Action Hero - Nitrate (villain -nudity)

[Captain Sensible]

Entrant - Chris Curtis

Background
While working in a chemical lab, Aqua Fortis became the victim of an unfortunate chemical accident. It mutated her and led to her unintentionally harming her friends and family. Burning and scalding them. Including her own mother. She fled to the city an emotional wreck where more unfortunate encounters with the public left them with their skin burnt off. This attracted the attention of the evil Dr [insert wickedly villainous name here mwah-ha-ha], who took her in and helped her to control her new found 'powers' and to use them at her own will. Unable to live a normal life and an outcast from society, Aqua became part of the evil Doctor's villainous gang and adopted the name Nitrate.

Powers
Nitrate has the ability to secrete Nitric Acid from glands in her skin, much the same as a poisonous frog secretes poison. In close contact her victim's skin will be severely burnt by the red hot acid. She will grapple and wrap herself around them to gain contact. She also carries a gun loaded with 'acidic-bullets' for long distance harm.
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[C-Mad]

Need a rough concept sketch, but this sounds GREAT. Creepy and icky, but great!

Costuming should be a blast, since you can look to those poisonous frogs and such for color and pattern ideas.

Is Nitrate's skin burned from the accident, to where she has to wear a mask? The poisonous amphibians all have a "shiny-slick" skin, I believe, but am not sure. Skin texture may be a consideration...

I had intended my character to be a villain, but she ended up another stinkin' do-gooder...I wasn't able to come up with good nastiness stealing time. But OOooooooeeeewwwww! Being grappled by some chick oozing nitric acid...Now THAT is just pure wicked...

Clothing her is going to be a challenge, since high vitrious ceramics or lab glass are about the only things not affected by Nitric acid...Some powerful stuff...Some sort of special flexible vitreous china fiber clothing, one might surmise...

Definitely looking forward to seeing this gal develop!

~OM

[Captain Sensible]

I'll be working on a concept sketch this weekend so watch this space. Just wanted to get my idea in first.

Yes all those things are a consideration. I think the clothing will be some sort of hybrid that works as normal fabric. Most superheroes get away with that! (Fantastic Four for instance) One thing's for sure she won't be wearing much as it's her skin that's the weapon.

Not sure about the skin itself yet. I made a toad recently so I may rule out the patterns. I believe Nitric Acid is created via cooling of gas so the accident could have been inhalation. Some scars could be cool though.

At the moment I'm thinking this character just needs to be very dark ;)

[C-Mad]

She sounds wonderfully twisted and tortured, similar to Rogue of the X-men...Not much in the way of romance available when your touch is toxic...

Barely clothed is ALWAYS a good attention getter.
I can't help but wonder if she takes oatmeal baths to sooth her skin at the end of the day...lol!

~OM

[maxinkuk]

I had a maths teacher at college that was like that. But I'm sure you'll make her somehow more handsome, still, just as nasty. I look forward to the visual.

[KrakenCMT]

Hey, Chris, this is a great concept! I like the idea for a handgun, but maybe it should somehow harness her excretion power so that it never runs out of ammo? Just a thought.

[JUPITER]

Cool concept,so maybe she will carry a sniper rifle?
I love snipers,so close to the target yet so far away...
can't wait to see more of this one!! happy zzzzzzzz's

[Captain Sensible]

Hey, Chris, this is a great concept! I like the idea for a handgun, but maybe it should somehow harness her excretion power so that it never runs out of ammo? Just a thought.
That's an awesome idea. I never considered that. Maybe a tube that feeds into the gun or something :)

[Lucky_1]

Coolll!
keep it up !

[aiman]

I saw this picture of a girl emmitting something from pores on her costume, might be worth looing into as one design idea

http://zwrkz.blogspot.com/2007/01/ramayana-devi-sadhu-and-list-goes-on.html

[Captain Sensible]

Hmm... yeah that does look pretty good. And it could concentrate the acid to specific areas such as the arms and legs. Thanks man :)

[SolidSnakexxx]

The first time I visited the thread, she didn't have the sketch yet but with the sketch I can see an evil vixen spitting/shooting her poisons out to destroy the world. :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Thanks. The concept isn't that great though. I'll definitely change the hair and the costume needs some refinement. Not too sure on the sunglasses. Might swap those for some badass make up. Working on the basemesh as the moment so hopefully I can get that done and start some sculpting!

[Flack]

Cool concept, might I suggest for close quarters fighting she can use some fire breathing skills? Perhaps a pose where she's doing a one handed cartwheel and spitting out flames!?

Good luck on your entry!

[MonteCristo]

I think the design needs work, but if you're anything like me you'll be playing with that quite a lot once you get into ZBrush. One thing I will say about sunglasses, is be careful in deploying them on a character because they take away the eyes, "the window to the soul." If you do that, you need to make sure that everything else about her conveys the personality that they steal. I reckon you should look at snow-boarding, and other forms of protective goggles as she will certainly need them if she's gonna be spraying acid all over the place. :lol:

[Captain Sensible]

Definitely gonna focus more on the look in ZBrush. The sketch was pretty quick just to show something. I've gathered lots of images as reference for various parts. Most of her look is still in my head. Just need to get it out! She certainly doesn't look mean enough in the sketch.

The sunglasses I'm gonna do away with. I originally wanted to make them clear yellow but thought that would be hard in a ZBrush render. Her skin has a defence against the acid so I guess her eyes will too.

Basemesh is almost done, but I need to simplify it or I may lose points with the judges. It's easier to build up form in ZBrush anyway.

My plan is to model a head and body to import, also some simple boots and gloves. The rest of the clothing will be constructed with retopo tools. I'm trying to do as much as possible in ZBrush although the gun will be hard edged in Maya and detailed in ZBrush.

Christmas in a couple of days. I doubt I'll get much done over that period but hope to start posting my WIP soon after.

Thanks for all the comments so far guys! :)

[SolidSnakexxx]

Too bad you are ditching the Sun glasses idea. I think it would fit her quite well. But again, does anyone know how to render transparency with the turn table. If it supports this feature, would be really cool.

Looking forward to your sculpt. :cool:

[Captain Sensible]

Due to illness I've not been able to get much done on this so far. Hopefully I should be up and running now. Anyway here's my basemesh to kick things off -
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[Captain Sensible]

A little more progress tonight. Started sculpting some rough forms -

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Also did a quick paint over to illustrate the direction I think it should be going in -

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[Peter Folke]

This looks very nice... Didnt spot any "rough forms" there though ;-)

[Captain Sensible]

Thanks. Well I say 'rough', but it needs a lot of refinement. This is a first for me in doing a realistic female sculpt so it's a real learning process for me. Which is a good thing though. Also there are few other female entries that are looking damn good so I have my work cut out in keeping up with them.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Oh......I like the paint over you did, she is looking good so far. I like the way she's going :tu:

[Hamilcar]

Good work so far, keep going :) Paintover looks very good, that will give you a nice clear direction with this. Good luck in the contest.

[Captain Sensible]

Thanks guys! Ok it's time for some updates again. I'm hoping to keep these daily. I've done a little more refinement on the body and face. Still much to do on it yet though. Also started some hair. All comments welcome! :D

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[henrysouth]

a few minor things here, the front pornch or pouch is missing, at the moment u have quite a masculine ribcage that touches the bottom of the elbow when it should stop a little after the breasts and be slightly pointyer for a girl. i would show a little more sternum (the front chest bone plate) and if you arms are that far apart, the sholder blades should be very close to touching and the fat of the back should begin to roll. ummmm the face looks a bit gaunt and drawn, but that is soully due to the lines around the eye, they should be visible only from the side, as a virticle line under the eye, fatten the cheek slightly and stop her smiling, maybe pushing the forhead up a touch will do this too. great knees (im a big fan of knees, not enough people do them well here) great proportions and great hips. :D hope u dont mind the crit but someone has to beat zack petrok hahaha happy zbrushing! Henry

[wethand]

oh wow! the anatomy is very nice, i think! i like it! it could be a nice combination with such a punk alternative style!
i love dangerous women! :)

looking forward!

[leandroloaiza]

is a realy good begining just try to take conciense about the correct anatomy volumes and the muscles...nice job!! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

henrysouth: Thanks for the crits man! Just what I'm looking for. This is my first real attempt at proper female anatomy so it's a learning experience for me. I still need to work on the ribcage, shoulders, face, well everything really!

wethand: Thanks. She's a villain so she needs to look bad and she definitely needs to look dangerous!

leandroloaiza: Thanks. Yes I still have much to do but it's beginning to take shape.

I think I have a good idea about conveying the Nitric Acid secretion in the sculpt by making large skin pores along her arms and legs.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Good job so far. I like the hair piece you've added to the model. Make her look more punk please..:) the outfit slightly remind me of those Mad Max costume. Look forward for more great stuff :cool:

[Moni-Poroni]

Hey another great villain-lady :)
Good work :tu:

I´m looking forward to see your next update :)

[Captain Sensible]

Didn't get too much done today. A little more body and face work. Also started shaping the hair. I need to create some flow to the hair though as it's just a bit random and chaotic at the moment. I also need to do some work on the boots and gloves and then I can start stepping up in levels.
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[Harmonic]

Hey Captain Sensible, good work so far. Sculpting women is a very difficult balance, if you add to much definition then they look masculine, not enough and they look like formless blobs. So far it look like you are treading that fine line well, she definitely looks feminine.

[Blastamon]

I think your on track to making a nice figure. I will say her neck looks a little intense compared to how smooth the rest of her is, perhaps relax her muscles there a lil bit.

[Captain Sensible]

Hey, thanks for the comments guys. Glad I'm heading in the right direction with this. Subtlety is definitely the key and it's very difficult to keep that without losing it altogether. I will take a look at that neck plus there's a few other things I've spotted too :)

[Captain Sensible]

I've done some work on the hair. I have a little flow going on it now but needs a lot more detail. Also started the boots. I need to stop the crisscross pattern and define the folds and creases better but I thought it was a good start. I'm gonna add buckles and other stuff to them to make them more interesting. When I'm happy with the body I can start adding clothing from either a mesh extract or a retopo mesh. All comments and crits welcome!:D

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[maxinkuk]

Very good work here, I like the way it's a young female without being a stereotypically super sexy girl. Gives her some personality. One thing, folds on cloth and boots take on more meaning whit the pose, some of those folds will still be fine but after posing you may find that some other need changing so if I was you I wouldn't use a lot of my time to detail elements that may change. I also found that posing damaged many of the details of my character that will have to be sculpted back. I think that it's better to plan ahead clearly what part of the modeling and sculpting is better done before posing and what after posing.

[ISK-86]

Overall proportions are great!
The hair looks very good...

Anxious to see your progress :tu:

[Hamilcar]

Looking good!, take a look at her upper arms.

[Captain Sensible]

maxinkuk: Cheers man. Again. I have been thinking about the kind of pose I want and maybe I should look at doing it soon. I need to get some asymmetry into the model and at the moment everything is symmetrical, even the creases. I need to think about her clothing before I pose so I should make that a priority. I took a good look at my concept sketch and decided it looked like a supermodel and it didn't work as a villain so I thought about what would make her look more mean, and not being super sexy was one thing.

ISK-86: Thank you. I'm slowly getting there.

Hamilcar: Thanks. I see what you mean. They are a little flat and unformed. I admit I have neglected them. I have been thinking about the pose and each arm will have different muscle tension so I may concentrate more on their form when I've posed her.

[roborama]

that's really coming along! lots of good stuff emerging! if i could give you some feedback i would be the arms in general. Since you have created a really well built and natural looking woman, her arms need to be a little fuller as well. her forearms in particular. Her hands feel a little small to me but this could be the angle. I always place my open hand next to my own head ,and that size relation becomes really clear. it's no different for women. I do really like how you've nailed that muscle that flows from the arm into the breast. That's not easy and you did a great job. can't wait to see more!

[Captain Sensible]

roborama: Thanks. Certainly a few things to consider. My next step I think may be the clothing so after that I can pose. I might have to finally tackle that transpose vid! Then I can consider the arms, hands, hair and boots. Hope to get a good chunk done this weekend! :D

[Shapeworldwide]

I like women who are challenging. Sounds like a 'James Bond Girl'.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Really nice update to the boots, Captain Sensible...This is coming along real wonderfully. :tu:

[Drakelot]

The model and hair are comming along very good ... xcellent

[Captain Sensible]

Thanks guys. Your encouragement is invaluable!

A small update. I've now added some basic clothing but needs shaping into something better. A bit buggy doing the retopo and I couldn't create a mesh with thickness. So I had to do the old store a morph target, deformations>inflate and create a difference mesh trick.

I spent some time today trying out TransPose Master and the make movie option. I've found TransPose Master crashes when I try to go back after posing which really doesn't help. So if I can't get it to work I might have to look at other options for posing which is a pain cos I've got subtools. Also how do I convert a .ZMV movie file into something else so I can upload to YouTube?

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[cmoffitt]

Hey Captain,

Nitrate is looking awesome! In zbrush export your movie as a .mov file and the settings window pops up change the movie type to Mpeg-4 and you should be able to upload that to Youtube. hope that helps.

[wethand]

hi captain sensible,

to upload a movie to youtube i export it directly out of zbrush (movie --> export when you paused the recording) as a mov. you can upload the movie to youtube.

to the posing: why do you need to go back after posing? i would prefer to first finish the modeling with all parts and subtools you need. after that you can pose it and you don't need to go back anymore.
or what do you mean? go back a step while posing?

[Captain Sensible]

Cool. Thanks guys. I was using 'save as' for the movie thing and that only gives you the option to save as a .ZMV. I'll try export instead.

With the posing I meant using TransPose Master I click TposeMesh and it creates a low res. I pose the model then click Tpose>SubT and it cycles through the subtools but then ZBrush quits altogether. I've posted the issue in the questions & troubleshooting section of the forums also. Obviously I need to have it working for this contest otherwise it's gonna be painful posing each subtool.

[wethand]

AH yes, i know what you mean.
you should look after a subtool which doesn't become low poly. maybe you have something extruded on an higher subdiv level so it own lovest level is already high poly. and high poly doesn't mean 1mio polys. i think 100.000 is definetely to much.
transpose master still works, but need VERY long. zbrush still responses when it crashes, am i right?
i think this could be the reason.

hope you understand me and hope, that helps

[Captain Sensible]

I think they all become low poly. Maybe my subtools in their original form are too hi res. So when it tries to calculate the changes from posing going from transpose to subtool mode it gets confused and crashes. I just tried a small test on the demo soldier and it seemed to work ok on that so it's probably something to do with my model.

Anyway I have discovered a new twist. The mac version of ZBrush has no movie export option! Just checked my ZBrush book and the button should be located next to the Play Movie button. Instead on the mac that Play Movie button is longer and takes up the space of two buttons. So it would seem Pixologic have forgotten to include it in the mac version! What's worse is that it's a mandatory element of this contest to have a transpose movie. Fortunately I think the mac has other apps that can capture screen activity for free.

[wethand]

oh... didn't know that! good to know... but bad for you :(

[Captain Sensible]

I've been playing around with things a bit today. I've found that by merging the gloves and the body together as one subtool it seems to stop the TransPose Master crash problem for now. The movie issue I think I can resolve by recording the session and then playing the .ZMV file while using the Snapz Pro demo to record the screen. Sigh! :rolleyes:

Today's updates. I've worked a little on the costume. I need to add more details to it though as it just looks too plain. I've also made the gun holster and boot buckles but need to detail them too. The gun itself will be last I think. For her actual powers of secreting acid I was thinking of creating a kind of blistered skin texture on the inside of her arms and legs with big pores. It will help to make her look a bit nastier and illustrate exactly what she does at the same time.

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Oh...nice update... Really like her outfit... Making her look voluptuous. :o

[GregStrangis]

Like the outfit man, great job so far!

[Webhead]

One of her powers must be to distract her opponents with her hotness. Looking very good at this stage. :tu:

[dirkrulz]

Very hot character, but the arms have a little problem where the biceps meet the forearm.

[Captain Sensible]

Thank you people!

dirkrulz: I am aware of the general crumbiness of the arms. They are certainly the weakest point. I intend to get the pose done before I concentrate on them too much at the moment. But thank you! :)

[spimmy]

Really nice character, I love the hair and the clothes are looking ace.

The folds on the boots are great, great work :) .

[gordon-v]

Nice progress! I like the hair. Snakehook?

greetings, gordon!

[Fess]

Nice! She looks pretty natural/realistic, I like :D Right now the curves around the elbow joint seem a bit extreme to me. The curve on top would peak a tad further down the forearm too, I think.

[animastur]

Good model. :)

[Lucky_1]

She's coming along nicely Captain...keep it up!

[Captain Sensible]

Apologies for the lack of updates over the last few days guys. I managed to get ill again. I did a bit last night. Started on the transpose video too. I've recorded about ten minutes of frames so far. Unfortunately I've not found any software that works to record the screen so I can save it as a proper movie yet. I tried SnapzPro demo but the ZBrush video won't play in the background while Snapz is running so that one's out. I found another one called Copernicus that I think I've used before but if it requires ZBrush to run in the background then it ain't gonna work. I have to say I think this is grossly unfair to have a mandatory requirement in this contest that mac users cannot meet cos there's a bit missing in the software. I've a good mind to upload 3gb of .ZMV files in my final post and let them pick the bones out of it. But I'll persist for now :evil:

spimmy: Thank you. Once I've got the pose sorted I'll sculpt the hell out of those boots and make them look much better.

gordon-v: Thanks. Yes it's the good old Snakehook brush. I was glad it made it as a 3D brush. Very useful, even as a forceful move brush. I intend to use it for much finer strands of hair too.

animastur: Thank you!

Lucky_1: And thank you. I'll certainly try!

[SolidSnakexxx]

Hi there Captain Sensible. Hope your health's been recovered and back in action. :)

For screen grab...Why don't you check out Camtasia... http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp Let me know if it works..it also has free trial.

[wethand]

this looks real nice! keep up the nice work!

[Captain Sensible]

I thought I would post my progress on the pose. It's far from done. Lots of creases to iron out yet. I am aiming for a kind of lunge with acid dripping from her arm and the gun in the other hand. Not quite there at the moment though.

Copernicus seems to work with regards to recording the screen. A bit glitchy when playing back but not really my problem ;)

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[Captain Sensible]

Here's tonights progress. I've played a little more with the pose. Still needs tweaking. I may change the left arm that will be holding a gun to more of a bent at the elbow upright pose. All comments and crits will be useful! :)

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[petekasim]

Hey there, lovely work with the model :tu:


There's something about that pose though that seems awkward. I've been scratching my chin over this and I can't seem to put my finger on it, I'm pretty tired though so who knows...

If I had to guess, I'd say the raised hand should also correlate with a raised shoulder, right now you have it the other way around. Another possible problem could be the fact that both her right arm and leg are forwards, wheras people usually alternate to maintain balance.

None of this is set in stone, it's just a couple of general rules I learned when I was studying animation. I try to go by "feeling" rather than hard and fast rules, and as it stands something feels a tad uncomfortable about her position

Hope this helps somewhat... experimentation is key I guess. I usually try acting out the pose and getting someone to photograph me, making sure what I'm doing doesn't feel forced or unnatural. From there I can refine and push stuff further to add drama, but having that starting point helps a lot

Best of luck :tu:

[SirNeo]

Certainly; this is great improvement.:tu:

[Captain Sensible]

petekasim: Yes the pose is very awkward and I'm far from happy with it. I think what is making it look wrong is most definitely the arms and shoulders. At the moment the shoulders aren't doing anything. A simple switch of the arms to make them alternate could fix a lot. I have spent time jumping about in front of my mirror but I guess I need to do some more haha! Thanks for you help. It's good to get some other people's views on this.

SirNeo: Thank you!

[SolidSnakexxx]

Hey there Captain Sensible, I like the adjusted pose.. :) it does have the impact look just not refined yet. I think once you added the props and stuff it will make more sense. Look forward to your next update.

[Captain Sensible]

SolidSnakexxx: Thanks! Still needs more refinement.

I've adjusted the pose a little. I still need to pose the hands and place the gun. I've fixed the arms and it's certainly made an improvement... but still not quite there.

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[adroit.jr]

she is looking nice.

[Captain Sensible]

adroit.jr: Thanks!

Today's updates. I've made some mild tweaks to the deformation as a result of transposing. I've added a temporary gun and posed the hands. I am feeling a lot happier with the pose now.

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[fluxist8070]

Nice outfit and boots!
What kind of facial expression are you going to give her?

[spimmy]

The character and outfit's looking great, I am looking forward for her to be fully posed :) .

[wethand]

hey captain,

this pose looks really nice so far!
it looks like she would hold something of her magic in the hand (a fireball or something like that she summons)

i like that she still uses normal wapons.

keep it up!

[SolidSnakexxx]

I think with the gun in her hand, the pose looks more complete. :) Just wonder what the other hand of her's meant for.

[goldo_O]

Nice and dynamic pose Captain! :tu: I like all the folds on the boots :)
I assume she have an acidic bullet on the left hand, right?

Have you thought about how you will connect her to the ground yet? You might have to modify the left leg slightly for that maybe.

Anyway, keep up the excellent work Captain!

[Captain Sensible]

fluxist8070: Thanks. Not sure on the face yet but I doubt she'll be smiling hehe

spimmy: Thanks.

wethand: Thanks. Yes that hand/arm is for her powers. It's gonna have acid oozing out. I needed to portray that in the pose.

SolidSnakexxx: Thank you. Her acid powers is the intention for that arm.

goldo_O: Thanks. Not an acidic bullet but the acid itself. Well reminded about the contact with the base! I was think of having her jumping over something on the streets. A bin perhaps. That leg could possibly be gaining purchase on it. More to come on the boots ;)

Today, now I more or less have her posed, I spent a little time on the do. Still needs a bit more tlc.

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[Gohanf22]

why is that i havent posted anything on your thread mate. im a BAFOOON :o . lol. hey im liking your nitrate man. its very nice. the hairstyle is very syckadelic. spikey and short. i love it. i love spiked hair. great work so far. looking forward to your next update. :D :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Gohanf22: Thanks mate! I still need to make it look better though.

[maxinkuk]

Good job, she's a very original entry and very action hero.:tu: I'd love to see her face showing also what's going on with some expressiveness.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Nice update, Captain Sensible... The pose is set..I think the area that still needs a bit of ZLove woudl be the hair..but I think you would know that already. Other than that...this is a cool model. :tu:

[wethand]

ah yeah, nitrate... i forgot. not fire, sorry about that!

nice update with the hair. but it could get a liiittle bit more love... just a little! :)

[Captain Sensible]

maxinkuk: Thanks man. Face is to come. At the moment I'm not getting a great deal of time to work on this cos of work, hence the updates in small increments. But she's gonna look angry! Grrrrr!

SolidSnakexxx: Thank you. I'm still not happy with the hair. I'm wondering whether to change it altogether. Well, to something similar but maybe less spikes.

wethand: Thanks. As I said above, still not happy with the hair.

[Moni-Poroni]

Oh..I´ve missed checking your thread for a while :o really great progress...:tu: :)

[Captain Sensible]

Thank you Moni-Poroni!

Some more updates - I've started reworking the hair. The old one was just too difficult to control. The new one is still in the early stages. Looks a bit naff 80s at the moment but with some more spikes, slightly bigger here and there and a bit of love it should look ok. What I wouldn't give for the Shave and a Haircut plugin to work in ZBrush!!!! Some more work on the boots. I started some scenery too. Needs more junk on the floor and I was thinking of actually having bricks being busted off from her knee. Feel free to throw in your comments. I can take it ;)

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[Stellios]

cool idea and its coming along nice!

[bryzol]

I like new hair and the concept of pedestal. More junk and it will be awesom.

I whould be carefull with this pose for a final entry, as I know the character can't hang above pedestal but if I'am wrong I whould strighten her right leg. In my opinion it's maximal bow should be about 30-45 degrees. And I think the left hand should be rotated to "look" down, now it looks like it whould hold something. Whole left arm could stay backwards or more on a side... I hope my english is understandable :) and I hope this will help!
Keep up the good work! :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

I like the new adjusted hair style as well at the smaller res... :tu: but zoomed in it still seem a bit too spiky...But if you refine further I think the result could be perfect. But overall addition to the model's so wonderful and I liek the scene set up :)

[Captain Sensible]

Stellios: Thanks!

bryzol: Thanks for the comments. You're right. I do need to think about how she is connected to the base. I was thinking of having more junk up the wall and bricks being broken off as she jumps through so her knee/shin will be resting on that. Hopefully that should work. The hand I have pointing upwards intentionally. It will become more apparent towards the end when I start detailing ;)

SolidSnakexxx: Cheers. I know what you mean about the hair. I need to play a bit more with it to get the right look. At the moment I'm feeling it's a bit 'Matrix' like, but that's just me, so I may look at the hair styles from that.

[wethand]

oh yeah, the hair is MUCH better now!!! and i like how you are creating the base...

just one crit maybe: it doesn't really look like she is jumping. more like she is running. the back leg should be straight if she jumpes.
but i like how she is running. maybe you can just lower the wall she is jumping over. that would look like ruins.

anyway, nice progress!

[maxinkuk]

I like the new haircut, makes her more action-girl, a manageable look, that's what a hairdresser would say.
The pose works, it's easy to read, but I think that there are changes that you still need to make on her upper body. She's maybe a bit too straight and moving the spine to make her attitude a bit more relaxed could benefit the pose. Turning a bit the torso/shoulders towards her right side could also be worth trying.
I'd also consider adding a bit of muscle to the legs, she's maybe a bit skinny to get into fights as she is now.

[Captain Sensible]

wethand: Thanks! I hope to take a look at that leg when I get more stuff in there on the base.

maxinkuk: Manageable is definitely the word! As for the pose I had a good look at her. I think the problem may be that her spine seems to be curved only at the bottom and the rest of her back is straight. If you try doing that yourself it's quite difficult. The entire spine needs to curve as a whole. Certainly up to the shoulders. I'll try turning her torso into the jump more too... and the legs. In one of my last grabs it does look quite thin from that view. Thanks for your help. Much appreciated!:)

Today it took me twice as long to get home on the train so I'm a bit tired and didn't get much time for playing. I've made some more hair adjustments. Hopefully you can see kind of where it's going now. I need to change the 2 large clumps at the front as they look a bit like horns.

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[PaulAdams]

Hair looks allot better now, I think you could add some medium form to it though which will help. Right now you've got the big parts and small parts.

One thing on the face thats bothering me is the corner of the lips, you could push them in and soften them some for a more natural look.

Good stuff

[Gohanf22]

good work captain. thats all i can say :(

[SolidSnakexxx]

Looking better Captain Sensible, it's now has some variety to the short hair style. I think hair is one of the tough elements to sculpt as it's quite unique in its own way. But so far, you've done a great job :)

[spimmy]

The models base is cool and the hair is starting to look good :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

PaulAdams: Thanks Paul! Good to see you around here! Shame we didn't see an entry from you. Good call on the lips. I'm still debating the facial expression though.

Gohanf22: Thanks for the support man!

SolidSnakexxx: Thanks. The shorter hair is much easier to control. The style I had before was just unworkable. I did debate about creating some hair with Shave and a Haircut, converting to polys and importing. I would lose a lot of points with the judges but seeing some other entries (such as your own!) I don't feel I'm in with a winner anyway. Still I'm gonna persist sculpting the shorter hair for my own learning purposes and hopefully I can get it to look much better.

spimmy: Thanks man!

[threetails]

Shes looking good, what type of expression will you be giving her as she leaps over that wall. nice work on the the base so far.

[Alliecat 08]

I would like to see more expression in her face. Something that goes along with the action. I think some of her hair needs to flow back, like it was blowing in the wind (since she is running ;) ).

[Captain Sensible]

threetails: Thanks. For the face I just want her to look angry. That may involve me making some teeth too for a bit of a snarl.

Alliecat 08: Thanks. Good point on the hair. I'll see what I can do.

Lunchtime updates - I've made the gun. Just need to adjust its position slightly and her fingers. Played a little more with the hair. Also made a logo.

I hope to be on this all day today. The deadline is sneaking ever closer and I'm crapping myself as to whether I'm gonna get this finished or not! Transpose video is done. So that leaves the modeling/sculpting and then painting her for the final render and turntable. Eeek!

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[SolidSnakexxx]

She's looking good and the hair is a lot more defined and nice :) You've done a great job so far!

[Captain Sensible]

SolidSnakexxx: Kop koon mak krup! Only just figured out you are Thai ;) I will be out there in March.

Been getting the hard edged stuff out of the way so I can get the sculpting done. I also made some teeth as I've decided to get that mouth open and snarling pretty soon. I've found I need to remake the gun holster as it's too small to hold the gun now! Started some texture work but I need to fix the stretched parts.

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[Gohanf22]

nice work captain. im loving the texturing work you have done. very good indeed. keep up the good work. :D :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Gohanf22: Thank you! The textures are just a base at the moment. I literally just plopped them on and used them to pull out some details. I need to convert them to polypaint and fix all the wobbly bits and clean some of it up.

[Captain Sensible]

I decided to take a look at the facial expression but found that some of the vertices in the mouth had merged together! So I've had to fix the mesh, re-import it and reproject my details. Which hasn't worked particularly well! I've lost quite a lot in doing so. Finally got the mesh into a reasonable state and have started on the angry face. I need to fix the teeth as they are too big.

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[maxinkuk]

Good facial expression, it starts to take on some life. It's almost inevitable that parts of the model get messed up, things must get worse before getting better.

[Gohanf22]

nice facial structure captain. very good indeed. nice work.:D:tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

I like the new facial expression... Looking like this piece is coming along wonderfully. :tu:

[Alliecat 08]

The facial expression is OK, but I would separate her teeth so she isn't gritting them. That would be for suttle anger. I would think if she is chasing someone and jumping over a wall, she would be screaming "HUAAAA!" Unless you are trying to hide the inside of the mouth, then maybe you can keep the teeth closed.

[Captain Sensible]

maxinkuk: Thanks. Yes, but it's a shame I spent most of my time trying to fix it rather than having fun making the expression. Doh!

Gohanf22: Thank you once again!

SolidSnakexxx: Thanks Snake!

Alliecat 08: Thanks for the input. It would have been good to have her screaming like a banshee and her arms flailing about all over the place. But I have to consider I am running out of time and building and sculpting a decent mouth cavity is something on it's own. Maybe if I had another month :D

[Captain Sensible]

Update - mainly been working on the face and head. Mouth, eye, eyebrow, nose and jawline adjustments. Sketched the ears back in too.

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[Marsyas]

Nice work! I like the detailed background--something I'll probably never get around to.

The expression is coming along nicely too. :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Marsyas: Thank you. That's the good thing about ZBrush, you can build up details very quickly. The planks are all duplicates of the same object with the same UVs and then merged. So when I add a texture to it I can use it to detail all of them at the same time. Then just change each of them enough to make them look slightly different. Same with the wall, UVs are identical front and back so I can do both sides at the same time. It would be good to see ZBrush implement better UV tools in the future though so you can do all of that in one program ;)

[Seavannah]

I really love her boots and clothing. Great start on the facial expression too. Her leg that is up in the air is causing some pinching between her thigh and pelvis and her behind seems a bit flat cause of it. May I make a suggestion pull it back and down until the her boot sole is touching the wall in a half crouch or to put it or her tip toes on the ground. You could put it flat on the boards you have there. If I were to jump a wall like that and only balanced on one knee I would fall flat on my face. Other than that small crit she is great. I want those :cool: boots:cool: and what a big cool gun she's got there love that. Also love the environmental stuff. Keep up the great work and happy zbrushing.:D

[Captain Sensible]

Seavannah: Thanks for the compliments! Good spot on the thigh. I would like to change the pose and have a few options. What you suggested sounds good. I also thought about having her lunging both arms stretched out forwards ready to grab, arms dripping with acid. What I have at the moment is a result of doing things backwards - I did the pose and then built the scenery around it. Unfortunately I'm running out of time to try other things :(

No significant updates to post today. I have done some more work and slight adjustments on the pose and remade the holster. I just have sculpting and painting left to do now, yay!!

[Captain Sensible]

I've started to refine her torso, arms and legs. I'm aware of the nasty pinch on her right thigh. Also started on the gloves. Feeling much happier now I'm doing some sculpting :)

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[Moni-Poroni]

Hi Captain
Good progress :tu:
I love her facial expression :evil: grrr :mad:
But I think IMHO her butt (hope this the official word for it ?)
is a little bit too flat...the left side :)
But could be the view too.
Can´t wait to see her coloured.
Best wishes

[DAnconia]

My first impression of this sculpt seems a bit stiff. Some twisting in the hips and leaning forward would definitely give a better sense of charging through a wall. Also if maybe she wasnt hurdling through the wall but more of a shoulder charge would give a whole lot more power to this one. Also the left arm is in a weird pose. Maybe if both hands were grasping the gun that would work.

Love the face. Moni is right about the butt. Needs more cushion for the pushing!

[spimmy]

Hey, great facial expression, really like it :tu: . The hand looks great too, I like the details on them and the posing! Great work :cool:

[Captain Sensible]

Moni-Poroni: Thanks! The view doesn't help but I think her butt needs to be rounder. I'll take a look at that later.

DAnconia: Haha! Yes I'm familiar with that expression :o Thanks for the suggestions! The left arm is posed like that on purpose. When I get to detailing it should become more apparent. I'm just hoping it reads well enough.

spimmy: Thank you! Actually looking at my screen grabs I didn't capture the best views of the hands. With some more creases and seams and a bit of leather detail I hope to get them looking better.

[Captain Sensible]

Updates - Been doing general all over stuff. I paid some attention to the boots and face. Also had a play with the face make up. Next I want to refine the gloves before I start detailing the scars and blisters on her arms and legs. Then detailing the base and finally the paint work. All C+Cs welcome :)

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[fluxist8070]

nice boots and logo! I am not sue about the pose though. She seems to be off balance a little.

[AVTPro]

The boot is so excellent. I would like to see a little more dynamics to the pose. Is it possible to oppose the hips and shoulders more?

[petekasim]

Tip top work on the details Captain! And I see you have been gurning in the mirror, too... nice job! :tu:

Keep experimenting with the pose. I think considering how dynamic her legs are, the body isn't doing enough in terms of a line of action. It's almost straight and totally upright, whereas I think it could use a dramatic arc.

This illustrates the concept beautifully:

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AVTPro could be onto something regarding the shoulders, and I reckon the pelvis could use a twist to favour the leading leg.

Just experiment and see what happens - doing some thumbnail sketches won't hurt, either

All the best to you! :)

[Captain Sensible]

fluxist8070: Thanks. I do want to fix the pose. I have aquired the day off work today cos of the snow here in England, woohoo! So I'm spending some time getting it to look better.

AVTPro: Thank you. I'm gonna go for a slightly different pose (if TransPose Master will let me! It keeps crashing!) hopefully using the wall and planks better. I think Seavannah suggested that. Thank you!

petekasim: Yes lots of gurning! Thanks for the info. Very useful! I'm hoping to get something slightly different on the pose now. I don't think the previous one was working at all!

[Moni-Poroni]

Super cooool boots :tu: :tu: :tu: love the idea.
Very very nice detail :)

[SirNeo]

very good details, cloth is great keep it up:tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Moni-Poroni & SirNeo Thank you!

Well I'm starting to have a few issues with this model now. Basically if I want to change the pose then I can't. It's pretty muched screwed as it is. TransPose Master crashes and comes up with errors so getting that better pose it totally out of the question now. This week was meant to be spent getting those last details sculpted in so I could paint her this weekend and then get started on materials and renders by the start of next week. That's looking highly unlikely now and I'm wondering if I'll even get her finished by the deadline.

But don't worry, I'm gonna persist with it for now but with it's current pose. And if I hit the deadline then fine and if I don't then I'm not gonna get upset about it.

[maxinkuk]

Have you thought about transposing without Transpose Master (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=522348&postcount=194)? You can do that in high res by merging all subtools. Before doing that you want to delete those subtools that you won't be transposing and get rid of eventual highest subdiv levels that you don't think bring much anyway (be ruthless, you can possibly get those lost details back without too much effort).
Then save with a different name, merge, do the posing, do a group split and append back the missing subtools by cloning them from your last version.

If you plan this properly you can end up with a not too heavy mesh that your machine can take without problems and the selecting of elements works just like in subtool master because by merging you'll get one polygroup per subtool so you can hide/unhide and do all the various combinations of selections that you'd do with transpose master. And you won't get any crashing issue!!

[maxinkuk]

By the way, I also discovered that once merged you can still do recontruct subdiv and pose a low res mesh, of course you can only subdiv until the polygroup (that used to be a subtool until merging) with the lowest number of possible subdivs reaches that subdiv level. So if you want this option you have to plan this ahead of merging as well and that may mean adding subdiv levels instead of deleting them sometimes so that you end up with the same number of subdiv levels across all subtools.

[Captain Sensible]

Thanks maxinkuk.

Yes that sounds like a decent alternative. Although I do have some other weird things going on like the UVs getting scrambled in the eyes when coming out of TransPose Master mode. So my nice texture I put on there goes haywire. Also the eyes are only low res with 2 subdiv levels (74k) yet I can't divide them any more. I've tried exporting and re-importing but to no avail.

To be honest it's really doing my head in.

[maxinkuk]

That's wierd. Looks like you had issues and you better fix them. I don't know why you can't subdivide but it's just the eyes doing that you're better off appending new ones and placng them where they should be and delete the first set.
I had problems too and had to go through a half day of snagging. Exporting obj and re-import sometimes solves some of those issues. Also, check that meshes don't have their normal flipped. You do that by unckecking "double" in the tool>display palette, then if becomes clear if you have them flipped. I was having issues and I found that a lot of my meshes were flipped, so one after the other I flipped them again. The main character was flipped and as it was very heavy it wouldn't flip without causing a crash so I had to export every level as obj, flip each level and then flip level 1, subdivide, inport level2, subdivide...I think that I also decided to delete the last subdiv level altogether and just resubdivide and sculpt back what was lost.

[Captain Sensible]

Thanks again Max!

The eyes I can resolve by re-importing but it messes up my UVs (even though they are exactly the same??) and re-doing the texture on them. I may merge some of the other suspect subtools together. If I can't get this fixed soon I've decided I'm going to go on without changing the pose just so I can submit something at the end at least. I'm not in it to win anyway, just to be part of the amazing thing that's going on here. I've also decided to go back a few steps pre-posing so I can make a proper Maya character afterwards. It would look better on my reel anyway ;)

[Captain Sensible]

Update - I'm feeling a little happier now. I got a bit demotivated with this but after taking Max's advice (thanks dude!) I decided to get ruthless. I managed to find the rogue subtool causing the crashing - it was the gun holster. So I merged it with the costume (at the expense of the details but I can put those back in fairly quickly). I also deleted the eyes and put new ones in. I just need to resculpt the correct deformation and then I'm back on track. Here is the new pose I came up with. I'm liking it better than the old one. I hope you do too ;)

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[Moni-Poroni]

Hi captain..glad to hear that you´ve solved the problem.
That never happened to me..(but I had other problems...with quicktime :) )
May I ask you for a side view of your model?
because it´s looking a little bit like she will fall backwards?
Other than that great progress. :)

[maxinkuk]

Oh yeah!!! It's sooo much better than the old pose.:tu::tu::tu::tu:
Glad of having been of help.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Sometimes the smallest thing we managed to overlook...and causing problem. Glad you've found the issue and fixed it. :) Look forward to seeing her painted!

[Captain Sensible]

Moni-Poroni: Thanks. I'll try to include a side view when I post my progress later.

maxinkuk: Thanks man!

SolidSnakexxx: Thanks. Hopefully I can get onto the painting soon!!!

[bryzol]

The new pose is much better! Is more dramatic and she looks villain now and more sexy! She looks like she whould screem "comm on you matherf...s!":evil: Excuse me my language ;-), and keep it up!

[Captain Sensible]

Hehe... Thanks bryzol. I'm sure that's exactly what she's saying ;)

Tonight's updates - I tweaked the pose ever so slightly and made sure her centre of balance was ok. Side view now included. I did some clean up on the deformations and the other bits that got screwed up in re-posing. Also found some time to work more on the gloves.

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[Trurl]

Nice detailed work and posing! :tu:

[DAnconia]

I would push the abs back a little bit. Also give her some volume to her butt. Her legs seems very small in mass compared to the rest of the body. Also, unless that trash can is made of steel it will not be able to support a fully grown woman's weight. Neither would that plank of wood. Maybe with some earth or concrete underneath the wood it wouldnt break.

Her left arm, the bicep and tricep area need to be corrected. That bone structure doesnt curve that way.

Maybe if her thong or belt loop were resting on top of her waist it would really sell the female hips a bit more.

The hip line and the shoulder line should pretty much go in the opposite directions. Right now they are parallel. I would bring the left leg up and the right leg down to give that very necessary and dynamic flow of lines.

Also might want to put the holster on the side of the hand that the gun is in. I dont see how someone can pull a gun out from the side of the opposite leg.

Keep going.

[SolidSnakexxx]

I really like how she's surrounded by great environment you sculpted. :tu:

[goldo_O]

Very nice work Captain! I think that's awesome that you took the time to redo a new pose, this one works better! And very nice details in the glove!:tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Trurl: Thanks!

DAnconia: Thanks for your comments man! I'll take a look at those things. The bin I'm gonna 'fill' with bricks. I need to cut off modeling/sculpting by this weekend so maybe not everything will get fixed :(

SolidSnakexxx: Thanks!

goldo_O: Thank you! I may have shot myself in the foot taking extra time to do the pose but hopefully I can catch up!!

[Moni-Poroni]

Hey Captain.. thanks for the side view...now that I can it -it doesn´t look like she´ll fall backwards..
it´s fine. :)
But I think IMHO that you could still bow her a little bit more forwards. :)

[Captain Sensible]

Update - Today was the last day for sculpting so I won't be able to make any more modifications to the shape :( I've made a start on the polypainting.

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[wethand]

nice progress! the pose is much better!
the polypaint looks like a good start so far! keep it coming! :tu::tu:

[spimmy]

Really like the new pose, wicked!! :tu: I am liking what you are doing with the oozing stuff and the details on her body, great stuff :cool: :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Moni-Poroni, wethand & spimmy: Thank you!

Updates - I've been painting like hell today! Also had a play with some materials. Shame I have to keep this so basic just to get it done on time now. I may look at some more painting but I need to move on to lighting and rendering very, very soon along with the other more technical requirements of the contest.

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[Moni-Poroni]

Wow that´s looking great captain. :tu: :)

[spimmy]

Like the colour scheme and the base textures are great!:tu: :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Moni-Poroni & spimmy: Thanks for your constant support and kind comments!

[raguyarts]

Very nice progress, good job.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Captain Sensible, you have done a marvelous job at painting. She's looking more life-like! And I like the way the liquid ooze out of her arm. And over all texture...on the environment is supreme. :cool: :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

raguyarts & SolidSnakexxx: Thanks for your kind words!

I'll leave you with a test render. Although I'm not great a ZBrush lighting I actually quite like the painterly look.

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[Marsyas]

Ha! That's freakin' me out. Didn't know she was a junkie. ;)

The face stands out real nice on that last render. I think the light overall might be a bit harsh though. Maybe you could selectively light areas with point lights or mix multiple render passes.

[Captain Sensible]

Marsyas: Haha... yes she's an acid junkie ;) I'm gonna look into render passes later today. It might be the way to go. If I can output a colour, spec and AO pass with some PS lurve then I'll be happy. Thanks for your input.

[Alliecat 08]

Dude... she's leaking water. Is she running to get her next hit? Can't wait to see the final render. ;)

[maxinkuk]

Bloody hell! She looks terrific. Great stuff Captain, keep going.

[Captain Sensible]

Alliecat 08 & maxinkuk: Thank you!!

Update - Ok I think I'm getting somewhere now. Rendering in layers is definitely the way to go. This may even be used as one of my final images. 2 layers - 1) a simple one with my colours and materials and the default light and preview renderer, 2) everything filled with the MatCap White. Layer 2 overlayed in PS over Layer one and Bob's yer uncle! I like the moody filmic feel to this so I may carry on in the same trend. Turntable is also rendered. I can't believe I might actually meet the deadline :)

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[*Light*]

Very nice everything looks cool.

But I still think the pose is off. It seems pretty strange, somethings not right.. hmmm..

[SolidSnakexxx]

Nice nice...she looks very well integrated into the scene. The texture of the base looks great as well. :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

*Light* & SolidSnakexxx: Thanks!

[Harmonic]

Hey Captain Sensible, she is looking good. I like that render, it looks a bit like a figurine. I might add just a bit more variation to the skin tones with the colorize spray brush. :tu:

[wethand]

wow captain!
this looks really cool with color! i like your color sheme very much! :tu: :tu:

[spimmy]

Looking good Captain!! :tu: :tu: :cool:

[Captain Sensible]

Harmonic: Thanks! I've added some subtle skin variation now.

wethand: Thanks man!

spimmy: Thank you!

Probably my last update before the final post. I've added some subtle skin tones that may not be entirely visible in the render. I've tinkered a little with the render itself. Other than that I've been comping final renders and the turntable. I would like to thank everyone for their input and crits and also for their encouraging support throughout! Good luck to all!! There's an incredible amount of brilliantly inspiring entries :D

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[SolidSnakexxx]

I think she's ready for spotlight! Excellent work from start til now! :tu:

[Harmonic]

Looks great, she looks like one bad chick! Looking forward to the final!

[- FoOD -]

Liquid bloods looking very cool ...good job :D:tu:

[Captain Sensible]

SolidSnakexxx, Harmonic & - FoOD -: Thanks guys!

[Drakelot]

She's fantastic ... good luck !!!

[goldo_O]

Awesome work Captain!
Congrats on finishing with style!
And good luck :)

[entrop23]

Heh, I wouldn't want to mess with her! I dig the pose and the base is quite nice. I know how trickly working with the basic materials can be, but your layer-rendering method seems to be working out well! Good luck with all your final touches, looking forward to seeing the final!

[spimmy]

Looking good, look forward to your final post, good luck matey! :tu: :cool: :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Final Entry:

Final image -

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Turntable - (high res version click here 13.8mb)
(http://www.polygonplayground.co.uk/NitrateTurntable_Sor3.mov)
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Transpose video A - (high res version click here 10mb) (http://www.polygonplayground.co.uk/NitrateTransposeA.mov)

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Transpose video B - (high res version click here 5.3mb) (http://www.polygonplayground.co.uk/NitrateTransposeB.mov)

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Other image views:

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Well, it has been fun (and hard work) participating in this, but worth it! Thanks to everyone for their feedback. I wish all the other entrants the best of luck! There are some amazing entries across the board!! :cool:

[jackdaniels666]

Love the final render.

I'm glad you started a sketchbook, it's looking great. :)

[SolidSnakexxx]

I also like the final render.. A great piece especially love the props and environment added! :tu:

[Lucky_1]

Congratulations Chris you did a fantastic job !

[Etcher]

Hi Captain Sensible! Congrats on a job well done! Looking forward to Nitrate's further adventures in your sketchbook thread! :tu: !

[Harmonic]

The final came out great, man she looks mean!

[Captain Sensible]

Thanks for all the kind words and comments throughout guys. It really means a lot to me. Hopefully I can revisit her again soon ;)

[Captain Sensible]

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Stay tuned for more news that I will post as and when it happens here (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=67884)

:)