Action Hero -Zaark (Villian)

[canndis]

Artist :Mohammed Anuz

Villian Name :Zaark



Project SuperSpeci has miserable ended in a tragedy at the verge of completion.The scientists who had worked on the projects have died in the accident which took place in the research center and the person who volunteered has disappeared , This is what the newspaper says .

But for James ,his plan has become a reality now.He has got the super human strength which he had be carving for years.but the other Half of him doesn't know what he has become.
Yes Zaark has taken over him, now he has the power to reach the ultimate power source to destroy everything in front of him.


Strength:

-The scientist have replaced his entire body with Inconel metal, which gives him immense physical strength to break or crush anything into pieces
-Has the power to cure himself when hurt
-His Helmet can produce a energy field which protects him from any impact
and create a sonic boom which can spread 5 km radius and can destroy anything around , but he can use this only when he is really angry



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[SolidSnakexxx]

Cool sketch. I like his silhouette. Great story as well. Look forward to it. :tu:

[canndis]

Thank you SolidSnakexxx

Although I love Zsphere I never did any model with it , This is going to be my first model which I am going to start with Zsphere.

I have today and tomorrow to start with this guy I am really exited and wanna finish this one.

Updates on how I started

An hr of experiment with Zsphere


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[sendhilv]

Nice character and the story. Very good update keep going.....

always looking for the progress... hit the goal... best of luck...

[Moni-Poroni]

Hey canndis nice start so far..
and great basemesh
I love attractor spheres..
Best wishes

[True_Saint]

cool . i really like ur sketch . the character is also good. keep it up:D

[SolidSnakexxx]

You are doing good with that ZSphere. Frankly speaking recently all base meshes I started out as ZSphere. It's quite easy to get good base in just a fe minutes. Look forward for more stuff from you. :tu:

[KiVanDi]

Interesting character, nice base mesh, keep going.

[gang]

nice concept man
character sketch is also looking great

[canndis]

sendhilv - Thanks man ,will try to update as and when I feel theres something good to show.

Moni-Poroni- Thankyou ,I like them too.

True_Saint - Thank you ,took me a long time to do that,I seriouly need to think about improving my drawing skills or make it as this years resolution:D.

SolidSnakexxx - Mostly I will be changing my work flow too from now on .Its a great way to work and its fast.

KiVanDi , gang - Thank you

I tweaked the basemesh from Zsphere to give him some form and a default pose for me to go ahead.I will be tweaking the pose while I continue with the model.More mass will be added once I complete the retopo.
The boots are just place holders for now.

Things which I will be doing today
-Retopo the model
-block out the armors and accessories

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[vvmanoj]

Hi Anuz,
Nice progress.... looking good. :tu: The concept is nice too and I know you will be adding more accesories to the armour as you go along.
The only thing that sticks out right now are the cables going to the helmet. They feel delicate and look like they might cause hindrance to his movement.
Keep going!!
Cheers,
Manoj

[Hamilcar]

Looks awesome, a real bruiser. Nice work good luck in the contest.

[maxinkuk]

Excellent progress. You're very clear in your sculpt, it already has an attitude and the profile is consistent every way you turn it. Thumbs massively up from me.

[chindian]

Awesome stuff! So far anatomy looks like it's shapin up well... lookin forward to more updates! Keep it up... :cool:

[canndis]

manoj -Thank You ,About the cables I need to check it out with my 3d model ,might try some cool things with it in the end , like electric current passing around that area , All depends upon the final pose.Anyways thanks for lthe comments.

Hamilcar - Thank you.

maxinkuk - Thank you , I spend a lot of time checking my silhouette before getting into details.

chindian - Thank you , I like your works too ,You model is shaping up really well.


My update for today
Everything going according to the schedule
I am done with the body retopo , the hand part was done separately and was attached with the body.Lot of experiments on the retopo.

I have blocked the other accessories just to check the over all feel.
All done using the base body mesh and extracting from painting alphas.

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[rasmusW]

hey mohammed!

great story and very nice progress.
it's gonna be exiting to follow your progress.
really like your other works.

-r

[sendhilv]

Hi anuz coming great and progress is very fast.....

[SolidSnakexxx]

How did I miss checking out the progress on this one! You are fast! Already done Retopo...Looking awesome man! :tu: :tu:

[allRone]

Hey very nice model. Will be following this one. I especially like the gesture of the initial sculpt. Great job.

[GregStrangis]

Retopo looks great man. Did you make the hands with zpheres or Frankenstein them? Either way looking forward to seeing this one for sure. :cool:

[canndis]

Din't progress much for the last couple of days , I hardly get time in the weekdays to work, anyways I got up early today to work on this guy.

I have added some details to the face now, and the helmet was a last minute thought , I kinda like the way it shaped.

abyss103 (member.php?u=13798) Thank you ,love your work too, its coming out really well and I like the way how you presented it and your concepts are really cool.


sendhilv (member.php?u=109917) Thank you

SolidSnakexxx (member.php?u=12969) Thank you , I am following your mantis man too , its coming up great , I like the details you are doing , wings are looking good too ,love to see some details on the wings

allRone (member.php?u=123859) Thank you ,gesture is one of the thing I focus on and I give lots of importance to it.

GregStrangis (member.php?u=104153) Thank you , Nice way to say that , Ya it was Frankenstein.

Here is the Update

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Cool updates... I like the look of his face.. He's one mean brawl... :tu:

[wethand]

oh WOW! really really nice!
the face is awesome! just love it! :)

and the anatomy looks nice so far! keep it up!

[allRone]

ooo, nice update. Although I think the traps are inching a bit too far forward on the arm causing the delts to be pushed forward as well. But it could just be that angle. Very nice work, keep it up!

[canndis]

SolidSnakexxx
Thank you

wethand
Thank You

allRone
Thank you for the comments , I will check that when I pose him.


I have blocked out the accessories for now ,will start sculpting them once I pose him.
I made a ruff base for this guy and a turntable (http://www.vimeo.com/2779297) for the full model

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[wethand]

looks really, really nice!

the costume could become very nice!
and the base...
keep it up

[SolidSnakexxx]

I agree with wethand...you've designed the placement of armor and stuff real well :tu: :tu:

[True_Saint]

Really cool man. The model is commin reaaly fast and good. :tu:

[petekasim]

I love the way this is progressing Canndis :tu:

The armour looks great even as a basemesh, the forms look dynamic and they really help give him a distinctive sillhouette. Brilliant work, I'll be watching closely :)

[Y/Haüss]

Good balance of all elements!!!
Congratulations!

[Trurl]

I like the sculpted mesh and the nice retopologised mesh. :tu:

[cghuang]

cant wait to see the complete armors~

[SOLcreator]

Looking Good :idea: Solid balance of detail and minimalism, reminds me of the '70s comics characters like Darkseid...

Myself am a fan of that visual nuance, check out my action hero, Knoweapon, thread http://209.132.96.165/zbc/showthread.php?t=66749

Look forward to seeing more!

- SOL

[vvmanoj]

Again looking nice.... will be interesting see what you do with the armor. I think you should close the mouth, does not look very natural. Liked the previous mouth position better. But thats just a minor critic.

[canndis]

wethand , SolidSnakexxx, petekasim,Trurl,cghuang,SOLcreator - Thank you

vvmanoj - Thank you , The open mouth is just temporary.The face expression will change according to the body pose.

Here is the update , trying out different poses


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[canndis]

Here is the Traspose video

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Cool pose vid you have there, canndis. :tu: :tu: About the pose I kind of like the second pose with his 2 arms extended. Making him look more menacing.

[sendhilv]

Great update anuz, I thing you can try some more poses...

[True_Saint]

I agree with SolidSnakexxx about the 2nd pose.:tu:

[Etcher]

Great!:tu: !

[SOLcreator]

Zaark looks great, he really pulls my heart strings from my childhood with his He-Man appeal.. and thanks for the transpose vid :tu:

I like your style.. I'm creating a costume design of Knoweapon, any feedback would be appreciated :D

[canndis]

SolidSnakexxx,sendhilv,True_Saint,Etcher,SOLcreato r

Thank you for the comments , heres the update so far , not much of progress this week.
I have worked on the upper body now , detailing and adding more mass ,changing his pose slightly as I progress to make him more dynamic.


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[- FoOD -]

lookin cool :D :tu: ....how you going to ground him ?? - from one foot ?

[Harmonic]

Hey canndis, he is looking really solid. I like it a lot, I am digging the progression of the pose too.

[Etcher]

Yeah! He's coming to life! :tu: !

[Drakelot]

Xcellent body poses ... looking good !!! :tu:

[_S9_]

Nice work Mohammed, i especially like the pose, the helmet seems is a bit too thick though, maybe choose a lower setting under mesh extraction, and a couple of other anatomy issues i'm sure you'll sort out eventually, otherwise really cool start, looking forward to any updates

[rasmusW]

hey mohammed!

great progress. think he's got a very nice sense of weight, in the pose.
- FoOD -'s got a good question though.

-r

[canndis]

Here is this weeks update , not much of work from last week , I have been working on his arm and on his face, finger still needs to be posed properly and the bicep shape needs to be tweaked .


Food

Thank you , He will be floating in the air , his left boot will be slightly touch the crystals.

Harmonic
Thank you

Etcher
Thank you

Drakelot
Thank you

_S9_
Thank you ,I am not sure If I will keep the helmet , If I keep I will try to reduce the thickness

abyss103
Thank you

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[Etcher]

Already lookin' forward to the polypaint! :tu: !

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[- FoOD -]

Looking sweet ...look really pissed :D

[SolidSnakexxx]

canndis, this is one nice model work...he's looking really really good...and even at this stage, the armor placement's making him look so cool. :tu: :tu:

[canndis]

Thank you all


Here is the update


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[petekasim]

Not much to say, except I love that facial expression!

This guy's coming along great, no crits :tu:

[Etcher]

Evil grin! Great! :tu: !

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[canndis]

360 render of zaark

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[Etcher]

360° lookin' good! :tu: !
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[wethand]

wow!!! just nice!!!
wow.... :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:
the face looks awesome and the dark eyes... oh man, this looks so cool! keep it coming! :)

[Captain Sensible]

Oh nice! He's lookin pretty damn evil :tu:

[maxinkuk]

Great face, that's what I call acting!:tu::tu::tu:

[AVTPro]

very expressive hands. Like the mech and anatomy.

[canndis]

petekasim
Thank you

Etcher
Thank you

wethand
Thank You

Captain Sensible
Thank You

maxinkuk
Thank You

AVTPro
Thank you , I still need to work on the arm, its not there yet

[Moni-Poroni]

Very great progress :tu: :tu: :tu:
The mimic is awesome and I love the metal pieces on/in ^^ his head :)

[canndis]

Thank you Mini-poroni


Here's the update , added details to the body and tweaked the finger positions.

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Nice update...looks like he's about to give a bear like attack :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!:tu:

[Harmonic]

Looks great, I like the hard clean look his muscles are getting. :tu:

[digital_3d]

Very nice and neat muscles Anuj.
Again a piece of art..
Well Done...

[fx81]

great work on the anatomy :tu:

[rasmusW]

sheesh man!
awesome update. sorry, nothing else to say.

-r

[Etcher]

That is one impressive update on the body!!!! :tu: !!! Strong sculpting!!!

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My sketchbook: Etcher_Sketcher (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=67208)

[canndis]

SolidSnakexxx
Thank you

Captain Sensible
Thank you

Harmonic
Thank You

digital_3d
Thank you

fx81
Thank you

abyss103
Thank You

Etcher
Thank You

Hear is the update on the other parts apart from the body , Things are taking longer time that I expected .Most of the parts where done through painting alpha and extracting.


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[threetails]

looking great, the pose is very strong, nice work.

[sendhilv]

Looking great anuz, Nice pose too.... Keep it up...

[Etcher]

Agree with the above! Keep goin'! :tu: !

[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow...I wouldn't call it a slow progress as it shows great result so far... I think everything about this character fits really well :tu:

[KrakenCMT]

Powerful pose and sculpting! You might want to blend the veins in a bit more to the forearms as they look just a little bit too pronounced.

[canndis]

threetails
Thank you

sendhilv
Thank You

Etcher
Thank You

SolidSnakexxx
Thank You

KrakenCMT
Thank You for the suggestion, I have corrected that in my final post

[JUPITER]

Nice work man!!I love the pose and what good muscle tone he has!! Kudos ;)

[canndis]

Final post , had fun working on the character , learned lots of new trick and really learned how to optimize my model according to my slow machine , zbrush handled it very well without any crash ,I was kinda worried when I started the model thinking how am I going to add details.

The final model came up to 21 million polygons with around 10 to 12 subtools .On an averange each subtool was between 1.5 to 2 million.

Thank you pixologic for the opportunity ,It was fun :cool: .

Here is my final post

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Turntable Movie

Download Hi-Res Video Here (http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/86448/zaark021309_1.mov)

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TransPose Movie

Download Hi-Res Video Here (http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/86448/transpose%20Video_full_3.mov)

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