Action Hero - Gra 'Nox (Villain)

[- FoOD -]

Gra'Nox

Professional thief Nai Burrows went into hiding in a remote Pacific Island after a deal gone bad. At the climax of a lengthy chase, he found himself pinned down amongst the craggy ledges of an inactive Volcano by the Smugglers he double crossed. Nai was forced to surrender, only to be thrown into the inactive Volcano by the smugglers, without realising they stood in an ancient place of worship.

Rather than fall to his doom Nai's struggle was noticed by the dormant ancient spirit of the Island, awoken after thousands of years of sleep the angered spirit became pleased with its human sacrifice. The Volcano erupted suddenly and violently, immolating everyone close by as the elder god chose to pick Nai as its emissary into the world of modern man.

Through the smoke and flame, climbing out of the pits of the fiery Volcano, the anger of the Ancients made form; the granite Titan known as Gra'Nox was born.

Stone has replaced flesh and magma courses through his veins, possessing superhuman strength, unlimited endurance, and the ability to shape earth and project molten flame from his mouth, Gra'Nox is a high level threat, a near unstoppable behemoth who carries out the will of the ancients. An agent of chaos intent on bringing the end of technological age and casting the world back into the Cenozoic era.

Concept GraNox00.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27120992%27,%27Concept%20GraNox0 0.jpg%27,1,0%29)

Artist: Furio Tedeschi

[fishadder]

cool!

[Drakelot]

Xcellent concept ... good luck

[MrHappy]

Oooh I'm looking forward to this one :) Cracking concept

[aurick]

Please edit your initial post to include your name.

Thanks.

[Firebert]

SAWEET! Cool storyline wicked design. Get up and up man, the clock be a tickin'!

[goldo_O]

Hi Food! I am a big fan of your amphibious creature and can't wait to see what you will come up with this guy :) Good luck!

[SolidSnakexxx]

Whoa...this villain looks really mean. Very nice design...Can't wait to see the magma drooling :)

[Moni-Poroni]

Really cool :cool:
"Stone has replaced flesh and magma courses through his veins"
I love it :)

[wethand]

damn cool!

[Captain Sensible]

Cool story and sketch. Your gonna have fun sculpting this and making a nice rock/skin texture. Keep us updated! :tu:

[dustbin1_uk]

mean looking bugger there!!! :tu::tu:

[rasmusW]

hey furio!

great story and nice concept.
hope to see some 3d on this one soon.
good luck.

-r

[chindian]

Sweet concept man! Hopin to see the 3D work soon...

[GregStrangis]

Really looking forward to the texture work of this guy, the stone and magma is going to look sick!

[Danrez]

Good Design.

[jempix]

cool concept (great drawing, nice gestures and sense of weight). Can't wait to see it in zbrush glory :)

[3dMob]

hmmm seems kinda like dark khan. Lots of luck! ;)

[- FoOD -]

Thx dudes

Hoping to get this done …quite buzy atm ……sigh

And rock should be fun …..getting some ref for the surface, I kinda know what I am going for I think :]

Quick zsphere mesh update …

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[canndis]

nice concept and story , This will be interesting to watch

[- FoOD -]

Thx Canndis

Small update just trying to get as much out of the base mesh as possible, reckon I will need to add some extra edge loops to get a good polygon distribution so this mesh will hold up and I want to try avoiding retopoin the mesh….

Will post updated mesh soon


BaseMesh.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27121601%27,%27BaseMesh.jpg%27,1 ,0%29)

[threetails]

looks like a solid base mesh. do you plan on retopologising this later.

[- FoOD -]

Nope I really want to avoid retopoin :D
but will add some extra edge loops in so the mesh holds up

[SolidSnakexxx]

The base's looking very solid.. You character will be one amazing one.. :)

[GregStrangis]

Great base so far man, but for the rock detail and such it would probably be much easier for you to retopo, unless you can push your pc to 6-8mil polys :D

[- FoOD -]

SolidSnakexxx - Thx man

GregStrangis - I know what you mean, would like to try bypass topo but if I have to I will ...will see how it goes...

update of final base mesh and ready to start sculptin :D

BaseMesh2.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27121826%27,%27BaseMesh2.jpg%27, 1,0%29)

[SolidSnakexxx]

Looks like you have added necessary loops to the mouth and regroup the poly to be quite usable. :tu:

[Harmonic]

Base mesh looks good. Can't wait to see some Zbrush sculpting action on this guy

[adroit.jr]

i like your mash it is clear.

[swankymonkey]

It seems pretty smart not to retopo if you don't have to, and you're doing a nice job keeping things in order so far.


I'm quite fond of your concept sketch too!

[jp_smith]

Bad ass concept and great start on the base mesh. :tu:

[Pharion3d]

Nice work - FoOD - your character looks like a worthy opponent :D

[sazar26]

sweet concept :cool: and a nice start on your base mesh , look 4ward to more updates

[spimmy]

Wow, cool concept sketch, and the base model is looking great too, look forward to seeing more :) .

[rasmusW]

now you got a fine looking basemesh. let's see some killer sculpting.

-r

[- FoOD -]

Thx guys much appreciated

Quick update…… Mesh is holding up for now and trying to match the look and feel of the concept sketch :mad: but pretty loose just blocking in the big volumes.

Once I am happy with the features I will do a temp rock pass

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[SolidSnakexxx]

I like what you have so far...very true to the concept...very nice :tu: :tu:

[m0delista]

Fantastic character congratulations i hope you win !!! ;)

[animastur]

I like the character design. :)

[KrakenCMT]

Great treatment of the form on the head. I like it already!

[Lucky_1]

Very nice sketch ans great work on his head /face Nox (thee Nox ?)

keep it up !

[- FoOD -]

SolidSnakexxx, m0delista, animastur, KrakenCMT, Lucky_1 – Thx for the kind comments

Haven’t had much time but will put in some work over next couple of days, been lookin at a bunch of ref for this guy like Kimbo, Brock Lesnar and some gymnastic stuff …to figure out how the muscles on the pecks and back would be placed

Other than that trying to get the main form correct and still need lay in some more blockin for the pose stage

Little update


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[maxinkuk]

Great sculpting here. I really like the way you treated the head. Love it, look forward to see the rest of th body getting all that attention

[SolidSnakexxx]

Like the new body you sculpt. I also agree with maxinkuk on the facial expression even though he's rocky....he's still very expressive.. Nice job :tu:

[mkk316]

It's coming along really nicely, the sculpting is looking pretty solid and your characters has a really pleasing silhouette. Looking forward to more.

[threetails]

nice blocking in, looks great.

[goldo_O]

I like the fact you model this guy already half posed! Very clever and amazing work so far! Keep it up! :)

[petekasim]

Wow, cannot fault this!

Excellent concept sketch and beautifully expressive and limber sculpting. Got a feeling this one is going to stand out, good luck with him :tu:

[animastur]

Nice progress! :)

[- FoOD -]

maxinkuk, mkk316, threetails, animastur, petekasim - Thx for kind comments

SolidSnakexxx - Thx man ...do you ever sleep ?? :eek:

goldo_O - Haha yes trying a shortcut :D

Still blockin the main shape, making him bit more bulky and finally found some new matcaps which I am really happy with ..

Okay need to start posing soon before I get carried away with the sculpting

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[jp_smith]

This is looking very cool, I like the forms you have blocked in, he looks big and bad ass! :tu: :tu:

[GregStrangis]

Looking sick man! His rocky skin is coming along nicely :tu: :tu: :tu:

[skullbeast]

Nice update! I dig this guy! I like the elephant like feet I don't know if you were planning on that but it sure is cool! :tu: :tu:

[maxinkuk]

He scares me. :tu: :tu:

[sazar26]

that coming along real swell :tu: I can tell this is going to turn out real nice

[digitalsmithy]

yea man i'm liking this guy alot! i just looked at your creature and that thing is great too! great design keep it up :tu:

[- FoOD -]

jp_smith, GregStrangis, sazar26, digitalsmithy - Thx Guys

maxinkuk - Hehe hope in a good way

skullbeast = Thx and yup trying to get the feet like the concept ...they kinda like elephant feet things :D

small update mostly worked on the back


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[SOLcreator]

Gra ' Nox is looking great!

- SOL

[Harmonic]

Wow! that is looking sweet. I really like your style.
Maybe his pecks are a bit small.

[Audiodoc]

Question, maybe its a dumb one but I'm still learning, how did you modify the topology in your base mesh?

I see in your Adaptive skin you added loops for the mouth and you changed the edge flow near the torso, how did you do that?

[AVTPro]

The model looks exactly like the sketch. Great job. I like the tension if the upper chest, the pectorals muscle. I think the more strenuous the arms and chest the better. Looks excellent.

[Etcher]

Awesome (powerfull) sculpt!:tu: !

[- FoOD -]

SOLcreator - Thx man

Harmonic - yup you where right .. :D Thx for the second pair of eyes

Audiodoc - Just took the mesh into 3dsmax

AVTPro - Thx for the comment .....I am trying to keep it as close to the sketch as I can

Etcher - Thx

[- FoOD -]

This is the pose so far will still tweak it once I have placed the base

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Wow...this Gra 'Nox character is really awesome.....The last time I checked this thread there wasn't this marvelous body yet..and now Wam.... So powerful look! :tu: :tu:

[- FoOD -]

Thx Solid - sweet for the vid help :D

Vid came out a bit tiny :o so added an image


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[nerveink]

Freakin Sweet Dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love The Matcap Too!!

[jackdaniels666]

Nice. Looks amazing!

[alphagsv]

Very nice man, I like the pose. :D

[industripop]

Oh yeah man! Love that arms thrown back, power pose for characters.

[wethand]

this is great!!! nice sculpt! keep it up!

[Etcher]

Oh boy... :tu: !

[Hamilcar]

Nice dynamic and full of life :tu: :tu:

[jp_smith]

Great pose, very powerful. I'd consider making the lower legs a little thicker, it might help balance out all that upper body mass a bit. Nice work. :)

[Lucky_1]

Looking awesome Nox, keep it up.

[- FoOD -]

nerveink, jackdaniels666, alphagsv, wethand, Etcher, Hamilcar, Lucky_1 - thx for the comments and encouragement ..much appreciated

industripop - Thx man looking at it this morning I still wanna tweak the hands and other parts lightly ...those next day eyes... if you know what i mean :D

jp_smith - Agree and thx for the feedback really help ....once I start refining the muscles I will bulk up as well :D

Anyway cause the pose vid is ant size done a quick turn vid
any c/c welcome

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Later

Foo

[GregStrangis]

Looks amazing Dude, dynamic in every way, once he is bulked up and the base is there it will look fantastic :tu: :tu: :tu:

[skullbeast]

Just awesome! :tu: :tu:

[Harmonic]

Fantastic! that pose has a lot of poser and energy. Love your sculpting style! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

That's screaming awesome..., man :) It's so super cool :tu: :tu: And no problem....I'm more than happy to be able to help out.

[maxinkuk]

He's getting even better now! Top man!

[chindian]

Wow man - lookin really awesome here!! I love what you did on the feet...
The pose is nice and expressive - but maybe I'm thinking it could use a bit more movement to it?

Anyways - awesome sculpting so far! Looking forward to where you take this! keep it up! :tu:

[goldo_O]

This guy rocks!!! :lol:
No seriously though... :rolleyes: :tu:

[- FoOD -]

GregStrangis, skullbeast, Harmonic, maxinkuk - Thx for the comments guys really appreciated ...

SolidSnakexxx - very kind and thx again for the help - was killing me :D

chindian - I am trying to push a little more but dont want to stray to much but I know whata u mean - thx for the feedback really appreciate fresh eyes

goldo_O - cheezyest thing I heard all day :lol: - Thx

small update just trying to push the pose as much as I can ...very mild mostly tweaking legs and arms

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later
Foo

[SolidSnakexxx]

Although small update, but I think it yields great result. :tu: And Not problem man, I'm glad I can be of your help :o

[- FoOD -]

Thx Solid :D

Update blocked in base


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[wethand]

oh damn, YES! i can fell his anger and his strength!
amazing sculpt so far!!!

[nickz]

Awesome pose and awesome sculpt/design. I really love the energy about this piece.

Peace, NickZ.

[saurabhmazumder]

here is my concept work on ma indian version of super villan though i didnt wasted my time in it it took me half an hour to create it hope u will like ma feed

ZBrush Documensaurabh kraptor copy.jpg

[AVTPro]

Flawless.

[maxinkuk]

I like what that rostrum type thing brings to the sculpt. It really gives it a direction. :tu:

[Captain Sensible]

Really looking good! :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Flawless pose with the anger emotion pouring out of his mouth! :tu: :tu:

[Etcher]

Great, great update!:tu: !

[goldo_O]

Wow! It's getting better and better! Love the new face, it's even more aggressive now with the teeth. :tu: I'd dig a little bit more under the left foot, or try to merge the legs a bit more with the base to make his pose even more powerful. Seriously, I'd buy a 3D print of this guy if I could :):tu:

[GregStrangis]

:D No critiqs just great :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Webhead]

There are some really great entries in this contest, and this one is one of my favorites. Terrific job! :tu:

[- FoOD -]

wethand - Thanks man

nickz - appreciated and glad you like the pose

saurabhmazumder - Thx - your sculpt is coming along :D :tu:

AVTPro -Thx Dude

maxinkuk - Thax bro - spent quite a bit of time screwing with different sizes and shapes fro the base

Captain Sensible- Thx :D

SolidSnakexxx - Thx for the kind comment :tu:

Etcher - Thx man

goldo_O - Thx dude and yes I want to try crack the whole edge off where his foot is and give that manga crack ... if that makes sense :lol:

GregStrangis - Thx :D :tu:

Webhead - very kind man really appreciate the comment

Have not had any time today and the update is small will put in work tonight if i dont pass out.

Still a couple muscles I want to fix before I start going crazy with rock.

wanted to add somthing to bring it to the present (was thinking some stupid stuff like lightpost, post box, ect) so I added an I-Beam to the base, this was also to set off his scale...simple but I think its works.

The base is kinda meant to be a piece of the Statue of Liberty but could not find a recognisable part that was in the same scale as base :p


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[SolidSnakexxx]

I like the angle you show us...really show off his anger... This is top notch....quality pose! :tu: :tu:

[pitchepuck]

the pose is pure power :tu:

[bryzol]

looks nice! Keep it up!

[hugoqueiroz]

Great dude. keep oing!!!

[Nattawat_OBBI]

Awesome sculpt/design. I really love the energy about this piece.

[- FoOD -]

Thx Dudes

Might look like small update but took forever ..... :(

hopefully now that I have settled on the rock ..the rest should go quicker ..hopefully :rolleyes:

still need to add a slight noise pass to break up the larger areas.

Making the bottom half of legs and arms very dense clusters including the head and the rest of the sculpt will be larger blocks following muscle groups as close as poss.

GraLeg.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27124226%27,%27GraLeg.jpg%27,1,0 %29)

Later Foo

[KrakenCMT]

Superb! Great sculpting! I'd love to hear about the technique involved here!

[kasl]

kool! villans are better!! its coming along great!

[skullbeast]

I love it! great rock like texture. reminds me of the "tree man" which is good in that "it could work, sort of way":tu: :tu: ;)

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[mkk316]

Oh yeah, this is going to be fine sculpt.

[maxinkuk]

Another effective step ahead in our work.:tu: Great organic detailing. It looks indeed like one of those jobs that take forever.

[cmoffitt]

Yeah! I love the rock sculpting you're doing on that base and I'm really digging all the details you're putting into those legs. Awesome stuff, FoOD!

[GregStrangis]

Congrats on having patience :D Great job man keep up that detail :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Etcher]

Beautiful update: so detailed, yet loose and fluid (the clay look is still there)! :tu: !

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

[SolidSnakexxx]

Whoa...., - FoOD -, the leg stuff and rock thing are pure amazement... Would love to see your WIP sculpt vid or something :tu: :tu:

[rasmusW]

hey food!

solid work, man.. hehhe solid, rock... baah! bad joke.
really like where this is going.
can you share a little of your sculpting technices for the rock stuff? do you use alphas or just sculpt away.

-r

[Slice]

FOOD! congratulations on making such an awesome piece, I wish I came up with this...You got my vote in this competition for sure dude!
As asked before, would you mind sharing how you did the rock-like-shapes?(when you got the time ofcourse, the competition is priority #1;))

Good luck on winning this :P you wouldn't need it.

Slice

[petekasim]

Loving the pose and base FoOD


I've been doing a rocky base on my gal, it's harder than I thought it would be! Anyway, I think you've pulled yours off with panache, loving the surface detail on the legs, too. Meticulous and flowing, everything a great sculpt should be :tu:

Best of luck as you continue!

[malus]

Hey Foo,

Awesome sculpt mate, really dig the pose.

Looking forward to the detail and texture pass. :)

Dean

[- FoOD -]

Much appreciated guys

KrakenCMT - Thx man :D

kasl - Thx ...Haha wont disagree:lol:

skullbeast - $hit that is most hectic :eek:(hope he gets cured) that must really suk and glad you like :D

mkk316 - Thx appreciated

maxinkuk - Thx - yup it takes up time and its not gettin quicker :lol:

Thx cmoffitt - I was worried it would be too noisy but glad you guys like it:D:tu:

GregStrangis - Thx - patience is running out :mad:

Etcher - Thx mate

SolidSnakexxx - Appreciated bro - and no vid for this but if you like might try a vid on the arm ??

abyss103 - Thx - and using alphas - link at end of post

Slice - thx for the kind words - deadlines getting too close :eek:

petekasimb - Thx dude - I like your base very much as well :D:tu:

Hey Deano - Good to have you around :) - Thx bro


1 - I used a set of alphas for the first pass of the rock from the gnomon site, this was a very light pass just to lay down a rough template Link - http://gnomonology.com/prod/19/25 (http://forums.thegnomonworkshop.com/member.php?u=28868) they free if you register - some dont work too well but there are some nice ones

2 - rock was mostly done by hand using the Claytubes brush too blockin and scrape.
Dam_ Standard Brush too pull out edges and cut into mesh.
Flat brush too add edges and kinda smooth...tried to avoid smoooth brush

3 - Time :lol:

Thats about it -

Update - other Leg and some small tweaks

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[luis2008]

nice. i really like the textures youve got going on your sculpt. im liking the base as well

[nerveink]

wow nice work bud! those textures are coming along very very nicely!!
great stuff dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[slickytom]

I really like the detail your putting into these legs! It looks organic and made up of lava rocks or something. Really cool to look at. Great work.

[Moni-Poroni]

Great work..I love the details too :tu:

Can´t wait to see it coloured :) :) :)

[Etcher]

Beautiful, me = speechless... ! :tu: !

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

[Captain Sensible]

Nice detailing!!! :tu: :tu:

[rasmusW]

thanks alot for the walk-though.
well, once again... great character.

-r

[Seavannah]

Love his pose and his face. The base is cool and looks real to me. Really awesome job keep up the great work and sculpting/detailing. Happy zbrushing.

[Alliecat 08]

Man, your dude ROCKS! It's really flowing together. :D

[Lucky_1]

wowwow that's just awesome NOX,
love it !

[dustbin1_uk]

In my top 5 mate! Great work!

[ajsmac]

Hey Furio, Really like your Action Hero. What is the shader you are using, looks nice to sculpt with.

cheers
Andrew

[- FoOD -]

luis2008, nerveink, slickytom, Moni-Poroni, Etcher, Captain Sensible, abyss103, Seavannah, Alliecat 08,Lucky_1, dustbin1_uk - Thx for the comments :D

ajsmac - Thx ...the matcap is from Cgchain very cool ...was trying to find a good mats and I think these are great.

Link - http://www.cgchain.com/viewforum.php?f=41

Very tired....things have been a bit hectic ......but all good want to try polish details over the weekend ...hopefully :lol:. Its taking a bit and trying to keep the same amount of detailing ...

been touching up proportions and stuff but got the arm to a point I am happy ...trying to keep muscles in there as much as possible ...........still want to give it a final pass but will do for now ....next arm ....body ......head ....and paint ......need sleep;)

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later

[WHW_]

Hope the normal maps do this guy justice :)

[DAnconia]

Man how do you get that wet clay look? Smudge and clay brush?

[Etcher]

I'd like to know a bit more about how you achieve this clay look too. It makes your sculpt so powerful! :tu: !

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

[jp_smith]

This is looking fully bad ass, it's uncanny how much the sculpting technique looks like natural clay, can you tell us about your technique for that? Nice work. :)

[ja_popov]

That arm is kicking ass!! Really love it.

[Bryan Wynia]

This is great. Love the feeling and texture. Looking forward to seeing more.

[Moni-Poroni]

Really cool indeed :tu:
I love your style!
Please hurry..
I want more updates:)

[skullbeast]

WOW cool details! this is going to be great!! :tu: :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

Nice details.... this is one of my fav entries... it just keep rocking! :tu: :tu:

[- FoOD -]

ja_popov,Bryan Wynia, Moni-Poroni,skullbeast, SolidSnakexxx - thx guys :D:tu:

WHW_ - Not going to normal map :D

DAnconia, Etcher, jp_smith - Thx Guys much appreciated ....sure its not just the matcap?:lol: explained the method on page 8 and could post a vid soon to better show the process ...if you like ???

Just did a zoomed in version of the pose (so it aint ant size)....Jing dont work for me ? cant connect to server or somthing - so this is the best I got and need to carry on sculptin:D....you can follow everything I have done on pose I think ?

Aurick if this is a prob let me know plz

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[tokio]

i think..
i may be missed the deadline :lol: so far ..for my sculpt
and because i'm not sure for deadline what day ? or tonight on january 31 :rolleyes:
thankyou for comment my entry

*** i'm very very new really for zbrush and i must try more to learn :p

[- FoOD -]

tokio - No problem:D

Quick update

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Later Foo

[pimeto]

DAnconia, Etcher, jp_smith - Thx Guys much appreciated ....sure its not just the matcap?:lol: explained the method on page 8 and could post a vid soon to better show the process ...if you like ??
It will be really nice of you, if you do that! I really want to see the process of creating these clay forms :)

[Etcher]

Well, regarding the clay look, ... should've known it was just a MatCap effect... :lol: . I reread page 8, thanks. And a video demo would be so great, if you can find the time! :tu: !

The hand looks great! (but, of course, you have that special MatCap...)

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

[- FoOD -]

:lol: - Thx Etcher, pimeto - as soon as I find the time I will post a vid:D:tu:

[Disco Stu]

this is full of win

based on technique and overall style this is the strongest piece i find

maybe you should think about the statue of liberty base.

it would add plenty to your sculpt and its not to unusual too play with scales
in comic books

i mean this standing on half of lady libertys face or maybe the hand holding the book.

keep it up:cool::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[zeke3d]

exceptional detail work!

[fluxist8070]

this looks like it is coming along nicely. The sculpting is really raw. I dig it.

[- FoOD -]

zeke3d, fluxist8070 - Thx for the comments :D

Disco Stu - Thx dude - and yup might add one of the letters from book of liberty to hint at it and still keep it in Scale and might add a broken part of the face to the Final Scene Image ( I know what you mean bout scale but dont want him to be a giant :D)

Gave the sculpt bit of a rest doing some colour test... .:.
paint-test.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27125669%27,%27paint-test.jpg%27,1,0%29)

[Etcher]

Man oh man! Where do you get these amazing MatCaps ? :lol: ?
Seriously, it's an impressive paint job. And, I really like the Volcano logo. Nice touch. :tu: !

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

[Phrost]

this is probably my fave entry. love the colour test on the arm with the lava cracks, pose is great, detail is awesome and you've made my pen1s erect :tu:

[SolidSnakexxx]

wow, the paint is so awesome...I can feel the lava oozing in his body :tu::tu:

[ivar_sn]

the textures are looking good......:D

[mdale13]

amazing details. very nice work!

[Drakelot]

Impressive action pose ... xcellent work !!! :tu:

[Harmonic]

Wow that is looking so sweet! Your organic style is just fantastic, it is so fluid. Definitely looking forward to more! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[jp_smith]

Nice color test! Looks like obsidian or charred wood, perfect. I'd use another material on the fire or lava parts tho, one with the ambient cranked or the glow material. :) Great work! :D :tu: :tu:

[maxinkuk]

This will be so scary! Great stuff, it was already a fantastic model, but the texturing is really giving him a big boost. :tu: :tu:

[Lucky_1]

The color looks awesome Nox !

Keep it up

[ThatDon]

I'm personally kinda sad to see the cliche red cracks on a otherwise outstanding piece. I guess if it isn't broke don't fix it :D

[JUPITER]

Sweet!! really liking this piece.looking foward to seeing more!!

[goldo_O]

Crazt details on the hands! :) Love it! Any idea how you will do the emissive for the lava? photoshop?

[- FoOD -]

Etcher, Phrost, SolidSnakexxx, ivar_sn,mdale13, Drakelot, Harmonic, maxinkuk, Lucky_1, JUPITER
Thx Guys much appreciated ...

jp_smith - Agree man ...needs to glooow:D

ThatDon - Thx and sorry you sad ...but I am trying to follow concept, was plan from start - his a lava dude:D

goldo_O - Thx bro - rekon I will try cavity map and then Zapp or Shop, being thinkin bout it for a while.

Also made a vid for rock pass ...just cant export on this pc ? - so will export soon on another pc;)

Update : other Arm - took a bit and was bored of doing the same pass again .......so I thought he could be transformin the rocks on his arm ...one of his abilities ...coff...coff:D

still need to do some clean ups and finish the hand

GraArm2.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:zb_insimg%28%27125869%27,%27GraArm2.jpg%27,1, 0%29)

[wethand]

oh damn!!! what an amount of details!!! i am very impressed!!!

wow :tu::tu::tu:

[malus]

God damn Foo! You're a machine.

I really like this other arm and as for cliche, well theres a reason some things become popularised over time...they are frikken awesome!!! :p

[GregStrangis]

Just freaking sick!!!!! Nothing to say besides that I can not wait to see this thing finished :D

[Joepaddyroe]

This is really cool looking. Have you got any more shots of the full creature or is the arm as far as you have detailed?

[Alliecat 08]

really nice!

[Moni-Poroni]

I can imagine how his skin feels like.. :tu:

looks so realistic! great job!
And cool logo by the way :) .

[ThatDon]

I know man, you're doing a good job. I was just being cynical :P

[threetails]

wow, love that texturing and sculpting style, very well done. one of the best.

[Etcher]

Thank god you got bored doin' the same pass on the second arm, the structure variations look great ( "a Stroke of Genius"?) ! :tu: !

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

[- FoOD -]

wethand, GregStrangis, Alliecat 08, ThatDon, threetails
Thx guys very kind comments - Thx;)

malus - thx bro - much appreciated:D

Joepaddyroe - Thx man still working on the rest

Moni-Poroni - Glad you like the logo - thx dude:D

Etcher - Thx ...happy you like ...very kind.......thought I went a little to crazy :lol:

This video has taken ages to upload so hope it helps ..... Flat, Dam Standard and Claytubes Brushes used,. Basically go over in a couple of passes trying to keep it as varied as possible....random strokes ...coff:p

So this ...only just a lot more :D

anything needs explaining just ask ...quality not to great ...might try veoh if you guys cant follow it .....

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Foo

[petekasim]

Excellent video! Cheers for uploading that, it's always a pleasure to see artists doing their thing.

That technique looks great, think I may have to pinch it for myself :D

Your entry's looking strong as ever BTW :tu: , best of luck during these last few days

[SolidSnakexxx]

Thank you so much - FoOD -, for the vid..that's really great knowing how you sculpted that cool surface! :tu: :tu:

[maxinkuk]

Nice video, thanks. I can see how it takes quite a long time to do up a whole character.

[fluxist8070]

really nice sculpting technique! thanks for sharing!:tu:

[- FoOD -]

petekasim - Thx man and no prob - some of the details are lost on the video but pretty much it

SolidSnakexxx - Np - thx for your help as well :D

maxinkuk - Thx - Yup sure does

fluxist8070 - Thx and no problemo :D:tu:

[rasmusW]

hey man!

thanks for the video.
can't wait to see the full figure.

-r

[Limitless_Thought2207]

... your a frekkin genius man! lol I'm really diggin the character, the story, the sketch, the pose.. everything is pretty sick! GREAT job! He kinda reminds me of a more ferrious, meaner Doomsday! Like he's about to tear through anything! Excellent work! Can't wait to see more of your inspiring work. :D :tu: :tu:

[3dMob]

i like this character...I must say when i first saw him i first thought of dark khan from mortal kombat. Then I thought of doomsday, but it's a cool looking sculpt so far...lots of luck!! :tu:

[Etcher]

Hi FoOD, many thanks for the video, thanks for demonstrating that great sculpting technique! :tu: !

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

[benny350]

Awesome work Foo this is in my top 3 for sure, the detailing is incredible:D

[- FoOD -]

abyss103, Limitless_Thought2207(lol not sure), Etcher, benny350
- Happy you guys like him....Thx for the really nice replies:D

3dMob - Thx - and I was more thinking more along the line of like an abomination...lizardman type vibe:D ...dark khan hadent seen him and doomsday I did like alot ;)

Update - cleaned up left arm and hand.....then head still needs final pass and working down to torso....running out of rez on shoulders a bit but model is at 4500 000 +/- ..can still push it one more level or i might look at Geometry HD but never Ive used it

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Foo

[jp_smith]

Really nice work FoOD, love the head and facial expression! :tu: :tu:

[Disco Stu]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
incredible!

[Disco Stu]

by the way... are u working with hd geometry?

[ThatDon]

Finally a update, looking real cool man!

[- FoOD -]

jp_smith, ThatDon - Thx Dudes:D

Disco Stu - Thx and no HD

[threetails]

it looks great i like the swept feel, of the head form, and all the motion created by the surface detail. cool.

[goldo_O]

Killer! :cool::tu:

[BillyT]

this guy is looking really nice now love the texturing, i like how the teeth are the same basic shape as the spikes on his body

[sreilly]

whoa, thats bad ass man! I want more!

[selwy]

great great stuff!! can't wait to see the final model...
Best regards, Selwy

[Etcher]

Unbelievable sculpting! Disco Stu said it right: 30 x :eek: !

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[ravioli_rancher]

FoOD,

Dominating work. Feels like getting kicked in teeth by a mule. Pick up your incisors, and let the man mow down the competition. Amazing Amazing Amazing. What material are you using to polypaint with? Are you using any custom brushes? What's it like to never sleep?

This is freaking incredilbe.

[cmoffitt]

NICE! I'm loving that mouth and those eyes have so much expression, so much rage. Awesome work, FOOD.

[wethand]

wow!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: this amount of details... just... oh man!!!

[Captain Sensible]

That's some seriously detailed work! Keep it up!!!! :eek:

[- FoOD -]

threetails - Thx bro - played around with a couple of ideas

goldo_O - Thx man:D

BillyT - Yeah was going to give him standard teeth like concept but thought these worked better - glad you like;)

sreilly - beast is cooking slowly:lol: - Thx

selwy - Thx

Etcher - Thank you bro - :D

ravioli_rancher - lol - Thx man - no custom brushes ....poly paints going to be rough ..as I will comp in PShop ...and tried to focus more on sculpt but paint mat is Flatmat.

cmoffitt - Thx dude :D:tu:

wethand - Thx

Captain Sensible - Thx.... trying ;)

small update - Lava Cracks done with Zmapper ...very happy this is working would have killed me doing this by hand ......will prob remove and dull a few down, less clutter..............Cavity mask also worked but this seemed a little tighter.


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[Etcher]

:tu: ! Would be great in a movie scene: dark environement, and then he starts to glow, before bursting into full lava fury! :tu: !

[SolidSnakexxx]

OMG, :eek: :eek: the sculpt's super super cool. and the lava texture's looking amazing as well. :tu: :tu:

[Disco Stu]

spot on http://www.limousinesonline.com/images/smilies/hammertime.gifcant touch this

[Lucky_1]

Love this Food...

[Moni-Poroni]

Cool!!! He´s glowing now. :)
I love those colours. :tu:

[GregStrangis]

WOW! This one is definitely going to hit top row once your done with him Food!
So much meticulous work put into this guy is amazing :tu: :tu: :tu:

[goldo_O]

Wow, nice lava texture Food!!! :tu: Can't wait to see your final render, it's gonna be HOT!:D

[spimmy]

Wow, am really liking those lava like lines in the cracks and the detailing of the model is awesome great work dude!! :cool: :tu:

[chindian]

WOW! This is sick!!!!! That texture is gonna look awesome! Can't wait man... good luck in this last week! Keep it up! :tu:

[benny350]

You are insane Foo, that face is incredible...im blown away

absolutely awesome sculpt, really cool:D

[bryzol]

Exelent job here. Details are great and I love this lava skin. :tu::tu:

[- FoOD -]

Etcher, SolidSnakexxx, Disco Stu, Lucky_1, Moni-Poroni, GregStrangis, goldo_O, spimmy, chindian, benny350, bryzol -
Thx for all the nice comments :D

Update the base again will give it a mild over pass but pretty much done ...character is done as well ...wheeeeew

So will start texture which will be like a simple basic texture pass ..then I will add other passes

feet kinda melt and shatter base ......tried to keep the same feel but different

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[SolidSnakexxx]

Dude! Just the base itself can be considered as an Art work. Super cool stuff you've done here - FoOD - The details are.....stunning :tu: :tu:

[bryzol]

base - :tu:

[brettSinclair]

Wow. No idea how i missed this. Awesome model so far. Cool detail on the arm :tu:

[rasmusW]

hahaha.. sheesh! it's gonna be crowded in the top of this contest, with all these amazing entries.
awesome update. nothing else to say.

-r

[Etcher]

Have to agree with the above! (Solid, you hit the nail on the head!) :tu:

[chindian]

Ok - now that i've picked my jaw up off the floor...
Absolutely great! The base fits soooo well! This is gonna be stellar man! Excellent job... can't even give any crits - just encouragement for u to finish it up! Bravo!

[Captain Sensible]

I too would love to see this meet the deadline. Absolutely top notch work!:tu:

[tokio]

topmost :tu::tu::tu: more detail :tu::tu::tu: and very very :tu::tu::tu: i like it:cool:

[Disco Stu]

this just looks like cold magma.
great job

[spimmy]

Wow, really nice base dude!!! :) :tu: Look forward to seeing all rendered up! Great Stuff! :cool:

[canndis]

crazy detailing and the colors , love it nice work so far

[benny350]

You just keep topping yourself Foo, that base is unreal....
sooooo much detail:eek::D

[- FoOD -]

bryzol, brettSinclair, Etcher, chindian, tokio, spimmy, canndis, benny350 -
- Thx guys really appreciate the comments and happy you like him .....
...its been a tuff couple of weeks and all the comments have really helped - :D:tu:

SolidSnakexxx - Thx for the compliment :D

abyss103 - Agree some crazy entries in this comp - Thx

Captain Sensible - Thx man will not sleep if i have too ..but mostly concerned with model ...texture will take much quicker :D

Disco Stu - Thx man ..happy you think so thats what I was aiming for :D

Update - Model Done well - will still tinker ...i am constanlty finding more things to tweak :eek: ...

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Foo

[jackdaniels666]

The amount of detail is just crazy. Good job man.

[rasmusW]

amazing. really like how you conveyed all his strength. he truely looks powerful.

-r

[SolidSnakexxx]

- FoOD -, this is just topping every time you update the pose....the sculpt quality is just super top notch :tu: :tu: Insane insane...

[BARON_3D]

Amazing sculpt & pose. Great work !!! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[slickytom]

dang this is really cool and fun to look at.
Great details. Keep it up!

[Etcher]

Great update! Can't wait to see the finished version! :tu: !

[wethand]

awesome visualization of pure anger!!! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[alexleia]

great sculpt! really love the details

Alex Oliver

[Disco Stu]

Really nice endpiece!

At first you think hmm arent his legs a bit to normal
but looking at the model a bit longer they really look great.
I find it was a great design decision to just add the the spikes
on the shoulder head and arms and only very subtle on the upper leg.

Zbrush normally tends to produce too much detail and i think
you have nailed the ammount that still makes sense.
Trough only adding plates on the lower legs that move downwards
you have achieved a great feeling of gravity during the process
of becoming a lavalman.
It litteraly burst into him exploding out his head and arms in pure anger.

Heres the things i think could need tweaks.

The spikes on the head still have snakehook brush written on them.
Try to adjust them to the ones on the arms.
They have the feel of something hard the ones on the head
look like scales.. as if you could press them down.

The second thing is maybe a design choice.
The spike onfront of the base looks wrong i find.
It ends kinda round with not much supporting structure beneath it.
Also looks kinda flappy. I would definitly work on it a little.

The first base shot from above u posted before had a feeling of molten stone he stood on more.
Now its this hughe ledge. I get the point that it adds much to the dynamic.
Him standing infront of his battle ground split seconds before ge unlashes pure evil.
The only thing im thinking though is where the ledge comes from?
I see the bent t bar coming out and guessing its some manmade structure
hes has molten.
Maybe add some more indicators for it being manmade so that its easier to see.

anyways long talk heres the essence: aweeesoome :D

[- FoOD -]

jackdaniels666, abyss103, SolidSnakexxx, BARON_3D, slickytom, Etcher, wethand, alexleia
- Thx Guys really appreciated

Disco Stu - what can I say man your feed back has been great ...head is being tweaked atm
...agree a bit more TLC needed and thx for bringing up the ledge totally agree ..looks very floppy ...:lol:
will bolster it up, Glad you like the flat areas as well thought crumbled rock every where would have been over kill ...and killed me :D

The Ledge is meant to be a part of Liberty crumbled with city burning behind him .....
I also wanted to have some thing on the sculpt that was modern day ....
and the I beam fit the purpose and was nice and simple ...had some stupid ideas light post ..postbox :lol: ...went with beam

Thx for taking the time for feedback :tu:

[KrakenCMT]

Yeah, this character is just outstanding!

[Harmonic]

Wow, just fantastic! You could probably post that first image untextured as your final and have a shot at winning the prize, looks so good! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[- FoOD -]

Thx Dudes :D

Update - been tightening up model all over ...trying to sharpen spikes but man they hard to control :lol:.
...pushed to 18mil now, which I think is insane and still able to sculpt smoothly...
just avoiding undo ...can take ages to refresh......not much time left :eek:


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[SolidSnakexxx]

wow...the 18 million polygons of madness and coolness..Looking so cool :cool: :tu:

[Pluie.]

Awesome sculpting :) :tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu::tu:

[kaarthikeyan]

18 million points,wow! my machine dies in 4 million.
great sculpt,pose expression..etc.
cheers!!!



My sketchbook: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=67303

[Hamilcar]

Hahahaha wow 18million:eek:...non of my subtools are much more than 1million polys....that's it I need a new computer.

Looks great by the way:)

[Finners]

Keraaazy detailing! Looking amazing. Love it

[Disco Stu]

I feel ur pain on tweaking that.
18 mils is alot of polys to move.
So is the sculpt 1 mesh pushed to 18 mil?
I can go to about 8-10 without undo taking ages.
I guess you have 12 gigs of ram?

Anyways hit it hit it hit it !!! Nice matcap on that display btw.
I bet this one even works with the red standard crapmat :cool: :tu:

[- FoOD -]

Thx Dudes:D

Disco Stu - Thx man - Yup its 1 mesh excluding base, eyes and teeth....
was planning on keepin it at 4m but on my work pc it managed to cover the 18m ...if I had retopo I would have been able to manage getting the mesh to bout 10 ..which would have been fine.....but alls good :D

3.00GHz
8.00GB

Later

FoO

[Danny R]

Impressive sculpt.. As I understand, not many programs can handle very high poly counts, so thinking about your 18 mil. sculpt, how are you going to bring that into another 3D application? (I'm a fresh new ZBrush user ;) )

[chindian]

wow man - the detail of this is just sick. This one's definitely one of my top favorites for this competition!! Love the face and expression! Very strong!
Great work!

[Etcher]

Yep, he definitely rocks! :tu: !

[Alliecat 08]

I agree..... ROCK solid.
Love it.