Sumea Modeller Challenge

nice work hunter!!! U have such a definitive art style thats just awesome! i look forward to seeing it in 3D!



GL man :)



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Great concept, keep up the good work.

Sucks... Start again!

But seriously, its looking good (as I've already told you). Has a lot of character and I'm sure you're going to do a lot with it during the 3D stage.

Though, it probably wouldn't hurt to do an extra iteration or two on the concept to see if you've got any more ideas floating around.



-caseyjones

thanks guys ;)



heres a quick iteration:







i want him to be a vampire, did they have vampires in greek mythology?

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Is she missing a breast? Ouch!

Yeah I read some stuff that amazons would cut/burn a breast off so they could throw spears and fire arrows better. I'd like to incorporate that into my model. I'm still finishing concepts will post some more stuff soon...

Pics



Ok here are some more concepts, I'm not the greatest drawer but here you are. At this stage I'm really into the collar shoulder protection thing that adds to the one breast being missing.



Also I was considering a Greek burial mask but not sure if I'll go for that yet also haven't decided on the weapon either a spear or a bow and arrow.



Any comments welcome

Don't make too much reference to the Amazons though! More Greek looking please.

Your vivid description made me think of Voldo, naked. I almost puked ><



Really interesting concept, can't wait to see it progress! Or maybe I can LOL :P

Nice to see you taking part, Malus . Why aren't you forcing / blackmailing your colleagues to join in as well!

Hey Souri, well I'll try and get it done. :)



As for the others, well they have more dirt on me than I have on them. lol :P

HAHA! the first words in your thread LOL.



Private jokes aside - us old bastards have to stir things up a bit!



Bring on Eros!!! I should post my wips i guess...

Id love it !!!!



but then i'm one of those things you scarcely hear about. >.> the female things

[QUOTE=Neffy] Id love it !!!!



but then i'm one of those things you scarcely hear about. >.> the female things [/QUOTE]



Well so long as one person would like it, I'm happy :)

I don't see there being any real problem with having a naked male character, but how that will fit into the theme of the comp might be another question altogether.

I'm sure if you can find a way to give your character a Greek mythological vibe by having him naked, then by all means... Go for it!

Good luck though.



-caseyjones

Ah sorry he won't be entirely naked - he'll have some accessories and some greek-inspired armor/weaponry - just that the majority of his torso to his knees will be naked. There's a concept I have in mind that means this won't all be bare skin, but I'll need to post a pic when I get home if I can manage to draw anything that closely resembles my idea :P

Caseyjones: Since the Greeks had a thing for walking around nude I can't see how it wouldn't fit the theme of the brief. :)



Faultymoose:

As long as he has some way of portraying he is a god of war then who the hell cares if he's in the buff.



The industry may be biased towards blokes but that doesn't mean they are all league loving, wife bashing thugs with a closet fear that they might actually like it a bit too much in a scrum. lol.



And who knows it might entice some of the ladies to join our little boys club, god knows the games industry is a bloody sausage fest at the best of times and I for one am over it!! :P



Its interesting actually as I was talking to our fellow Sumean HazarD about this very thing, if I do get the time (lol) my entry was to be an almost nude dude as well.



...Not that theres anything wrong with that.. :P

Okay, so I've finally decided to enter this comp. I've been sketching all of last week and most of today. Had done a bunch of thumbnails, quick sketches, speed paints, tests, blah blah!

I've currently started more of an anatomy study for Hades (yes its a she! Decided to mix it up a bit)... So I apologise for the nakedness. I'll be spending the rest of the week trying to dress her up in all sorts of crazy sh*t and tweaking some of the proportions some more. But figured I'd post something to get some advice on what else I can do to pimp this bitch.



My current plans:

- Crapload of chains!

- Molten cracks throughout the feet and legs

- Firey hair

- Leather armour

- Spikes

- Rough up the skin some more (boils, scars, slime, etc)



-caseyjones

great stuff, arhh the darkside very cool... the skin wrinkles look good, have u seen Pans labyrinth? the Pale man may give u some inspiration. Killa Dee2007-07-23 04:19:16

HOT

Strong concept so far, she's a very creepy character!

I dig the lava/fire theme idea(lava zombie queen?). Take it easy with the armor and clothing though, you could easily lose her creepy essence.

Really strong concept. I'm a fan of the masculine face upon a feminine (albeit decrepit) body. The teeth along the jawline is also really visually interesting, and menacing.

Nice start! Looking forward to seeing your list come into a full concept :)

Killa Dee: Thanks dude and no, I haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth yet, though I do plan on doing so soon. So I'll have a look out for that.



shika: Glad you like it dude, that's a total compliment coming from you. I really appreciate it. You're totally right about the armour possibly making the character less creepy (its really apparent with the first paintover... Hades looks like a ditsy undead cheerleader or something). I've managed a quick paintover with a few ideas, but still far from happy.



faultymoose: Thanks for the kind words dude and I'm glad you like it. Its weird that the whole concept actually started with the teeth along the jawline and worked downwards from there.



Jason: Thanks man, I too am looking forward to seeing it come together. Though I'm still a fair bit off. Slowly but surely.



And now, a small update:



So far, I only really like the 3rd iteration, mainly the ashen legs with lava cracks, the neck brace and some of the thigh guards (mainly the 2 chains that connect from one guard to the other).

Hopefully I'll get a chance to do a few more paintovers tonight so I can get a start on the base mesh. But still a good while away from the modelling process.



-caseyjones

shes lookin nasty dude, cant wait for more progress!

nice concept! My crit would be to make it a little more greek, its kinda reminding me of conan the barbarian :). Even the little things from patterns and designs can make it look like its got a greek influence.

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he looks mean! great work very cool.

Nice work bro looking fully sik keep up teh good work

Nice concept! I have a small critique - or rather a question. With the position of his scabard, does he attack by swinging his elbow in a 'slashing' type motion? This would be an interesting style. But if he was to attempt to retreive his sword, I imagine it'd be quite awkward with its positioning.

Thanks faultymoose.



He can attack by swinging his elbow, but the scabbard in that position is mainly to hold the sword. To retrieve it, he simply brings his left elbow close to his right arm/hand   

look forward to seeing your progress dude

Good Luck m8 cant wait to see what u come with.

Well I finally got some concept art done. Still have to side and back profiles, maybe even a perspective shot but thats a bit beyond my abilities right now.



Heres my Dryad warrior






Don't know If I'll add a weapon, I'm leaning towards yes. Still need to give it more thought.




ScottS2007-08-22 23:48:05

Nice concept scott. Maybe a staff would suit dryad tree nymph warrior. Killa Dee2007-08-23 04:21:28

*DOH* It turns out editing a post won't change the post time. And therefor not putting my thread back at the top of the pile.



Nothing exiting yet. Finished the base mesh and started the high poly sculpt

nice start Mr Monk! keep up the good work.

Awesome good luck and have fun xD

Ok i have my idea. still no drawings yet, but just going to write down my plans. everyone seems to be doing warriors and such, so im going to do Charon. The guy that ferrys dead souls across the river Styx. pictures soon i promise.

Go Skips! the god of fire great choice.

Heres a quick image of the kind of look and feel ill be going with the head of the character, cartoony i know but i think it conveys the kind of emotion i want nicely.

Um, after a few hours work heres the start of my body geometry... low and high poly respectively, the low is about 5k atm, so it should do once i make the hands, should be able to leave myself with 1.5k for the head... we'll see how it goes. The high is just for fun, i didnt spend much time on it at all, he wont end up having those weird muscles :P
All so far done in z-brush, Ill work on the low poly in 3ds now, adding armour and details keeping an eye on the tri-flow (this will take me a while) Then I'll export it back to Z-brush for the final displacement map :)

Well thats the plan ;P

Welcome, great start cant wait to see some more.

yay about time mass :P ehehhe

maybe try and make the plume part a little more outrageous/cool/curvier

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just spammed this up quickly after work, sorta the direction i rekon ill take him,

edit: when i get the chance ill do some proper concepts, will focus a bit more love and attention on his shoulder guard and chest armor, as they will be defining features for the whole outfit,

atm i know its just looking like a random hoplite, but thats sort of the way i want to take it, even tho his armor will be individual and elaborate, i want him to keep that definitivly "Greek" look, hence the modified Corinthian Helm, a different touch but still with that firm Hellenic feel to itMassius2007-07-17 04:52:43

Good start dude as I already told you yesterday.
I'm looking forward to seeing what can of designs you have for the the armour.

-caseyjones

thought id spam a quick update, this one is still a work in progress, but its got a bit more shape to it now :P

was thinking of making the shoulder guard a sea serpent/monster as a sorta tribute to Thetis, Achille's mother (she was a sea nymph and once called a mighty sea moster to defend Zeus) but i scrapped that and went with the lion head, it being a more Heroic symbol of strength and courage, somthing that Achilles had plenty of

its still got a bit to go as i said but its definatly getting some more form

Nice update dude, its really coming together nicely.

-caseyjones

even better! I think you should go sword than a spear so its more creative than doing a cylinder lmao. Youve gone with the skirt i see hehe...im trying to avoid that for mine but i will probably cave ><

keep the updates coming!

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dont u worry, im thinkin of doin some teched out crazy hero like stuff with the spear, he will hace a sword as well, but its sheathed

main reason behind the spear is because thats how Achilles killed Hector, with a spear,

yeah i eventually weent with the skirt style, was thinking of doing scaled plates but that ended up looking to european/medieval, im hoping to tweak the skirt design a bit tho, so ill keep you all updated :DMassius2007-07-18 16:43:01

he looks solid, great stuff.

another quick update, fixed up the shinguards a bit and did some half proper feet, added a bit of color into it as well, still far from done but definatly on its way :D

This is coming along nice, I like the detail on the helmet and shield especially, my only crit would be the spear looks a little plain? Maybe adding some details or altering the shape might help? Apart from that looking good, can't wait to see the rest :)

[QUOTE=Jason] This is coming along nice, I like the detail on the helmet and shield especially, my only crit would be the spear looks a little plain? Maybe adding some details or altering the shape might help? Apart from that looking good, can't wait to see the rest :)[/QUOTE]



thanks dude, spear is sorta placeholder atm, still tossing up weather to have him with his spear of with his sword, ive got a solid desing for a sword, but nothing is sticking yet for the spear



have also been playing around a bit with some silouettes giving him a different shape, ill post those up later once ive done a bit more on em







Edit: was reading up on Homers the Odyssey, counterpart to the Iliad for a bit of greek inspiration and found a curios little passage that has given me some new ideas for the Achilles concept





summed up

Odysseus wanted to talk with Tiresias, so he and his men journeyed to the River Acheron in Hades, where they performed sacrifices which allowed them to speak to the dead. Odysseus sacrificed a ram and the dead spirits were attracted to the blood. Odysseus held them at bay and demanded to speak with Tiresias. Odysseus also meets Achilles, who tells Odysseus that he would rather be a slave on earth than the king of the dead



i quite like this little line and will be making some new concepts to fit it accordinglyMassius2007-07-23 23:56:34

did this at lunch today,



im still not settled on a color scheme for him yet but i got the general shape down pretty good



Massius2007-07-25 23:57:25

nice start dude, want to see more

Looks really good I like the clothing and armour

Solid start Makk!

Go Jay! Love the concept art dude, very smick.

nice start... i cringed when i saw those piercings lol. Beef up the legs more to keep inline with the size of the rest of his body :)

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Base mesh done with exactly 6000 tris

snap, that was quick. Cool work so far dude, keep cranken it out!

Yeh, we've migrated the forum to another server, and the new webhosts don't have the required upload components installed. You'll have to use an image hosting service instead, or you can upload pics to your Sumea journal/profile account, and then embed them here.

Ok cool, thanks Souri.
These are the concepts I have so far, I like the look of the one in the middle on the 2nd image and want to take that direction. I'm still not sure what I'll do with the body(armour or not).

second from the bottom left(top image) is the one that jumped out at me.
His proportions feel more God like IMO, and even as a thumbnail sketch it has plenty of character..

It's good to see how much sketching you're putting behind your character!shika2007-07-08 03:25:45

Hey hey! i agree with shika, second from the bottom left(top image)is very cool. Poseidon and his Kracken kick some ass in Clash of the Titans. Classic movie Killa Dee2007-07-09 04:27:09

Happy birthday Goldenchocobo!

Thanks Killa dee.

This is a more refine concept showing the proportions and an Idea for a skin texture(it is sort of an underwater camouflage water reflection).

I tried adding different types of armour too him. but I think he looks better naked. I still am thinking about giving him a huge spartan style round shield and a long cape.

nice one, looking cool

Wow, love the concept! The proportions are fantastic - very much heroic ideallism. I love the design of the head and hair... just awesome!

That's the spirit!

Okay, been doing some sketches but not sure on the style to head as yet. Here's some roughs for proportion and getting some ideas for character which should hopefully push me in a direction for the look and feel of him.







Just some back story on Hephaetus, to save you from Wikiing, he's one of the major Olympian gods. He's the god of fire and forges and is the creator of many things. He's also badly mutated, either from birth or being kicked out of Olympus by Zeus cause they had a tiff, ate his sandwich or something. He married Aphrodite though she despised him because of his looks and so she had an affair with Ares. The gods only laughed at his misfortune so he is generally a bit peeved the other gods.



So anywhooo, Heph's will have a huge giant arm that is supported by a large muscular right side. His left side will be quite lean, and his legs will be thin and perhaps inturned from being lame. He usually pounces about using his staff to pole-vault about and then mash people with his hammer of smiting. Though I was a bit partial to the wheel chair idea of some myths, (up goes the polys). His right hand is cauterised around the handle of his hammer. Attire wise, butt naked except for a smithing apron to protect the brass monkeys, and place a few accessories about willy nilly.

exo! I really like the dynamic poses

Just a little sketch of one way I'm thinking, though he looks too nice and needs to get nastier, think I'll keep the fire and beard. Might throw in some McFarlane direction, and get gritty and nasty







okay here's the evil one. Think this one works better as I finally warmed up on my tablet. Guess they both give you the idea of which why I was going with them. Last one has embedded chain cloak, iron pins in the shoulder, nails in the feet and a helmet to hide the face, mainly because I have no idea what to make him look like...sigh, need more life drawing classes....



Rosco2007-08-02 08:26:23

Whoa man that looks great!

awesome concept man, that will turn out really cool.

get going so we can see your skills

thanks guys...going to be an interesting process as I haven't gone to town and actually finished something for ages, still haven't finished my Wow character....but now I have less distractions and a little more time...



So I'll post my processes and get some feed back as I go for those with a little more normal mapping pipeline experience.



Process of thinking....start up in Maya and get base model, I'll do a head as well, as I've thought about making him look like a perfect stereotypical marble bust form. Then I'll pump him into mudbox then blow up my lappy as I try add detail.



So it will begin in the next few days....and if I keep to trends...will possibly never finish....

Weapons are more or less done. Might redo the textures later.

I need a bit of clarification on the rules.

"bi-pedal (two arms, two legs), and male or female.You could choose to have an animal head or animal features on the head of your character if you like (think: Minotaur or Medusa)"

I want to incorporate mechanical (more or less) wings into my design. Can i do it, if their part of the costume/amour, not the actual character itself?

I say go for it with the wings ! Im doing it as well haha -_^

Heres a quick front/side:

The head is a bit squashed in the side view, but the front view is proportionally accurate.

And heres the model so far:

This is my first challenge so some C&C would be much appreciated.

My concept and mesh so far

awesome, I cant upload imagesbenny_s2007-07-08 16:47:43

YO! benny, you can upload your pics at imagehost or photo bucket. I use imagehost, once you upload, it spits out a url link to your image, then you can click the insert image button and insert your url. Good luck.Killa Dee2007-07-08 17:41:49

Thanks for the help Killabenny_s2007-07-08 17:52:31

No problamos benny! nice concept and a solid start on the modeling great stuff. I remember your entry from last year it was awesome, a tad unlucky you couldn't submit it but it looks like your on track to make up for it. Keep up the great work.    

ohh i love this! Only cos i have this idea in my head of a guy with wings thats on my modeling "to do list" hehe. Looking forward to this one for shizzle :)

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Just posting an update. I haven't got much done, not a lot of spare time at work. We have Mudbox now so I've been playing with that, when i finish this base mesh I'll take in there and give some off you z brushers a run

Looking nice Ben. I like the head though I think the front of his neck might be dipping into the top of his chest to quickly, though your reference images might differ, so thats cool.



Any reason why you are modeling him posed instead of prone for rigging?

Thanks Rosco, the neck is a bit dodge there I'll have to smooth it out



As for modeling posed I dont know if i want to rig it yet and its more of a challenge to get the muscle flow right when he is posed up.



Thats really what were all here for, the challenge and to improve our skills.

too true benny, too true

I gotta say, brilliant work on the muscles and the head.. beautiful work. Can't wait to see how this entry progresses.

Thanks Souri, a comment like that from you is really appreciated with all the work you've seen.



Muscles are really my thing and getting the flow right is something I'm pretty proud of.



Hopefully I'll continue to impress

Just a quick update,



Thought I'd show some progression shots for anyone interested in my technique





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sweet, this is coming along really well. Great work

SubD poly modelling is soooOOoooOoo 2004 :)

but seriously, get aquainted with mudbox or zbrush, and start with a base mesh WAY more simple than what you've got.

It doesnt have to be any more complicated than this



Infact, the more simple the base mesh the better, as it will allow you to more easily fix up any proportion issues further down the track.



Once you've got a super cool sculpt, take it out of zbrush or mudbox and retopo the heck out of it. You can come out the end with an Animation ready SubD mesh(like what you're working on here) 5x faster and looking even better because the process is more fluid and organic. You wont be thinking about technical crap like how to quad your mesh for deformation/smoothing till AFTER you've got an awesome piece of work - technical thinking and creativity dont mix at all!

just some food for thought :)





I dig what you've got so far, his head and neck look great!

awesome work, but geez it must take you awhile to do.



looking forward to seeing what else you so with this

Look out were all doomed now! hehe. Your link won't work 4 meeee (probably cause i'm teh intranoob).

=0 can i take him home

zomg, 360 movie is insanely good!

Thanks, kind of got carried away because my plan was to have amour on his torso and spend most of my time detailing it, when I should have been detailing the arms or face , I kind of like the front of his torso now and maybe not amour it.

I guess I will get to see how it looks not amoured in this concepting stage before I go detail it.Hiporu2007-07-05 19:39:11

Quality start again man, I love his abdominal region except i thought his pecs, especially around the nipple is a tad pointy, what do you think ? Stylistic Man boobish almost maybe ?

It looks sweet as either way man - wicked start.

Too right, there is a little style I was aiming for and over shot the mark a little (lunch time was over) I like the abdominal area also and have been work that style and level of detail into the rest of the body, I also don't like the arms at all and how the join to the rest of the body, come to think about it the abdominal area is the only area I'm at all happy with.

I have done a bit work on it this weekend, I have re topology bits that were not working in ZBrush and re sculpted the back because it was a little back anatomy by numbers.

I agree with all the stuff you pointed out Hiporu.... But heck, its still a good piece of work!shika2007-07-08 03:01:25

holy cow!! That's looks brilliant dude

He must work out....
Agree with haz on the pecs.

2 lunch times? how long do they give you?

It's only rough took about an hour and a half (45min for lunch I take, they give me an hour.)

Started with a quick box model (would have used Zshperes but I have problem with human faces and Zsperes) and then did a quick past in Zbrush, took it back to max changed some topology and then worked it up from there.

Being able to change topology at a later date is great feature in Zbrush 3 means you can get right into modeling and fix issues later.

were dooooooooommmmmmmmmmmeddddddd!!!! hehehe

GW... a couple more lunchtimes and this will be completed by next week right?? hehe

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Yeah maybe but I'm have real problems nail down what I want to do.

At first I want to do ancient Greek meets Fire Fly, like one of the sh*t hole planets started to belief in the ancient Greek gods again which lead to them returning. The character I wanted to make became the god of war by defeating Ares (much like the god of war games.) Will this even land inside the challenge out lines?

BUT

Now I'm not sure if I going to do something over the top and crazy or focus on anatomy and style and keep it simply and nail the details. More Greek god art I see the more I just want to do a huge half naked guy just back from battle.

I don?t know.

Hey Hiporu, I know what you mean man. I get the same thing alot.

Ive decided to stick to the anatomy and focus on bringing out character, personality and realism in the face mainly for my entry.

But again i thought the same as you described, originally i was after doing something crazy and big, but decided to reduce it back down to keep it simple, boring but ill live with it.

Maybe a few more sculpts will help you make up your mind ?

Hello Panthr..... good to see your jumping in :)
Im the same i have to finish the gameartisans comp first and other contract work before i can fully jump on this.
Lucky its 4 months :P

Good luck and id love to see how much u have progressed im sure u have progressed so much.

Ive been playing around with the weapons as im still working on a direction for the look of hades. Hades symbol is a pronged fork and carries around a staff. I find staves boring, but ive stuck to the pronged fork idea and took on a weapon abit more menacing. Im not much of a concept artist so i concepted a block out of what i was looking for and modeled a little something something. Throw me some feedback :)

Hades weapons

He'll be duel wielding these babies. Atm the mesh is a little expensive (1776 tris x2)

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I just did another concept. I like this one a little more. Thx to Massius for the idea :) (hurry up and start posting !! hehe)

Hades weapon Take 2

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Yea i like the 2nd one it looks more sharp like a weapon then the first

well finnaly got my account sorted out :P (thx again Souri)

ill have some concepts up by the end of the week

stop distracting me from my work panthr :P lol
will be good to see what u post up next, im looking forward to it

yay! forums are working again. Ive recently done a helm design that looks badass lol. There wont be a plume for it, just the base that you see and thats it.

Hades Helm

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Love the helm, very original style and yet it also follow the greek style helms in terms of shape, nice work keep it up. It does look badass very cool

nice stuff

wheres your updates panthr?!?! thought ud be going to town on this!

Cool helmet, hanging to see the rest of the character!

me too :P hehehehehe



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less talk, more art!



-caseyjones

HAH! Awesome, cant wait to see this.

I've never done any normal mapping so I thought this comp is a good place for me to get a start learning it and get some good pieces to put into my portfolio. So here's my concept:







The silhouette is pretty traditional, but wanted to keep it looking Greek or real world and put my energy into the design detailing for that heroic armour look.

That's looking pretty solid! Great design on the armour though the weapon looks a little weak in comparison to the rest of the character. But that could be just me.

All in all, great start and keep at it.



-caseyjones

The armour is well defined no real cirts there, I'd have to agree with Casey on the weapon a bit, IMO I reckon he could be better suited with some sort of epic sword style weapon .



Then again this is ur design dude and feel free to do what ever u want wit it, this is just a little suggestion.



Other than that great concept, it does as u said look very convincing. Nice work will also make a nice folio piece, hope this comp helps u learn some normal mapping and good luck .

I agree with the posters above. The concept is beautiful! But for such a muscular, heroic type figure, I would imagine a weapon that appeared too heavy for the average person to handle. Something brutal and horrifying in itself. The weapon he has is a more realistic choice, though.

very slick concept man :D im definatly a fan, armor looks fantastic.



i do agree with casey tho, the weapon just dosent seem suited to the character, i do like how you have gone with the Kopesh style blade, but i rekon u can make it bigger and more elaborate



found this pic that might help

I love the way you paint, your design is awesome i love all the intricate details.

Maybe instead of a bigger weapon he can dual wield the one you have given him and they could cross over his back if he isn't wearing them or something ^_^

Hey guys, thanks for the great crits! I agree with the weapon looking too small, so i tried to flesh it out a bit more. I made the blade bigger and extended the body of it, im trying to go for a heavy staff look. On the back end is a spearhead, to keep that hoplite reference in there and to give him the option of stabbing moves. I'm trying to avoid making his weapon a sword, simply because so many heroes have swords lol.   







Here's a sketch to show how he would move. When coming out of invisibility, I imagine white clouds of smoke would envelop him, similar to nightcrawlers black smoke in the XMen film. He can't truly 'fly' but his jumping and agility would be superhuman, something like Achilles 'jumping stab' move in the movie Troy.

Hey Jason long time no chat.

Looking awesome as usual.

I am so looking forward to this. you are gonna kick arse !

love your concepts, you got some cool stuff on your website to! keep up the great work, u rock.

Really nice concept however I actually liked the old weapon.



Not saying the new one is any worse but I find it very cliche that a big guy has to have a big weapon.



To me he looks quite athletic but still agile, almost birdlike, that first weapon reminds me of a talon and I could imagine him gracefully dancing through a sway of enemies casually slicing them up with precise control.



You can see the obvious correlation to birds of prey in your amour's filigree, the tail feather like skirt, the beak like helm etc, I think your original idea would serve the theme of the actor better.



Especially since the next image you submitted, while well executed, lacks any real unique personality which I feel is from compensating for what the new weapon would allow him to do, also 300 comes to mind.



Not every hero needs to be a brute. :)



Again though, sweet concept, look forward to seeing this guy develop.

Ninja: Hey man, still in Japan? Looking forward to seeing your entry to, your dominance war stuff was awesome :)



Killa Dee thanks!



Malus: Thanks for the great crit, my initial thought was to go with agile, hence the flight and bird symbolism. Now I'm not really sure which direction to take him. I might make his weapon more staff-like as thats a pretty good tradeoff between size and lightness? Sort of like those monks that fight with the staff.



The main purpose of the image was to show how he would move, the dynamics of the character motion. But you're right about him lacking unique personality.



My initial thoughts are that this is Perseus after he has slain medusa and completed his other heroic feats and instead of returning the armour, it becomes his and will only posess its magic properties when he wears it.



I also see him as somewhat reclusive. He was once a hero, but now is a little distant/detached and this can be related to prolonged use of his invisibility helmet plus some other reasons I've yet to come up with yet :). Anyway that's the basic gist of it, but I really need to develop it more, once again thanks you've gotten me thinking about characterisation more, which is something i need to focus on, I'll try that for my next piece :)

Great concept Jason. Love the detail.

i love the amount of detail you have put into the armor, its a great start! But for your concept peice to look 100% top notch get those body proportions lookin nice! and then your overall peice would be perfect. awesome start!!



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Best concept art for this challenge! Really amazing detail, I am super keen to see this one modelled and textured. Good specula mapping will really make the amour!

Some really beautiful tonal control and details on the torso of your initial character sketch Jason. I think with the beefed up weapon to match with the heavy duty amour the concept will be rocking along!

Cant wait to see this dude, I know its going to be a quality entry.

ohhhh the apprentice meets the master!

GL ninja hehe

ah cool choice although i was one of a few to over through you hehe, looking forward to seeing what you come up with

Hi all here is the quick concept sketch for Cronus.

great concepts!!! I like the first one :D

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Great start Chris, really looking forward to your entry.

-caseyjonescaseyjones2007-07-16 16:04:16

Nice concepts, I like the fourth one

Changed my mind due to the fact that there are to many 'normal' looking models in the comp, in which doing a random hero. Could say god of banishment, pain, surrering, ect. Anyways paint over from my ZBrush model. Possibly might deform him pyshically in some way. Comments and crits are appriciated.



codyalday2007-08-10 03:45:56

Why've you got a female diagram in there?



It's looking interesting. What are you planning on for clothing / armour ?

Only reference picture i could find to show the size difference . Anyways, an update, i am getting there.

Cody, its great to see how much you've improved over the months, especially with your low res meshes. Keep at it!



Id like to be helpful and critique your work in general. It's clear to me that you don't make use of good reference, evidenced by the anatomical errors in your latest character. Trust me when I say this - reference is everything! hit google images and find some photos of body builders, bearded men, capes, togas, shorts and t-shirts, save them all to a "reference" folder in your working directory and have a few images open while you model.



Be extremely picky with your work and don't stop until it looks exactly like your reference and/or concept art. That's what we get paid for ;)