test for the new set of rules to come with the great revamping of the forum. So far, it seems people like providing their own base meshes. And Goro looks awesome so far! Nice use of your support base mesh :)

Zlatovous: Nameless One would be much more easy to sculpt than Max Payne, in my opinion.

[Aleks]

Really cool theme. Would probably go with Nathan Drake,if I had some free time.But unfortunately I'm too busy right now :/

Good luck to everyone and have fun! :)

[Freespace-3DT]

Aleks: I thought you would do Earthworm Jim :D

[delavega]

this is frikkin' cool...I'm in!
Not sure yet what character though..but I have a few in mind.
cheers

[gumby666]

I'm thinking Abe from the Oddworld games.
Just got dumped a whole heap of work to do over the weekend as a 'favour' for a friend (one day I'll learn to stop putting my hand up for these!) as well as a PS3 & beer date to get inspired for this challenge...... who needs sleep anyway??

[Raul]

Pesro - that is one cool looking goro! The deatilaing of the msucles is very nice!

[Aleks]

Aleks: I thought you would do Earthworm Jim :D

How about I just post a new render of him and get one of 'em sculpting awards? ;P

[vikramvr]

I am looking to participate in this as well. I am thinking of sculpting kratos from God of war.

[aby arty]

ooh cool cool , but wonder where is classic gamer 3dt , this challenge suits him.

i am thinking ..... hmmm.. any LF2 or tekken fans here?

[Slashmore]

I am in!!!
I am thinking about Ben, from Full Throttle.... Nice Classic game!

[Freespace-3DT]

Aleks: I'll get back to you on that one at a later date. Look for my memo ;P

vikramvr: I was wondering if anyone would be doing him :D

aby arty: Jin Kazama, perhaps?

Slashmore: Big bad rugged Ben. Looking forward to your sculpt.

[Zlatovous]

Ok, here is my entry. Surely not last one, as this is great practice. But before I move onto something harder, here it is

[mastein]

Whoo guys!
I spent my day thinking about doing some Killer Instinct character, but i didn´t found any good image of the characters and i think that in 6 hours i wouldn´t make a good piece.
So i decided to do this ugly, funny and bad ass little man ^^
Good luck all!

http://www.pobladores.com/data/pobladores.com/to/do/todosobredragonball/channels/todosobredragonball/images/51091343621412babidi030.jpg

[hardtack]

not to come off rude or anything, but shouldnt this competition be about pure video game characters and not characters from other mediums that have had games made about them. i mean there are an endless amount of them so it shouldnt be hard to pick one.

[Raul]

here is mine. This is 3 hours worth of work. Doing the base mesh was tough game. Im not too sure about my proportions, and the face def needs more work.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview004.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview003.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview002.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview001.jpg

[Freespace-3DT]

mastein: As much as I love the Dragonball universe ( except for GT.... yuck ), I'm afraid Hardtack's got a good point. We should focus on original game characters. Don't worry, if there's an opportunity, there may be a comic-book/manga challenge soon. :D

Neto: Good start. I'm curious how you're gonna integrate her into that pedestal. Proportionally speaking, her head might be a bit too big vertically ( I know her hair is freaky in the game too, but yours is like 4% bigger :) ) and that ear is gonna eat us alive.

[lampshadehead]

So only a bust is allowed then? If you do a full body sculpt the Final submission should be a shcreen shot of only the bust?

[Freespace-3DT]

So only a bust is allowed then? If you do a full body sculpt the Final submission should be a shcreen shot of only the bust?

As I said in the challenge brief, you can do anything you want ( head, bust, full body ). It all depends on your preference and how you thing you will balance the time you have available between quantity and quality. The final submission should be a screenshot of your entire sculpt and a wireframe screenshot of your base mesh ( at subdivision zero ).

[Raul]

Lol...I know man. I keep poking those ears back they keep biting and barking.

Well wut I had in mind was to mold the pedestal like a marble block and engrave her name on it.

[buzz001]

Al these Ideas look great Im glad that I did not go with the SF4 character same as NETO. I will be doing one of my classic video games NAMCO's Rolling Thunder (man I just dated myself), Agent Albatross. Good luck to all....This is my first speed sculpt can't wait to learn from you all.

[buzz001]

For those who don't know classic arcade games

[Nato_VanDookie]

I'm in, can you guess my subject?
I spent about an hour on the basemesh, I had a stupid hard time with the glasses... I've also sculpted for half an hour...

[Pedro Toledo]

Cool start Neto and Nato :)

Since I don't want to waist time trying to guess the right proportions while working on the model, I thought it would be a good idea to make a paintover to visualize some proportion tweaks and add-ons, before I restart the clock.

This is what I got.

I am planing on working only on the top arms, and hopefully I'll be able to project the lower ones... Fingers crossed!

[Freespace-3DT]

For Goro you need a new type of symmetry ;P

[Blackham]

Cool, I'm just getting started with sculpting. This will be perfect for practice! Ill probably do an enemy from the Mario series... Ill give it some thought before I completely decide who though.

[Freespace-3DT]

Cool, I'm just getting started with sculpting. This will be perfect for practice! Ill probably do an enemy from the Mario series... Ill give it some thought before I completely decide who though.

Bowser ;P

[SelWorks]

I'ts exciting! I'm in fellas. This is my first challenge.

And my subject....

http://blogs.gamefilia.com/files/imce/u166910/guybrush-threepwood-monkey-island.jpg


I love monkey island :D I'm looking for a cartoon style like monkey island 3 and Futurama.

[Blackham]

Bowser ;P
My first thought too :dance:
Here's hoping I don't make an abomination of a great Nintendo character!

[Freespace-3DT]

I'ts exciting! I'm in fellas. This is my first challenge.

And my subject....

http://blogs.gamefilia.com/files/imce/u166910/guybrush-threepwood-monkey-island.jpg


I love monkey island :D I'm looking for a cartoon style like monkey island 3 and Futurama.

How appropriate! You fight like a cow.

[aby arty]

for those who dnt know lf2:

@ freespace: nah not jin , how about ogre ?:evil:

[Freespace-3DT]

I don't really like Ogre, but it's up to you, of course. :) Jin was always my favourite from Tekken.

[Raul]

nato - gordon freeman, maybe? I dunno...

pedro - That is a good idea, reprojecting. I hadnt thought of that during this whole time i've been working on this challenges. I didnt think it would be allowed! ...............hmm............Good luck to you sir! I hope it works and that it looks as awesome as the paint over.

This is what i got. I got one hour left. And i am trying to decide if i should use the second base base and model a cobra wrapped around her arms. Or if i should just fine tweak the topology and call it done.

Some of the things i wanted to work a little more was the face, right now she is supposed to kinda be smiling a bit, but not to much. Or maybe change the pose to something more sexy. I feel the hair needs a bit of more work.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview005.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview006.jpg

[Freespace-3DT]

Neto: Her clothing looks very good, but I think you definitely need to spend more time on making her face look beautiful ( nose is to Orc-ish right now )

[Pedro Toledo]

I hope it is, Neto :) After all it's not much different from a simple symmetry function, where you work on one side and all the work is simply projected, on the fly, to the other side.

I agree with Freespace, The clothes look really good, but the face could be more feminine.

Keep it up!

[Fenixy]

Freespace-3DT agree about Jin, he was always my fav as well :o

how many of those can i make ? :smug:

[Freespace-3DT]

Hahah, that was cool, Fenixy :D

You can make as many sculpts as you want, but only one will be your final sculpt.

[Fenixy]

heh thx ^^
what i ment is, there is 2 base mashes,i spent 1 for one worm, can i spend second mesh for another worm? or same about pets, like Jack & Dexter

[Freespace-3DT]

Well let's really focus on one character, with the 2nd mesh meant to support the first one.

[goast666]

I know we're supposed to use 2 base meshes. But can we retopo to get to 2 meshes? or are we thinking more...it's a stone sculpture and we get two blocks? Am I asking this question right? Alright...if I do up my mesh can I do a ball for a head, a box for a shirt, a simple hand for the hands and then retopo them all back down to give me 2 meshes? or are we thinking more...you get two to work with?

With six hours I can probably do this evening as I have **** else going on so I need to know soon. Hmmm...I sound pushy. :)

[Freespace-3DT]

Well here's the beauty of you doing your own base mesh: you do whatever you want to it before you start sculpting. Just as long as there are only two meshes ( when you start sculpting ), and you've created them specifically for this contest.

[Raul]

So that means we can't retopo after we start sculpting. Sighs.....there is always somethimg about this challenges...that makes it more challenging! Lol

[Freespace-3DT]

That's the point :D


The Final Submissions thread (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=69558) is up, in case anyone's done already or will be in the near future.

[liquidbear]

ok i finally made my choice of character and i he is one of my gaming legends of the playstation in my eyes.. even for back in the day the graphics are still pretty cool in the cut scenes :) i hope i can do the legend homage.:dance:


edit----
if i add spheres for eyes do they count for the 2nd mesh ? if so i can sculpt em

[CleT0]

Do you recognize this smile??

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/7118/pyramidheadwip.jpg

[Freespace-3DT]

liquid bear: Allright man, the second mesh can be eyes, but they need to be connected on the inside to form one mesh ;P Sort of like a wire or somethin', otherwise you'd be having 3 meshes to work with. I'll make sure to sort eyes out for future challenges, in a more user-friendly manner. Now... All of ya! Follow me.


CleT0: I do belive I've had the pleasure :)

[Raul]

Cleto- looking good man. A few things i've would have done before starting modeling was belvel the edges of the knife so you should have a hard time trying to harden the edges.

Also, if you are going with the pyramind head from the movie. Then one of the arms is bigger than the other. And that's the one that he uses to carry his sword.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/alexmm/pyramid_head_movie_small.jpg


So, i made the face looks more femenine. Is this better? im almost out of time! X_x

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview007.jpg

[Freespace-3DT]

The eyes are a bit too far apart, the nose is too bulged up and the cheek bones are too powerful for a woman's face. Here, look at this for some proportion ideas:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2005/2277285965_3203dbee8d.jpg

Sculpting heroic musclebound men is so much easier than beautiful women. :)

[Pedro Toledo]

Hey Neto, I hope you don't mind but I made this paintover... Just some thoughts... it's very personal though...

[Freespace-3DT]

Great paintover, Pedro :D

How's Goro coming along?

[Pedro Toledo]

Thanks Freespace :) I didn't have time yesterday. Hopefully I'll be able to give him some attention tonight!

[goast666]

Well, here is 30min in XSI...well, the screen is from Zbrush but I just imported it. Time to get crackin'

Anyone guess who it is?:lame:

[Pedro Toledo]

Here's my update. Worked two more hours, still have one hour left for the lower arms, and hopefully some simple pose.

[RHedendahl]

Pedro Toledo: Great work!
Freespace-3DT: Who is that in the photo :D?

[Freespace-3DT]

goast666: Twinsen?

Pedro: Looking mighty fierce!

kirgan: I have no idea, I just googled some reference. :)

[liquidbear]

well no cintiq this morning :( so i just went ahead with the challenge and hope to squeeze in a second sculpt before finish .

This is 1 hour into the process only worked on the top half of the body and never got to his hands yet so still a lot of work ahead but good fun so far :)


BTW i noticed the weired bump on the back of his neck i will smooth it down asap :)

[gumby666]

liquidbear - shame about the cintiq! Still your Abe is coming along nicely. I was planning to sculpt the same legendary gaming icon. Still one of my favourite games! Ballistic have a great book of the Oddworld art out. Can't wait to get started on my version (sure it won't be as good as your's!). Just a minor critique on his ribs. I think I could only count 3 on your abe and I think he should have five that extend down lower. It's only early on so I'm sure he'll evolve.

Great stuff from everyone!!!

[liquidbear]

gumby i know i am only finished the head still i have hang ups about the proportions looking at the hands they need to be bigger Im thinking of making another character as my second mesh .... how bout the thing he sits on :)

[SelWorks]

My Guybrush! 3 Hours of fun, still working on it. I've to pose him, more detail, wrinkles... I hope you like it!



Freespace-3DT: Hahaha yo fight like a dairy farmer :p

[Pedro Toledo]

Very cool! :)

[liquidbear]

i agree SelWorks im am loving your sculpt so far cant wait to see it finished

[Freespace-3DT]

SelWorks: Every enemy I've met, I've annihilated!

[SelWorks]

Freespace-3DT: With your breath, I'm sure they all suffocated!. :dance:

Pedro Toledo & liquidbear: Thank you fellas, I'll be updating

[Freespace-3DT]

SelWorks: Behind you! A three-headed monkey!

[Fellipe Lopes]

Humm... great contest.. I'm thinking in Blanka.....

Pedro: Amazing Goro!!!!

[hulahuga]

I'm rubber, you're glue!


All of the models are really catching on now :D


The worm looks great! :smug:

[SelWorks]

Gosh Freespace you win :p

[Maxter1]

Hey guys! I'm in and gonna go for this,;)

[bgen]

i am not happy with the results so far, 1hr 30min. but i guess might start him over with a basemesh buildin in modo or blender - let's see how it goes.

ola nice starts with Guybrush Threepwood :evil::evil::evil:.
Also Goro is impressive as ever. I hated him when he stomped on my beloved Sub Zero - i allways lost to him.

[goast666]

Maxter that is a horrible and great image at the same time :)

[goast666]

Well, I got him in Zbrush and sculpted him up for 45min. So that should put me at 1hr15min.
Figured I should timelapse the whole thing as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PT2SaEOgAE
He needs a lot of tweeking yet, but I still have time. Anyway, off to the bar with me.

Freespace - nope, wrong. :P

[Blackham]

Finished the two base meshes, spending 1:30 of my precious time :cry:
Ill get cracking on the sculpting tomorrow, its 12:30am!
I saw how much time I'd wasted and began to rush the hands, so thats why they're rubbish.

[hulahuga]

Yay, Bowser ftw!

[goast666]

Blackham - hope I catch you before you start sculpting. Anyway, bowser! woohoo. Couple of things that will probably give you more trouble than you'd like.

The neck can be changed to how I have it so you only have 2 5sided poles and the back is going to kill you with all of the 8sided poles you have there. Eh...the back shouldn't be too bad, and the neck would work fine as well. so eh, my 2cents

[BARON3D]

Great work guys.I'll do kain FF4 2 hours on base mash.I use 3dsmax.:)

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv147/BARON_3D/kain1.jpg

[Blackham]

The neck can be changed to how I have it so you only have 2 5sided poles and the back is going to kill you with all of the 8sided poles you have there. Eh...the back shouldn't be too bad, and the neck would work fine as well. so eh, my 2cents

Wow, thanks Ghost. The neck is actually already 4 sided, you just couldn't see from the angle I posted. The only triangle I have on the mesh is on the back of the hand, I'm hoping it doesn't cause to many problems (the same with the shell I guess :dunno:).

Your model is looking pretty sweet, I enjoyed watching the timelaps :D

[goast666]

blackham. I know the neck is all quads, the flow would just work better how I changed it I think. Take it or leave it, both will work either way :)

[goast666]

got some more done. already closed Zbrush so no screens. I'm hung over so this was slow going. I think I'll pick it up later tonight after my nephew's birthday party. Hopefully the hangover will be gone and I should be working faster. 2.5hrs in so far....wasted wayyyy too much time on his eyes working the lowpoly. then I just threw it out and sculpted it anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFrfKJ7hVBo

[VersionThirst]

Really fun stuff so far.

Here my base model of Baby Mario; 1 hour, 10 min in Max.

[Pedro Toledo]

Very cool!
You would probably want to remove the triangulation on the nose... Instead of 8 tris, 4 quads.

[Freespace-3DT]

VersionThirst, your sculpt will have to jump on goast666's sculpt :D

[liquidbear]

ok 2 hour mark so far im allotting myself one me hour for abe himself then im going to work on my second mesh ..... hmmmmm i wonder wat it will be :) the clue is its form the first game and he uses this creature

[paulius-st]

nice jobs for now. i like this goro character. remember how much nerves it cost me back in the days :D . VersionThirst and goast - nice meshes. waiting for the sculpts. :D . you could team up.
well i think for my self i'll do two sculpts. kunio kun from old dandy games and one of the ork cheafftains from warcraft3.

[Pedro Toledo]

Here is my final entry. Projecting ended up being more painful than I expected, didn't have time for posing or breaking the symmetry :(

Anyways, had a lot of fun on this challenge (as usual ;))

Thanks! And keep up the good work :)

[liquidbear]

pedro sweet sculpt

[paulius-st]

good one pedro. all it needs now is a good fatality :)
heres my base mesh. something like 10-15 min. dont know for shore.some quick doodle from box with extrude and beviel.

[VersionThirst]

Thanks for the tip Pedro, realized it after I started sculpting. Makes the nose weird. I'll have to export a new cleaner mesh and project the details onto it... hopefully it will go smooth and clean up the nose.

Here's where I'm at at 4 hours, 45 min (including base mesh creation)

[goast666]

Alright, we've got baby mario (looking sweet), bowser, goro, someone from FF that I don't know, abe and soon to be his little fat cow/chicken thing...I feel I'm missing something...oh yeah, viper. I don't think I'm missing anything else. Anyway, great work so far guys, it's going to be tough to place for this one I think.

Anyway, here is 3h15m in. Worked on the face and hands a bit and redid his shoulders...which are still going to need to be looked at I think....So much left to do....so little time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1LfsB-_13Y

[Freespace-3DT]

Here is my final entry. Projecting ended up being more painful than I expected, didn't have time for posing or breaking the symmetry :(

Anyways, had a lot of fun on this challenge (as usual ;))

Thanks! And keep up the good work :)

Pedro, don't forget to put your final submission in the Final Submission thread, along with a wireframe of your base mesh. Sorry you didn't get time for posing him, but the details and anatomy still look crispy and awesome anyway.

[CleT0]

Neto: Thx! for the Ref and the tips!

Pedro Toledo: Flawless entry! Perfect Goro!! We can see the Fatality in his eyes

SelWorks: Looking gooooood!

Heres my progress... Im rly short on time... and I still have a lot to do :wall:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1376/pyramidheadwip04.jpg

[gumby666]

liquidbear - Abe's coming along nicley! If you can finish a sculpt of the Elum too and pose him riding would be an awesome feat giving the time limit! Can't wait to see the final result!!

Have some work to finish off this arvo but hope to get sculpting after that.

Lotsa other great sculpts here too!!!!

No Donkey Kongs yet??

[Pedro Toledo]

Thanks guys :)

VersionThirst - yeah, the nose looks funny, but it's a very nice looking model!

Freespace - Yeah, I'll post it there, is this pic good enough for a basemesh shot or the mesh should be more evident, with wireframe on, polycount, etc?

[Freespace-3DT]

Hey Pedro,
The basemesh should have the wires visible, and it's perfect. :wave:

[goast666]

Does a base count into our time Free? I'm thinking it will, but figure I'll ask just incase.

[Freespace-3DT]

As stated, the base mesh creation is part of the 6 hours.

[Belal Saeed]

like this concept of challenge , and i'll join in
I start to work in a Spider-Man,

35 minutes from the basemesh. and some details. Updates soon.

[goast666]

Video Game Character

You have the option to sculpt a pedestal for your character, regardless if you used one or two base meshes for the sculpt.
[/INDENT]
[/Indent]

Ha, that's all I see about the stand. :P Anyway, as far as I know it's always included in your time.

[goast666]

Well....after crashing Zbrush a couple of times and getting pissed for not saving...sigh...damn blur mask crash.

Anyway, I have an hour and 15 left for his hair pupils and see if I can get his rope and pants on him. We'll see. I figure the hair is going to eat an hour...at least I hope...much longer and I won't finish him.

Bah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOVAS-PImE4

[Fenixy]

Pedro this is some bad ass Goro, how you manage to do resymetry?

goast666 nice Akuma,i think arms culd be thicker

[Adroit.jrk]

Realy intersting subject this time I really want to aparticipate.
Tomb Raider: Laracraft:dunno:
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[hulahuga]

VersionThirst - Baby mario looks really cute ;).

Pedro Toledo - The final image turned out real nice! Great expression and lots of muscle details! ;)

Goat666 - It's nice that you do timelapses. You can see all the techniques and such :).

Liquidbear - I remember I've seen that guy before, but not from where...


Edit: damn, one page of posts came up when I was writing this :O

[liquidbear]

cheers gumby lets just hope i can squeeze in elum :)

hulahuga.... abe from the playstation games Oddysee and exodus and the xbox game munch's Oddysee

Sauron.... A quick question before you get in the sculpt will spiderman count for this challlange because aint he originally a comic book character. Best to get that check incase you spend all that time then get disqualified as you post in your final entry

[Freespace-3DT]

That's right, Spiderman ( though he did appear in several games - some fun, too! ) is at origin a comic book character.

Now this is tricky territory, because most comic book characters have been in video games and would qualify for this topic. But then they're not originally video game characters, are they? And we might do a sweet comic book theme in the future.

[goast666]

Fenixy - Thanks man. Yeah, now that you mention it, he does have little thin arms. We'll see if I have time to pump them up...a little inflate low should do the trick.

hulahuga - Thanks. I try to record most of what I do when I'm just sketching. Though on Akuma there I lost the last video...zbrush crashed after my save during the export of the movie.

[liquidbear]

just a quick update for the now ... 3 and half hour mark now im going to work on detailing both characters until 5 hours me thinks then spend last hour coming up with a pose for these 2

[paulius-st]

a total of 45 minutes work. just a mall start :) . i'm ading a reference image of it. maybe someone will remember old nekketsu games .
well hows about ORC's ? they apear in games like warcraft and warhammer and they apear at movies like LOTR, and allso in comics.

[goast666]

paulius-st - I think if you're going to do an orc you're going to have to pick one from a video game and do that one. If you just do an orc, that is what everyone will think when they look at it. If you do an orc that stands out as iconic (I can't think of any). Then it should be okay. My 2cents anyway. And I have never heard of that character :P but I think i want a purple pompador (spelled that wrong) now.

[delavega]

Yeah I agree, we should keep it with original game characters as there is plenty of choice.

A question regarding the basemeshes: Are we allowed to duplicate a basemesh? Let's say my character needs 2 guns...Identical ones though, so I can just duplicate the base gun?

Pedro Toledo: Sweet looking Goro man!
VersionThirst: good start with that cute mario
SelWorks: good start as well with your guybrush. waiting for more :)
Blackham: good basemesh, hope you fix those poles as earlier mentioned.

Keep up the good work guys.
cheers

[goast666]

I don't think you can copy the gun. Earlier in the thread someone asked about eyes and freespace said they needed to be connect and one "continuous" mesh. So if you use your 2nd mesh for eyes you have to connect them inside the head.

[goast666]

liquid bear: Allright man, the second mesh can be eyes, but they need to be connected on the inside to form one mesh ;P Sort of like a wire or somethin', otherwise you'd be having 3 meshes to work with. I'll make sure to sort eyes out for future challenges, in a more user-friendly manner. Now... All of ya! Follow me.

found it.

[BARON3D]

Hi guys,great sculpt everyone an i update work total time 4 hour 20 minute.:shy:

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv147/BARON_3D/kain2.jpg

[liquidbear]

cool sculpt baron :) im really diggin the flow of the armor

btw if anyone is interested in seeing my sculpting vids to go with my sculpt sheck my youtube account its in the link down there \/ \/ \/ :)

[BARON3D]

Thank you so much liquidbear ;)

[Freespace-3DT]

Sculpting just a random orc wouldn't really do. However, like goast said, if you sculpt a specific orc ( like Thrall from Warcraft III for example ), it's perfectly fine.

[goast666]

Freespace - Where is the link to the submission page? I swore I saw one on here...hmm. I can probably just go back a page and look in the actual threads.

[Belal Saeed]

liquidbear - Freespace : no problem - thanks for telling me , I chose The Punisher

[goast666]

Alright, here is what will be getting submitted. The hair didn't get the time or treatment that I would have liked. Never had time to do the rope belt thingy either. Hmm...not too bad for 6hrs though. Another hour was all I needed.

Anyway, whatcha guys think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaA6ewkVKxc

[bobi]

@Pedro Toledo
Great job!
That's look awesome!

However, as a Mortal Kombat fan, I can not agree that could be Goro. His face is too noble for Goro. Your character could be his older brother that was cowardly murdered by Goro.
Here is a part of the plot: :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g50tb_0Uz0Y&feature=related
(from 1:20)

:shy:

[goast666]

Baron3d - Looking sweet man. He seems to be missing something important though...(coughHEADcough) :P

Sauron - I don't think the punisher works for the comp. Video game character first is how I'm reading the brief anyway. While the punisher has been in video games he was just an adaptation of a comic character. While say, Lara Croft was a video game character first, then a comic and movie and such. Same goes for Gears, Mario, Sonic, things like that. I'm sure Freespace will let you know either way though.

Pedro - stunning, you can be my hero for the week :P

Fenixy - More worms! Or are you cooking up something else for us?

Everyone else - great work so far. Can't wait to see some more finished versions.

[Hetfield]

I know he's already here, but it says "favorite game character", so here's mine ;)

http://forums.3dtotal.com/picture.php?albumid=1096&pictureid=7755
http://forums.3dtotal.com/picture.php?albumid=1096&pictureid=7756

1.30h of work, gonna change the form of the face a bit, will try to change the connections of the mouth and add some detail. Should be enough time :dance:

[liquidbear]

hetfield i see no picture ?

[Hetfield]

Should be now... was in private album :p

[liquidbear]

The battle of the mudokahn's has arrived lol :) ....
here is my progress at 4.5 hours

question if i sculpt a stand for my charaters in my remaining time will that count as a extra mesh ? or is a pedestal ok

[goast666]

The stand is fine. It's not counted as part of your 2 meshes.

[Raul]

Pedro - nice man! Goro looks sick!
So did the projecting stuff work fine?

Goast - pretty cool job on akuma there!

Baron3d - that is looking good so far. I dont think i saw your 1st post. wut are you modeling?

Fenix - i like the worms!


Freespace- thanx for the ref, i actually had some other reference i was looking at, i just cant make it look like i want.

Well, here it is finished! woot!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview008.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview009.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview010.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/RaulXpT/challenges/3dt_SC_018_gameCharacter/ssc_18__preview011.jpg

[goast666]

Neto - Great Viper man. Only missing the cellphone and the glasses. It may not be what you were going for in the face but it is a great piece regardless and much more feminine than your first postings of her head. Great piece all around. You should tweek it up some and get a print of it.

[Raul]

Goast - thanx man! :)

To tell u the truth I'm super tempted to just make a whole brand new chacter of crimson viper. Wut I mean is make a completly new model without the contrains of this comp. But then again, that's a lot of work lol. Migth just be easier to do a cellphone and the glasses and call it done.

[neozerahan]

all o f u doin imba works ayeee????

me also geting into the fire...
mine wil be ryu....
METSU hadukeeneennnne!!!!!

k.O......

[liquidbear]

ok just finished posing and my base .... sooo im done with abe and elum phew work under pressure is fun :)

finished up at 5 hours and 50 min that was way tooo tight

[goast666]

Liquid, you might want to make that all one color. I don't think we get different colors for this comp. I don't want to see that sweet abe get knocked out because of something simple like that. If you have the extra half hour you should mess with his left shoulder, it looks like when you posed him it is falling in on itself.

[liquidbear]

hmmmmm you might be right .... i will change it for the entry just take that as a update :P

Freespace or any mod do i need to make it all one solid colour or is different colours ok to show the different characters ?

[Raul]

yo liquid. that is looking rad!

I will have to agree with goast, man. For presentation purposes, i highly recommend that you keep your stuff one solid color, prolly also use just one mat. Wut happens is, abe now is too dark, the creature is alright, and the pedestal is another color. My eyes get lost and distracted. They want to look at abe, but the color of the creature breaks the unity between the objs. Just a thought, thats all.

Also, if you still have some time left. I would back and polish the base a little bit more. You could smooth twice and get crisper edges and that sort of stuff out of your mesh

[Ichiban]

Hi guys, I've decided to try the challenge, we'll see how it goes ;) I will be sculpting "Zitz" from the "Battletoads" an awesome game that never got to beat.

Great job so far in this thread, the competition is hard. good luck everyone !!!

Here is my base mesh. It is made from zspheres and took me about 45 mins.

Cheers

[Freespace-3DT]

Using different colors is allright for the two base meshes.

Everyone who's ready with their sculpts, don't forget to submit them in the Final Submissions thread, along with a wireframe of your basemesh.

Keep up the great work, people!

[BARON3D]

goast666 - Thank you so much goast666 glad you like.;)
Neto - Thank you so much Neto yes I'm not 1st post.:p

[VersionThirst]

Nice Abe & mount.
Battletoads guy is gonna be awesome.

Here's my final baby mario.

[BARON3D]

That's look great VersionThirst ;)

[Raul]

baby mario looks awesome! he he he!

[Stefanuto]

Hello people!!!


I'm participating in The Sculpting Challenge for the first time, i hope you all like it.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_BaseMesh.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_01.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_02.jpg

[BARON3D]

Stefanuto anatomy's look great what's the character?:roll:

[SelWorks]

Greetings fellas!

Well here it's my guybrush after six hours. I've had enough time to detail hands and shoes a lot but I really enjoyed making it. I put it later in the final submissions thread.

Thank to 3DTotal for made this awesome challenges!

[goast666]

Guybrush looks stellar.

[liquidbear]

very Smooth sculpt salworks . really fits the character congrats.

version thirst .... aww baby mario soo cute :)

Neto.... all my models are using the same mat cap but i just changed the base colour for each model and i agree with wat your saying about the base i have ten min left in the challenge i might go in and tighten it up a bit.


Cool sculps form everyone so far this challenge was worth the wait. I might start my second entry 2morrow to keep me busy :)

[Marv]

Doing one of those damn cute moogles from the Final Fantasy games
Got about one hour left. Not really sure how im gonna do the whiskers and the hair on the ears. Any ideas?

edit: Just noticed that the time limit is 6 hours. Got 2 hrs left.

[liquidbear]

if ur mesh density is enough just use snakehook on a very small brush size for the whiskers
.... could be the same for the ear hair as well

[fernandoissamo]

Hey guys!

When I read the theme I had an idea of which character I would like to do, but this is one of my favorites game and character Kratos, God of war is very a good game to relax is just kill everthing that moves on the scene and kratos is also awesome hahahhhhhhhhha

A little less than three hours, about 20-30 minutes for the basemesh.

This is my progress during 1 hour and 45 min in this project and I hope to finishing him in more 3 hours but i dunno.

Best regards

Fernando Issamo

[misiopuchatek]

I'm not visiting You guys lately but I just have to say. You're simply amazing!
Goro, Guybrush, Kratos. Just perfect.
Good luck for the future. You're doing great job. I hope You've got the job You deserve :)

[hulahuga]

Fernando - The face looks neat :)

VersionThirst - So cute :smug:. You definitely aced that one!

[3dhorus]

Hello Guys ... :wave:

Here is what I have in mind for my BaseMesh ...

Mesh 1 Body and Mesh 2 Eyes and Teeths as Weapons of A BEHOLDER .

I hope you're all right and within the rules . :dunno:

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Hugs !!! :wave:

[liquidbear]

3dhorus are all them sub tools 1 mesh ? are they all connected ?

[SelWorks]

Thank you guys is a pleasure make stuff in this nice friendship environment.

Kratos looks great, you've to look the anatomy a little.

Great final submission Pedro Toledo.

[3dhorus]

I think I understood the meaning of ALL CONNECTED ...

In ZBrush I have only TWO SUBTOOLS ... but the Second SUBTOOL (EYES AND TEETH) is wrong because it is not a Single Block ... Right ?? :o

I will use only the body then ... :wall:

HUGS !!!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Outstanding sculpts here, truelly beautiful work, i LOVE Guybrush & Goro! They are my faves at the moment although, Baby Mario and Abe are close too. I wish I could sculpt but my previous attempts have been horrendous. And i've not the free time to try either :(

But

I'm more than happy too see the incredible sculpts being presented here, wonderful to see.

CG.

[liquidbear]

Thanks for the good words classic gamer :)

[freakmean16]

Il go for Kain, I really hope I can finish him, and that Goro is quite superb here....

[hulahuga]

Yay, beholders ftw!

[Maxter1]

Here's my base mesh (1.4 hrs)...

[Stefanuto]

Stefanuto anatomy's look great what's the character?:roll:


The character is the kitana Mortal Combat, a big hug!!!

[Stefanuto]

Hello people!!!

I'm posting some more images. I hope you all like it!!!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_06.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_04.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_05.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_03.jpg

www.stefanuto3d.blogspot.com

[Marv]

½ hour left. Maybe I'll make some form om piedestal for him to stand on.

[Pedro Toledo]

Awesome model!


SelWorks - Love the pose and expression! Really cool model.

[DELTATHUND3R]

Hi all :):).Some really outstanding sculpts..
Hopefully I have some time too join in on this 1.

[gam-er]

Hi evryone im new here!, so here i go, im using Daxter as my Character:

http://i29.tinypic.com/2h6vy92.jpg

1 hour and 33 minutes

pd: excuse e for my english

[gam-er]

ok, 1 hour left no more :p

this is my first zbrush sculpt ever

http://i28.tinypic.com/20pai4m.jpg

[Raul]

Gamer . Good job dude! A few things u should do in the last hour u got left is to go down to a lower resz aand hold shift so u can smooth up some of the borders of the mouth. And around the eyes. Also use the faltten brush to iron some of the shapes of the eyes brows.

[grapix]

Hi here is my work, hope you like it:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/524/unclemario.jpg

[delavega]

Some good stuff so far guys!

I'm gonna go for Crash Bandicoot. Probably one of my first game experiences.
Started with creating the basemesh. Took me about 30 mins, nothing special, just trying to get main forms and proportions right.

http://a.imagehost.org/0059/crash_basemesh.jpg

[hardtack]

here is my favorite game character of all time. Samus Aran from metroid. this one was quite a tricky one and im bummed that i ran out of time before i could create a pedestal, but oh well

[Bigley]

Hi guys, I've decided to try the challenge, we'll see how it goes ;) I will be sculpting "Zitz" from the "Battletoads" an awesome game that never got to beat.

Great job so far in this thread, the competition is hard. good luck everyone !!!

Here is my base mesh. It is made from zspheres and took me about 45 mins.

Cheers

Awwwww! :( You beat me to doing a battletoad. I was going to do torso up of Pimple.

[Freespace-3DT]

Awwwww! :( You beat me to doing a battletoad. I was going to do torso up of Pimple.

Hey man, you can still do it. A character can be interpreted by several people, no problem. We've already got a couple of Marios for example.

[liquidbear]

omg noooooooooooo my last save file for my abe character is currupt :( its the posed version would it be ok if i enter in the unposed models to show the low poly versions and just add that posed pic i posted earlier as the nice shot ?

im soo peed off arghhh

[BARON3D]

Great work guys ;)an I update work total time 6 hr 30 minute.:p
Good luck guys.

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/BARON3D/kain3.jpg

[Ichiban]

Jeremiah_Bigley: Freespace is right. I think you should do it anyways, I won't be mad ;) Pimple is a big mama tank so it will be cool ( maybe we get the entire gang here)

Congrats guys there are pretty cool sculpts, keep it up.

I will post something as soon as I get some time to do so. cheers

[Raul]

Grapix - Its Mario! :) Nice detailing!

Baron- I really like how organic the armor feels and looks.

HardTack - good job on finishing tho! I think part of the problem you had was that you tried to model the little parts on the mesh. On the cannon, bevel the edges before going to zbrush, keep the base mesh round and nice, where it needs to be round and nice. The rest. On your final sculpt most of it, looks very squarish and blocky.

To give the edges between armor parts more depth, draw an alpha as your line and do that all around your model 1st. Invert that selection, and from the deformation tab, do an inflat in the negative axis. Go back with the pinch and flatten brushes. to sharpen and bevel the edges a little bit more.

[Freespace-3DT]

liquidbear: Sorry to hear that, man. Sure it's fine if you show the lowpoly wireframe as unposed.

Baron3D: That armor looks great, very nice blending of organic shapes into inorganic. But you went 30 minutes over the 6 hour deadline.

[liquidbear]

phew life saver freespace :) ... i just got my cintiq today :) so im defo going to try and enter another gmae character b4 the end :)

[Freespace-3DT]

Well then don't submit your first sculpt in the final thread just yet. And congrats on that Cintiq, use it well :D

[Fenixy]

BARON3D looks cool
Freespace-3DT i have like 30 mins left, can i gift em to him ? xD
grapix THATS how he shuld be in the movie

and i think i'm done, here is mine
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7206/daxter.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/i/daxter.jpg/)

[crazyfool]

haha that daxters awesome

thought I would give it a go, here I am at 3.5 hours, Im doing the prince of persia at the moment but he looks more like kratos :s his mouths too wide at the mo.

I noticed people are doing full body sculpts though so I feel like Im cheating with a bust, I might do nariko from heavenly sword instead

that goro is sweeeeeeeeet

http://i30.tinypic.com/dmfg4k.jpg

[biano3d]

I choose Kurt from MDK games....one of my favorites.
45 m for the base mesh and 1:30 for the sculpt start.More details and some pose for him.
HASTA
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w302/biano3d_2007/WIP-MDK-MESH-1.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w302/biano3d_2007/WIP-MDK-MESH-2.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w302/biano3d_2007/WIP-MDK-MESH3.jpg

[Pedro Toledo]

Fenixy - Daxter looks super cool!

Biano - Cool to see you here :)

Crazyfool - Thanks! Nice looking head!

[BARON3D]

Neto - Thank you so much neto.;)
Freespace-3DT - Thank you so much netoFreespace-3DT i will take the comment in consideration and try to do my best in the next time.:p
Fenixy - Thank you so much Fenixy.;)
Good luck guys.:DAwesome challenges:dance:

[hardtack]

neto- yeah i agree on some things, but the real problem i had was spending way too much time on the base mesh. use to just starting from a provided base mesh. although i did learn alot, so hopefully the next challenge will go smoother

[SelWorks]

Very nice work Fenixy. Gosh! There are a lot of good works, and still have almost two weeks left

[Blackham]

I started sculpting my bowser finally. I Edited the mesh a little more, and have spent an hour working the body, so I'm now at 3:10.
Some great work from everybody :D

[Freespace-3DT]

Freespace-3DT i will take the comment in consideration and try to do my best in the next time.:p

Very well, looking forward to your next sculpt. You do good stuff. Talent or training, I don't know :)

However, we have that six hour deadline for a reason, so I will have to remove the sculpt from the final submissions. Also, when you submit for this or future challenges please read the rules for submitting - you need to attach the image through our forum's Manage Attachment option, and in the case of this challenge ( and probably future ones ) you need to also show us ( in the final submission thread ) the low poly wireframe of your basemesh.

[Pedro Toledo]

If I may give my two cents here... I would rather have the 6 hours limit as something not so rigid... To me if you passed only 10% you should not be disqualified. 30 minutes doesn't sound too much for me in a 6 hours limit.

It may be just me though...

[Freespace-3DT]

Suggestions are always welcome.

However, if we let pass 30 minutes here, then next time we will have to let pass 45 minutes, then someone will want to take his time and completely disregard the deadline. It's escalation. Besides, weren't people asking for shorter timelimits? :)

Nevertheless, with the new challenge system for the forum upgrade ( next month! ), there will be sculpting challenges with timelimits, and without. This challenge we're in now is a hybrid between what we've had so far and what's coming next, to see if people like bringing in their own base meshes as opposed to having one given to them.

[Pedro Toledo]

Besides, weren't people asking for shorter timelimits? :)

Haha, yes, that sounds familiar :roll:

But even though I defend shorter time limits, I think a 10% flexibility could be acceptable.

[fernandoissamo]

hey guys

wow so many amazzing sculptures i hope that i can finish my kratos becouse i'm very busy with university T-T

Pedro Toledo- your sculpture is very amazzing!
Fenixy- o really like your cartoon style!
Marv- hahha your moogle are so cool too!
Selworks- i liked the expression of this character

Best regards

Fernando Issamo

[Ichiban]

Hi guys,

amazing work everyone, it's really coming along!!!

Fenixy: I love your "Daxter"
Pedro Toledo: super, kick ass "Goro"
VersionThirst: Nice Mario, cool and simple. I love it

I have a little update of 2.5 hrs for you all. I just blocked the shapes and masses. I hope you like it ;)

[whiterat]

This is my try...until now 1 hour for the base mesh


Whiterat

[goast666]

Alright...as to the debate on basemesh or no basemesh. I like having a base mesh when there is a crazy deadline. 4-6 hrs. If I have a premade head or body to start from I don't have to waste time getting the mesh down, then waste time getting the basic proportions down. I can immediately start working on form and silhouette. Also, if a client were to give me a stupid deadline like this and I took the job for some crazy reason (xtra $$ probably). I sure as hell am not going to sit down and make a mesh for the project. I'm going to grab all the previous meshes I've made and make them work for this one...so in the essences of a true "time" factor, I would pull out all the stops...so to speak.

For one without any time restrictions I don't mind at all using that time to work out as mesh as I can take my sweet ass time in some 3d modeler. Granted...if Z3.5 comes out that might change my way of thinking on that. Sculpted base meshes...ahhh...my dream come true.

Anyway. Great work everyone! Daxter, awesome. Battletoad, awesome. I'm missing something in there too...actually probably a lot of them if I remember. Anyway, great work everyone. Way to make me look bad :)

[BARON3D]

Very well, looking forward to your next sculpt. You do good stuff. Talent or training, I don't know :)

However, we have that six hour deadline for a reason, so I will have to remove the sculpt from the final submissions. Also, when you submit for this or future challenges please read the rules for submitting - you need to attach the image through our forum's Manage Attachment option, and in the case of this challenge ( and probably future ones ) you need to also show us ( in the final submission thread ) the low poly wireframe of your basemesh.

aa ;)Thank you so much Freespace-3DT can I send the 6 hours version?

[Stefanuto]

Hello people!!!

I am sending some more images, i hope you all enjoy it!!!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_07.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_08.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/rog_44/kitana_09.jpg

http://www.stefanuto3d.blogspot.com

[jsquared]

there is some great work here. i'm glad i'm finally able to post (guess i forgot to activate my account, so that had me confused for a bit).

I plan on doing a sculpt of Dhalsim from SF!!

This is the 1st comp. here that i'm competing in, so really excited!

[Pedro Toledo]

THIS IS NOT AN ENTRY!

I decided to give him some legs. A little less than 3 more hours of work.
Later, if I manage to finish the legs, I would still want to refine the skin, break the symmetry, and pose.

Hope it's not a problem that I am still posting here. :)

[Ichiban]

Hey Pedro, that's cool. definitely Goro needed the legs. It's looking great

[Maxter1]

That Goro looks great Pedro!

Here's the mine. 3 hours of sculpting (4.4 hrs total)

[Ichiban]

Maxter1: Fabio, Cammy le esta quedando vacana !! good job ;)

[delavega]

- Ichiban : Cool update man! Looking good so far

- biano3d: Great start. Looking forward to see more.

- crazyfool : good start on the head. Although it looks a little flat in the front.
Could you maybe post a side view ?

- grapix : Cool Mario you got there man!

- Fenixy : Your daxter rocks man. Good job.

Anyway, here's an update on Crash after 2 hours of sculpting. Have been blocking out the head and primary forms and looking for a pose. I spent 30 mins on the basemesh, so I have 3 hours n half left. Which I will need because still lots of work!

http://a.imagehost.org/0216/crash_wip_04.jpg

[cane316]

Hi here is my work, hope you like it:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/524/unclemario.jpg

Hi just registered so I can join in these challenges, not sure if I will make this one though :(

love this take on Mario :lurve:

[Fenixy]

thx guys, i'm glad you like it.
great jobs so far here
Pedro Toledo you shuld texture it!

[Freespace-3DT]

aa ;)Thank you so much Freespace-3DT can I send the 6 hours version?

Definetely. If you have screenshots of him at the 6 hour version, you can submit it. Don't forget to attach, and don't forget a wireframe of the low poly base mesh. :)

After you're done submitting him, you can continue working on him as much as you like and do whatever you want, since it is your work and it's out of the competition once you've submitted. There have been members that went on with their sculpts after the competition and what they managed to do was amazing. ( no deadline, retopologize, texturing, etc )

[Freespace-3DT]

THIS IS NOT AN ENTRY!

I decided to give him some legs. A little less than 3 more hours of work.
Later, if I manage to finish the legs, I would still want to refine the skin, break the symmetry, and pose.

Hope it's not a problem that I am still posting here. :)

Pedro, perfect example of what I said in my previous post just a minute ago. :D

You're done submitting, and now you can continue to do whatever you want to Goro. Great initiative, and no problem you're posting here as long as you mention it's out of the competition. Can't wait to see a pose and maybe an expression for this guy!

[BARON3D]

Definetely. If you have screenshots of him at the 6 hour version, you can submit it. Don't forget to attach, and don't forget a wireframe of the low poly base mesh. :)

After you're done submitting him, you can continue working on him as much as you like and do whatever you want, since it is your work and it's out of the competition once you've submitted. There have been members that went on with their sculpts after the competition and what they managed to do was amazing. ( no deadline, retopologize, texturing, etc )

Thank you so muchhh Freespace-3DT i understand awesome challenges :dance:and sorry about my English.
Best regards

[BARON3D]

Here'smy work on 6 hours.Good luck guys.

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/BARON3D/kain01.jpg
http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/BARON3D/kain02.jpg

[freakmean16]

Damn, Im stuck in the basemesh....1.5 hours on him, and just the face....
Hope you like it though!!! Hes made In Silo right now, I really want to do the whole body, but I think im out of time now, so maybe just a bust...

[aby arty]

right now iam thinking of doing henry from lf2 , but ill update what i come up wth .

give me more game character names i cud do please

[liquidbear]

freak mean your putting alot of work in the base mesh :) i dunno if that will help or heed you im the total time of the challenge keep on going you will eventually got through the base mesh.


Crash looks deadly :) great progression

Aby ARty wat about the guys from double dragon or some old retro game this will give you a bigger artistic gap to create it in your style

[hulahuga]

That Daxter is awesome! He has always been one of my favorite characters :).

Wonder if anyone has ever thought of Duke? Or any of the Quake guys...

[Freespace-3DT]

Damn, Im stuck in the basemesh....1.5 hours on him, and just the face....
Hope you like it though!!! Hes made In Silo right now, I really want to do the whole body, but I think im out of time now, so maybe just a bust...

You're spending way too much time and effort on the base mesh. The base mesh should be extremely simple, just enough shape in it for you to start working it in the sculpting software.

[Blackham]

Here's my bowser, made with a whole 10 minutes to spare!
I don't really like it myself, but its not to bad for my second model ever made in Zbrush. I may make another model for my final submission, if I find time.

Baron3D: Great work
Grapix: I'd love Mario to look like this!

[liquidbear]

ok here is my second entry :) its just to get use to my new moddelling tool :)

This is the guy from harvest moon me and my cousin spent month playing it to try buy everything in the game on the wii and gameboy

Btw there is only 2 tri's in the model the ones at the front are really quads but its hard to tell at that angle :)

current moddeling time 10 min

Blackham just saw your bowser after i commented .... WOw for your second model in zbrush thats amazing

[hulahuga]

Liquidbear - You know that you could actually break up that line between the tris...

[Freespace-3DT]

Wonder if anyone has ever thought of Duke? Or any of the Quake guys...

I'd love to see that :D

[manzarek123]

So cool entries guys! i hope i can join a challenge some day :D, my zbrush skills right now are really from a newbie : / but im practicing every day!, and this forum is so cool, really a great community here!, and sorry my english haha

[Ichiban]

Wonder if anyone has ever thought of Duke? Or any of the Quake guys...

Sonic is missing and maybe some Half life too, imho