Action Hero - Deaf Destiny (Villain )

[Seavannah]

Hey there Mooni love her new cloths :cool: :tu: . Love the stings with notes on them. Great job :cool: :tu: . Sorry:o about not being around for this last week it's was my fiancée’s bday this weekend and had lots of stuff to do and a few guests.

Sorry to hear about your new zdemons. I have a tut made by Rastaman that may help ya on her lips. I had same problems with mine but her ears nose and hands also. This helped me and you don't have to go into topology again as long as you have a good topology base to start out with.

Project Morph: This option allows the user to relax their mesh and remove polygon stretching created by using the Pinch Brush or lots of the Tweak (move) Brush and it will help relax your mesh in her lips so that they won't go wonko on ya.

:idea: To use Project Morph do the following:

1. Set your geometry level to the highest level your model has. For this example, let's say level 5. If you have layers already make a new one on the level that they are already if not make two at highest level she has just in case. Any time I do some major detailing a make a new layer.

2. Store a morph target by pressing Tool: Morph Target: StoreMT. Save your model.

3. Go down 2 levels of resolution to level 3 and delete all higher levels of resolution by pressing Tool: Geometry: Delete Higher. Don't worry, your hi-rez geometry is still there because we stored a morph target.

4.Smooth out the area you want to 'relax' with the Smooth Brush . Save your model.

5. Divide two more times to return your model to resolution level 5 or the highest level that your model had on it before the morph target.

6. Set the Tool: Morph Target: Project Morph slider to 100. This will project the morph target with the stretched polygons into your current smooth mesh. The result is a 'relaxed' mesh.

Make another layer. now you can smooth lightly some of the puckerness down and shape them again. If it gets messy again repeat all the steps as you did before with updated lip model to get a relaxed mesh.

Here are his tuts on topology, zprojection, and morph targeting they have been very help full to me.

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/member.php?u=31731 (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/member.php?u=31731)

All of his tuts are great. The first two can help you with the topo and transferring details you already made on her and to fix messy z-lips :D . Good luck to you and hope it helps :D .

[Lucky_1]

amazing update, she's looking very sweet !
Keep it up !

[Moni-Poroni]

Jason
Thanks again for the great help!:) :tu:
I´ve tried to correct the ribcage issue ..but I don´t know if it´s better now?


maxinkuk
Thank you for the kind compliment.:)
No it´s not a particular tune..:)
I think that would be a little bit too short :D ?
And regarding the other question-
I can play several instruments.. well not that good..but there´s nobody who became deaf so far :)
But I can´t play the violine :(
I´d love to...but it sounds terrible :o
But I have my fathers violine as reference:)


SolidSnakexxx
Thank you for the kind compliment mister. I´m always glad to hear you like it :)


gregoconn
Thank you for the kind compliment :)
I´ve tried it at the very beginning with five strings instead of three
-but it looked odd.
Either the strings have been too thin - or there have been strings only:) and no more skin between them.
So it should just remind of those lines.
But thank you very much for the suggestion :)


ISK-86
Thank you too for the suggestion regarding the stave lines (they´re called like that in my dictionary :p )

Hm..it would be nice to write there a tune??:confused:
Well..that would be probably your first and last time;) !


spimmy
Thank you for the kind compliment :)


- FoOD -
Thank you for the kind compliment :)


Etcher
Thank you for the kind compliment :)


KiVanDi
Thank you for the kind compliment.
Glad to hear you like the idea :)


Hamilcar
Thank you for the kind compliment :)


Seavannah
Yessss... Seavannah is back :) :) :)
Thank you for the kind compliment and thank you sooo much for the help! :tu:
I really appreciate that an I´ll try it later :)


Lucky_1
Thank you for the kind compliment Lucky :)

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UPDATE

I´ve started with the base for the robo arm...
The crossover will be covered with cables later.
The stick is just a placeholder for the laser bow ;)

Regarding the arm/finger position.. umm..I don´t know.
I´m thankfull for every advice ;)

C+C are absoultely welcome :)

Edit: oops what happened with the little finger:lol:


dd update jan 09..jpg

[SolidSnakexxx]

Great update there, Moni-Poroni. She's looking more complete than ever... :tu: As you already know the fingers may need some small Z rubbing. and yes, sometimes, from certain angle the tiny finger looks a bit odd. The final piece's going to be grander.

[jp_smith]

Nice Monja, much improved ribcage, she's looking great. :tu: :tu:

[Seavannah]

Wow Great update there Mooni. Her lips look really good and I like her new arm. Keep it up you have come so far and so fast I am glad to be one of the people who get to see it. Take care, good luck and will be zeeing you soon. BTW love your hair I' m just so very impressed with it... have yet to see anything like it before.

[Moni-Poroni]

SolidSnakexxx
Thank you for the kind compliment :)
Yes the finger looks really odd ^^
But there´s so much work with the hand ..so that doesn´t matter;)


jp_smith
Thank you for the kind compliment.
And thanks again for the help :)


Seavannah
Hey ;) Thank you for the kind compliment Seavannaaaah :)
The things you´re writing are simply delightful :)
Thank you!

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The reason why I´m posting without a new update...
-> as always : a question :)


I´ve tried to hide a part of my model...
and I did something wrong with theShift and/or the Ctrl key..so the green (mask?) became grayish :)


what happend.jpg

I´m sure this isn´t an issue...
But I´m very curious what I can do with it ?:)
And how can I get the green mask back ?
Thank you :)

[SolidSnakexxx]

Hey there. I think what you just activated was "Stencil" So all you have to do is go to Stencil>Stencil On to deactivate it

:)

[Moni-Poroni]

SolidSnakexxx
Yes, right :tu:
Thank you so much..:)
Now I know where I can learn something about it.
I didn´t find anything about a grayish mask :lol:
Thanks again

[SolidSnakexxx]

Glad I can help out, Moni-Poroni :)

[Moni-Poroni]

UPDATE

Little Update...
I´ve started with the violine
It´s not a normal one


Here´s a paintover (should look like D&D in the end ;) )

dd-violin paintover.jpg


This is what I´ve got so far:

dd-violine wip.jpg


And finally the "Making of" :)
violine sphere.jpg



C+C are more than welcome..

[ISK-86]

Great use of Zspheres! :cool:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Nice use of ZSphere, Moni-Poroni..the look of semi-transparent material really make it a special item :tu:

[maxinkuk]

Good update Moni. A lovely design and a flawless use of Zspheres.:tu::tu:

[jp_smith]

More Moni zpshere magic, I love it. :)

[Etcher]

:tu: !

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[bryzol]

Nice zsphere work with the gitar! Keep it up! :tu:

[zeke3d]

mangalicious work!

[fluxist8070]

Nice axe! It looks cold and dangerous! good stuff!

[wethand]

voll super, wie du mit den zspheres arbeitest! sieht echt nach scheissviel gefriemel aus... alle achtung!! nice!!! :)

nur eine kleine idee: ich würde versuchen den "hals" der... violine? öhm... geige.... auch schief zu machen, passend zum lauf. hoffe, du verstehst, was ich meine! :)

[spimmy]

Great violin :tu: . You are great at working those ZSpheres into awesome shapes, craziness!! ;) .

Great work :) .

[Alliecat 08]

I like her face and outfit. good job. :tu:

[Seavannah]

:D Hey there Mooni. I like your use of the zspheres you are really good at them. I love your concept of the violin. Keep up the awesome work. Take care and good luck with everything.:D

[Moni-Poroni]

Hi @ll


ISK-86
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)


SolidSnakexxx
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)
I love the Zspheres (-If they do what I want :) )


maxinkuk
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)


Jason
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)
I´ll post the making of video of the violine later or tomorrow.
Hope you´ll like it.
BTW-hehe you can´t make a paintover then ;) LOL.


Etcher
Thank youuuu. ;)


bryzol
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)
BUT that´s not a guitar. ;)


zeke3D
Thank you. :)
But I don´t know what´s "mangalicious" :o ..sounds funny. :)


fluxist8070
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)


wethand
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)
And thanks for the input regarding the... ummm ( "violin stick" :) )
I´ve changed the angle like you´ve told me. :)


spimmy
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)
Glad to hear that you like it. :)


Alliecat 08
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)


Seavannah
Hey there Seavannaaaaah :) :) :)
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)
I wish you good luck with everything too :)
Z-U;)


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I´ve been very busy with reading Zbrush tutorials the whoooole weekend!!!
No party..but even though - NOOO SLEEEP!! :)
I came to a conclusion : I´ve made sooo many mistakes!!
If I would have read all those tutorials earlier - probably everything would have been so much easier! :)

Aaaaah and ooooooooOOOOO :idea: :idea: :idea: - that´s what I´ve said a hundred times :D !!!

For example as I´ve discovered the projection master and the crease and edge loop functions in the geometry tool palette!!!:)
Well... I´ve seen those buttons before ...but I didn´t pay any attention to them ( looked too complicated ^^).

MONSTER MISTAKE:) :) :) !!!!

Creating hard surface stuff is so easy now! ( But getting a clean look is still hard for me..^^)
spimmy - remember..? You´ve asked me how I´ve created the subtools with hard edges.
Well..of course you can get cool tools by using the (radial) symmetry combined with alphas..or using the deformation tool palette and masking and so on...
But with the functions in the geometry tool palette
(crease button I love you ;))
you can get some awesome hard edges :) !!!
And you can get them where you want ...even without symmetry ...^^LOL

( Hope that´s right what I tell you. Anything wrong ?
So please let me know. Thanks :) )

Wow...still can´t believe that I´ve simply ignored those functions. :o

Of course I´m not satisfied with my subtools anymore :)
And I´ll make completly new robolegs.
I´ll change the complete style.
That´ll be so much extra work..but I have to do it...otherwise I´d be angry with myself.
Well... it serves me right. :D
I won´t ignore anything in the future...I PROMISE :) :) :) LOL!

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Update time :)

I´ve revised the violine... To be honest: I´ve chosen this shiny material that I´ve used before for only one reason -the optical illusion. ;)
(It had only 15.000 Polys. I didn´t want higher subdiv. lvls. because I wanted to keep the more or less hard edges LOL LOL LOL...)

NOW I KNOW THE CREASE BUTTON hahahaha :lol:
.....

Ok ..enough talk ;)
Here´s the violine WIP

1DD-violine wip 1.jpg

And here´s an image of an original violine...because I don´t know the name of the things so I did a little paintover :)

2violine reference.jpg

No.1

3one.jpg

No2

4violin middle piece frame-.jpg

No 3

5DD-violine piece1.1.jpg

6DD-Violine piece back view.jpg

7DD-violine-piece front.jpg


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I´ve been also busy with learning how to make a movie. :)
How to add music..and how to cut scenes...
it was really funny..:)
But I don´t want to be a movie maker ;)
Well..after the quicktime problem that I´ve had I thought that I would never ever get that managed...but I did. :)
The only remaining problem is youtube...:mad:
I´ve started with uploading 3!!!!hours ago..
For a 2 min. video ?????
Is that normal?? I´ve never done this before.

Ok..wait and see...
Hope I can post it later. :)


C+C are more than welcome. Thank you.

[wethand]

hey moni!

it was just a tip... my opinion. but i think it looks much better now...
and the detailing looks nice, too!

your youtube problem... hm... it depends on the intenet speed (?) how fast you can upload vids. and on the actual size...
like i told you, it took me today 4 hours... but that was a 9 minutes vid...

just let it load (until it breaks... :P)
yeahyeah... du und rechna.... ^^

[ISK-86]

Nice to se your'e having so much Z-fun....

Hard surfaces ara most of zbrushers headace... (if thats how it's spelled)

Here in mexico it's... 1:40 am... I finally finished working and it's time to read some of my favourite threads :)

Youtube's vids.... well they are not what they used to be... the only way to upload those (at least here in mexico) is getting a nice compressor (there's one called "QUick media COnverter") and convert to a FLV file... so it transmits quicker

Good luck moni... hope you get in the best ten :D:D:D:D

[spimmy]

Thanks on the tips Moni :tu: :) , I will definately try out the crease button soon :) .

Nice details you're doing there, love the No.03 elements alot :cool: (Whatever those things are called :) ).

[petekasim]

Hey Moni

Lovely work on the details, and all round a very elegant and eye-catching character :tu: love her hair!

Keep going strong for the final push, I'm sure she'll look superb

Good luck!

[rasmusW]

hehehe.. wow! very impressive zsphere work.
keep going.

-r

[Moni-Poroni]

wethand
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)
Just let it load until it breaks? :evil:
...and regarding the last thing you wrote:
I know that I have no technical knowledge..thanks for pointing that out! :rolleyes:
But I won´t stop! ;)

ISK-86
Thanks for the kind compliment. :)
Hmmmm.. I think you have made a typo -> "Headache" ;)
The only headache I get is because of youtube..:rolleyes:
but I have made it :) -I hope so... :) well.. I´ll see it after I have submitted this reply (can I say this "submitted" :) ?)
Thank you again. :)

spimmy
No problem. :) Just wanted to let you know. But if you´re going to try it...read some of the tutorials here..so you can be sure it´s right.. and you can´t blame me then.. ;)
No. 3 element..?? LOl.. But I don´t know the word too.. I really don´t know it. :)
Thanks for the kind compliment spimmy. :)


petekasim
Thanks for the kind compliment petekasim. :)
I´m glad to hear that you like it. :)

abyss103
Thanks for the compliment. :)
I´ll check your update later.. I´m sure Arctic is looking great. :)

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UPDATE

I tremble with excitement right now... -> youtube video.
If it won´t work.. I don´t know what to do..


First an image of the final violine:


DD-final violine.jpg

Ok...and hopefully here´s the video
It´s just a test-video..
"The violine - making of"
I´ve tried to add some music...
and it should be no surprise that I´ve chosen......

A VIOLINE SONG ;)

Usually I love the classical songs.. but I thought something more rebellious would fit better to her...:)
Lol..I had to laugh out loud because it´s a perfect match
-> Smooth criminal :lol:
( The violine-rock version from David Garrett - an half american-half german violine player;) )


But please feel free to turn the music off if you don´t like it.


C+C are welcome -as always. :)

eMmYEDjhjyQ

[Moni-Poroni]

I´ve made any mistake :(
Why is it soo small? and the code is still visible...

[SolidSnakexxx]

Very nice ZSphere video... :tu: By the way when you are embedding a Youtube video all you have to do is typing

{youtube}eMmYEDjhjyQ{/youtube}

and replace "{" with "[" and "}" with "]"

the value "eMmYEDjhjyQ" you will be getting from the URL like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMmYEDjhjyQ

you will then get this:

eMmYEDjhjyQ

:)

[Moni-Poroni]

Cool..thank you sooo much :) :) :) :tu: :tu: :tu:
Didn´t know which of those codes I have to use.. I´ve used the whole Url or however it´s called...^^
and on top of that I´ve used the wrong although so many people explained it a hunred times :o

THANKS AGAIN!

[SolidSnakexxx]

You are very welcome, Moni-Poroni :)

[maxinkuk]

Hey! That violin looks great? I looove those glowing green strings.:tu::tu:

[Etcher]

Hey! That movie was really fun to watch! You made it look so easy -deceiving- :tu: ! Great!

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[Agostinuke]

Hey Moni-Poroni! Lol I didn't see your work when I designed mine! My girlfriend is a professional cello musician..and she was playing hard some technical exercises while I was thinking at what to do for the contest...that's why lol


great modeling!

ciao!

A-

[Ismail W]

Loving this!!!:) Thanks for the videos too.:) Learned quite a bit by watching.:) Great use of masking indeed.:) Looking forward to seeing her posed and ready!:)

Keep 'em coming.:)

[goldo_O]

Great video Moni-Poroni! :) I sometimes forget how powerful the Zspheres can be for any type of basemesh. Thanks for posting! :tu:

[spimmy]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing it with us!! :) :tu:

[Finners]

Like her expression a lot, she's pretty hot! Looking forward to seeing her textured! :)

[Aberrant]

Great work! captured the female figure well. Great style going and like the amount of thought you put into the accessories and all. Looking forward to see the finished product. :tu:

[herekitty]

I love her expression, and I think the way you are going about detailing is really itneresting and working out really well. I can't wait to see the textured version, too. The contest time is going by so quickly, and this has really evolved. The whole thing just flows so beautifully!

[Moni-Poroni]

SolidSnakexxx
Thanks for the compliment. :)
And again: Thank you soo much for the help with the video. :) :) :)
I really appreciate that.


maxinkuk
Thanks for the compliment. :)
Glad to hear that you like the green strings...:)
nothing special with them, I´ve just used the "glow" material..and "render best" and changed a little bit the light intensity.
I didn´t change anything else so far.

Etcher
Thanks for the compliment. :)
Glad to hear you had fun by watching the video .;)


Agostinuke
No problemo. ;)
Thanks for the compliment / mille grazie + buon divertimento.:)
Happy Z-brushing. :)


Ismail
Thanks for the compliment. :)
Didn´t expect that anybody could learn something by
watching MY video lol. :)
Thank you.:)


goldo_O
Yes... I loove Zspheres.. don´t know what I would do without them. :)
Thanks for the compliment. :)


spimmy
Thanks for the compliment spimmy. :)


Finners
Thanks for the compliment. :)


Aberrant
Thanks for the compliment. :)


herekitty
Hey :) Thanks for the compliment. :)
Yes, the time is going by so quickly... :(
I think we´ll all have a busy Zbrush-weekend. :)
With extremly red eyes. ;)

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UPDATE

Just a minor update. I´ve made the bow with the laser string and she´s holding the violine now. :)
Sorry for the tiny pics. It´s the aa half size..
next update I´ll post bigger ones.
I have a lot to do now..
-I have to finish the robo-arm.
-I have to finish the robo-legs.
-I have to add the razorblade note.
-I have to finish her face...especially the lips.
-refine the hair.

that´s the plan for this weekend. :)
I have to start with the colouring not later than monday.
and I need a pedestal....
AAAAAAAH :) :) :)

Can anybody tell me how long it´ll take to record a rendered turntable?
( best quality )
I´ve tried it...and it seems to take a lot of time..??
Just want to know if it´ll take.. 1 hour... 5 hours.. 10 hours ? :)
I don´t have the time to try it just for fun. :)
Thank you.
Happy Zbrushing (it´s the last weekend!!). :)



C+C are more than welcome


dd-violine+bow1.jpg


and only the arms with the violine and the bow...


dd-violine +bow2.jpg

[jp_smith]

Fantastic work Moni, she's really coming together. :)

[- FoOD -]

Looking really fine Moni - :D:tu:

[Etcher]

Update's lookin' good! Go for it this weekend!

[spimmy]

Looking Great Moni :tu: :) . I am looking forward to see it painted up and to see the base!! :) :cool: .

[Marsyas]

She's looking really cute! You picked a really nice pose.

[Drakelot]

She's so beautiful ... xcellent work on the notes and outfit ... fantastic hair and xpression on her face ... One of my favs !!! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[wethand]

i really love the glowing colors!
awesome work! and the pose looks really nice, too!
just one crit maybe... the fingers look a little bit... ohne gelenke? ^^
but this is so small...

just nice, keep it flowing! :)

how long it would take? this depends on your machine... and as much as i know... i think the mentioned time could be the true...

[Captain Sensible]

Nice work!! I agree the fingers are very dainty, but then again she is very feminine.

[Hamilcar]

Looks great:) Can't wait to see this finished:)

[SolidSnakexxx]

Fantastic work, Moni-Poroni. She's looking ever more beautiful and radiant...with the glowing effect on the weapon! :tu:

[pitchepuck]

he moni, du alte säge :D
that looks great! the only thing I have to crit are the hands and fingers. the hands seams to be a little small ;)
this model is realy sexy :tu::tu:

[Lucky_1]

Great update , love her pose Moni !

[goldo_O]

What I like the most? The pose of the right hand, very delicate, like the entire character. Great job Moni!:tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

jp_smith
Thank you very much. :) Always nice to hear that you like it. :)
And again: Thanks for ALL the help!! :) I won´t forget that!

Food
Thanks a lot for the kind words Food. :)

Etcher
Thank you very much Etcher. :) Yes... I´ll have to hurry. :)

spimmy
Thank you so much spimmy. :) I´ll start with the base later..aaaaahhh!!! Don´t have much time left for all. :)
Oh and spimmy - I´ve seen your final entry.:tu: :tu: :tu:
Congratulation -really really great work and amazing presentation. :)

Marsyas
Thank you very much Marsyas. :)

Draklot
Thank you very much for all the compliments Drakelot. :)

wethand
Thank you for the kind compliments wethand.
Yes... I agree with you..the fingers are too small..and whatever. :)
But I didn´t work on them hehe. :)

Captain Sensible
Thank you very much Captain. :)
Yes - regarding the hands/fingers...you´re right.
But I didn´t work on them as I´ve made that update. :)

Hamilcar
Thank you for the kind compliment Hamilcar.:)

SolidSnakexxx
Thank you so much SolidSnakexxx and thanks or all the support and help. :)
I really appreciate that. :)

pitchepuck
Thank you very much pitchepuck.:)
Jajaaa die Finger... lol. :)
Aber was heisst denn hier eigentlich Säge??
Meinst Du...Nerven-Säge :evil: :lol: ???

Lucky_1
Thank you for the kind compliment Lucky. :)

goldo_O
Thank you so much for the compliment goldo. :)
Glad to hear you like it. :)

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UPDATE

Hey @ ll :)
Update time. :)
I´ve been pretty busy over the weekend!
But there are still a few details missing.. for example the metronom..
I´ll integrate it in her suit..that´ll be not much work-it´s very small so that should be no problem....
Then I´ll work on the hair..and a little bit here and a little bit there..:)
I still don´t like the lips.:evil:
Hopefully I´ll finish the sculpting phase tomorrow... so that I can start with the Polypaint...:)
Still don´t know how it works... but pitchepuck..you´ve told me that it´s not sooo hard..? :)
And the base is still missing.. aaaaaaaah ^^!!!!
I hope I´ll get it done tomorrow too. :)


C+C are more than welcome
Thank you.


DD.new update1.jpg

DD.new update2.jpg

DD.new update3.jpg

[Etcher]

No comment! :tu: ! Nice, clean work :tu: !

[jp_smith]

Nice update Moni, it's good to see her all assembled. Couple of things:

1) I know her right arm is somewhat mechanical, but I feel she still needs some kind of a deltoid/pec attachment since it just looks off that this cylinder arm is just kind of shoved into her toso.

2) the left arm seems oddly bowed out at the bicep area.

3) She needs to be able to support her own weight in a 3d print, so I'd consider revising her pose so she can stand on her own (right now she'd fall over for sure) or use something from the base you're going to make to secure her lower body.

Hope this is helpful, she's looking really amazing, you've really come a long way. :)


DD.new update1_js.jpg

[spimmy]

Wow, she's looking really hot :o, love the boots and the mech arm really nice details on those, awesome stuff moni!!! :tu: :tu: I agree with jp_smith about the upper arms, but it's definately looking awesome :) . Also thanks for the compliments. glad you liked my final entry :) .

[wethand]

really cool update moni!
very nice details!
it looks awesome and very dynamic!
nice work so far! :tu: :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Very nice update..She certainly is looking hot... I think this is the first time to see Deaf Destiny in full figure with her props....Excellent work! :tu:

[Seavannah]

Wow she looks great, excepting the arms need a little surgery. I will bring her flowers and chocolate when she's out.
I really really really love the style of clothing you sculpted and those boots are deadly cool. Love her face and her hair. She looks killer over all including her pose.
I hope to see you in the top twentyfive. Good luck alothough I don't think your gonna need it. I am very glad to have met you and your creation. Ama-z-ing job.:D

[Crotalis]

Hi Moni! She looks pretty darn good! I'd agree with what the others ave said about the arms, and her hair has some really nice life to it.

[maxinkuk]

It's a great looking sculpt Moni, I'd love to see it turning to appreciate the way it looks from different angles.
Love those boots by the way.:tu::tu:

[ISK-86]

Her arms are ok... they are robotic :D

I'ts nice to see you're almost finished :tu::tu::tu::tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Nice! Good to see her coming together:tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

jp_smith
Yahhh...you´re absolutely right!
And I found about 100 other things that aren´t correct or look odd... lol..but I don´t have any time left to fix all.:)
I don´t know how long it´ll take to render the turntable.. never done this before...and I have to do a speed Polypaint... :)
But I´ve tried to correct the right arm and I´ve added something to the left arm... I hope that´s kind of what you´ve meant?
I couldn´t find the translation for "deltoid/pec "...:) ???
Oh and yes...I know what you mean with "she'd fall over for sure" :)
yes..she would..:)
I´ve made a little paintover (the base)
-the base is the reason why I´ve chosen this pose...
although I know it´s not an action pose...;) and nobody would play the violine in that pose :) ...
I´ve learned a lot...and I´ve made a lot of mistakes..
Oh how I hate her lips! :evil: I know what I´ll try to learn after this contest - correct anatomy. :)
and I hope I won´t make the same mistakes again.

Thank you soooo much for all the great help Jason. You´re a good teacher! :)


spimmy
Thank you so much spimmy. :)

wethand
Thank you o much wethand.:)

SolidSnakexxx
Yepp...first time you can see everything. :) Thank you so much. :)

Seavannah
Thank you sooo much Seavanaaaaah!!!:)
Yes she has needed a surgery..haha...^^ but I couldn´t let her stay longer than a few hours in hospital. ;)
Umm...Yes..chocolate please... umm..for her ..not for me of course.:lol: ;)
Thanks again. :)

Crotalis
Thank you so much crotalis. :)

maxinkuk
Thank you so much maxinkuk.:)
Yes..I´ll definitely post other views tomorrow..when I´ve finished the base..:)

ISK-86
Thank you so much for all the kind words. :)

Captain Sensible
Thank you so much Captain. :)
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Little Update
I´v tried to correct a few mistakes-
there are too many to get everything fixed in time.
And I´ve started with learning how to Polypaint my model..... :)
I´ll post first results tomorrow.. I don´t like what I´ve done so far.;)
-but I know now how it works. (more or less :) )
Well... I just realized that I´ve "wasted"... more than 3 weeks or so with making mistakes. :) But I don´t call it "wasted time"..cause I´ve leaned a lot for my future projects. :)

Ok...don´t have much time to talk today...;)
so here´s the new pic...hope it´s better now?

dd-new update.a2.jpg

...an here´s a paintover (the idea for the base)
Nothing spectacular but despite that.. I hope I´ll have enough time left to make it.
Well...I know I need to.:)

C+C are more than welcome.

dd-base paintover.jpg

[SolidSnakexxx]

Hey there Moni-Poroni...Love the base design....really fitting to the character theme! Beautiful work all around.

[rasmusW]

yeah! great work on the base.

-r

[spimmy]

The base looks cool!!!:tu: Hope you can get it done :tu: and look forward to seeing the polypainting!:)

[wethand]

really nice idea for the base! keep running moni!!! keep RUNNING!!! ^^

[Etcher]

Keep goin' :tu: !

[JR_Rossi]

Very beautiful work so far! The idea of the base is very stylish!
Good luck!

[Moni-Poroni]

SolidSnakexxx
Thank you so much. :)
I´ll check out your new update now. ;)

abyss103
Thank you so much abyss. :)

spimmy
Thank you so much. Yes..I hope I get it all done. :)
I have to stand up at 5:15 AM :rolleyes:

wethand
Thank you so much wethand. :)
Oh and especially for you-the Zbrush glow material ;) LOL!
Really don´t know why it doesn´t work in your case...
But isn´t it fair after all the youtube, quicktime and technical problems that Zbrush is running on my poorly system :p ??

Etcher
Hey Etcher..thank you so much for the steady feedback. :)

JR_Rossi
Thank you so much. :) Wish you good luck too. :)

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Update

Here are my first Polypaint results. :)
I´ve chosen only black+white (note design ^^) and turquoise with the glow material (wethand..helloooo :lol: )
I´ll definitely try to make my first mon(i)ster ;) after the contest..
I guess it´ll be much more fun for me to polypaint creatures and monsters.
No rules... more creativity. :)

dd-new update polypaint1.jpg

dd-new update polypaint2.jpg

C+C are more than welome..
Good luck to all. :)

[maxinkuk]

They look great, only one thing, they make we wonder if she can straighten the leg since there's metallic bit over the knee that doesn't look like flexing easily.

[pitchepuck]

I like the hard contrast between the colors on the boots!!
but the skin material or color is not so good I think... I would take a brighter one :p

[Moni-Poroni]

Yah ! You got me.:)
I´m not sure how to solve that...
And I didn´t want to wast time..so I´ve started with the polypaint...
hope I´ll have some time left to fix that.
Thank you for the suggestion maxinkuk. :)


Edit: pitchepuck... yaaaaah you got me too!
Without the render the skin looks ok... don´t know what to do...
Haven´t tried something with the light settings so far...
and I don´t know if the material I´ve chosen will be affected by changing the light? :o
Ahhh!!!

[Mysfyt]

Your striking color choices really compliment the sharp design! Can't wait to see this one finished. :)

[goldo_O]

Oh! Nice design for the boots! :) It's nice to see colours on your model Moni! With this suntan, she will look beautiful! ;)
Keep it up! :tu:

[Drakelot]

My favorite lady looks beautiful with those fantastic boots ... Xcellent Moni !!! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

I like the chosen skin color...tan. she's going to look quite fine. On the boots, you may want to apply some shine/metallic material to it, and will make her look even cooler :cool:

[Seavannah]

Hey mooni great update.
Here's my sugestion for the skin. Take the standard brush turn off zadd and turn on only rgb. grab a color slightly less dark than your skin texture. make sure not too much white or yellow as these tend to make some bad renders. color spray stroke and alpha 07 or 08. spray lightly on your model. You can play with the RGB slider and or the focal shift to get different results. If it comes out too strong in some places take the smooth brush turn off zadd and have RGB only on, with smooth you can also use the colorspray stroke and alphas to smooth it out and give you good results.
Also one trick to render scene without you color going crazy. Go into light pallet and play with the amibent light and intesity. Also the type and weather or not to have it radial or not. You really have come along way in this contest, and your model shows you have great potental to becoming a wonderful 3d artist. My first models didn't even look 1/4 as good as yours does. Hope this helps and good luck she really is looking great and you really are doing great, keep it up.

[spimmy]

Wow, really nice colour choices there buddy!! :tu: :tu: The skin is looking nice too from what can be seen, look forward to seeing the rest of her all painted up!!:cool: :tu:

[Etcher]

The boots are cool!

Regarding the monsters... you really have a reason to go crazy on monster stuff after this contest: Deaf Destiny needs some adversaries to fight! You owe her that much! :tu: !

[Moni-Poroni]

maxinkuk
Thank you so much. :)
And regarding the legs: I still had no time to fix that. Today was a very busy day.
Unfortunately I had not much time for Zbrush.

pitchepuck
Thank you so much. And thank for all the great help (in German^^). :)

Mysfyt
Thank you so much. :)

goldo_O
Thank you so much. Yes...suntan :) she comes from Italy. :) But maybe it´s a little bit too brown. :cool:

Drakelot
Thank you so much Drakelot. :)

SolidSnakexxx
Thank yu so much. :) Yes..a little bit of an metallic material is a great idea. op I don´t forget that. And I hope I have enough time.
First thing I have to do now is the base. :)

Seavannah
Hey there Seavannaaaaaah :)
Thanks for the input. I´ll try that. I hav no clue regarding all the Polypaint and material things. Thank you so much.:) :) :)
I wish you all the best! :)

spimmy
Thank you so much spimmy. :) Here´s the rest of her, but I´m still not finished. :)

Etcher
Thank you so much Etcher. :)
Lol..yes.. I have to make some monsters. :)
Well..I love fantasy stuff and creatures...but I also love traditional things...
I´d love to make some animals..or people.. but I know that´s too hard for me now.
I have to learn more..and I have to learn faster. :)

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UPDATE

Here´s a little upate.
I still didn´t fix the problem with the legs.
And I still have to sculpt the hair on her backhead.
And after that I have to refine the Polypaint. It´s just a basic colour so far.

I´ve started with the base...The white ..umm...strings... are made of Zspheres..
as you can see they are on their lowest subdiv. level...
and here´s the problem...
I had never problems with the Zsphers...
but if I try to get a higher subdiv.level (smt turned on)... the mesh is exploding.
Also when I try to smooth the "strings"...
So I definitely made a mistake..but I don´t know when.
After I´ve made the adaptive skin I clicked on "make PM3D" as usual..

I´m thankfull for every advice. :)

dd-pic2.jpg

test-turntable without render
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[pitchepuck]

yeeehaaa... :lol: I´m finished... my thread is closed :D it´s done... phhuuuu...
and what did you do with the mesh ?????? :o
das sieht gar nicht gut aus ...
sometimes ZB is very sensible... this happend to me too. there is no reason I think.
If you have still the z.sphere object, try again to make a mesh.
mehr kann ich dazu auch nicht sagen... durchhalten !!!!!!

[Moni-Poroni]

Yes pitchepuck.. I saw your final entry. :tu: :tu: :tu: :)
Hm... well..I go to bed right now. And if nobody knows what happened or how I can fix this I´ll try it again... but I´ve already tried it and it happened again. :(
Don´t know.
You know me... I don´t give up!

Und wenn es das letzte ist was ich tue!!!! :)

[jp_smith]

Hmm I don't know what happened to your base. Weird stuff like that happens to me if i import a model that already has subdivisions from Max but I know you only use zbrush so I have no idea. Sorry. Your turntable is gorgeous, so elegant and beautiful it's the first time I've seen it in 360 like this. On the paint side I think you might want to give her hair some highlights...masking by cavity then blur it once is a good technique to start you out on something like that, then fill with a lower rgb intensity and build up till you get it to the color you want. Just an idea. :)

[maxinkuk]

Hi Moni, the turntable looks excellent.

I had exactly the same problem with Zspheres when I did my wave, the mesh exploding just like this and I don't know why. I tried everything but the problem remained and every move was making it more and more awkward, at the end I reverted to keeping it very simple and then retopolgize.
But then I did similarly twisted meshes with Zspheres for other elements and had no problems. My best guess is tht's one of those tempremental bugs that sometimes kicks in and some other times don't. Try restarting and see how it goes.

[Harmonic]

Hey Moni-Poroni, Your models is looking fantastic!

I had this same problem with many parts of my model and may have a solution for you. There kind of a lot to it

First go back to a version of the tool before it exploded.
In the masking pallet click "clear" Like twenty times.
Try unifying your mesh in the deformations pallet.
This will make you model really small, when you re transpose it into place, do it at the highest sub d level, making sure that no parts of the model are being "left behind."
Try that, hope it helps, really annoying problem.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, this is looking real cool. The turn table's turning out really great. :tu:

Also for the problem..it could be some face normal were facing inward (maybe)? Hm....odd issue.

[petekasim]

The turntable is gorgeous Moni :tu: extremely elegant, you've done the character great justice.

Hope all glitches get fixed and you make it in time!

[wethand]

sieht echt super aus!!!!!! :tu: :tu: :tu:

great choice of colors!
i never saw such a zsphere problem before.... i can't help you... sorry
i like your turntable. nice and slow. :)

[spimmy]

Really nice turntable Moni!! :tu: :tu: :) I love her clothing, the colours you have chosen are superb!! :tu: :cool: She's looking hot :o

[Captain Sensible]

Nice turntable. I like the spiral. Good work on the paintjob! :tu:

[Crotalis]

She looks great! I hope you can get it sorted out in time!

[Etcher]

The turntable is great! About the exploding mesh: I sometimes encounter a problem like that when retopologizing a mesh: it's always the same problem: upon closer inspection of the zsphere chains of the retopo I always find a misconnected zsphere that causes the explosion when making the adaptive skin. (sometimes it's just one misconnection that makes the entire mesh explode). But in this case, I don't now if its a similar problem.

Anyways, good luck, hope you solve it! :tu: !

[Moni-Poroni]

Hey @ ll :)

This will be my final post before I make my final entry.

To pitchepuck, jp_smith , maxinkuk, Harmonic, SolidSnakexxx, petekasim, wethand, spimmy, Captain Sensible, Crotalis, Etcher

and to all the others:

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT HELP, THE SUPPORT, THE COMMENTS AND THE CRITIQUE!
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT!

I wish you all the best!
I learned a lot, I had a lot of fun and I met a lot of kind people here!
Thanks for everything! :)

I didn´t solve the Zsphere problem.. unfotunately I had no success with the other techniques. :( But thanks for all the great inputs. :) :tu:
I just divided the mesh with the smt-button turned off... and then I sculpted a litte bit with the clay brush (low intensity).

I leave you with one last sloppy screenshot. :p
I´ll try to learn how to get a more or less good rendered image now...:)
There are still a few hours left hehe..;)

dd-last screenshot.jpg

Hey and BTW -does anybody of you know the Game "City of Heroes"???
Some of my friends have it.
But they don´t let me play :evil: -they love it so much and they play it every free second.
That´s one of the best games I´ve ever seen! :)
Would be so cool to have all the ZBC heroes+villains in this game! ;)

Best wishes;)

[pitchepuck]

you did a really great job !! my second model was not so good like yours !!!
wünsch dir viel glück!!!! :)

[spimmy]

It's looking great matey!! All the best for the competition!! :cool:

[jp_smith]

I've said this before Moni, you have serious potential as an artist...this is a phenomenal achievement for a new zbrush artist, you should be very proud of what you have accomplished in this contest. I applaud you. :)

[Seavannah]

She's beautiful. Great job Mooni and good luck. I just love her. She is the best villian (well for me a Hero). Happy zbrushing

[Moni-Poroni]

pitchepuck, spimmy, Jason, Seavannah
THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THE KIND KIND COMPLIMENTS. :)

So and last but not least... a new problem...:evil:

Can somebody tell me please if you can open the youtube homepage?
I can´t open it! Eveything else is fine.. ONLY youtube doesn´t work!

AHHHHH!!!!!

Friday 13th!!!!:)

Edit: Alright... everything´s ok now. :) :tu: Don´t know what was the problem.
I´ll make my "Final Entry NOW...
Usually I wanted to play a little bit with the render settings-but I´m really scared right now.:)
Who knows what´ll happen next. Maybe my PC will start burning :lol: .

Thanks again + good luck to all!

[maxinkuk]

Yes it works, and it's Saturday 14th, and it's my birthday!

[Moni-Poroni]

Thanks maxinkuk.. oh LOL...you´re right.. european time...
14th. :o

HAPPY BIRTHDAY :)

[maxinkuk]

Thanks, I'm celebrating drinking lots of coffee!

[Moni-Poroni]

Still image

DD-final.jpg

Transpose-Video

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Just or fun :)

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Turntable

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[wethand]

hey moni,

thanks for all kind replys and some time helpful critique :)
you proofed awesome zsphere-skills, i saw a lot nice techniques in your thread..

keep it up. :tu:

[jp_smith]

Nice work Moni, this is just the beginning for you, I can't wait to see what you do next! :)

Jason

[SolidSnakexxx]

Hey there Moni-Poroni. You've shown excellent skill in ZBrush and Deaf Destiny turns out really cool. I look forward to your next character! :) :tu:

[Hamilcar]

Congrats! Really nice final entry:tu::tu:

[Lucky_1]

Congratulations moni, fantastic job !

[spimmy]

Hi Moni, I always liked the concept of your character and the model was great, your modelling techniques are cool, and was awesome seeing the processes you went through! Great job dude!! And thanks for the support through out the comp!! :cool: :tu:

Just wondering do you have a sketch book on the main forum? Be great to see some stuff from you there!

[Moni-Poroni]

wethand
Dankeschön und Du weisst ja- immer schön üben. Also ich auch. Bin sehr busy!
Ich sage nur das magic word- Anatomy lernen. :)

jp_smith
Thanks again for all the help and great support til the very last day Jason! :)
I´ve started modeling a monster- hehe..an ugly face should be no problem this time. ;)

SolidSnakexxx
As I told you often- I´m really thankful for all your help too!:) I still can´t belive that I didn´t know this document thing! :o


Hamilcar
Thank you Hamilcar for the kind words! :)

Lucky_1
Thank you Lucky! :)

spimmy
Thank you spimmy! :) No I haven´t any sketchbook so far because I don´t have anything to show .:o I´m working on a new project but it´ll take a while. ;)

[pitchepuck]

:rolleyes:

[Moni-Poroni]

pitchepuck :lol: I know I know....

[Etcher]

Congrats on a job well done man! :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

Thank you Etcher for the steady support. :)

[pitchepuck]

du hast diesen kontest für mich erst richtig interessant gemacht :D
deine problemchen haben uns gut auf trap gehalten...hehe

toll dass wir uns so gut verstehn!!! das ist für mich der wahre grand prize :p

[Marsyas]

Really nice work, Moni-Poroni! :tu: I like her mocha-colored skin--I almost did the same thing with Gorgonna. :D

[Captain Sensible]

Great to see you got the final entry in. Very nice work and was great to see her come to life! Very well done :tu:

[Moni-Poroni]

pitchepuck
Also... ich halte Dich gerne auch weiterhin auf Trab! Mit Zbrush Fragen.
Ich hab noch ca 12387158714... langt das?? :) *LOL* Ich kann ganz locker 10Leute 24/7 so ca 5 Jahre mit Fragen bombardieren.:lol:
Zum Glück (für alle^^) gibt es ja ZBC und die Online-Docs/FAQ/Tutorials. ;)

Marsyas
Thank you very much. Hm, well the skin color is probably the only thing I wouldn´t change.
Oh :D I made so many mistakes.
But it´s been the best way for me to learn many, many, many.. MANY new things. :)
And regarding Gorgonna -- she rocks!
I told you so. :)

Captain Sensible
Than you Captain, and your entry was really great. :)

[mehdishay]

Excellent work! I love the skin material , it looks so real :eek: