Action Hero - HedgeHog

[pitchepuck]

Entry: hedgehog
Entrant: Martin Beyer (germany)
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For years he treveled around the world to see different cultures to learn all kinds of languages and martial arts. especially baton and sticks combats. all based on defence.
the hedgehog is his symbol for smooth quiet moves and his combat style.
he got his name from his last combat teacher somewere in asia.
now he lives in tokyo. in the daytime he works as professor...

his main weapon is a baton which is able to shoot away little stings.
also he has got the long stings or quills at his suit. the quills at his arm are sharp and very dangerous for attackers !

more background :
I had to ask him before I write down something wrong!! or somthing he don´t want to make public.
He is a friend of mine. I met him long time ago on his way from singapore to bangkok. He was sitting in a dark corner of the trainstation, when I saw him first. I wondered about his behave. he didn´t look strange or afraid of something. it seamed like he studie the people around him in a calm way...
we had the same way and talked the whole trainride. he was never surprised about my interest in his storry.
He came from a little city in east canada. His family was common. nothing special... no dead parends ...no violent father... and they had enough money .... nothing what him let to leave his family or his country...
The reason why he left his home to travel round the world was to find his own way, which he couldn´t find in his old life. he left it behind.
On his ride across lots of countries he had to realize that most of all people in the world had never got the chance to live in a normal way... without violence.. without hunger ... without danger ... without fear ...
from this point he knew what his way would be ...
the end of this journey was than the beginning of hedgehog the super hero.

sorry for my bad english :p

[maxinkuk]

I love this one, great design.

[joe55]

nice and simple, this is totally the way to go, good start

[Teyon]

Cool. Looking forward to the model!

Out of curiosity, are you going for browns and greys? They tend not to be popular colors for heroes in comics, so that'll make him stand out as really unique too.

[pitchepuck]

thanks to all..

yes, I think he´ll be colored in brown, black, gray... hedgehog like ;o)
maybe I´ll use wooden armor parts for his suit...

[Harmonic]

Great design! the quills give him a fantastic silhouette.

[C-Mad]

I agree about the silhouette! He is VERY eyecatching, and the backstory is pretty good.

The arm quills may be hard to render (maybe not), but are the most beautiful part of his costume.

VERY Creative!:tu:

~OM

[JUPITER]

sweet drawing!!z brush? keep up the good work man..... :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Very cool concept. I really like his emblem. The overall design's very eye catching with all the spikes and stuff. Not to mention it would be a great fun to sculpt them. Just my humble suggestion, perhaps if you put a bit more into his background story like what subject does he teach and his motives to be a super hero, he'd be even more believable.

[Captain Sensible]

OUCH! Liking this one a lot. Nice concept sketch too. I look forward to seeing your progress!

[Crotalis]

Darn you! LOL. After an intense weekend of concept sketching I was going to post my character tomorrow....."Sledgehog". Oh well, beat me to it! Well done.;)


I especially like the chest emblem. It has a very primitive (I mean that in a good way) iconic sort of feel to it. I'll definately be watching this one....as soon as I sketch up a new concept! lol

[gang]

nice drawing .looking nice
I will look forward to it

[pitchepuck]

thanks a lot for all comments !!
I have updated the background of my hero a bit. My english is so bad that it took longer to write something than modelling the first steps of the model :lol:
but here now the base mesh and the first result of sculpting after one hour...and two hours of writing and searching the right words :confused:

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[pitchepuck]

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[Teyon]

Looks like a good start to me.

[pitchepuck]

after some sculpting to get right proportions, I fit some parts and split the body in several groups to get more devisions in each geometry...
now it´s time for sculptimg the quills :rolleyes:
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[MINTY]

I reall love the look of the character. It has a golden age hero feel to it. Top stuff. looking forward to seeing more!

[SolidSnakexxx]

Nice update to the Hedgehog. Looks like you are going at a steady pace... And looks really great too. Did the armor came off from mesh extract?

[pitchepuck]

I´m glad you like it... I´m not shure if this was so a good idea... but I´ll go on.
No, the armor didn´t came off from mesh extract. I dont like this way. I did it with the retopology tool. this way is much "cleaner". and then exported to 3dsmax, were it was extruded. so I´ve got a better lowpoly mesh, which I could better handle with transposemaster later on.;)

[KrakenCMT]

Actually, if you mesh extract from the low poly mesh, then it usually turns out pretty clean. Its' when you try to extract from the high poly mesh where you can end up with jaggies. But the retopo tool works just as well. :)

Anyway, you've got a great start here! :tu:

I would just look closer at doing something more with the boot and glove design. Right now, they look too separated with the straight line cutting them off from the rest of the design. I would suggest making them integrate better with the overall design by creating more dynamic lines where the gloves and boots meet the legs and forearms.

Maybe look at the line angles you've created in the chest-piece and see if you can do the same treatment to the gloves and boots. I think it would create a more unified design. Just a suggestion.

[gregoconn]

Nice progress, and quick too. I really hope your zbrush model matches your concept because it looks really nice.

Good luck with the quills, don't prick yourself.

[pitchepuck]

thanks for the comments and help!
I have to say that this is still the basic model and colors.far away from the finish :cry: this is maybe 10 %

[aiman]

Its looking awesome, kind of like an old-school Captain America mixed with spike from the newer x-men series. You are moving really fast! START THINKING OF KOOL POSES! That way you wont have to waste time re-sculpting things to fit your new pose.

[sazar26]

One time when I was doing clothes for a female character I used the mesh extract on the high poly and then used the re-topo tool to get a low mesh with good polyflow :)

[pitchepuck]

my first try putting some quills on the head... I´m not sure if it fits so good. but it´s going on ;)
the painting is only a test to find out the best design for it...
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[SolidSnakexxx]

pitchepuck, are the quills separated subtools made form primitives? I think they do fit quite nicely ..and I also like how you put some colors to him already...that gives him right in the mood. :tu:

[pitchepuck]

pitchepuck, are the quills separated subtools made form primitives? I think they do fit quite nicely ..and I also like how you put some colors to him already...that gives him right in the mood. :tu: Yes sure, the quills are one separated subtool. and they are made from primitives.. from one prinitive and than clones ;)

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you guys !!!!!!!!!!!

[JUPITER]

Coming along nicely..keep it up :tu: also will the quills pop up or out of the body or lay down?

[SolidSnakexxx]

That's load of subtools for the quills then... But it sure make your character looks really unique!

Happy X-Mas to you too, pitchepuck!

[Pluie.]

hey you are going too fast :p
the batman looking mask in hedgehog version look good :cool:

[pitchepuck]

well, here now an update of my work...
I had a x-mas brake for 2 days.
I thought about the quills at his arm and back. first I wanted to make them very long. but it´s too dangerous for him self. I think they will be shorter.
he must able to handle them...
now I´ve got a new peoblem... my pc can´t handle the poly count anymore.I´ve not enough RAM and cpu power. when I try to use POSE MASTER my PC crashes !!!!!! WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can not place the quills before the pose is not ready! ... :mad:


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[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, the character's shaping very beautiful... I like the quills at this length..not too long nor too short..

BTW, how big's your model poly count? Unable to do pose because of crashing is not a good thing. Hopefully you will get it resolved so we can see the hedge hog in action.

[pitchepuck]

I´ve only 2 GB workspace...
and the model has got about 22 mil poly... I need this polycount for the details. the body is still too low. it has only 6 divisions. but I can´t go higher!!!!!
I think it´s over and I have to stop it now :( or I´ll make the best out of this... what ever:confused:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow 22 million polygons? That's a lot.... I think with even at 15 million polys you can get super fine details. May be you can check on certain subtools that may not need that high of the amount and retopogize some. That way you can be even more economical about the poly count and overall performance.

Also adding 2 more GB of RAM wouldn't hurt either..as the RAM price's fropped drastically..

[pitchepuck]

15 mil poly? mybe without the quills :D
the topology is ok. I think it can´t be better. the quills are the problem. they have only 3 devisions. but he has got so many of them :confused:
XP cannot handle 4 GB...
I´ll try to pose him on my notebook with 3 GB RAM :rolleyes:

[maxinkuk]

There are two things that you can do even before adding RAM, one is to keep all subtools in low res, easily done with the Subtool master that has a "low res all" button. Then up the resolution of only the subtool you're working on.
The other thing to do is of course to retopologize the model. It's quite a bit of work but this is exactly one of the things it's there for.

[pitchepuck]

is it necessary to switch the subtools in the lowest resolution before using transpoese master?

[MINTY]

The design on this character is superb. Looking forward to seeing this posed.:tu:

[maxinkuk]

No, Transpose Master does the switching for you and then once posing is finished brings them back in same resolution level you were before recalling it. So if you were starting from high res he's got a lot of computing to do to start working a lot to go back to, if you start from a lower res you make things easier.

[maxinkuk]

No, Transpose Master does the switching for you and then once posing is finished brings them back in same resolution level you were before recalling it. So if you were starting from high res he's got a lot of computing to do to start working and a lot to go back to once posing is finished - if you start from a lower res you make things easier.

[pitchepuck]

yea, thanks max! maybe this was the reason for the crash !! :D

[maxinkuk]

Cheers, I hope this works for you. Also, check if you need all those polys in the quills. I did a quick test here initializing a Sphereinder to make a quill more or less like those and with 70,000 polys I get a very smooth one.

[Lucky_1]

He's looking very cool pitchepuck,
Keep it up...

[pitchepuck]

I was testing around something with the chestarmor. finally I´m happy with this result. it´s wooden now :D this fit´s good with the hedgehog theme I think. and the wood color is perfect...
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[maxinkuk]

It's lovely.

[gang]

nice charater , his spokes r looking great

[Moni-Poroni]

Hi Pitchepuck...
you´re really fast...and good :tu: :tu:

Best Wishes from Germany...

Viel Glück ;)

[Predator42]

The other thing you might want to try while working is to shift and ctrl drag a green rectangle over the section of the model while you work on it, when you let go it selects just that area and hides the rest of the model. This reduces the strain on your system and only works with that portion of the model. You can reverse the selection by shift ctrl and drag in the dead space of the canvas and this will provide a full view of the model again. shift ctrl clicking in the dead space with invert the selection.

[SolidSnakexxx]

The chest armor looks quite cool..like he's had a rumble session with wolverine himself :)

BTW, how did it go with transpose stuff? Any luck and no crashing?

[Harmonic]

Hey pitchepuck your model is looking great. I am bummed about the quills though. I understand that they are a bit impractical but they look so cool! I think maybe you should reconsider. Or maybe find other places to add quills to enhance the silhouette. He seems a bit lacluster without them.

[dustbin1_uk]

WOW! Looks like this is going to be one tough contest!!!

Not to mention the fact that people are flying ahead in their progress.

This is a great concept you have here my friend.

My one crit is that I think he looks better with just black eyes, no pupils. Maybe make the mask a bit greyer and the eyes glossy?

Seriously though, I love this character! I'll have my eye on this thread for sure!

[pitchepuck]

here an old vid of my old buddy "ali"
I have to test to post videos... only paste the link? :confused:

I`ve got it :D

vZUfRU8OTLI

[pitchepuck]

The chest armor looks quite cool..like he's had a rumble session with wolverine himself :)

BTW, how did it go with transpose stuff? Any luck and no crashing?I think it´s no memory problem. ZB crashes when I go from Tpose to normal subtools... :cry:
I think there are some subtools damaged... I don´t know :mad:

[dustbin1_uk]

I think I may have had this issue. Are you using 32 bit or 64 bit PC?

I found out that if it's 32 then you have to set your MEM settings to a max of 2gig as that's all windows can allocate per application and you get memory overruns otherwise.

[pitchepuck]

I have a 32 bit system.. thanks for your help. but it does not work. ZB crashes again... WTF:confused:

now I found out that ZB crashes only when it´s trying to switch back the hand-subtool. but I cannot find somthing wrong on the hand-mesh:confused:

[dustbin1_uk]

Ah I see, one last thing you could try, keep a copy of the hedgehog file somewhere.

Then take the hand tool, if that's the one that seems to be the issue, export it, delete it as a subtool, then select another tool not to do with your project, say a sphere, import the exported OBJ, and then append it to the model.

Look for artefacts on the hand. It could be a corrupted group of vertices.

[pitchepuck]

when I split the handgroup so I have got one hand in each group, than all went right. no crashes. when I put it together again it crashes. the mesh seams to be ok... and there is a second mesh which is not allright. the normals allways switches when it´s go back out of TposeMaster :confused:

[Flack]

I wish I could help you with your problem, I hope you're able solve them. Your model is looking great so far.

[dustbin1_uk]

Could you retopo one hand, use projection to pick up the details and then scrap the old grouping?

So you have a totally new polymesh for the hands?

[pitchepuck]

after I couldn´t fix the problem with the hand mesh I ignored it and put each hand in one seperate subtool... this worked fine :rolleyes:
now I´ve started to work on the hero pose. I´m not happy with it, yet... but I think this is the right way. it´s a kind of fighting pose... but maybe I´ll change it.... who knows :D
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[pitchepuck]

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[MINTY]

I am really finding this character inspiring. Great pose and wonderful design.:tu:

[dustbin1_uk]

Nice mate!! Very nice!!

[KrakenCMT]

This guy is looking great! The pose is coming along well too.

Is he standing on something or kicking at something? The back foot tells me he's standing on something, the front looks more like he's kicking something. Just a minor issue.

[b-farahmand]

very cool.very nice pose and very nice scalupt.do you work all of your model in z-brush?

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, the pose's looking great. Very dynamic and I think capture the essence of the Hedgehog :tu: :tu:

BTW, Happy New Year!

[pitchepuck]

This guy is looking great! The pose is coming along well too.

Is he standing on something or kicking at something? The back foot tells me he's standing on something, the front looks more like he's kicking something. Just a minor issue.thanks! I´m not 100 % happy with the pose yet...
yes he stands on the ground. next time I´ll give him a ground.

happy new year !!!!

[adroit.jr]

nice model and very nice pose.

[Moni-Poroni]

I really like the action pose so far...the arms are looking really amazing but I´m not sure about hedge hogs left leg (the outstreched one)
Don´t get me wrong..but if i would have a fight - I hope it will never happen :D then I would squat down a little differently...with my shoe sole on the foor...
Maybe that would look a little more dynamic???
Hard to explain it in english...so I hope this picture helps to show you what I´m talking about...

Happy new year

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oh and b-farahmand - one little thing ^^ should be no critic but the colour you´ve chosen is a little bit irritating because it´s looking similar to aurick´s ^^

[pitchepuck]

aurick ? who is that? looks his model similar to mine??? I hope not :confused:
the color is no finish! he will get his color when the model is finished :D

[SolidSnakexxx]

Ha ha hah I think there's a misunderstanding.. what Moni-Poroni was telling b-farahmand is the fact that b-farahmand replies in this thread uses the same font color (Orange-Yellow) as Aurick...the super hero on this forum (Our super admin)..That's all (^_^)

[Moni-Poroni]

Ha ha lol :lol:
SolidSnakexxx you got it :D
It wasn´t my intention to make you worry pitchepuck:)
This whole colour thing had nothing to do with your model...
Sorry for the trouble ;)

[pitchepuck]

:lol: oh man

[pitchepuck]

well, here a new update.
it´s a new color test. and I put the quills on his back.
his face is finished. now I´ve to finish sculpting the body and his suit. the last little tweeks.

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[cmoffitt]

Awesome Pose! Love the character. He looks like he could totally fight alongside the Watchmen. Great work!

[Harmonic]

Hey pitchepuck that's looking really nice! Good work on the pose so far, it looks balanced, believable and has good tension. I like the quills on the back, it does some fun things with the silhouette.

[fishadder]

Looks cool to me!

My kid calls Hedgehogs HodgeHegs! lol!
i have a bunch of Pocupine quills that have the most beutiful brown and white stripes but anyway...

i like the character and pose and the only things i would tweak is the extended leg maybee raise the knee a bit like he planted it firmly, less straight and maybee make more of the back Quills like if he is at rest the spines are down flat to the back and when he needs to protect himself he arches his back and the spines raise up...

but great job!

[maxinkuk]

Very nice pose, he's almost dancing. And looking dangerous.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, the latest pose with him showing his back is real cool...love the quills around the back a lot. Very very natural pose as well :tu: :tu:

[threetails]

that is cool, the pose is very good, and the quillwork on the back with the tech attachments look great. neet idea.

[toddworld]

Awesome stuff. I love the pose the attention to the tech detail and the fact that you've worked up the concept nicely from the beginning. Meaning you were open to experimentation throughout the process....and it definately shows.

Great piece! Can't wait to see how he wraps up.

Todd

[dustbin1_uk]

YEAH!!! Awesome work!!

[pitchepuck]

the last update before I´ll pose the final.
I did some suit sculpting and put armor parts on the legs and head. the color is final now.... I think :lol:
now I have to finish the suit and the base... but I have a lot time remaining ;)
in the end the suit will get structure and stitches like leather...
ok, the picture is a little too dark :cool: ... sorry

and thanks guys for all comments!!! and for your help !!! thaaaanks a lot :)
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[dustbin1_uk]

A great effort!

This has been really fun to see come to life!!

Looking forward to your final!!

best of luck!!

EDIT:

Oh and this one is up there in my top 5!

[maxinkuk]

He's great! Yes you need to switch a light on. Or two. Playing with light settings you can really make him come out. I look forward to that.

[JUPITER]

Good work man!!keep it up...

[SolidSnakexxx]

Whoa....really nice pose....He's very lean and looks very agile. Great stuff here :tu: :tu:

[gordon-v]

wow you are fast!! good to see another german guy here!
I really dig that pose, and you developed a grate idea on your hero!

keep it up!
viel Glück fürs Finale, greetings, gordon!

[gregoconn]

What I like about this guy is that he looks like a believable hero. Very strong pose.

I really hope you work out the lighting to how you want it because what you have done so far is very impressive.

[MindFX]

WOW!!! How did it miss this one. Love your design concept, and the pose is amazing. Keep ti up.

CHEERS!

[pitchepuck]

now I´ve began sculpting the base for my hero. take a look at this red thing...I don´t know the name of it :D but it´s original from tokyo (where hedgehog lives) with the original symbols on it. I want to make it authentic. so I painted the sidewalk edges yellow,too. the only thing I did not find was a photo of the original tokyo street drain... :confused::lol:

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow...already onto the base...you are really ahead of us.......and this is coming to a very spectacular sculpt! Superb in every aspects! :tu: :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

This is racing ahead really well. Nice work on the base, and even some details on the hydrant. Good work man! :tu:

[Hamilcar]

wow that base looks awesome! and your hero is really great! nice attention to detail :tu: :tu:

[rasmusW]

hey pitchepuck!

i like where this going.
pose is good, too. looks like you got alot of time to nurse the render and perhaps the sculpt.
looking forward for more.

-r

[dustbin1_uk]

Amazing scene there!! Very cool! Be nice if there were black silhouettes of baddies in the background of your final image.

[pitchepuck]

now I work on all details. today I finished the shoes...

thanks a lot for all comments!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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[gregoconn]

Been waiting anxiously for an update on this one and I'm glad you havn't disappointed. Your model and texture are both looking really nice. It would be nice to see in a render which wasn't so dark for a closer look :)

keep it up!

[dustbin1_uk]

Seconded!!!

[wethand]

woah! thats nice!
the pose is cool. the render maybe a little bit dark.
but woah! i mean, when i see how you are going to detail this...
and the base looks great, too!

looking forward to see this finished!

[chindian]

Wow man - can't believe i missed this thread! Lookin awesome man!!!

Really great progress and nice form & anatomy... Can't wait to see the final! :tu:

[petekasim]

Man, it's really hard to keep up with all the entries on here!

Glad to see you are doing well, I think your sculpt looks excellent, nothing to crit just keep up the show :)

Looking forward to the final product :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, the shoe's good looking.... Did I just say the shoe's good looking hahhaha.. I think the added refinements to the accessories will make this character pop! :tu:

[Teyon]

Very cool! I like the translation into 3D. Wasn't sure it'd work at first - some things just work better on paper - but you've made a believer out of me.

[KrakenCMT]

Very nice update with the boots! Is that shin guard wood?

[pitchepuck]

thanks guys! I´m glad you like it !!!

yes, the armor is wooden :D I think it dovetails nicely with the hedgehog theme.

[fishadder]

very cool!

I like this guy!

[cfree68]

Love it man. I really like the costume design. Very cool.

[pitchepuck]

hey guys, I have a problem. I rendered never before in z-brush. and now I wonder where the hell are the shadows??? do subtools not get shadows from each other??? :confused:
i´m using the standart mats. not the mat caps!
and in the light settings all shadows are switched on.
I hope you can help!

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[wethand]

hey,

i don't know much about zbrush rendering for myself. but there is a function called shadows in the render tab.

anyway, nice looking face and nice textures so far!!

[pitchepuck]

thanks. but in the render tab the shadows are on.
now I have put a textur on the model. but nothing changed. no shadows :confused:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Hey there pitchepuck I also experience the exact same thing when render...Wonder who might have the answer to this shadow thing. (I also try to set the shadow in the Light menu but doesn't work either)

[pitchepuck]

the light and render system is funny....;) :D

[gordon-v]

Well... thats right! ;D
I have to face that problem too very soon. I also never got it working.
By the way, your shoe textures are rokking as hell!

[maxinkuk]

I think that shadows only show with best render on.

[pitchepuck]

the model is still not finished. al lot to do and no time :confused:
I was trying to find light settings. I have much problems with the z-brush lights and render settings. now it´s going better and better.
here is a test render.
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[maxinkuk]

This is an impressive Zbrush render indeed. It's getting really good. What is it that you are doing right now that you were getting wrong earlier? Any tips on your discoveries?

[skullbeast]

You may have an ambient material like toy plastic on. you may have to nudge the settings or modifiers of the material to suit your lighting and save it as new mat. and no shadows do not cast. Its just that weird airbrush-ie look. This guy is looking great! He looks as if it could be practically accomplished in the real world. :tu: :tu:

[toddworld]

Unbelievably awesome! I love character, pose...and the pools of water is a great touch.

Todd

[Drakelot]

Fantastic work here ... great pose and last images ... good luck !!!

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow..that looks fantastic....Awesome awesome :tu: :tu: BTW, the scene as is still look wonderful...and if the shadow works it would be even more spectacular!

[jp_smith]

Pitch, this is great stuff, I love the base and the paint job, perfect colors and materials. I especially like the reflective puddles. Y'know if you can't get the shadows to work maybe you could either paint in the shadows in photoshop for your final render, or render the shadows out in Maya or Max and composite them. Not sure if that'd break the contest rules or not tho. Really nice entry though man. :tu: :tu:

Jason

[KrakenCMT]

Coming along extremely well here!

I recommend when you do your final renders to also do a GI pass with the lights (setup 1 light with aperture 90, render from strongest light source angle) and comp it together with the other render in Photoshop. It will add a bit more realism to the image.

[dustbin1_uk]

yeah!! looking awesome!!

Try to increase your document size to get rid of some of that aliasing.

The shadow comes in when you go to the render menu and hit the Best render button.

You may want to experiment with the light types. Point light should give you the shadow effect you're after.

http://www.zbrush.info/docs/index.php/Lighting

Pay attention to the light type section.

[wethand]

yeah, this is just awesome! love it!

[pitchepuck]

thanks a lot for the positive comments. for me, I saw this model too often :lol: can´t see it anymore... so I´m realy happy that you like it!!

the problem with the shadows was only a setting thing. I had to try around with the light settings.it´s not so easy . but it´s getting better.
thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tu:

[gordon-v]

Your character is comming along nice! Defenatly a candidate for the top 10!

keep it up, and show us more!
greetings, gordon!

[Moni-Poroni]

Really cool..I love the whole scene...and the fighting position
I wish my model would be almost finished like yours:)
Can´t wait to see the shadows

Oh oh oh....I´ve just realized that I never rendered something :eek: :eek: :eek: lol
I anticipate trouble :cry:

Anyway.. don´t want to bawl my eyes out in your thread:D

Keep up the good work

Grüße aus der Heimat ;)

[spimmy]

Wow, that is stunning stuff, always liked the concept of your character right from the beginning :tu: , and the work you have done on it is awesome, details, pose, scene, really great stuff :) .

[pitchepuck]

so, I´ve now finished the baton... I think that´s it...the model is finished:cool:
now it´s time to find the right light settings.... the biggest problem:confused:
I have to sleep.... good night
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[gregoconn]

Quality and class. Your modeling and texturing looks superb. Congratulations.

[industripop]

wow, this is so impressive. love where this is going. he definitely bares a resemblance to christian bale in one of your poses. Awesome work!

[swankymonkey]

I am very impressed with this piece. The color scheme is spot on!

[sazar26]

Nice update and i also agree that the color scheme looks good on him and I also like the pose and weapons he has, He looks like he can kick some A**:tu:

[jp_smith]

Stellar stuff Pitch, very impressive, "the Hog" will be one of the top placers I'm sure. :tu: :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Really top notch in every aspect, pitchepuck. the updated baton makes it look like non-ordinary weapon also...Really great....and the render at this stage's looking real awesome :tu: :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

Great work :tu: :tu: :tu:

But may I ask how long it´ll take to adjust the render settings..?
I want to arrange enough time
And may I ask you some questions in german concerning the render process..?when I´m ready for it...
That would make it a lot easier.

:)
Kind regards

[pitchepuck]

yeeehaaaa :lol:
thanks for all your comments !!!!

and moni, it took about 2-3 houres to learn how to use the light settings with the renderer.
but my light settings for the final rendering is still not finished :confused: for this I would arrange half a day.

und auf deutsch kannst du mich natürlich auch was fragen... das ist für mich sehr willkommen! mein englisch ist so mies.... mein deutsch aber auch :D
oder schreib einfach ne privat message oder schick mir deine icq nummer...

[Limitless_Thought2207]

In a word.. WOW! I'm really diggin the texturing, concept and painting. Excellent work! The "quills" are pretty insane, nice touch!:tu: :tu: I'm anticipating the final render.

[dustbin1_uk]

Man alive that staff is such a good idea!!!

Everything about this character is cleverly done. I could almost imagine walking into a comic book store and buying this!

Let me know if it ever goes to print!! :D:tu:

[Gohanf22]

pitch your hedgehog is sick mate. its sick. your texturing job is fine and refined. im liking the color scheme alot. very well done. now if only i can texture that good for mine when it comes time. :confused:

[JUPITER]

Great job!coming along nicely ;)

Action hero:Lightwave

[threetails]

looking really good, forms are great.

[SOLcreator]

Will be top row, for sure :tu:. I feel your scene needs more attention, perhaps a lamp post, casting light from above for more mood..?

Love it!

- SOL

[SOLcreator]

And wanted to share with you I'm focused on my character's evolution with the next chapter in his story. You can read it the below link:

Cheers!
- SOL

http://www.solcreator.com/knoweapon/assets/knoweaponbanner01.jpg (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=66749&page=27&pp=1)

[pitchepuck]

I have to confess something...
I was too fast :D I thought the contest ends tomorrow :lol: no joke!!! I don´t know why... I was so shure...till yet... oh man. now I have so much time left.
yes, I know...I can upload the transpose videos.... mh...not yet...
now I´m working out the base of hedgehog. some more details....

I don´t know.... is this cigarette big enough ? :rolleyes:

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[maxinkuk]

Oh nooooo! I was really amazed by your speeding so much ahead. I thought that you probably knew something about your working schedule ahead that would have made you very short of time later on so that you had to finish earlier.
You have all my sympathy, it's the kind of thing I do sometimes too.
Still, it's funny.:lol::lol::lol:
The cigarette is just right. Have another.

[sazar26]

lol I was wondering why you where working so fast with the updates but ol well you can make you base mesh more detailed like your doing. the cigg butt is just fine I hardly noticed it :rolleyes:

[SolidSnakexxx]

No wonder you are like going through the entire process...soooo very fast. But then again, your stuff's great and now you have tons of time to refine...the luxury I'm sure many wish to have....BTw, that cig butt's way too small, mate....heheeh just joking. :tu:

[- FoOD -]

Really good job ..was wondering how this guy would look and you have managed to create one good looking hero :D

[pitchepuck]

LOL :D thanks food. yours is good looking too !!

[Moni-Poroni]

Hey...cool cigarette....though I´m not smoking :cool:
Yeah...really funny that you´ve thought the contest is ending NOW :lol: :lol: :lol:
and I´ve been deeply shocked as you told me that!!!!:evil: :lol: :lol:
LOL

[Gohanf22]

i like your cig that you made pitche. very well done. you going to have it smoking or just in his mouth or something? :D

[animastur]

Great pose and costume design! :tu: :tu:

[gordon-v]

Man, you are so fast and good at what you do! very impressive!

Ich muss Dir auch noch ein paar Fragen rund ums Rendering stellen wenn
es bei mir so weit ist!

greetings, Gordon!

[pitchepuck]

now I´m working on the base. it gets more details... added old news paper and a drink bottle...and more color to the water...and some waves where hedgehog steps into.... and 3 cigarettes :confused: which are hard to see...

CONTEST!!! where are the cigarettes ??? the first who will find them gets....äääähhh ... äähhhh gets.... äähh... something... :lol:

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[Gohanf22]

actually there not hard pitche. one is by the fire hidrant and two are by the soda can. good base btw. :D

[Moni-Poroni]

:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: I looove the details...

and you´ve damned much time for more :)

[m0delista]

Great Base ! :tu:

[m0delista]

Please show the character in the Base !! thx !!! ;)

[dustbin1_uk]

No way! you thought the contest ended tomorrow!!

Well at least you have more time to tweak and refine things, though there's not much that needs improvement!

Well done so far!

[skullbeast]

Well you would win flat out on a production line! :tu: :tu: Great work! My only critique would be that the black overall seems a bit ultrablack. It may just be an exposure adjustment in photoshop, or just a tiny bit of a color, Like dark blueblack or yellowed black (like street lights) in the background, but still remaining blackish. well just think of how far ahead you are now! :tu: :tu: :D ;)

[pitchepuck]

thanks a lot for all comments! :)

now I have tried out some material settings for the skin, leather and eyes.
I´m satisfied with the left one and middel..
but I think in the end, when I´ll render the whole set, most of the settings will be changed again.... oh my english is sooo perfect :lol:

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[Gohanf22]

im definitely liking the middle. the skin is looking authentic and the color of the eyes is very nice. if you want my vote, middle is the answer. keep it up man. doing a good job. :D

[luis2008]

agreed. i like the middle one too. i like him looking forward instead of off to the side. he looks more sure of himself ;)

[GregStrangis]

I am leaning towards the middle and the right, Looking awesome man!

[Webhead]

Great face. Nice expression. Good detailing in the mask. :tu: I like all three heads for different reasons:
Left head: Hears a cry for help.
Middle head: Ready to spring into action.
Right head: Sees his quarry.
I agree, the middle head is probably your best bet. All great, though.

[skullbeast]

the one on the far right has the charm of a hero! :tu: :tu:

[wethand]

woah! the base is awesome.... cigarettes... -.-
oh man...

and the material tests look really nice, too. the leather is.... awesome... very believable.
skin with zbrush is hard. but it seems you have made it very well!!

nice! like it very much

[threetails]

just, absolutily solid work, well done. the renders look great, i like the side light in the middle render.

[pitchepuck]

good morning :D

ok, thanks for your opinions :tu:
skin materials in Z-Brush are realy hard to build..
nice to hear that you like it !!!

today I did some scene lightning tests. it is not easy to set the lights. I need more practice :confused:
here are some results. I don´t know how many I rendered today... a lot.
only to show what I did. you don´t have to vote your favorites, because the final rendering will be different.... there is still so much time to test test test :confused:

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[bryzol]

This is looking great!. I find it difficoult too, to setup the lights in zBrush but you are geting very nice results!
Whole scene is awesome. You did great job with sculpting and texturing. Congrats!

[slocik]

On the light set up, the 1 and 3 one looks just stupid ;] the 2 one looks just great for the character, dont think you will get any better results ;d but still, it dosnt look that great for the scene ;/ Anyway, i just love your work, my second favorite for this contest ;]

[maxinkuk]

Every time it gets more impressive. This are some amazing renders for Zbrush.
I must hurry up to finish my model so that I can start experimenting with lights, materials and render settings.
I kind of like the first one, it's a bit too strong, but it's got the right atmosphere, the second one is better on the character but lame on the hydrant.
I'd say that the first and the fourth have a better consistency across the scene, the elements blend better. The second is better lit on the character but the background doesn't blend as well as it does in the others.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow...such impressive light test...you've got serious lighting skills in ZBrush, man.. I really like #2 it looks natural but with a tint of yellow light form a lamp post. :tu: I'd go for something like #2. #1 is quite dramatic lighting...but I think it's too vibrant for the scene.

[Malleable man]

This guy is in my top five.

The paint up is great.

The pose is the calm right before the storm.

The the design exudes a 'classic hero' feel and sets this entry apart from the others in my list.

Top notch.

Regards, James.

[Captain Sensible]

The second light set up works best. You get a good contrast and some nice highlights. Great pose too. It really suits him :tu: :tu:

[industripop]

yep, i gotta say number 2 as well.

[Gohanf22]

im sorry for this but it seems im not welcome around anymore. my art is offensive and i dont like to see people offended. good luck buddy. it appears your a true artist and i am just a nobody. good luck my friend. :cry:

[Etcher]

Awesome!:tu: !

[SOLcreator]

the 2nd amd 4th render are my picks. You've got a lot of realism sculpted into HedgeHog, but the saturated blue and yellow lighting don't work with what you've already established with the realistic visual aesthetic.

[Gohanf22]

forget i said anything.

[pitchepuck]

gohanf .... what? you are wellcome here! who says you are not? ...ok I´ll forget it ;)

SOLcreator...... thanks ... I know what you mean. this pics were all tests. now I know in which direction I have to go with the lightning set... the 2. pic is it ;)

thanks to ALL !!!! for comments, critic and love letters ;) I really REALLY appreciate it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:) :) :) :) :) :)

[Finners]

Love the lighting tests, the puddles look murky and cool in 2. one of my fave entries!

[pitchepuck]

here now the posing video.
the second one was deleted by youtube. it was too long :cry: :mad: :cry:

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[Gohanf22]

looking good pitchepuck. sorry about the youtube thing. it is a bugger. i had that happen to me already. very annoying. keep up the good work bud. :D :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

Amazing posing skills :tu: :) wow
and cool that your movie isn´t a timelapse movie...
-good for me :p :D ;)

[SolidSnakexxx]

I was watching you posing vid in amazement...you've got the posing skill ...and really turn the model to the pose wonderfully :tu: :tu:

[Etcher]

Thanks for sharing the video! :tu: !

[pitchepuck]

heyho guys.
I didn´t know that my posing skills are so special :lol: do I something different like you do?
but I´m happy to help some out with this video !!
well, a new little "update"... the hedgehog is almost finished. I do only some little tweeks every day...nothing to show..
now I thought about a logo for him. ok...the logo is still finished. it´s on his chest already.. but for the presentation I want some special with it on the pic.
I tried some things... but I´m not happy at all with the results. here is a example.. the best result I´ve got so far.. it´s sooo bad. it looks like a sign directly from a cowboy film set :lol: I had to lough my a** off when it was finished.
so, I´ll not use this one. but I want to show my progress anyway.
good night, good fight ;)
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I thought about using this japanese symbols....
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[jp_smith]

Very cool sign! :tu: :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

I agree...very cool...:tu: :tu: :tu: but you´re right...^^ looks a little bit like a sign ;)
I love cowboy movies :D
Good night? LOL...it´s weeeeekeeend!! European time 1:30 am
DON´T sleep... keep on zbrushing :D

[pitchepuck]

no...it´s scrab :lol: you really like this sign??? mh...nooo... LMAO !!!! :rolleyes:

[pitchepuck]

no, I don´t go to bed... but it´s time...
I have to go and save the world... because... in the night I´m

CAPTAIN HIRNIE :lol:

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[maxinkuk]

Remember to switch off the hyperspace before going to bed captain or it'll cost you a fortune in gas!

[SolidSnakexxx]

I like the logo you have designed for Hedge Hog..may be a small Japanese character imprint atop the English characters would be cool as well. :)

[BillyT]

i like how you have the hedgehog written with the spikes through it, but my problem with it is that it's just a plain serif font, nothing interesting to look at, i think you need to put a little bit into possible trying to create unique lettering for the name. and some integration of the japanese would be nice, cause i do see that there is some japanese on the fire hydrant, so it would pull it together a little more. but all in all great work

[MindFX]

The pose is looking great... keep it up!

[pitchepuck]

hello to you all :D
thanks for the comments, crits and love letters !!!
yes the sign is ... well... you like it...mhh... I´ll think about it... I will work on it..
I have rendered a turntable vid... yes ! look here :D
but the vid has got a very bad quality. and I don´t know how to get it better :confused:
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[petekasim]

Hey pitchepuck, good to see your progress :)

I'd like to know how to improve video quality too, my tuntables look equally fuzzy on youtube.

Nonetheless, excellent job! From what I can see this looks superb in all it's 3d rotating glory. Really, really strong pose makes this one heroic-looking hedgehog :tu:

As for the logo....... well, the icon is nice, not sure about the font :confused: Maybe you should create the typography rather than using a pre-existing font, or at least alter it substantially. The idea of having spines striking across the text is cool, though

Anyway, this is more about the sculpt than the logo, and I really can't fault you there - nice job and best of luck!

[jp_smith]

One of the best poses in the contest Pitch, nice to see the sculpt untextured too. Great stuff. :tu: :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

great turntable :tu: :tu: :tu: really cool indeed!
BUT one question..as always :rolleyes:
how did you render the turntable??
so far I´ve just clicked on "render best" without changing anything..
and I thought it works only for an image?
sorry I´ve to ask you in german.. absolutely no clue how I should say it in english :D

Ich dachte rendern geht nur solange sich nichts bewegt :) ??
Also wenn ich mal was gerendert habe... hab ich erst ein einziges mal in Zbrush... lol und auch generell erst einmal..^^dann ist das wieder verschwunden nachdem ich mein model angefangen habe zu bewegen.
weisst du was ich meine?

[SolidSnakexxx]

Really great turn table, pitchepuck :tu: :tu: amazing work and render.

I think the bad quality generally from YouTube itself...it seems to compress vid some more....

[threetails]

you work so fast and the quality is super. i have to say that this is one of my fav's, the turn table is nice to see.

[Captain Sensible]

Very, very nice! :tu:

[Gohanf22]

two thumbs up buddy. nice turntable. :tu: :tu:

[pitchepuck]

petekasim thanks for the compliment. and yes maybe you are right with the fonts. I´ll try to create a new one...

jp-smith thanks man !!

moni-poroni thanks ! it´s easy to render with turntable. you only have to press "best render" and then recording the turntable.then it will render each frame of the video in best quality.

SolidSnakexxx thanks dude :D 0 points for youtube

threetails oh that´s good to hear !!! I thank you very much !!!

Captain Sensible I´m glad you enjoy it !! thanks

Gohanf22 thanks man !!

wish you all a nice day !!!!!!!!! :)

[spimmy]

Great turntable, it really shows the awesomeness of the model!! ;) :tu:

[Ismail W]

Cool model and pose. :cool: Recommend to add more to the line of action you lean his torso forward a bit more.:) Try it out in photoshop see what a little more of leaning him forward will do for the pose.:) Loving the miodeling and texturing!:tu:

[pitchepuck]

Ismail W thanks Ismail for the comment. I was thinking a long time about the pose. and I know what you mean. but it will not work. I´m happy with this pose. anyway, thanks :)

[Etcher]

Wow! That turntable looks great! ( I mean: not the quality of the vid, but the quality of the pose and sculpt) :tu: !
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[pitchepuck]

hello to all !!!!
thanks for all comments, crits and loveletters :D

here now an update.
I did only small sculptings on the surface... some scratches and more structure and folds to the suit.
also he got buckles to his strubs at the side...
here an other render-test... I like him from behind :lol:
and I worked on the logo.

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[jp_smith]

Looks really cool dude, the yellow light color is a little bit strong though in my opinion. :)

[pitchepuck]

thanks JP ! I´ll check the light settings...

here again a new render test from the front

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[jp_smith]

He looks great Pitch, is that a zbrush fog render or is that photoshop?

[pitchepuck]

yes JP, the fog and the logo are done in PhotoShop.

[Moni-Poroni]

Cool :tu: :tu: :tu: Really cool :)
Nothing to crit :)

But one question ;)
maxinkuk told me that I can change the colour of the light...:)
But can you tell me again where?
In the light Tool palette besides the <<Intensity-slider>> ?

I tried that and it´s for example green then..but that changed nothing with the light :(
And is this possible with every material?
Thank you

[pitchepuck]

thanks moni,
yes that´s right. you first shoose a color in the palette. then click on the color field besides the intensity slider.
I think it is possible with most of the materials. I didn´t check this out.

normaly the light change the color... :confused:

I use only the standart materials. with the matcap materials you only can use sunlights and no other like point lights or spot lights.

[Moni-Poroni]

Thank youu:)
Hmmm...well I´m not surprised it doesn´t work :)
Any hidden camera here ^^???
I think that´s aaaaall my fault.
Thank you so much! I´ll try it..and try it..and try it ;)

[Captain Sensible]

Top stuff. I'll be pleased if I can get my render to look half as good :cool:

[pitchepuck]

try it out moni...
my first light experience with z-brush was not easy at all.

du schaffst das :D

[maxinkuk]

Like many other render features the light shows the selected colour only when you are in best render mode.

[maxinkuk]

I forgot to say, the last render test from the front is massive. :tu: :tu: :tu:

[maxinkuk]

Whose sweat was in that bottle on the floor?

[pitchepuck]

hahaa :lol:
thanks max !!!!

this bottle is a japanese iso drink... look:

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[KrakenCMT]

Rendering is turning out really nice. More improvements each time. :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Really great render....I like the added fog ....very good atmosphere. :tu:

[gordon-v]

Here you go again! Nice render!! What about some raindrops in ps!
viel glück! ;D

[SOLcreator]

Mmmm pocari sweat... Asian sugary goodness :tu:

[Chris Spade]

Way way too dark.

Cannot make too much out of the character. He just blends into the background.

[Alliecat 08]

I like the detail you are putting into it.

[pitchepuck]

KrakenCMT.... thanks man !!!

SolidSnakexxx .... glad you like it !!!

gordon-v .... Hi, thanks. yes you are right. I thought about rain, too. I´m not shure...but I try it :tu:

SOLcreator ... do you know that stuf ? I found this pic in the net. never tasted it :lol:

Chris Spade .... dude...you have to increase the brightnes of your monitor :cool: all others here are able to see the details ;)

Alliecat 08 .... you could see them ???? :lol:... thanks !!!

[pitchepuck]

I´ve so much time left, that I put some more details like these metall plates on the shoe armor and other parts of the suit.

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[gregoconn]

hahaha I hate that you have so much time.

this is looking really awesome man. I think it's good that you have extra time, these extra details are looking realy nice.

[Harmonic]

Yea I am definitely jealous, I have so much time left and even more to do! Looken great, getting really polished. :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, pitchepuck, I wish I can say the same about time..heheheh this is looking awesome....you have so much time left now to refine details and stuff and bring the hedgehog to the coolest :tu: :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

Really awesome details there :) :tu: :tu: :tu: !
LG

[JUPITER]

Cool boot's blade's man!! ;)

[pitchepuck]

hello to all !!!!
thank you all for comments crits and loveletters :D
here now a new update.
I did again milions of lightning tests. and I put some new details to the suit. hope you like it.
one week remaining ;)
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[SolidSnakexxx]

Absolutely stunning pitchepuck..man I think you have become a master of ZBrush lighting. :tu: :tu: So well done!

[Dman3d]

Overall design and leather are amazing. :tu:

[entrop23]

Wow, what a great looking render! My only minor crit would be that some areas of the base (which look like they're meant to be concrete) seem a bit on the shiny side. But that's just nitpicking, because it really looks quite nice!

[Harmonic]

Wow that is looking so much better, really great lighting! :tu:

[industripop]

It's going to take a lot to beat this one. Great job on everything and wonderful render. I had no idea that ZBrush could render out like this. Just wish it didn't take "millions" of tries. Also, wish renders didn't crash out ZB on my Mac.

[maxinkuk]

Unbelievable Zbrush lighting. You set the bar very, very high.

[fx81]

you base platform is a bit distracting. the colors are too saturated and the details are too big. if you make the base more subtle, it will make viewers focus more on the character. nice modeling and lighting btw.

[Etcher]

I think that the lighting is great! :tu: ! Not shure about the purple on the base though.
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[jtruthnick]

gotta agree with the other folks. Character is stunning, base detracts from character's beauty. would tone it down quite a bit. can't wait to see this guy finished!

[Captain Sensible]

Absolutely brilliant render! The lighting is really nice. Top stuff!! :tu:

[KrakenCMT]

Yep. Lighting is really making him pop! Nice work!