SR_6274 - Insect

[SR_6274]

I'm gonna see if I have time to finish this. Here is the initial base mesh. Gonna bring it into z-brush now to sculpt out some detail so I can make an AO map from it to put onto the diffuse.

[Perversonality]

Nice start but it looks a little too similar to the WoW insectoids right now:

http://www.maniasarcania.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/razorthornravager.png

[gfxengine]

Its looking good!!

[SR_6274]

Your right Perversonality, so I changed the design up a bit. It's now a mix between the insectoid and a wasp like thing. The big piece on the end is now a giant stinger. I know insects are supposed to have at least 6 legs, but I just don't think six little legs would fit in here.

Anyway, let me know what you guys think of the new design.

[Perversonality]

To be honest it's not really doing much for me at the moment. Perhaps try drawing some flow lines on a bit of paper first to get the overall position of the body parts right and then work the design around the lines

[SR_6274]

Your right. It's really not doing anything for me either lol. Guess it's back to the drawing board to see what I can come up with.

[Perversonality]

I had a similar problem in that I modelled some parts that were too detailed and too specific. I then had a look at some more refs and eventually did some basic extrude-along-spline modelling on some faces of a sphere, which was how mine was born. The shape of the splines was what sparked my imagination though, hence suggesting drawing some flow lines first

[SR_6274]

Ok, just did a quick drawing for my bug. It's more of a wasp design, mixed with dragon parts (spikes, and armor plate for the body). I know my drawing skills suck, but I think I'll go with something like this. Will have to flesh it out more once I start modeling it, but I think the overall shape is better with this design.

[Raul]

ur new drawing has a lot of potential as far as silhoutte value goes. Something that your current model is lacking in every area.

Concept is pretty cool by the way!