LowPoly Warrior Character

TheWinterLord · 19-09-2006, 02:37 PM

Hey guys, ive been inactive for most of the summer... Anyways Im a student at a game developing school in Sweden and we have just gone through the basics of Maya because thats what we are going to use.

Well we finally started making characters which we are going to model, texture, setup, rig, animate.

So thats what im going to be posting throughout the thread.

I drew this guy and he is going to be some warrior with 2 katanas and 2 firearms. He has some armour on his legs and there will be some cloth + belt between his legs (havent modeled that yet.)

PS. I have only been working on it for some hours.

TRI LIMIT: 2500

TheWinterLord · 19-09-2006, 02:39 PM

Wires:

I havent modeled it so that you can bend stuff like arms and legs without it getting deforemed. I will do that later.

TheWinterLord · 19-09-2006, 03:49 PM

Thought id post the concept aswell

(Im getting a wacom soon, its ordered)

TheWinterLord · 19-09-2006, 05:43 PM

WIP

lowered the poly and fixed some stuff. also got rid of the head.

and

Imposting these small images due to the image uploading problem... just click on the them to enlargen.

bb0x · 19-09-2006, 06:30 PM

i find the arms coming out of his sides weird/unatural...ittll look better if his arms came out thru his arm pits if you get what i mean...plus he should have an extra set of chest muscles i presume

anyways in the concept he looks way bigger than i get the idea of your low poly model

TheWinterLord · 19-09-2006, 11:36 PM

bb0x Thank you very much you have a good point there about the arms and armpit, Il try to fix it to look better. Ive been thinking and i know ur right but i havent figured out how to fix it just yet.
Yeh I modeled him this way because I think the concept picture makes him look to clumsy.
Hmm I have actually been thinking about chest muscles for the bottom arms but I think it will make him look very strange...

(more strange)

Ah and I got my wacom! It rocks!

Glottis · 20-09-2006, 01:46 PM

Study this guys anatomy : http://www.geocities.com/primpost/model/movie/golo.jpg

notice the halfcut pectoral muscles and tha abs.

Elf · 20-09-2006, 03:59 PM

Ah yes, goro from mortal combat!
The arms do looks unatural (maybe because it is) but that can be over come with prpoer use of real anatomy. i dont think the arms should come out of his arm pits though, think that would looks even more unatural. Think you just need a bigger torso height wise to allow more room for the arms and their assosiated chest muscles.

TryForce · 20-09-2006, 04:34 PM

emmm... k.... you could have saved loads of more polys as the flow could have been alot better.... *points out especially the deforming areas*

dunno what tips to give since i dont realyl have a good imagine of that what you ve done so far but owell i always crit to early befor i see the finished stuff.

TheWinterLord · 20-09-2006, 04:48 PM

Hey Guys!
Thanks for the comments I am taking each one into consideration to make my character better.

but first an announcement: I got my wacom!!

This is the second thing i ever made with a wacom

Glottis thanks for the link. Ive decided to make 2 sets of chest muscles but il need the Goro pic when i texture the other muscles.

Elf I think making the toroso higher will make him look to clumsy. but maybe i should but the lower arms further up?

Try force Here il post some wires also showing the new chest muscles. can you please point out more specific on that picture where i could have saved polies? Thank you. Im going to go ask some of the second year student how to get the flow better.

TheWinterLord · 21-09-2006, 12:11 PM

I worked more on the model.
I made better muscles and optimized the tri count the best i could.

Glottis · 22-09-2006, 04:15 AM

Ok your anatomy is sweet now man

But I think you could still optimize your model (and try not to use this many tri´s)

TheWinterLord · 22-09-2006, 02:29 PM

Thanx Glottis! Yeh well now the new tri count is 2182.

Here is the last screen i thought i would show the back...

Its the last screen of it not being UV mapped

Thats comming right up... (I hope)

J_ray · 24-09-2006, 12:33 AM

The pole (vertex where more than 4 edges comes together) on the back shoulder is bad news for texturing and animation. Looks like you could reroute the topology easily enough

TheWinterLord · 24-09-2006, 06:10 PM

J_ray Thancs i will look into that on monday when im in school

I UV mapped my character

19-09-2006, 02:37 PM	#1
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	LowPoly Warrior Character Hey guys, ive been inactive for most of the summer... Anyways Im a student at a game developing school in Sweden and we have just gone through the basics of Maya because thats what we are going to use. Well we finally started making characters which we are going to model, texture, setup, rig, animate. So thats what im going to be posting throughout the thread. I drew this guy and he is going to be some warrior with 2 katanas and 2 firearms. He has some armour on his legs and there will be some cloth + belt between his legs (havent modeled that yet.) PS. I have only been working on it for some hours. TRI LIMIT: 2500 __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

19-09-2006, 02:39 PM	#2
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Wires: I havent modeled it so that you can bend stuff like arms and legs without it getting deforemed. I will do that later. __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

19-09-2006, 03:49 PM	#3
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thought id post the concept aswell (Im getting a wacom soon, its ordered) __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

19-09-2006, 05:43 PM	#4
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	WIP lowered the poly and fixed some stuff. also got rid of the head. and Imposting these small images due to the image uploading problem... just click on the them to enlargen. __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

19-09-2006, 06:30 PM	#5
bb0x Artificial Soundwave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the Netherrealms Posts: 813 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	i find the arms coming out of his sides weird/unatural...ittll look better if his arms came out thru his arm pits if you get what i mean...plus he should have an extra set of chest muscles i presume anyways in the concept he looks way bigger than i get the idea of your low poly model __________________ http://www.bb0x.com new portfolio I'm working on. http://bb0x.wordpress.com/

19-09-2006, 11:36 PM	#6
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	bb0x Thank you very much you have a good point there about the arms and armpit, Il try to fix it to look better. Ive been thinking and i know ur right but i havent figured out how to fix it just yet. Yeh I modeled him this way because I think the concept picture makes him look to clumsy. Hmm I have actually been thinking about chest muscles for the bottom arms but I think it will make him look very strange... (more strange) Ah and I got my wacom! It rocks! __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

20-09-2006, 01:46 PM	#7
Glottis Gone away grateful Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,051 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Study this guys anatomy : http://www.geocities.com/primpost/model/movie/golo.jpg notice the halfcut pectoral muscles and tha abs. Last edited by Glottis; 20-09-2006 at 02:03 PM..

20-09-2006, 03:59 PM	#8
Elf Lead Designer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Plymouth Posts: 259 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ah yes, goro from mortal combat! The arms do looks unatural (maybe because it is) but that can be over come with prpoer use of real anatomy. i dont think the arms should come out of his arm pits though, think that would looks even more unatural. Think you just need a bigger torso height wise to allow more room for the arms and their assosiated chest muscles. __________________ My Freelance Alliance profile http://www.freelancealliance.co.uk/j...vans-3d-artist My online portfolio http://www.jevans3d.webs.com My Facebook fan page! go on chekc it out an dhelp me out by becoming a fan! takes 2 seconds! http://http://www.facebook.com/pages...s/103192445276

20-09-2006, 04:34 PM	#9
TryForce Lowpoly Artist Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Berlin Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	emmm... k.... you could have saved loads of more polys as the flow could have been alot better.... points out especially the deforming areas dunno what tips to give since i dont realyl have a good imagine of that what you ve done so far but owell i always crit to early befor i see the finished stuff. __________________ http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3...nim3d_sig1.jpg For Artist and Developers.

20-09-2006, 04:48 PM	#10
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey Guys! Thanks for the comments I am taking each one into consideration to make my character better. but first an announcement: I got my wacom!! This is the second thing i ever made with a wacom Glottis thanks for the link. Ive decided to make 2 sets of chest muscles but il need the Goro pic when i texture the other muscles. Elf I think making the toroso higher will make him look to clumsy. but maybe i should but the lower arms further up? Try force Here il post some wires also showing the new chest muscles. can you please point out more specific on that picture where i could have saved polies? Thank you. Im going to go ask some of the second year student how to get the flow better. __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

21-09-2006, 12:11 PM	#11
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I worked more on the model. I made better muscles and optimized the tri count the best i could. __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

22-09-2006, 04:15 AM	#12
Glottis Gone away grateful Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,051 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Ok your anatomy is sweet now man But I think you could still optimize your model (and try not to use this many tri´s)

22-09-2006, 02:29 PM	#13
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanx Glottis! Yeh well now the new tri count is 2182. Here is the last screen i thought i would show the back... Its the last screen of it not being UV mapped Thats comming right up... (I hope) __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

24-09-2006, 12:33 AM	#14
J_ray Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The pole (vertex where more than 4 edges comes together) on the back shoulder is bad news for texturing and animation. Looks like you could reroute the topology easily enough __________________ http://www.digitaljeremy.com/

24-09-2006, 06:10 PM	#15
TheWinterLord Reretsiged Uesr Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden, Malmö Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	J_ray Thancs i will look into that on monday when im in school I UV mapped my character __________________ Pontus, The Winter Lord @ Massive Entertainment Honorable Mentions: W64 Steam Power, W78-79 Free from the Year TWL´s SketchBook

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