I'm going with a beetle-themed heavy, currently fleshing out the proportions and messing with a few details.
Boo! I'm back from the desolate wasteland of page 3 and I've brought someone with me...
Forgive my lack of progress, RL can be a beech at times. This charming fellow, now more or less complete, weighs in at 3498 tris. Crits would be appreciated, especially if they come soon because I really need to get unwrapping. :D
[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/simages2/460_beetle1L.jpg[/img]
ATM I'm messing around with a near-future military skin, but I'm not sure yet. I'm borrowing a few ideas from newer fighter jets, the zig-zag panel lines and such.
Now you mention it I'm not sure about the joint deformation, but there's room to cut some more polys and add another loop or two if necessary, so I'll see how it goes. Thanks for the crits. :)
cool idea. Is it going to be an armoured beetle, or beetle themed armour though? Either way I'm looking forward to how this idea turns out.