Hi everyone, this is my first post on this site, and i think it's a brilliant site. Ok here's my concept entry, plz dont grill it too much, it's only my second go at doing anything illustrative with a gap of years between first and second. But i felt it was worth the effort for this comp. It's a powerful demon snake sorc with charm and mind control specialization, your basic hallugenic, but not restricted to, magic user. I wanted to try and go for something sexy, simple and deceptive, just because it aint beefy doesn't mean it cant kick ass using big bad ass black magic.[:)]
[img]http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~icespike/pics/Illustration.jpg[/img]
Looking good! The concept looks kinda like a mermaid gone evil, but I think that tail will be more snake-like when you model it.
www.snotmonster.com has a great edgemap plugin for max. I saw something I think Doord posted a while back about cloning the mesh and converting it to a shape, pushing it out and making the edges renderable, but a screenshot of the wires would be enough.
Thanks for the comments and i'll keep the purple skin in mind, and will definitely make two versions of skin colour and see which one i like best, i like the shading effect too [^], I've finished modelling and will be mapping over the next few days. I've managed to squeeze every drop of polygon goodness out of the limit so she's 3500 triangles.
Default lighting
[img]http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~icespike/pics/Completed%20Shaded.jpg[/img]
Shaded wires
[img]http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~icespike/pics/Completed%20wires.jpg[/img]
I might up the height of the breasts but it could look low because of the missing arms, i did use some.....ahem reference.[:D]
Here is my current wip, i should be finished modelling in a day or two, i may add minor spikes/horns or may not depending on how much it will affect the sexy look.[img]http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~icespike/pics/Shad%27zir%20wip.jpg[/img]