Gift to the Gods - The Hunt - Fernando Kuhlmann

[Stoneking]

Hi guys,
I'm in! i'll do my best to do a good work,

My Bg will be sort off this:

-In some Planet outside our Sollar sistem
-This Alien Race Called - (no name yet)
-Every 10 years they make a big Hunt and a sacrifice as a Gift to the Gods
-They must hunt and bring alive the biggest creature in their planet
-and sacrifice it to the Gods
-It will bring fortune for the next 10 years
-If they can't be successfull in the hunt they have to pay by sacrificing one
of their own....
-The strongest go for the hunt
-This is The Gift to the Gods....

Cheers
Fernando

[MightyReg]

Man that's an awesome background story for your scene, it would be cool to have some kind of hunter who stands on a gigantic beast he just killed, anyway don't know what you will to do with that.
I will follow your progress for sure!

[Stoneking]

Hey Mr. Mighty, thanks for the words man, glad you liked it :)

Here's my first sketches,

The hunters will ride this "HorseFlea tipe of creature", two riders each
creature, the front one rides it wile the back one have a weapon,

Sure it is just the scketch, so the back one will have or a place to stay
or something to hold on, so he can be free to atack, and the front one will have a place tgo sit,

The big beast will have sort of a "turtle shell" and i think it will be the proportion, or something like that in the first pic, i'll decide during the execution,

Hope you like it!!

Cheers

[MightyReg]

Nice, you will have a lot of work to do tough! You will have to sculpt the alien race, their mounts and the giant creature. Do you plan on texturing them as well?

[Stoneking]

Nice, you will have a lot of work to do tough! You will have to sculpt the alien race, their mounts and the giant creature. Do you plan on texturing them as well?

Hey Mighty!

I know i'm been ambicious, but i'll try my best,
For example i'll sculpt a "Rider template" and do changes on it for the others
so i don't have to sculpt all four from zero, and yes i'm going to polypaint tem, but polypainting won't be the major issue, sculpting will take much longer,

I wish ME good luck LOL

Cheers
Fernando

[chunkymunky]

Good start, i'm liking the rider idea....if you can pull this off it will be really really cool. Best of luck with it.

[Stoneking]

Good start, i'm liking the rider idea....if you can pull this off it will be really really cool. Best of luck with it.

Hey Chunky!
Thanks a lot for the suport,
Glad you liked it,
I'll do my best to pull this off, right now i think it is possible :wall:
But let's see what happens !

Cheers
Fernando

[Turvs]

Wow so far i really like the idea and looks great so far. Hope you can get it finished in time. Good luck with it all.

[sarN]

definitely cool and original! it makes me want to picture the prehistoric era of chrono trigger

[Stoneking]

Hey Turvs and SarN !

Really glad you liked it,
I'm going to dedicate myself 1000% to finish this,
I fell now a mix of exitement and "am i be able to do it",
But still think i'll do it!

Thanks again
Cheers

[maxcreigs]

Nice work.I really like your idea.You have done great job.You have collect very nice picture.I will follow your progress for sure! It is really very nice gift of god.

[wargrafix]

So far, so good. Will be watching this one. ^_^
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[Stoneking]

Hey Max and War!
Thanks for the words, appreciated a lot,
Keeping with the fastest rithm i can here's the update on the
"FleaChickenHorseTRex" creature!

Hope you like it!
Let's keep going!

[wargrafix]

Ok! Things are really getting interesting here. The design has alot of promise. The pose suits the mass structure.
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[Stoneking]

Ok! Things are really getting interesting here. The design has alot of promise. The pose suits the mass structure.

Hey War!
Thanks a lot man, appreciated
glad you liked it!
Cheers
Fernando

[sarN]

very cool, what an ugly animal! the nice part about this challenge is that you can just pump out the general shapes for models without going into extreme detail

[MightyReg]

Haha these chicken-Rex looks nasty :P Good job so far!

[Stoneking]

Hey SarN and Mighty,
Thanks a lot,

SarN, yeah it's not necessary to go deep on the detais,
But i don't think i can resist :wall:
LOL

Mighty-Glad you liked man

WEEWA...
Today i could work a lot in this contest and i got to say i'm loving it,
Here's the way the "TurtleElephant" like creature is going,
Hope you guys like it
Crits are wellcome,

Cheers

[MightyReg]

One word: Awesome!
I see you couldn't resist in making details in the neck ;P Well if you apply that quality to the rest of the model it will definitively rock. I love the design a lot also, the head crest is really cool. Caaaan't wait for updates!

[prosn]

Good work man !
I really like ur concept..........keep it up:)

[chunkymunky]

This is gonna be soo cool, it's such an original idea and those Telephant's Or Eleurtles are amazing so far, i'm always impressed with people who can sculpt having tried it myself mine always looks like a 2 year olds plasticine effort lol.

Keep it up :)

[Cordero]

Really nice idea mate!
I dig the 10 year repetition!
If the big guy is vegetarian, he might not be as scary, and not as hard to hunt down as carnivore. If you stick to the vegetarian idea, i think you should came up with a design element which makes the "Telephants" (lol:D) more scary. Maybe rich colors could do that by their selves..
If the strongest go on the hunt, you will have to do a badass hunter don't you?:D can't wait to see a human figure from you!

Nice progress, and keep up the inspiring work!

edit: i added a picture from avatar, which shows a vegetarian fella. Even if you know, that he is vegetarian, you wouldn't mess with it.. that is what i was trying to explain earlier:D

[andrewhall1234]

Hi, i think this idea is really cool. The models are looking really nice as well. I like the concept for the creatures. What sort of scene will you be having the final kill in.

I look forward to seeing more updates.

[Turvs]

Wow looking amazing so far, really love the models so far, im sure this will be done in time.

[Stoneking]

Hey Guys, thanks alot for the kind words, means a lot!!
Glad you guys are liking it!

--Mighty, thanks man, really glad you like it, yeah i'm going for the details all over it!

--Prosn, thanks a lot, very much appreciated!

--Chunky! Thanks man, i really liked the "Telephant or maybe Eleurtles" !!!!
you made me smille, glad you like it man,

--Dr. Cordero!, thanks man, appreciated the imput, i still thinking of how it will be in the end, one of the options is that this creature is not a "bad guy",
but it is the greatest chalenge of all due to it's size, mass and power, and
thinking of it as a harmless creature gives it that feel of unfair for the
sacrifice, cause always a sacrifice is unfair and cruel in my opinion,
What you think?

--Hey Andrew, wellcome to the chalenge! i'm still thinking about the final image, i keep thinking of an image of the moment of the hunt, with the big
"Telephant" been hunted by the riders, with lot's of motion blur and dramatic poses, what you think?

--Hey Turver! Thanks for the support man, glad you liked it, right now
i'm feeling it will be possible to finish !

Thanks a lot everyone again

Cheers !!

PS- Probably i'll have some update for today

[xxxcubanxxx]

Model is looking good so far, keep up the good work.

[evilllama]

fantastic creature design!

[Stoneking]

Hey Cuban and Evil ! thanks a lot, appreciated

Here's a small update to the Telephant,
This time in a different Matcap, let me know what you guys think :)

Cheers

[evilllama]

I think that some veins on "biceps" and neck would come very nicely

[Turvs]

Wow another great update :D. This is the stuff that really makes me want to learn how to model characters. ( i have tried a few times but failed each time)

[Willzone]

Wow ! really nice work and awsome zbrush skills ! i like these turtle like creatures :D

[Stoneking]

Hey guys!

Many thanks for the suport, it is making me really try my best, you guyd rules,

Evil - thanks for the imput, appreciated, i think i'm not doing veins cause it's skin is toe beso thick that veins couldn't appear,

Turver - Thanks man, really glad you like it, i'm sure you can do it better
then me Mate, whe artists tend to don't like our own works, just keep rocking,

Hey will - thanks a lot man, very much appreciated

WEEEWA, here's another update, just finished it's face,
Couldn't resist to post another small update!

[ggx2neo]

Looking good so far, really nice work on the overall design. And that skin looks great.

[Crevasse]

wow so awesome keep it up

[Stoneking]

Hey Thanks a lot Neo and Crevasse !
Appreciated
I'm working rigth now on the Riders,
As soon as i have something decent i'll post it

Cheers

[Tarik2d]

Looking good, you are fast arent u

[chunkymunky]

Woah you are fat indeed! loving the sculpts so far, so much originality and character :) Keep it coming!

[Tarik2d]

Woah you are fat indeed! loving the sculpts so far, so much originality and character :) Keep it coming!

oh dear lol

[Turvs]

Amazing once again, just getting zbrush today gonna try some tutorials see if i can do anything :D.

[behemoth]

Man! you got some seriously great work here! Keep the updates coming. I'm loving where this one is going.

[Stoneking]

Hey guys! Thanks for the support, really appreciated

Hey Tarik - Thanks a lot man, i'm not working in this week and in the next so i have time, and i got to say that i'm in good days, just kept going and didn't have any major issues like not liking something and have to go back many steps, creature creation is just my alloy, love it

Hey Chunky - LOL, thanks man, appreciated a lot your support!

Hey Turver - i have one free tutorial i've made and posted in the link bellow it's a making off a bust, sculpting, polypainting baking the maps in ZBrush and exporting them, and with the new UVMaster (released after i made this tuto) it opens the UV in 4 steps, really great tool, i love ZB,

Free tutorial link
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=81365

Hey Behemoth - Thank you very much indeed!

Here´s an up, working on the Riders, just basic forms yet,

Crits are wellcome

Cheers

[MightyReg]

Great work, all these creature are really cool, awesome!

[Turvs]

Wow another great design and suits the same style as the others perfectly. One i have done a bit more work on mine i am going to try out zbrush again with that tutorial thanks :D.

[Edragon]

great design :), my only concern is the length of the chin bone seems alittle too long. I would imagine it being a problem as the beast is running through a forrest or somewhere where there is alot of clutter and it constantly hitting stuff. Just my 2 cents ;).

Other than that keep it up and can't wait to see this finished up :)

[mastein]

wwwwoooow!
Really nice Fernando!
i just loved the design! You make me want to participate this challange too hahahae

awesome!
you got me on this one.
Keep going bro
cant wait to see the final result!

[Turvs]

Edragon, i think because the creature is so large that it uses that to defend its self from small attackers such as the riders or other animals, but i can see where you are coming from.

[Stoneking]

Hey guys, again thank you all SOOO much, no words to describe,

Hey Mighty - Thanks man really glad you like it!

Hey Turver - Apprecite a lot your support man thanks, and hope the
tutorial is usefull for you

Hey Dr Mariano! thanks man, comming from you such kind words means a lot
really glad you like it!!!!

Hey Edragon - thanks for the imput man, i understand your imput,
but looking from another angle, i thought of it with more then one function,
1- exactly to open his way for it's huge "turtle shell" through the forest
2- to fight among them selves for the females
3- as a visualy atractive part also for the females, females are the most important !!!!!!!
4- it's a simble of his power
5-And as Turver said to keep other animals away

Imagine this huge beast coming as an EarthQuake trowing down trees and everything in front of it, wouldnt it be cool! i believe it would look great animated,

BUT, again i do understant your imput and appreciate it very much,
i like a lot to hear inteligent crits such as yours so whe can aways improve,


Cheers !!

[Tarik2d]

Another cool character, like his bird like face

[Edragon]

Word I totally hear and understand where your coming from :), always about the females ;).

[Stoneking]

Another cool character, like his bird like face

Hey Tarik, thanks man, glad you like it

Word I totally hear and understand where your coming from :), always about the females ;).

LOL, Yeah they are the in charge! thanks man

[wargrafix]

Ah, that is crazy good. From the concept, its going to be pretty wild to see it with all the final details in it.
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[chris_solo]

very nice work!! the design is so really cOOl !!!

[washka]

Like your "turtle"! Great inspiration there.

[paulius-st]

great design .

[Stoneking]

Hey guys thanks a lot!

War - Thanks a lot man, appreciate our support, really glad u like it !

Solo - Thgank you very much indeed, glad u dig it !

WashKa - Thanks a lot man, appreciated very much !

Paulius - Thanks mate!

Here some up on the Riders, working on their faces,
Creativity whent a bit slower for the weekend :) so i couldn't be as fast
as i whanted,
Crits are very wellcome
Hope you like it

Cheers!!

[paulius-st]

great faces. they remind me a little of the steampunk character with a jet pack adn a helmet from one old movie. :) looking forwar for more updates . tis looks interesting and promising

[wargrafix]

lol, you referring to the Rocketeer?

The modelwork is totally badass.
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[paulius-st]

lol, you referring to the Rocketeer?

The modelwork is totally badass.

you forgot to mention AWSOME :wave:

[MightyReg]

I like how you made difference face for each one. i especially like the first, he looks like he could be the leader of that hunting group (he looks more civilized and important to me)
Anyway great work so far!

[Stoneking]

Ah, i got you guys, LOL
Not Rocketeer it is.... SPECTREMAN ?????!!!!!!!!!

:dance:

Cheers

[Stoneking]

I like how you made difference face for each one. i especially like the first, he looks like he could be the leader of that hunting group (he looks more civilized and important to me)
Anyway great work so far!

Hey Migthy!
Thanks a lot man, yeah, i also like the first one more :)

In my opinion you descibed him perfectly !

Glad you like it

Cheers

[pantiysh]

i also think that the 1st is the leader, he looks more experienced, the 4th looks the youngest of them, the second looks like a eternal competitor with 1st, about the 3th can't say too much

[wargrafix]

Awesomesause is reserved for the model and rider together.
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[Stoneking]

Hey Guys Thanks a lot for the words!

-Thanks Panti and War!

Here's an up on the Leader Rider, with two of their weapons,

- A knife
- And the weapon they throw ate the "telephant" with anestesic in it's "horns"tips so they put the beast to sleep and can then bring it for the sacrifice,
- they have to go for the hunt with no armor and to be able to hit it
with the dards they have to be really close to the beast!
Crits are very wellcome,
Hope you like it,

Cheers

[wargrafix]

Ok, now he deserves Awesomesauce!

Now I can' tell who is the star, the character or the sweet weapons! ^_^
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[pantiysh]

i like them but the spear looks too evolved, and the sword wod look beter with some gravings on it, the auxiliar spices of the spear are coming from the same piont and will break if used on "telephant" make them like a sneak squizing the spear and coming out at 180 deegres, but if you like it just the way it is, you can leave it like that

you coud also add some feathers or samting from the first hunt as a hunter on the rider, that woud show that he is wordy of the hunt

[wargrafix]

He could probably thicken the part holding the "tusks"
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[NeoGeo]

wow this is becoming quite the project cool characters but i think the beast and those chick like creatures could use more attention they are a bit boring compared to your other hunter characters

[chunkymunky]

Oh yeah that dude is looking excellent! Really nice proportions and style to him

[Tarik2d]

Wow, really nice. What are you going to render all this in btw?

[Stoneking]

Hey Guys thanks for the comments and imputs, appreciated!

War - Thanks a lot man, appreciated!

Panti - Thanks for the imputs, really appreciated, i'll try to do the changes
to make it better, i'll make my best to have time for refining it all!

NeoGeo - Yeah, for sure, the creatures are not finished yet, i just left it for a wile to fresh my mind!

Chunky - Thanks man, appreciated a lot your comment ! cheers

Tarik - i'm going to use MODO for the Render, but first i'll use decimation master instead of retopo, to make it as low poly as it is possible, decimation master is really a powerfull tool, it reduces the polys quite a lot,

Thanks all again

Cheers

[chris_solo]

excellent! keep the progress and good work.

[pappete1]

great style!!! hit all us man!! XD

[nihilicon]

Top work man, looking great already.

[Stoneking]

Hey Chris, Pappete and Nihilicon !

Thank you so much for the words and the support!
Glad you like it,

Here's an up on the riders, their basic forms and shapes,
still have to sculpt some more and add acessories and weapons,

Now i'm going back to the creatures!

Cheers

[throne]

Like the variation in the riders, nice work!

[Cordero]

Impressive work on all of the models my friend!
You should have joined here earlier ;)

I like the simplicity of the weapons, matching the whole "tribal" feeling. Nothing fancy, going for the function! I also like the muscle tones (if thats how you say it:D) on each character.

I hope you have something really nice for us on the final composition. I think that will be critical, considering the size differences between the hunters, and the prey. Good luck with that, and keep on rockin'!

[Stoneking]

Hey Throne and Cordero,
Thanks guys, really appreciated the comments and imputs,

Cordero - Yeah, that's my main concern, i have many images comming to my mind regards the final presentation, hopefully i'll be able to do something good, when i start to play with the scene i'll post variations so you can help me :) if you don't mind,

PS- i almost cannot resist to have some..... EXOSKELETON!!!!!

Cheers

[chunkymunky]

Really great variations of the character, I like the open mouth version the most, this is really shaping up to be an excellent scene, keep going :)

[andrewhall1234]

Really cool work. It is easy to see that you have great zbrush skills. I'm jealous!!
I have tinkered with zbrush but feel i need to really improve my modelling skills in Maya before i move on to attempt to learn more in Zbrush.

The hunters look truly epic. Skin textures are awesome on the creature as well

Love it

[hulahuga]

You have a really nice scene with cool proportions and such but, the great But, is that if you want it to be killer then you'll have to add some feelings to the image. Add a moral factor to it.

Could be something like if they really think it's worth it to kill this magnificent being. Or the creature's desperation or something...

Give it a minute of thought...

[Stoneking]

Hey guys, really appreciated the support!

Chunky - Thanks man, really glad you're liking it!, thanks for the support through this challenge :)

Andrew - Many and many thanks for the kind words Andrew, means a lot
appreciate your comment!

Hula - Mmmmmmmm ! Yeah, you made me think man, great imput, really
appreciate it, exacltly because the creature is actually "good", the killing
started because of the challenge of it, it is the greatest chalenge,
It is great your imput, cause whe can think of this scene, like....
They Hunt it for many generations, but the newest generations are starting to question it, is this really necessary?
I love the idea of trying to add desperation to the "Telephant" and maybe
a "shame" look to some of the riders, what you think?
Thanks again man for the imput, really important!

Cheers

Here's an update on the "Flicken-rex" (Flea-chicken-T-Rex!)!

WOWWOWWEEEEEEWA!

[wargrafix]

Chickenasaurus model rocks! a little ridging from backbone will be an interesting addition.
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[MightyReg]

It's only day 10 and you already got many good looking models, you rock!
Nice update on that mount, looks great. There is one thing that tickles me tough, it's the little T-Rex arms, they seem like their fingers are really short and have only one joint, maybe you could make them longer and with 2 joints instead of one, like real dinosaurs arms?

[chunkymunky]

LMOA a dino chicken hybrid! So cool :)

[hulahuga]

Hula - Mmmmmmmm ! Yeah, you made me think man, great imput, really
appreciate it, exacltly because the creature is actually "good", the killing
started because of the challenge of it, it is the greatest chalenge,
It is great your imput, cause whe can think of this scene, like....
They Hunt it for many generations, but the newest generations are starting to question it, is this really necessary?
I love the idea of trying to add desperation to the "Telephant" and maybe
a "shame" look to some of the riders, what you think?
Thanks again man for the imput, really important!

Cheers



You don't have to say it is the new generation... It could be one of the main elements that the hunters have to face in every hunt in order to truly prove their devotion. But then they question the moral of it and thus we have a bit of a conflict and setting of scene...

A good way to do this could be as you said, making the viewer feel the desperation of the creature. Perhaps rolling, pleading eyes and a wavering look could help accomplish this. The hesitation shown in the hunters is also an element you could develop.

Always fun to help people develop their ideas :haha:

[Cordero]

Funky mounts! :dance:
I Love the details!
I'm looking forward on the scene ideas you have there, when you get to that part.

[Stoneking]

Hey, you guys rules!

War - Thanks man, Chickenasaurus!!!! you've put a smile on my face man LOL

Mighty - Thanks for the comment and for the imput, you pointed something
important man, thanks, i've worked a bit on it already, you will see in the next up !

Chunky - Thanks man, you've also put a smile on my face !!! dino chicken hybrid !!! simply the perfect definition for this creature!

Dr. Hula - again man, thanks for the important imputs you are making,
help's me a lot, i'm already picturing the image in my mind, i hope i can
make it happen, please don't stop making imputs :)

Mr. Cordero - Another smile on my face man !! Funky mounts !!
thanks for the kind words!

You guys rules!

Cheers

[Turvs]

Wow you have done a lot i am really loving your everything you have done so far, i tried a bit on zbrush but had a few problems with the program, with the symmetry etc. Just going to leave it till i get the comp finished as i far behind as i have a lot of college work to do.

[pantiysh]

Stoneking i like the riders, but i think they wood look beter with some scars

[hulahuga]

Dr. Hula - again man, thanks for the important imputs you are making,
help's me a lot, i'm already picturing the image in my mind, i hope i can
make it happen, please don't stop making imputs :)

Dr. Hula <--- Haha.
You just gave me an idea :) Check my signature...

Just thinking... Have you thought anything about the scene's background in the beauty shot?? It might be worth regarding since it might take some time to pull it together...

[Stoneking]

Hey guys Thanks a lot!

Turver - Many thank mate, appreciate a lot your comment !

Panti - Yeah, i agree, i just don't know if i'll have time for such refinement,
and as it will be dificult to see in the final image, i'll do it latter after the contest, thanks for the imput!

Dr. Hula!! - Thanks again man, love your signature! i whish i can do something
in a sort of jungle enviroment or maybe in kind of African savana, with just ground plants no threes, i'll try them both, and see what gets best and or possible!! what you think?
Thanks again Doc Hula!


Can you guys believe i was without electric energy in my place for
33 HOURS !!!! due to a storm here in São Paulo !!!!

Man it sucks,

Lost a lot of time, i hope i can do something nice for the final image!

Heres the update on the Chickenasaurus!! (Wargafix credits for this name!)

The riders on it are just for testing, nothing final there,

Hope you like it!

Cheers

[CiroES]

Caracas que muito louco! :D

Sou de São Paulo também... :D

Arrisquei participar mais desisti. ;P

Muito fera!

Abraços,

Ciro Silva

[Beldragim]

Its coming out really well man! Very strong creature designs

[MightyReg]

Awesome, hope you will have the time to make a nice scene with this!

[paulius-st]

awsome. good progres . i realy like it. it would look more natural if riders would be mixed or just expresions were not the same.

[Stoneking]

Thanks a lot guys, appreciated a lot!

Ciro - Thanks a lot, Hey man, great to see another Paulistano here! please participate on this contest!

Beldragim - Thanks a lot for the comment, really glad you like it!

Mighty - Thanks man, appreciate a lot, i'll do my best :evil:

Paulius - Yeah, for sure, as i mencioned in the post, the rider is just a test,
i tested the Decimation limit, the UV's in the decimated rider, and just posed
to work on the Chickenasaurus with the reference, they are going to be
diferent from each other,

Cheers to all

Fernando

[Tarik2d]

This is look even better, your modeling skills and ideas are great, well done

[Turvs]

Wow its starting to come together and just getting better and better, really hope this is finished in time.

Also i have power cuts that last all day at least 10x a year, but never had any near 33 hours.

[Stoneking]

Thanks a lot guys!

Tarik - Thanks man, really appreciated, and congratulations on winning the Low Poly, well deserved, yours was really the best,

Turver - thanks a lot also man, appreciated, Yeah, here in São Paulo
every big rain it's common to have power cut BUT 33 hours was the record of my existence! i got really pissed of :(

Here's un update on the Telephant,

I'm running so i can start painting all this stuff the next day or so, the modelling part is only missing the gum-teeth for the creatures that will have it, ... i think !

Hope you like it
Cheers!

[hulahuga]

The king of Stones - You gave me the idea man! Thanks a ton! ;)

The seats look awesome on the chickensaurus. Somehow they remind me a bit of the way the oliphants are steered in LOTR...
Try thinking of the pose of the riders and how you can differentiate them and make them really look like they are in their element, of course not forgetting their stricken looks. Perhaps the hunter holding the spear could look ready to leap or something - one slightly trembling hand on the edge of the seat, the other firmly holding the spear ready for the throw, eyes looking towards the colossal creature, face suddenly realising the sheer greatness of the creature, of nature.

Regarding the background I think both sound fun, a desert could suit the chickens, but that might not suit the turtlephant (since he needs a lot of food to survive). A clearing in the jungle might be better actually. As you said, try it out and come up with more as you go :)

Cheers

[washka]

Is this chicken mount an ancestor of the chocobo?

[pappete1]

lost time? But if you're great! ...I can't do anything because work =(

[3DsAction]

This is Awesome.hope you will have a nice scene

[Turvs]

Wow, this scene is going to be amazing when completed. And the telephant is looking amazing, really wanting to see it textured.

[chunkymunky]

Just incredible sculpting going on there, love it so much :)

[andrewhall1234]

Both creature look astounding. Really good sculpting. One of my favorites

[andrewhall1234]

Both of the creatures look amazing, really good sculpting. The final image is gonna be killer

[Stoneking]

Heeey Gentleman!

Many thanks for the commentes and imputs! appreciated

Doc Hula!! hey man, thanks a bunch for spending your time with this great
imputs, i'm starting to export it to MODO (MODO BTW ROCKS), and as soon
as i start to have the full scene items i'll try to make it the best considering a lot your and other members great imputs!
Cheers mate !

Washka - LOL, maybe it is only Darwing knows !

Pappete - Thanks man, appreciated the support !

3Ds - my hope are high !!!

Turver - Thanks man, appreciated your support trough this contest CHEERS!

Chunky - Many thanks man, also appreciated a lot your support trough this comp, means a lot !!

Andrew - Thanks mate, i hope i can do a good job for the image :)

Here's a first render test for the Chickenasaurus !!

PS Just a test, you can see that metal parts are looking like leather
and so, basicaly testing te texture for the creature!!

C&C encouraged !!

Cheeers!

[wargrafix]

Depth of field is awesome. Some nice grass, and it'll be quite good.
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[chris_solo]

excellent! I like the skin! keep the good work!!

[3DsAction]

Oh,This has turned into a scene. I think it is very interesting.
The details of this really great

[Stoneking]

Hey guys thanks a lot for the words :)

War - Thanks man, yeah, for sure i'll put some nice "fur" rendered grass in the final scene :)

Solo - Thanks mate, appreciate a lot your comment!

3Ds - Thanks a lot, really appreciated you like it!

Soon i'll have the Telephant textured and place on the scene,
because the Telephant is the main item, and by far the biggest one,
i'm spending some extra time on it's texture:)

Cheers!!!!

[NeoGeo]

whaha he's kinda cute like a little baby that can't walk straight yet :haha:

keep it up

[BARON3D]

That's interesting bro.Great work and good luck.:wave:

[throne]

love the duck-elephant-rex!,but you might want to make the mouth more shiny, the flesh looking doesn't fit it.

P.S, did you use alphas to define skin details or manual sculpting ?

[Stoneking]

Hey guys Thanks a lot for the support !

Neo - LOL, i didn't look to it from this view :)

Baron - Thanks man, appreciated a lot :)

Throne - Thanks for the imput man, appreciated, and for texturing i've used
sculpting+Alphas, and most of the Alphas i did myself in Photoshop, i like blending Alphas(usualy more then one) and sculpting together :)

Here's the start on the composing the final scene, still a lot to do but it is a start... I THINK !:wall:

C&C are very much appreciated !!

Cheers

[JAPO]

Hello
I just wish you good luck with the grass. Just been through that one (work stuff). As for the rest... what can I say. Awesome. :)

[throne]

Excellent start, love the view... but it feels like kinda empty.. the environment.

[MightyReg]

The composting looks good, the extreme up angle really gives the feel the beast is gigantic!
If you are keeping that background image, I would suggest flipping it horizontally, because curently the sun on the BG picture seems to be illuminating from the right, while your models are lighted from the left.
The environement does feel a bit empty, but I am sure it is not final so I won't make comments about it. Tough it would be nice to match the color of your grass to the grass of the BG picture.
About filling your environment, doing a jungle might be to much for the time left in this comp, but you could maybe just put some trees here and here, as well as some rocks, maybe give it an African Savannah feel?
I am eager to see the final image!

[chris_solo]

Nice progress mate! I want to see it finish :)

[Cordero]

Hey Fernando!
Nice stuff i like it!
The composition is alright. The eleturtle's shell should be more glossy i think! The grass is weird a bit, but i think you know that already:D
Looking forward on your progress!

[Stoneking]

Hey Guys!
Thanks for all the support and specialy for the imputs, appreciated a lot

JAPO - Thanks a lot for the comment man, yeah... you wished me good luck
with the grass, and i agree withyou and with other members IT SUCKS !!!!!!
I'm overloading soooo much my computer that when i enter my ofice it
is already pointing me a loaded gun and saying "cmon, one more poly, map,
material, shader or whatever and i'll CRASH ON YOU !! LOL

PS So i'm going in other direction and i sculpted a groun for it, soon updates,

Throne - thanks a lot, a agree with you, i'll see what i can do to make it better

Mighty - thanks a lot for spending your time with this imputs man, appreciated a lot, and agree with them, teh grass colour, light etc, specialy the @$#$% grass!

Solo - Thanks man, appreciate a lot your support through this comp!

Miklós - Hey man, sorry i didn't have time to answer you, really sorry,
thanks a lot again for the imputs and comment, i'll try my best to refine everything, cheers

Thanks again everybody!

Cheers

[wargrafix]

damnnnnnnnnn. He is massive! And the angle definitely captures him. A little dust being kicked up will add some depth.
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[Cordero]

You can try this tutorial for some nice grass textures here: http://www.cgdigest.com/how-to-create-grass-in-3ds-max/

If you are not using vray, you can still use this method, with a simple material, with the disp. picture added to the displace channel.
I used this in a personal project, and it worked well for landscapes too. (it was an animation) It takes some time to render, but it doesn't screws up your viewport, since you only need one polygon to render this out.
If you are getting a horrible grass material, either too bumpy, or too plain, the things you want to change is: the uvw tiling, and the disp. map intensity. Because if the tiling is too small, your intensity could be set correctly, but it wont render out nicely. So play with that two things, and you will get the grass done in a 15 minutes or so.

There is also a method, where you model a "grass pack" with poly modeling, and texturing it up with one grass material. In that method, you should model 5 or so blade of the grass, uvw each blade correctly, and add a grass material to it. When you are done, you can duplicate this grass pack, with some variation all over the scene. It takes more polys to pull out, but it could work for a non-animation image.

I hope i'm not late with this info, good luck on the final scene!

[Mr.fE]

impressive!

i guess a canyon like bg might be easier and quicker to do and you cam play with dust clouds and dirt raised by those animals to give even more depth...

but one thing above all if you are going with grass os sand: do it in photoshop! more realism and more control!!!

[Stoneking]

Hey Gentleman !!

Thanks a lot for all the support, help, and imputs ! it is pricelles

War - thanks man, appreciated a lot, really glad you like the angle, it was
one of my main concerns, to find a nice angle for the final shot :) Cheers

Miklós - Many thanks man, for spending your time to help me with all this
information, what i will do is, i'm going to finish the scene in the way
i'm doing right now, to make sure i'll have a final image done, then if i have time i'll try your imput and help with the grass, Cheeeers bro

Mr.fE - Hey man, thanks a lot for the comment and help, glad you like it,
UHMMMMM, you made me think man, i've never thinked of doing this in PS,
can you help me explaining how can i do it in PS?
Should i do it with those brushes that looks like grass?
I'm not an ace in photoshop so any help would be much appreciated :)
Cheers!

[Stoneking]

BTW!
Can anyone help me with the dust comming from the ground????
I'm, working on a scene with "sandy" soil and i love the idea of puting
some dust comming up to add depth as you guys said!

How and with what software can i do this?

Please help me with this guys:)

Cheers

[Tarik2d]

the only thing i can think of is using 3ds max and particles but im not great on that, i did it a bit for my robot scene or i guess actually painting it in using preset brushes

[Stoneking]

Thanks a lot Tarik, appreciated the help
I'll give it a try to see what i can do
Cheers

[throne]

Fumefx, best 3ds plugin to create fires and dust, and it's pretty optimized to, hope it helps.

[hulahuga]

Give us some updates, I demand it ;)

[Stoneking]

Hey guys !!

Throne - Thanks a lot man, i've heard of fumefx.... but i don't have Max here,
i'm rendering in MODO 401, but still thanks a lot :)

Hey Doc Hula !!!! - man i got to say i miss your imputs mate :) pretty
soon i'll have the updates, i'm already placing the riders and weapons,
WEEEEEEEEWWWW, this scene is taking a lot of work, hope i can get some love from the judges :) i don't get to much love from them for my work :(

Cheers!!!

[TNTxGRAVE]

Definitely one of my favorites so far. I love the sense of scale. Your last render reminds me a lot of the Plains map from Final Fantasy 13. They have these HUGE (MASSSSSSIVE) turtle shelled dinosaur looking creatures walking around.

[animationutz]

love the huge creature. good lighting and textures. keep up the good work

[3DsAction]

hi thanks Stoneking. Yes,I like it.Your character is very beautiful.your new render is very beautiful,too.

[hulahuga]

Woooooooooh, I missed that last render.... DARN!

The scale is immense, and you have a nice view angle of the creature :). You need more lush grass as well, think of how you could make it look like it bends around their feet. Or just how it dissappears ;).

I think you should change the creature's eye color, give it a more friendly, natural look to further the concept about the beauty of nature...

Textures on him look very neat, especially around the huge lower horn (it looks like stone :O AWESOME). But there is some odd blur going on around his left shoulder.

You could also think about furthering the landscape behind them, define it a bit more. Make the image pop!

Ps: It looks a bit fun that all the creatures lift their left legs in the same way ;)


Just a few things I thought about,
Cheers mate!


Edit: The good doctor comes again ;)

[Stoneking]

Hey Guys !!
Wow what a rush, this challenge is been such a blast !!

TNT - Thanks man, really appreciated a lot comming from such amazing artist :) honored, i didn't see yet the creatures you've mencioned, i'll check it out :)

Nutz - Thanks a lot also man, really glad you like it :)

3D's - Thanks a lot bro, also really glad you dig it :)

DOC HULAAA ! - Thanks man, appreciated a lot all your imputs! so you've
notice the legs!!!! finaly i was discovered! i had to do like this cause of the
dead line comming up, and now it was my time to see your new imputs just now, i've prepared two render "versions" for the final image, here's the two Renders, please let me know your imputs!

Mr-fE - Thanks man for the tip, i did the grass in Photoshop as you advised me :)


1- Render with motion blur, loose detail but i like it more, much more dramactic,
2- Just a little DOF, really subttle, possible to see a lot of detail on the
full size image,

Pease help me improving it and choosing the best effect !

Links for downloading the full size images (3200x2400)

Motion Blur link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?n5k5y2tmynn

Little DOF link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nwkxyz1egmm

And here they are at 1024x768.... first Motion and second DOF.

Cheeeeeeeeeers!
Thanks 3DTotal for this amazing contests, you guys rules!

[hulahuga]

You have something going here :). I'll get back to you and explain in the morrow ;).

[chris_solo]

hey, what a beautiful piece you've done it!! I like the light and texture of skin, action is also interesting...but I think the texture of chicken skin too close to the color of the earth, and green characters too green...but this is only my feeling, so very nice work!

[chunkymunky]

Fantastic scene, looking really good there! Well done on everything the texturing, modelling, sculpting, lighting and rendering, looks superb :)

[TheSaraf]

Everything is very nice except the background which is flat and boring. Hope it is just a work in progress background. Good luck. :)

[Stoneking]

Hey guys thanks a lot for the words!

Doc Hula! - please let me know what you think :) don't know if i'll have time for any major change touhg,

Solo ! - Thanks man, appreciated a lot your imputs man, means a lot,
and actually i agree 100%, probably i'll not have time to change the
Chickenasaurus but for the rider i have other maps with no contrast made in photoshop, this one's i put some contrast, and you are right for sure, too green, thanks again man :)

Chunky !! - thanks a lot man, really glad you like it, means a lot :)

Saraf - Thanks, i don't agree it is boring, i think boring is to strong for it,
and my main goal was the characters action, which is my main skills,
and i'm happy with that,
for sure it is the part of the scene that can improve a lot, but if you
look at it from a bit more wider perspective, like the time i had to do the work,
what are my main skills, and so, i'm glad with the result i got,
anyway thanks for the comment, and for sure i'll refine this scene later,
i will not have much time this week for this,

Cheers to all!!!

[gauravcg]

nice one......but background is looking a bit empty and may be a little more dust will look good!

[Stoneking]

Thanks Gauravcg :) appreciated
I agree the background can have more elements, most membrers that commented also agree on that,
i'll try to make it better till the deadline,
Cheers

[wargrafix]

looks awesome! Only thing is to work on a little more DOF for the creature and the background guy, and you got a rocking piece.
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[hulahuga]

So...

Well the pic with the motion blur has a nice sense of action, but you loose the actual scene with the hunters.
One thing that you might consider as well is where the blur is. Should it be like an area blur or do you have multiple focal points or still objects...?

I think the depth of field is actually nicer if you regard everything since you don't loose as much of the models.

Either way I thought a bit about camera angles and I made some lines on top of your dof image...

[MightyReg]

Nice update!
You should definitely choose the picture with less depth of filed, the one with a lot of DOF make disappear your details, take our attention away from the action, and the strong falloff from the telephant paw make it look like it's a miniature figurine.
As others said, the hunters are a bit too green.
Another thing that seems strange is that there's no shadow under the front left foot of your telephant, is it lifted?
Anyway good job!

[washka]

+1 about the shadow
I think that what hulahuga wanted to explain, it's that you're loosing a lot of interesting details from your 3D work with your actual camera spot, maybe another point of view or scale play would fit better.
And he's also pointing the fact that you could work a bit more onto the background to create some interest.
Or maybe I'm wrong. :D

[Wheez]

Nice job. The little green men look like they are plastic army figures. They just dont feel as real as the creatures. Maybe its just a texture issue. Keep up the hard work.

[Stoneking]

Hey guys, thanks a lot for the comments and imputs! appreciated

War - Thanks for the comment and imput man, i'm listenning to you guys
to help me improve the work, i just don't have too much time left, but i
will also improve it after the comp ! Cheers

Doc Hula - Thanks man for spending your time with this, very much appreciated, i'll try the blur you advised to see what i can do :)
if i have time i'll try different angles for the camera as you and others
sugested ! cheers !

Mighty - I agree the image with lots of motion blur takes out the details,
but it feel to me it fits the challenge better, some how it brings the feel
of fear to the Telephant and brings the feel of "The Hunt" also!
and i think of this as the most important about it, and the good thing about
having all the modeling detailed and ready for close ups is that it is possible
to play and make any kind of scene with the models, like in a movie or story,
What im triyng to point is, like in a movie there's scenes where you can
see all the little details and there's scenes that you can't, fells to me this is the case, what do you think??
And the leg is touching the ground, it is jut the ground topology that makes
the shadows just small,
Thanks for the imputs! as said before i'll try to improve it as much as i can :)

Washka - Thanks man for the imputs, yeah you are right, this is one of the things i'm going to try to improve! cheers

Wheez - thanks for the comment and imputs man, appreciated, i think the riders would be better with some work on the texture pose and some tweaks on the shader as well, i'll try my best to improve it also :) Cheers

Thanks guys!
Cheers

[Stoneking]

Hey Guys!
Just submited,

Just no more time to do any changes :(

I whish i had more time to finish just the way i whanted but whe all
have to follow tthe rules for the challenge to be fair :)

Thanks a lot to all of you who supported me through this competition,
specially for the imputs which helped me so much, felt like a team work :)
Doc Hula! - hope you like the way i did the blur following your advise!
And for all of you who advised me about the BG that was with no "sauce"
i hope you guys like what i did !

Please let me knoe what you think!!

[Cordero]

Absolutely rocks, this final piece!
Congrats on the good work, and the nice final image.
You are improving a lot, and its good to see that.

I'm not sure about the lightning on this final picture, but what would be left to improve if this image was perfect?
Well, see you in the next challenge.

[MightyReg]

Congrats on finishing! That blur seems better than the last, good job!

[Turvs]

Wow amazing, my pc broke so couldnt finish mine and could only check forums, also i was very busy with college. But its fixed as of last night so getting ready for the next one. Also the blur looks great i really love this and i hope you win congrats!!!

[chris_solo]

nice finish and biG work man!

[wargrafix]

nice ending piece!
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[Stoneking]

Hey gentleman!

Thanks a lot again for all the support ! means a lot :)

I dedicated soooooo much to this competition, it is great to have such
feedback from you guys!!

Cordero - Thanks Miklós ! Thanks for all the support trough this comp, means a lot! Glaf you like it man, and one of my next steps is to improve the lights :)
see you in the final entries thread !

Mighty - ! Thanks man, really appreciated, cannot whait to see what you gonna do with that realistic render !

Turver - Hey man, thanks a lot also for all the support :) man i'm really sorry
you computer crashed... isn't that true taht is dificult to live without this
wonderfull machines? please finish this piece and post on the finished CG work
topic, it is really superb :)

Solo - Thanks man, means a lot, yeah, it was a LOT of work and dedication!
really glad you like it!!

War - Thanks man, for all the support, really glad you like it also !!!

Cheeeeeers !!!

[hulahuga]

It sure did turn out nice :)

You captured the scene in a very good way. Blur turned out cool and the models look ace! Good that you've attached pics of each model since they are all very cool sculpts =).

Cheers man, hope to see you on the podium ;),
Dr Hula - Oskar

[chunkymunky]

Well done on completing it, looks great :) Best of luck :)

[Stoneking]

Hey guys! again thanks a lot for all the support, means a lot !!

Doc Hula !! - Oskar, i'm really glad you like it man, your help was very important for the final result, wow, if i get to the podium i'll be speachless!
thanks for the support :)

Chunky !! - Thanks for the kind words and for the support trough all this competition, means a lot, Cheers!!

Cheeeeeeers!

[Seale]

Great job!

[hulahuga]

Cheers mate :D