Abe Sapien

[ncollings]

hi guys, Here is my progress so far on a new character " Abe Sapien", need a lot of works :) . He's going to wear a jacket as well as a short pants + a few belts and some gears.

AbeSapien_Wip01.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27100957%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip01.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[JiChi]

cool~
i love this character from the movie~
will you give him the texture?
i can't wait to see it finishes!

[ncollings]

thanks JiChi, yes i will texture him ;) i'm going to make a next-gen game model version of it.

[ncollings]

hop here is an update on Abe.

AbeSapien_Wip02.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('101091','AbeSapien_Wip02.jpg',1,0))

[JohnnyRaptor]

very cool dude! seems like a good start. just dont give him some upsidedown fish tank bubble helmet thingy!

[barbarossaX]

great charactor, man , i like it so much:tu:

[Kupo]

man...this one looks really promising
i am looking forward to this one
keep up:D
Jason

[rodion vlasov]

cool work,keep up.:D :tu:

[ncollings]

thanks a lot guys, glad you like it.

here is an update.

AbeSapien_Wip03.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27101228%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip03.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Ls3D]

Fantastic! Really tight job. Canada will be lucky to have you.

-Shea

[ncollings]

Ls3D, thanks dude :o .

hop little update on the skin.

AbeSapien_Wip04.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27101231%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip04.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Lucky_1]

He's looking awesome Nick !

Lucky

[IcemanJ]

I like Abe Sapien a lot, he is my favourite character from Hellboy. And your sculpt and interpretation is awsome, I really really like it man, keep working on it, I'm looking forward updates :tu:

[neversong2]

ncollings, your stuff look fantastic.

keep them coming.




-hwasup

[ncollings]

thanks guys :).

here is an update on the face and upper torso. I splited the mesh to be able to push a bit more the skin level. 1.5 million so not huge but good enought to refine the details.

In the same time i unwarped the hipoly, 'cause i think i'm going to texture it rather then the lowpoly. will be better to match the details in the color map.


AbeSapien_Wip05.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27101286%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip05.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[ncollings]

here is an update, i think i'm done with the hipoly. so i started to polypaint a first color pass of the skin.

AbeSapien_Wip06.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27101411%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip06.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[koyima]

great work on the texture ma, nothing to crit.:tu:

[Giantsun]

I only hope you are going SSS with it once you textured it all. :cool: It's gonna look crazy good!

[nellement]

Great progress ,color choice si great too!

[modeller2526]

Fantastic choice of colors. The model is looking better and better.

[ncollings]

koyima, nellement, modeller2526: thanks guys, glad you like it !

Giantsun : yeah maybe i will try a sss shader on the hipoly version but i'm going to make a in-game model actually. thanks for you comments :)

update:
i finished the first texturing pass. Now i'm going to start on the lowpoly :) . I will work on the textures again at the end , when i will have the color, normal and ambiant occlusion maps baked .

(some of the colors (such as the button) are just there as an indication for the baked map.)

AbeSapien_Wip09.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('101555','AbeSapien_Wip09.jpg',1,0))

[SIWEB]

Hi ncollings,
I was one of the two make up artists that made up Doug Jones as abe on the hellboy movies and I realy like your model. If it were mine I might pinch the nostrils down a bit and feather the stripes a little but that's just me !! Great work ,I love the vest.
-SIWEB

[koyima]

best crit SIWEB, if you think it's cool, i think he nailed it.
maybe one thing i would try and change is the ribs and specifically
the pattern on the ribs.

nice work on the leather btw. i also totally dig his anatomy
and the work on the clothing.:cool:

i also think it would be interesting to test a shark effect (back dark/belly light) on him.

but it's great like this

[ncollings]

SIWEB: hi man, thank you very much for posting your thought about the model :). I'm gonna fix those 2 things you mention. ;)

koyima : thanks dude for your comment too :)

[infamouskiller]

:cool: :cool:

[SIWEB]

Hey ,it's your version of abe , theres no need to mess with it because of something I said . In the movie the nostrils are smaller which I think makes him look more 'alien' ! I like how you've moved the calf fins to the side - interesting !
-SIWEB

[ncollings]

SIWEB : héhé, yeah sure ;)

Giantsun : here is a little test render of the head with sss shader. just for you :) .

AbeSapien_Wip10.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27101570%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip10.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Intervain]

nice :) I thought he doesn't have ears sticking out?!

[skylngtr22]

hey, nice work on the abe really good job.

[ncollings]

hey magda, in the movie you're right no ears but actually in the comicbook he does have the tiny ears sticking out :)

skylngtr22, thanks man.

[Giantsun]

ncollings, it looks fantastic. Thanks man. :D :tu:

[Bryan Wynia]

wow man, top row my from me for sure. great work!

[alexleia]

wow ,great work!!

Alex Oliver

[dagoned]

fantastic work man, restecp..

[Zicarious]

hey nic awsome abe sapien, post more soooon.
Also would love to get some feedback from you on my sketchbook :D

[ncollings]

Thanks everybody for your comments. I'm glad that you like it so far. I'm still working on the lowpoly, but i finished to import everything back in 3dsmax so i did a little test render just for fun :) The lowpoly is coming ..

AbeSapien_Wip11.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27101688%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip11.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Goldenry]

This looks so badass already...lol...your "little tests" are top notch.:tu::tu:
(+:tu:..and one extra alien thumbs up)
I've always been really curious how you and others achieve this studio type effect for your renders. It's that floor he's on that seems to fade into the background, plus the lighting.
Can you give insights to how you set this up? Also, is this Mental Ray?

[Webhead]

Very nice looking Abe Sapien. I like the feel of weight and dimensionality to him. :tu:

[mkk316]

Abe is looking great! Such fun proportions, and the details are just perfect. I wish my tests were that good, I feel so amateurish compared to you. GAH!

[Kupo]

well done
really love this one
can't wait to see it finished :D
Jason

[metric]

Wow, great work man! Love the vivid colors on him. Top row for sure!

[undoz]

Awesome and very original.

What he is missing is a wet layer on his skin. It's way to dry for a sea creature :)

[lucao]

It stopped me and I think it looks amazing. I cannot wait for the final

[villafane]

Great Stuff!
I cannot wait to start playing around with this stuff.
Thanks for the inspiration.

[piz]

Very Good!!! I love it! :cool:

[SIWEB]

Sweet ! Looking good dude ! I agree with UNDOZ though , needs a little glisten and the texture seems a little high in places like the arms. Great stuff though !
-SI

[Eonsuu]

One of my favourite characters in Hellboy. Nice textures and a great model. :tu: :tu:

[ncollings]

Webhead, mkk316, Kupo, metric, lucao, villafane, piz, Eonsuu: Thanks a lot for the kind words guys, really appreciated.

Goldenry : Thanks man, about the render; there is nothing complicated about it. Just create a plane ground which bends up behind the model. Set you render engine to MentalRay, Then place 2 Area Photometric Lights ( 1 key light and 1 back Light ) check the Shadows type to raytrace and exlude the Plane from the BackLight , HIt Render . Then you can render an Ambiant Occlusion Pass to enhanced the render in photoshop.

undoz, SIWEB ; you're right guys, the skin should be glossy, wet etc.. but i'm not gonna play now with the shader, because like i said i'm going to do a in-game version and so i have to put my effort and my time on that. But be sure that at the end, i'll try to make a good render of the Hi-res model :).

[SIWEB]

Another awesome piece - very cool !
you nailed that 'Baker' hair technique too. I think it's great that you got the skin texture at a realistic level , not overdone like so many are ! The fattening suits the character.
- SIWEB

[ncollings]

hey SIWEB, thanks a lot for checking my works man, glad you like it. :)

Here is an update, i finished the lowpoly , i have to optimize it slightly 'cause now it's around 7500 tris and the limit for the challenge is 7000tris. Anyway, i baked the diffuse and the normal map. I still have to bake a AO map and then create the Spec map and rework the diffuse and the normal map.

AbeSapien_Wip13.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27101854%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip13.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[VenomBG]

The model is really great and the texturing is just awsome!!! very life-like :) can't wait to see the final render :)

[iatriki]

that abe sapien is a very nice!

[dagoned]

i dig it.. i dig it very much lol. awesome

[bradjames]

hey collings great job on this one. Really turned out great just like all your work. keep it up

[brettSinclair]

Beautiful work man. As always :tu:

[KrakenCMT]

Abe is looking quite cool! Very nice all around!

[gatis6]

Looking really nice fella, look forward to seeing the final piece

[ncollings]

thank you very much guys, here is an other shot with a back view + an update of AO map.

AbeSapien_Wip14.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('101880','AbeSapien_Wip14.jpg',1,0))

[romilkchoprazb]

Great,can you please post the bigger image and some extreme closeups.:)

[fabianloing]

ohh wowwwwwwwwwww!! :eek:
This is sooo awesomeeee! Love the proportion, the details, the textures is even more amazing! Top Row for me! Great work dude! i would love to see more renders of him too.! :tu: :tu:

-Fabian

[alphagsv]

Great work ncollings, he looks really kool..
I would love to see more... :D

[ncollings]

thanks guys :) here is an update, quite finished here 7000 tris.

AbeSapien_Wip25.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27102149%27,%27AbeSapien_Wip25.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[stimpack]

turned out so good man. gratz on a great piece!

[Kupo]

this is great man
i can't find anything bad with this dude
wonderful piece of art
Jason

[vlad74]

Looks really cool. The thing I would change is the eyes. I would give them proper look. It is gonna make the model more alive.

[alexleia]

amazing work congratulations !!

Alex Oliver

[SIWEB]

Nice one dude ! Doug would be proud !

[Intervain]

it's looking great Nick!

[ncollings]

thanks everyone for your comments. I'm still working on it, tweak the pose etc.. update soon ;).
vlad74: yeah you're right i tried to inject a hint of color in the eyes. a bit better :) .

[skulll_monster]

amazing work man !

[ncollings]

thanks guys, koyima this dude has been done for a challenge one of the rules is to keep the model at 7000 tris max and also keep the texture size at 1024.

ok here are the final images :) , hope you'll like it.

WinningPose.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27102904%27,%27WinningPose.jpg%27,1,0%29)

http://nicolascollings.com/WIP/BeautyShot.jpg

http://nicolascollings.com/WIP/ConstructionShot.jpg

http://nicolascollings.com/WIP/TextureSheet.jpg

http://nicolascollings.com/WIP/ConceptSheet.jpg

[khalavi]

Very inspiring!!!
Congratulations!
I'd love to see you model the dark knight :D. Your style would give him a nice fresh look.

Abe's my favorite character in hellboy!
:tu: :tu:

[Kupo]

this is turn out really great
i really like Mike Mignola's hellboy characters
and u do justice on this one
congrats
i bet u will win:D
Jason

[romilkchoprazb]

Thanks for posting the closeups man.keep going,great piece of work:tu:

[Tim Leydecker]

Abe Sapien looks great, everything. The base pose, color, lowrez, highrez.

damn cool.

Cheers

tim

[AVTPro]

This is tight. Real Nice Job.

[aesis412]

great turnout another wonderful piece from the contest, man its going to hard to judge but good luck to you sir.

[waiyeh_L]

Hey Nico, really nice job done on this one !
I'm glad to see you keeps on improving your skills :)

Hope you'll win the contest !

[ncollings]

yeah, sorry english is not my mother tongue, there must be a bunch of mistake in my thread , sorry about that !

[gpepper]

Yeah !
So nice !
You show us your huge skills in modeling and texturing, and they are great !

[ncollings]

thanks a lot gilles :)

I should get my pc back in about 2 weeks, can't wait to work on some new personal models :evil: