Action Hero - (SuperVillain) / the WIDOW MAKER

[skullbeast]

thanks JP! they're fancy pants! ...for the Arachnid Genetic Engineer in you. :tu: :tu:

[bryzol]

This is looking fantastic!!:eek: Motion blur is great! Only one thing, but I think you know that... I whould make some dirt on trousers...

:tu::tu::tu::tu:

[skullbeast]

bryzol Thanks! and yep! they need painted and textured yet.

[goldo_O]

Badass!!!! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[skullbeast]

Thanks man!

[- FoOD -]

Looking sick man ..in a good way just 1 suggestion - His left hand pose is very aggressive but the right hand looks a bit limp ...would give it the same aggression :)

Apart from that this guys pretty nasty and motion blur looks good :D :tu:

[skullbeast]

Good point - fo0d - yeah I can see how the mood is just lost on that hand. I'll add some tension.

[acb12]

holy moly great work ! :idea: :tu: :tu:

[maxinkuk]

It's a great piece of art, and that motion blur is so inspired.:tu::tu::tu:

[Y/Haüss]

Amazing! The colors, light, everything!

[DHARMAESTUDIO]

Only one word my friend.

WOW!!!!!!!

Arturo
P.S: To me your best creature!!!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!!

[SIWEB]

Love this dude,
What did you render in ?
- Si

[gang]

really awesome :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Gohanf22]

digging the pants friend. loving it. the texturing is getting better each day. this creature is the best you've done. :D :tu:

[womball]

Your best zbrush scupt yet! Amazing!

[KrakenCMT]

Looking quite awesome! I agree with FoOD's comment about the right hand.

[ricosuave126]

He looks creepy! Great work so far. Can't wait to see the finished product.

[EvilSmiley]

yeah, pants are a little bright, but it's coming along VERY nicely dude! Excellent work!

[spimmy]

Looking really nice, love the little spiders :) .

Great Work dude! :tu:

[wethand]

awesome!!!! just... the amount of details is amazing!
this one is a top!
just one question: which "brush" do you use in the vid? an alpha?

[Etcher]

The updates are scaring me (the close-up!), but I love it ;) !

[hugoqueiroz]

Nice work man. Keep going!!!


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hard work this is my way!

[skullbeast]

And a gracious thanks to all of you! :tu: :tu:

Simon - I just used zbrush. and ps4

wethead - that was the transpose move and rotate but on the zvideos it hides the tool.

[skullbeast]

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[pixolClay]

what can i say....simply awesome. :cool:

[skullbeast]

Thanks man! :tu: :tu:

[scottleroc]

Well done Skullbeast that looks really really good. Excellent work mate :D

[skullbeast]

scottleroc - thanks!


I would recommend to all mac users to stay away from the new quicktime update. It causes jing mp4's to crash immediately. Known problem.

[pitchepuck]

yes man, cool! the only thing I don´t like are the holes in the trousers. the edges of them look simply pushed in... may be you fix this ;)

[Moni-Poroni]

hey skullbeast...is this the final image?
if so great :tu: :tu: :tu: amazing work
if not... I don´t know what you could make better :)

[skullbeast]

Moni-Poroni - oh no way out from the final, we got some days left and you can bet I'll use them all.
yes pitchepuck you are right. I just did not get to those yet.

[SolidSnakexxx]

I agree with Moni-Poroni, this piece is so well done.. Can't imagine how it could get better....but then you may surprise us...again! :tu: :tu:

[spimmy]

Stunning work, the lighting the textures, everything is awesome :eek: :tu:

If that isn't final yet, I really look forward to seeing the final one!!! :)
Great work!! :cool:

[dustbin1_uk]

Amazing!! Truly!!

Simply inspiring work!!

And the composition is suitably skin crawling, I can really feel those l legs coming out of the image!!!

Well done!

[Trurl]

Great work. :tu:

[3dzeiro]

excellent work man!! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[- FoOD -]

Pose is looking sweet now - really like the right hand now :D :tu:

[smeagol]

its coming really amazing !

i think its your best work :tu:

keep it up man !

[Captain Sensible]

Great update as usual! I like the spiders crawling all over him! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[EvilSmiley]

Definatly looking better with each screenshot. Only thing I see (as someeone else mentioned) are the tears in the pants, the edges need to be frayed a bit, along the hole as well as at the bottom of the pants.

It's definatly on it's way to a top row image for sure!

[markkens]

Well done as always. Should slither you into the finals...you're way in front in villainy based on what I've seen.:D

[Etcher]

Evil! :tu: !

[skullbeast]

And a special thanks to all of those whom left kind remarks!
duZ-7nFizFM
Turntable video - click here! (http://www.screencast.com/users/skullbeast/folders/Jing/media/0f651e5e-ee6b-4173-ae05-8bee53503d42)

[Marsyas]

Wow, looking really awesome, skullbeast. Love the tight details and DOF/blur. :tu: :tu:

[skullbeast]

Thanks!:tu: :tu: ;)

I was just looking about and I'm not sure that everyone knows how to get a halfway decent render in Zbrush I always see the broken pixoled edge!

Ok

-step 1
save your ztool as a new #.

-step 2
document>new document. then document>double. Light>drag the light to match a light source.

-step 3
zoom out so that you see the whole canvas. draw out the tool. edit. position tool in the frame. document >save as document. add tool # to title. save.

-step 4
render>render best.

-step 5
wait and touch nothing!!!!!!!!!

-step 6
the most important step! click the AAhalf button!

-step 7
document>export. now open that exported picture in photoshop and have your way with it!

enjoy! I will link some videos



Render 1 (http://www.screencast.com/users/skullbeast/folders/Jing/media/d23a2a7a-0f39-4000-aae5-0b12f75cc4bf)

Render 2 (http://www.screencast.com/users/skullbeast/folders/Jing/media/a0d05af6-9948-4bff-8d24-3fbe869067b9)
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[Etcher]

Point taken regarding the renders! Great turntable, thanks for posting! :tu: !

[andyhosmer]

John,
You are doing some amazing stuff ...and I'm sure super fast as always! How have you been?

[petekasim]

I'm so impressed by this! The renders really are beautiful, I'ts been an great journey watching the Widowmaker come to fruition, not an opportunity I get too often to see work like this progress from beginning to end.

Anyway, looks like you've wrapped him up, am I right? Scary; both the character, and the fact that he's come so far and I still have soooooooo much to do!

Congratulations! :tu:

[skullbeast]

Etcher - I'm glad I could help!

andyhosmer - what's up my old fiend! all is well. you know, monsters as usual. I get board of em' as fast as I can make em'. nice to see ya up here. I was back in Pittsburgh a few months ago and stopped by to see Tom Savini and Jerry Gergely. Where are you now?

petekasim - thanks I'm just mucking about now. I want to tighten up the over all forms. I was thinking of also adding a railing and maybe some webs on that, and a sweet new revised modeled logo. polypainting.

[Webhead]

Nice work on your character. Thanks for the tips on rendering - Very helpful!

[henrysouth]

an addition to skullz render blurb is the Depth of Field. a great way of defining the scale of your model.

Alpha Pallette: - GrabDoc button will pull the depth of field from how far the first polygone is from the camera. and an alpha like this will be pulled for compositing in aftereffects or photoshop.

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sorry for pic posting skull but you speak the truth, ive seen so many kick ass models that just die because there rendered badly.
and i cant wait to see the end of widowmaker

[skullbeast]

webhead - thanks and you are most welcome.

Right on Henry! "Tell it on a mountain." Now thats a killer tip! I knew about it , used it before, and forgot about that, until now! thanks Henry!

[m1k3st3r]

This character is amazing! From the concept art to the model, very nice work.

[skullbeast]

Thanks! :tu: :tu: ;)

[skullbeast]

Render 1 "updated" click here!!!!!! (http://gallery.me.com/cherevka#100034)

[maxinkuk]

Great stuff, I actually learned something. I'll surely watch it again before my next render. Thanks man.

[Etcher]

Great render 1 update! What's next ? A downloadable Ipod Touch turntable ? I' d really hate that! :D !

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, skullbeast this is super awesome and thank you for your kind tips.... Great Knowledge Will definitely try it out once I'm done with Chinese New Year Fes! :tu: :tu:

[skullbeast]

maxinkuk - Thanks!
Etcher - It's funny how obstacles make you climb. Jing got all messed up for me after the quicktime update so I went back to snapz pro. I never realize how cool that program is (+ some imovie).
SolidSnakexxx- Thanks!

[skullbeast]

Sculpting work in progress video!!!! click here!!! (http://gallery.me.com/cherevka#100049)

[Etcher]

Wow! Tread updates are comin' in fast! Thanks for the video, great to see you sculpt! :tu: !

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[Y/Haüss]

Skullbeast...Tkts for the video... It will help me a lot with my render! It's a P.H.d master class!!!
Awesome character!

[skullbeast]

Etcher - thanks!
Y/Haüss - thanks for the kudos! at the end I may string all the videos together.

[skullbeast]

Sculpture in progress 2 !!!! Click here!!!! (http://gallery.me.com/cherevka#100057)

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[jackdaniels666]

Nice video, I really like the green ooze.

[Captain Sensible]

Every time I look at this it just more and more rediculously good. All I wanna know is when does the movie of this guy hit the cinema?!!!

[Gohanf22]

nice work skullbeast. its coming along real well. every time i look at your work it brings a tear to my eye on how good it is. good job.

[EvilSmiley]

the ooze is definatly cool, but those twigs or bars or whatever in the BG detract from the silohette and make it a bit confusing.

Great work though :)

[andyhosmer]

Hey,
I've been in the burgh as well.
Wrapped up some education at Carnegie Mellon.
Worked at Imagineering for a bit...
Now I am a partner in an entertainment Robotics Company: Interbots.
Do freelance work...and Teaching at AIP!! HA its been fun and i really enjoy teaching...keeps me on my toes!

I'm glad you are well! Keep me posted when you'll be in town again or maybe i'll get in touch if I'm out there. Let me know if you and the sw guys ever need anyone! I'd love to do something there...Duh. Ha
Take care!
-Andy

[Ismail W]

Loving this!:) I got some suggestions for the posing. Think hornets and bees for his back side. Raise it up if possible.:) Open up his arms, This is a Spider, MAN! :cool: Don't hold back on such an imposiing model. :) EXPLOSIVE! Good stuff!:tu:

[Etcher]

Hey, thanks for the vid. It's good to see that even the smallest details get carefull attention and consideration. :tu: !
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[SolidSnakexxx]

Love the green ooze too.....this is making him even more monster like and complete as a scene :tu: :tu:

[skullbeast]

I wanted to take a moment and and say thanks to all of the Widow Maker watchers. more W.I.P.


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[luis2008]

nice!!! this came out awesome skullbeast. congrats on almost being done. wish i could say the same for me :D

[skullbeast]

Thanks man!

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[ministerart@hotmail.co.uk]

John..you embraced this competition then took it to a motel and gave it some rough loving....brilliant. Im proud and thrilled to give you my vote.

People...put down your wacom..the competition is over!

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[DAnconia]

The pose of the arms seems a bit too symmetrical. I would lower the right arm pointing towards the ground with the palm on the floor.

Great details and love the asymmetrical face.

[skullbeast]

thanks Peter!
DAnconia - I see your point. I have thought about a hand on the ground now for some time. I was using angry spider ref which is symmetrical. ....however the more I look at this, the more I feel, that I will loose to much action by grounding the arm.

[threetails]

your are really killin it, this is so sweet. one of the best so far.

[CBMorris]

Wow this is cool! great concept! some of the best stuff ive seen

[ministerart@hotmail.co.uk]

John..with respect...dont take on board crits...trust what your doin. This is a competition and none of us are in a team.


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[SolidSnakexxx]

Man you've top yourself once again..Rally awesome render as usaul! :tu:

[spimmy]

One word to describe those renders, "AWESOME!!!!" :) :tu:

[skullbeast]

threetails - thanks man!
CBMorris - thanks for the kudos!!!
ministerart@hotmail.co.uk - :tu: :tu: :tu: ;)
SolidSnakexxx - thanks for the support bro!
spimmy - :tu: :tu: :tu: :D

more.... of the same....


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[Shapeworldwide]

Though feels complicated, then so waas 'ALIEN'.

I like it.

ps. I wonder if the eyes could do more?

[pixolClay]

Skullbeast...you are blessed with....AWESOMENESS!! great render man, although I agree with Shapeworldwide, maybe the eyes could have a little more going on....some sort of scattering effect, and not such a strong and bright red...what do u think?

[skullbeast]

thanks guys!!!!once I get to polypainting them. I think some black break up should do the trick.

[SolidSnakexxx]

Didn't see the tongue coming and man the addition is super freak cool :tu: :tu: My suggestion is don't show this image to kids under 8 as they might.....wet their pants ;)

[skullbeast]

Thanks snake! It was always there, just neglected.

[andyhosmer]

woah! so is the depth of field or motion blur done in Photoshop?

[skullbeast]

Thanks Andy! Hey I'll be back in the spring this year! The D.O.F. is a grab doc from the alphas menu after the render. The motion blur is photoshop.

[fattkid]

Wow! Very cool on all levels: model, pose, render, presentation. I really like the design of the head too.

[Lucky_1]

wowwow, that's one of the scariest creature I've ever seen, just awesome John, awesome texturing too !

Keep it up

[skullbeast]

fattkid - :tu: :tu: :tu: ;) Thank you very much!
Lucky_1 - :tu: :tu: :tu: :cool: SWEEET! ...and thank you!

[jp_smith]

skull, this is looking really bad ass. Hey what do you think about darkening his pants from the bottom up to just past the knee, like they're wet from wading in the sewer and dragging through muck and what-not? :)

[skullbeast]

JP - Good idea, thats in the works!!

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....alright..... I got to get back to some sculpting.

[Jamez]

Damn, dude, been browsing through this thread. This character is freakin' wicked :tu:

[skullbeast]

Jamez - thanks man, for the killer complement! :tu: :tu:

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[EvilSmiley]

Very fitting song dude :)

I got to thinking, shouldn't the venom be coming out of the tip of the 'tooth'? like a hypodermic needle?

Either way, awesome model.

[skullbeast]

Thanks! And nope, it's just after the tip on a spider.

[threetails]

looking great, the renders are wonderful i like the use of the focal blur, the venom, and the way you've details the skin. toprow work hands down.

[Etcher]

Again, great new renders! :tu: !

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[Captain Sensible]

Another insane render! Small crit, the venom seems quite uniform hanging from those 'pincers'. Like they are made from the same object. Sorry for the crude paint over (with a mouse) on your wonderful work, but maybe something more like this? Where you get bits joining.

WidowGoo.jpg

I feel bad for even criticising your work!

[skullbeast]

Etcher and threetails thanks!

That's a great idea. I still want to do some drool + more webs on the bars in the background.

[maxinkuk]

Absolutely masterful choice of colors in the pulp cover tradition. Five stars not enough.

[markkens]

John,

You know I'm a fan so don't take this the wrong way...

Now I'm starting to feel like I lost my glasses when I check out the latest versions...back off on the blur--you're losing lots of prime detail. It looks great on the larger suspended legs in the hero pose but from the knees down all that's relatively stationary so there shouldn't be blurring. The quality of your texturing is too high to smudge it out--the hero render on post 323 is really nice from a texture point of view.

I really like the highlighting with light approach you used in the later renders. If you're using the blur to "focus" the attention then having the WM emerging from shadow is a consideration.

Just my stinkin' opinion:D


No more until you win!

[skullbeast]

Thanks guys!!! I got to put some hair on the face and body here, some time in the near future.


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[EvilSmiley]

Lookin VERY nice.

Although at that angle the torn pieces of his pants are a little 'suggestive' :P hehe

Great work

[Rory_L]

This is looking like a winner already!

For your final render, make sure you've fixed this uniform specularity problem, won't you? At the moment the model looks so much like a real world model. The trousers look particularly like they've been painted with oooold Humbrol paint from the bottom of the tin!

Cheers,

R

[Gohanf22]

beautiful work skullbeast. very scary and menacing. that closeup shot is very very nice. good work.:tu:

[Captain Sensible]

The venom is looking much more gooey and icky! I would also suggest drool from the tongue but it might be taking it too far.

[skullbeast]

No, I agree on the drool I've been wanting to do that for days now.
Yes, I will also fix the specilarity.

Thanks guys!

[- FoOD -]

Close ups are insane ...very cool skull:D:tu:

[Drakelot]

Fantastic model and painting !!! :tu:

[skullbeast]

Thanks guys! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[skullbeast]

Rory_L -
Humbrol paint from the bottom of the tin!
he, he, how did you know I was out of paint? now thats funny, because i've been there (and the best analogy ever). that exactly it! yes, I will dull them down a bit.

[skullbeast]

modo vid, 20 minutes on building the drool.


drool click here!!!!! (http://gallery.me.com/cherevka#100073)

[markkens]

Thanks for reminding me why I bought Silo. :D

[bryzol]

The renders are looking great! Like from a scary movie! The only thing that I whould change is this green liquid, I whould try to render this on separate layer with some transparency. Now it looks a bit toony in comparsion with rest of the scene. Hope that will help.

[skullbeast]

thanks I have no clue on the transparency thing. I tried that before and wanted to scream. any ideas for the process?

[bryzol]

I think I know how to do this... I will check it one more time and if succeded I will post here an info.

[skullbeast]

thanks man! thats mighty cool of you! :tu: :tu:

[bryzol]

Ok, this is nothing fancy but if you custom your material better then I did you might achive a good effect.
This is made like this:
On the first layer is ma SLady ( I think this is possible only with stills) and above her is a layer with ths green sphere. You could use zapLink to adjust both layers. In render options you have to turn off flatten. You might need to bake underlayer but I am not shure of that. a then you render with "best" ofcource.
I hope this will help. If you work out the good material it should look better, I even saw that someone have made refraction effect but I don't know how...

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[spacemonkey]

awesome work man! cthulhu fhtagn!

[markkens]

John,

A layer can be altered in opacity...put the venom subtool on its own layer, select it, and you should have an activated 'Transp' button at the bottom of the right toolbar (of a default interface ;) )

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=46103

Or just search 'transparency' on Z.

The great Marcus Civis say:

"The Transp button you are talking about is for SubTool transparency - in other words the button is only active when your ztool has subtools. In order to use material transparency you need to select a material with a transparency modifier, such as GelShader, and adjust the transparency slider for the material (provided you have followed the steps you describe for two layers and Flatten off)."

Now go win something.

[Blaine91555]

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You can also have refraction and get fairly good imitations of translucency. Look up refraction in the help files at Pixologic.

For this they must be on the same layer however and the layer baked. You can adjust through the rgb slider or you can make many modifications with the normal material (no Matcap) with transparency and through coloring diffuse. Also reflections can be added.

The hollow look of the top sphere is done by using negative transparency in the material which is the plastic material in this case.

I don't see these used much in renders here but full details are in the documentation.

I have not been posting much but I'm enjoying your progress on this.:tu::tu:

[KrakenCMT]

Creepy and ultimately cool renders! Great work all around!

[skullbeast]

bryzol thanks I'm still working on this clear thingie zbrush crashed on me every time I was making progress to day. I've went through 3 instructionals just to loose it.
markkens thanks I'll be back at the clear thing soon.
Blaine91555 Thanks! is that a baked image with a new layer?
KrakenCMT thanks man! Likewise! Yours is looking stellar!



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[Blaine91555]

Nice render.

You have to bake the layer first. Then add the object that is to have refraction on the same layer. Best Render with Flatten off. Transparent Objects can also be added on another layer but you don't have refraction that way. You can also place two copies of an object in the same location with a Marker. Put one for the refraction on the same layer which is baked. Then add a duplicate on next layer with transparent material. Some interesting effects can be had that way.

When you place the object, before you select edit, move RGB slider to the amount of color you want which also gives it its transparency. You are basically setting the alpha. Then click edit. Go to the Draw Pallet where you will see a Refract slider to set amount of refraction.

Pick a material like plastic or the one with reflection. Set transparency to desired amount, negative or positive. To color it pick the color in the diffuse box at bottom of material options and set amount of diffusion. You can also add color through the material color. With tweaking you can come close to translucent. Play also with the amount of RGB in the slider at the top. To change it just unselect edit, move it then reselect edit.

I should have you confused by now.

[mojoanimeo]

Really great concept sketch. I love creepy villains and whats creepier than a spider and a black widow at that. This would def be a great creature to see fully fleshed out in a model. I would use it to creep out all my squeamish friends. Haha:)

[mojoanimeo]

Haha I didn't see the full render when I put my last post up. My internet was moving too slow to load it. I was right though. Damn good lookin villian. Very creepy. Love his face it looks kinda like the Cloverfield monster, which is a huge compliment. Great job!

[SolidSnakexxx]

Another wonderful render. :tu: I think with Blaine91555's method you can achieve quite a good transparency result.

[Blaine91555]

I went back and experimented and refraction does work with matcaps. Not sure how useful that is though as you have to bake the layer. Good for stills though.

[Marsyas]

Love the last render. :tu: The stark lighting really shows off the details well.

[JUPITER]

Great render and concept design!!! :D

[skullbeast]

Blaine91555 thank you so much for the information and your time I'm starting to figure it out a bit.
mojoanimeo thanks!

SolidSnakexxx thanks man!
Marsyas thanks!
JUPITER thanks! still testing.

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[- FoOD -]

:eek: you putting these shot together very nicely :D:tu:

[skullbeast]

Thanks FoOD! :tu: :tu: ;)

[piz]

Hey Man! Great work on your WIDOW MAKER!! Compliments! :cool:

[oddman]

This is great..it's wild!!

[spimmy]

Looking better and better with each render, absolutely awesome! :) :tu:

[TrackZ]

That's really awesome :)

[bryzol]

NIce! I see that you can make refractions now! Congrats, Now it's realy looking awesome! Keep it up!

[markkens]

Oh HELL yes!!!! :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

A winnah 'fer sure!!!

[Etcher]

Stop scaring the competition! ;) ! :tu: !
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[Y/Haüss]

This last one was a Knock Out!!!! What a Render!!!! Congratulations Skull!!! Very Nice light blance and colors too!!!

[skullbeast]

piz, oddman, spimmy, TrackZ, bryzol, Etcher, Y/Haüss

Wow, my most gracious thank you guys! :tu: :tu: :tu:

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[Etcher]

Man, that video rocks! Thanks for posting! :tu: !

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[EvilSmiley]

yeah man, the podcast is quite fitting too :)

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow, really amazing presentation. Really wonderful vid... :tu: :tu:

[fluxist8070]

Nice vid! The narration is pretty cool!

[skullbeast]

Etcher - thanks!
EvilSmiley - right on!:tu: :tu:
SolidSnakexxx - thanks man!
fluxist8070 - thanks!:tu: :tu: :tu:


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[Captain Sensible]

Another superb render! :tu:

[alexleia]

really love all man , congratulations!!

Alex Oliver

[wethand]

awesome.... :eek::eek::eek::eek:
the amount of detail is just... mindblowing! just awesome...
:tu::tu::tu::tu:

[Blaine91555]

I'm enjoying these well lighted renders. Nice to be able to see all the detail :tu:

[skullbeast]

Captain Sensible - thanks again!
alexleia - :tu: :tu: :D thanks man!
wethand - thanks!
Blaine91555 - :tu: :tu: :tu: :D




Here is a cool video !!!!!!!! download click here!!!!! (http://gallery.me.com/cherevka/100082)



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[EvilSmiley]

Man, I'm loving that last render dude, excellent work, I'm sure we'll see this on the top row very shortly...probably right after it wins the contest :)

btw, did you ever get my PM I sent you?

Keep up the great work dude.

[omnimorphic]

But I also think, if I looked like that, I doubt I would wear dockers/khakis or pants at all.

[skullbeast]

EvilSmiley - thanks and I just noticed the pm.

omnimorphic - just trying to keep it comic oriented. I was thinking he was a scientist and his mind is still intact. At least they are more explainable then the hulk's. and who wants to see a spider d*ng anyway.

[omnimorphic]

I'm pretty sure Mary Jane is down with spider junk.

Good luck with the contest.

[skullbeast]

Thanks man!! :tu: :tu:

[petekasim]

Not only is the sculpt top notch (well, it's been amazing for weeks niow), but the presentation is just fantastic too... I started watching that cool vid, but it stalled around quarter of the way through! I'll try again later, but anyway, I'm just dumbfounded that you've managed to get so much done at such a consistently high quality :eek:

How on earth do you find the time!?



Oh yeah, and now I can't stop thinking about spider d*ng.... !

[MonteCristo]

Well done Skullbeast. This one's definitely the best I've seen from you. Good luck with it all!

[skullbeast]

petekasim - WOW thanks for the props!! :tu: :tu:
MonteCristo - thanks bud!:tu: :tu: :D

[Etcher]

Hi Skullbeast. Great videos and a superb render! :tu: ! Just got out of bed and this is so much better than reading the morning newspaper :) . Did you use the same quality settings for both videos ? I'm asking this because the first vid plays with the standard YouTube quality, but the second is remarkably better in quality and crispness.
Anyways, what a great way to start the day :tu: !

[skullbeast]

Etcher - Thanks! I used a large video for the second. + aahalf

[SolidSnakexxx]

Amazingly wonderful.....I love the updated base. Really top quality! The entry's getting better and better. :tu:

[Rory_L]

Do remember to turn perspective on for your next render. The character looks OK without it, but the plinth looks very wrong.

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[Etcher]

I think Rory_L 's right. Sharp eyes Rory_L!

[Moni-Poroni]

Amazing colours and great videos! :tu:
And BTW -your other work is pretty cool too. :)

[skullbeast]

Thanks guys! I'm getting all my groovy stuff together.


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[skullbeast]

final layered render
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detail
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downloadable hi res movie1 cilck here (http://gallery.me.com/cherevka#100094)

downloadable hi res movie2 click here (http://gallery.me.com/cherevka#100082)

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I have to say this was a lot of fun! I would like to give a special thank you to all of the Widow Maker supporters! :tu: :tu:

[jackdaniels666]

Good job! I have learned a lot from this thread and have enjoyed watching this character.

[jp_smith]

Great details and gesture skullbeast, this was a really fun one to watch develop.

[Moni-Poroni]

Great job! And Congratulations for the top10!

[skullbeast]

jackdaniels666 - thanks!! I'm here to help!
jp_smith - likewise my fiend! thanks for the kudos!!
Moni-Poroni - thanks man! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Webhead]

Congrats on making the top 10! :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

The most fearsome villain in the contest. Your work's exceptionally wonderful! :tu: :tu:

[Hamilcar]

Congrats on making the cut! Great work! and amazing level of detail you achieved:tu::tu:

[threetails]

it was great to watch your pc come together. you packed alot in this pc, and its well done, congrats again on top 10.

[Lucky_1]

Great job! And Congratulations for the top10! indeed, awesome work John !

[bryzol]

Congrats on top 10! You were there from the begining :) Great job!

[skullbeast]

Webhead - thanks! :cool: ;) :tu: :tu:
SolidSnakexxx - Thanks man! I like me some monsters!!! :tu: :tu: :tu:
Hamilcar - Right on!! there is probably 150 subtools I should go and count em' up!!!!
threetails - Thanks buddy! :tu: :tu:
Lucky_1 - Thanks for the Kudos!!:tu: :tu:
bryzol - Thanks! I'm ready for another round!! ;) :tu: :tu:

[Etcher]

Hi skullbeast! Again, congrats on making the top 10! Awesome, awesome sculpt man! :tu: !

[KrakenCMT]

Hey good luck Skullbeast! You've created a great villain!

[threetails]

im a monster guy, love to create them, love to see them come to life thru other artist as well, nice work on widow maker, and good luck today.

[- FoOD -]

looks really good - well done and good luck :D:tu:

[jp_smith]

Great final character skull, your arachnoid villain is the perfect example of a kick ass monstrous baddie! :) Inspiring work, I love all your creatures. :tu: :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

To me, Widow Maker still is one of the most fearsome villains. You are one winner in my mind. :tu::tu:

[bryzol]

One more time congrats on great work! Not winning taste sweeter in the company of artists like you! :tu:

[Etcher]

Hi Skullbeast congrats on a job well done! quote: This is the part I hate about contests: "someone" has to make a choice. imo you guys all deserved grand prize :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: !" Don't sweat it man I'm already having fun with your new sculpts and fun videos :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: !

[Dracorat]

Grats on top ten!

Was #1 on my list. You did awesome work and your WIP thread was super!

I look forward to seeing more of your work!

[threetails]

loves me the beasties............ great job, and looking forward to the next one which im sure will be a spleen eater!

[XxDarkMessiahxX]

I followed your thread & watched you put a lot of work into this thing. It's a shame because I think you deserved higher than runner up. You got my vote man. Very nice work.

[Captain Sensible]

Very well done and congrats. It was awesome to watch this guy come to life and thanks for sharing your progress and ZBrush knowledge :tu:

[skullbeast]

new final!

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[bryzol]

Hej, I think that you should use perspective view and DOF. It's great that you still playing around with him :)

[skulll_monster]

awsome man ! i agree aout the perspective...

[EvilSmiley]

As usual amazing work. And congrats on the Gnomon deal too!

[skullbeast]

Thanks guys! Its a little late for any changes seeing I have to send it off today. but duly noted. I did a grab doc overlay + about 5 other layers.

[threetails]

looking great, can't wait to see it upclose. nice work.

[KrakenCMT]

Very nicely done! :tu: :tu:

[prosn]

Awesome!!! excellent job !:tu:

[prosn]

amazing job !:tu: :tu:

[prosn]

skullbeast your works amazing.....still am watching your all wip threads & videos...really cool, just i start 3d works in maya & zbrush by online tutorials.so resently i registered zbrush-central & follow your works,really thankfull to God that he send you for me I have learned a lot from yours thread and have enjoyed watching this character.really i want to update my work as abroad quality.........how i will update:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: