Comp #17 (((ReDesigned Character))) Comp #17

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Low Poly Mini Contest #17
Subject – Character ReDesign
ALL WIPS AND CONCEPTS ARE TO BE KEPT IN THIS THREAD.

Guide Lines:

Close your eyes and think of a game/movie/tv character, doesn’t matter which. Pick the first one that comes to mind. Now, think about what they would look like if you had designed them. Now stop thinking about it and do it.

ReDesign your favorite character from any media format you can think of. Put your style all over this model, make people say, “man, that’s what he should have looked like to begin with” This is not a fan art competition, I don’t want to see you model out something that looks just like the original, that, is, boring.

The specs for this competition are for everyone that wants to step it up a bit (10,000 total tris), it may sound like a lot, but the idea is to get you all ready for the up-coming Dominances War. We need to defend our championship. So consider this your training. You get about 4 weeks, so do not try and over do it. I want people to finish. So start now.

Above all,
Have Fun!


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

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

DUE DATE: October 28th: a Sunday, 4 weeks and a few days from today! 12 (midnight) GMT - SUNDAY

Prizes: to be announced.

Idea:
Your mission if you choose to accept it, will be to take a character from any media format and redesign it.

Poly limit:
10,000 Tris Total. You can do whatever you want with these, just don’t get carried away and don’t exceed the 10,000 Tri Limit. Remember, the limit tells you where to stop, there is no minimum, so use as much of the limit as you see fit.

Textures:
(1) 2048 x 2048 texture. This means (1) 2048 for color, (1) 2048 for bump, (1) 2048 for normal, (1) 2048 opacity, so on and so forth. You can chop it up into whatever you want, but you still need to go all out in your texture.

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



Final Pictures:

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

- 1 x Winning pose shot. This image can only have "One" pose of your character. No multiple shots or different angles. Just one!

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

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

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

- Concept Sheet (Only if you have a concept)

You must provide a screen grab of your wire frame with your poly count, with the actual model and all its parts selected. Please don’t Photoshop your Poly counter with a bogus count. Make sure you post all work in progress, including final poly counts and wire frames in the work in progress thread.


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

Good luck everyone!
BiG ToE.

[simple_minded]

!bamf!

[Agent-X]

I am going to do Kratos from God of War. I hope to work for Sony Playstation Studios Santa Monica one day. I got nothing to lose. Lets do this!

[carlosf]

Since the mention of recreating a character came up, i thought about the FlashBack game. I played a lot when i was younger and it sounded a good idea.

EDIT: I´ll go with FlashBack: The Quest for Identity.

[Robbiek1000]

I'm setting out to create a character from a great book I just finished called "Mistborn." I have some great descriptions of the character, and it also leave quite a bit of room for the imagination. Cant wait to get started on this!

[the_bromox]

Excellent Topic!! Sure there will be many entries in this one! I been wanting to create Officer Jack Traven (keano reeves) from the movie "Speed". Lookin forward to gettin started!!

[L3XICON]

good topic! though gonna be tough. looking forward to seeing what people come up with

being a huge lord of the rings fan (books and films) I decided to tackle a character from that. One of the things in the film I was realy looking forward to seeing was the undead army, and the King of the Dead that dwell in Dunharrow. Unfortunatly it was just about the only element of the lotr film visually that really didnt look how I had imagined it.. so a redesign due? we shall see. here's a quick screeny of how Peter Jackson's lot conjured the long dead chappy up..

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

Quick Reply
I'd love to participate in this one, but I might not be able to. Job apps take most of my free time, and if I fail there I graduate without a jobs! I'll think of a character though.

[bb0x]

ill prolly do mario in a more serious and realistic way, if i can find the time to do so.

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

Quick Reply
Maybe Brainiac from the Superman Comics...

[obibok]

ill go with the bats

[D-Chap]

Hey I might do a LOTR character too- maybe a redesigned version of Eomer- since he has a horse as well which would be fun to do.

[omnicypher]

i know this might sound cliche at the moment, but i think i might remix master chief. his armor never really stood out much (very basic shapes with some greebles thrown in for detail) and to me he always seemed kinda weak. ill try and rebuild him bigger and stronger. but in the end it may not even look anything like him.

[omnicypher]

or i could just make a female version, and the similarities would be stronger and it may fit this comp better.

[freedie]

hello guys so first thing sorry for the space wasting but i got more chars from i wanna choose and need little help couse i cant deside witch one to pick...all are good most from these i like alucard from helsing but Ash from army of darkness is fantasic too or others on the third pic......witch one u like most of these