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Published: 2008-07-02 07:51:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 1354; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 52
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Hah, finally got around to finishing up the render. So here is my final project from my Advanced 3D Modeling class. I think he came out pretty good but I can still see a lot more I want to do with him. I'll post a wireframe render of the low poly version in my scraps later. I don't recall the poly count or the hours it took, all I know is it took a lot of tweaking and revising and then more tweaking, then redoing most of his leg, then just making everything else up as I went. The pose is still a bit weak but I like this one a lot better than the "out for a jog" pose on the right side which was my original submission pose.
Comments and critiques are always welcome!
Ren character is property of MacHall.com or so I'm told.
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Wow, that looks really good! Can't wait to see the low poly wireframe-ness
And for armor and stuff, you can just just parent them (if you didn't already think of that...xD), or if its cloth, make use of the clusters. They work wonders I hear.
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Weird that you used the two different binds for your character...I've never heard of that, but hey, if it works, then go with it. lol
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Well the armor is all hard surface modeled and most of it was pulled right off of his body mesh so it's high res enough to deform well with the rest of him. I think if I just combine his entire mesh and then rig him well, it'd look good. The way I did him here was to smooth bind his body mesh then rigid bind the armor pieces. It worked well but it had weirdness in spots like his back.
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And I have no idea why that comment worked did that...strange...haha, sorry there
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The pose here is much better than in class. Although I still think you could push it more. Like Baldwin said, looking at this character makes me think he should be super agile, but the pose doesnt.
Maybe exaggerating the bend in the legs, leaning him forward a little, and loosening the arms could help that?
Great facial expression by the way!
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Thanks for the comment! Yeah, I really wanted him to be like lunging forward with his armored claw stretched forward like he was slashing at something but the hard part is to rig him so that he works well that way. His armor and belts and all that are all separate objects and it becomes a pain to try and move all of them to match his pose. At some point I'll do a well done rig for all of him including his armor but for now, I couldn't push the pose too far sadly.
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In the world of 3d art, excuses are not an acceptable form of currency! xP
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Ah yes, we only accept hours and polygons here.
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He may be out for a brisk jog on the right there, but you know it's a brisk jog towards delivering a severe ass-kicking.
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All the evil ones have a skip in their step.
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