WRONG WAY NELSON (WIP Updated 9-17-02)

[Mentat7]

You have already seen the head in a previous post now here is the body. This is a WIP of a character I am working on. Completely done with low-poly adaptive skinning. The cool thing with this is that the body and clothing you see are made from one ZSphere tool. Not multimarked together, not multiple skins, just one single adaptive skin. You can get a glimpse of how I did it in the ZSphere figure below. I will post the figure at a later date once I have finished with it and give a little tutorial on how to do the clothing. I have been working with adaptive skins for quite a while now...they come in so very hand for modeling just about anything. You will see some more low poly adaptive skin modeling when I finish my Invader Z picture (it is almost exclusively made frome ZSpheres and adaptive skins...armor and all). Cheers!

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1031685132xte.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1031685144cts.jpg

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1031685161ulj.jpg

[Stonecutter]

Nice one, Lonnie! :tu:
This is also becoming my chosen methdology, and I'm spending a lot of time with these Adaptive skinning experiments...The control over model attributes possible is totally amazing!

Looking forward to your progress on this!

:) :tu: :tu: :tu: :)

[robotalk]

What a great and funny look to the character--neat picture--and thanks for the view of construction :tu: :D :tu: :D :tu: :D

[KingSalami]

that is an awesome character, I look forward to the good knowledge!

[banez]

that is pretty darn cool man :cool:
i seen that dude before i have it on a cd some were's hes in a hellicoppter and its spining and that man looks just like him lol.
if i can find it ill post it.
Open GL is used to move the man and hellicoppter with the curser :tu:

[Stargo]

Great character :tu: :tu: :tu:

stargo

[Grub]

Hey, nice zany stylised character work! Can't wait to see the final work. That clothing technique looks very interesting! . ;)
:cool: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Muvlo]

Nice modeling, the clothing especially! :)

[Mik]

Cool jetpack! :D

[ed_the_atom]

You know I think it's really spot on.....but thought I tell you again.
:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

Isn't about time you showed us your human side and posted something really bad Mentat ;)

[DMerchen]

Excellent as always! I have to agree with Ed. Don't you slow down at all? Can't keep up! Oh well, I'll just admire your work instead! :p

[juandel]

too cool to be true - topnotch zsphering, Meister!

- juandel

[DM]

Zany model, nicely done. :tu: :tu: :tu:
Dave

[JOHNVQ3]

:) cool character,it reminds me of a character who played in a movie with mel gibson(cant recall)who flys a small helicopter made of junk parts :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Mentat7]

Lol John I think you are thinking of Road Warrior!

[Slosh]

Lonnie,
I hope you don't mind that I am posting a picture in this thread, but I thought it was so ironic that you made Wrong Way Nelson, with his clothing modeled with zifs. I just finished modeling a character the same way. Here is the finished character, which I will hopefully fine tune and put in a final image.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1031794733yvg.jpg

[Mentat7]

That's cool Brian! The clothing technique for Adaptive Skins is awesome isn't it? :D

[Slosh]

Yep. A little tricky, though. You really have to exaggerate with the zifs, but practice gets it right. And I could not get decent hands with low poly. Maybe some tips? I tried looking at some of the models you posted, plus some others from before (you know :) ), but I was not happy with my results. Also, facial features didn't work here. Kept making the head turn square. I wonder if I used the head as the parent sphere, then built downward?

[banez]

hey whats that Blue Thingie hang in the Front?

[Stonecutter]

EZ STOP!!! :D :D :D :D :D
The cops will be on your doorstep if they find me croaked...! First 'Cartman Cowboy Dance' then this!! :D

And Lonnie and Brian? Both you guys are raising the bar each time...Thanx for the inspiration! :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Slosh]

Why do you ask EZ? Haven't you ever seen one of those? LOL!

[banez]

oh just asking i thought he Might of used one of them Z Sphere Pumps

[Mentat7]

He does look like he is wearing tights Brian :rolleyes: :D

[banez]

looks like he may have tooken one of them
Z Agra Pills to get arroused

[Slosh]

I have to stop reading these posts at work. I'm going to get in trouble from laughing! EZ, you are a nut!

[Mentat7]

Here is a short script showing the technique for creating clothing on a figure. Note that this technique could be used to create clothing, armor, even mechanical constructs on a figure. If you use the Adaptive Skinning process you will have a greater control over the poly editing. I will post some images later showing "built on" armor using this technique.

Clothing.txt (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_file-1031842214rip.txt)

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1031842230rlv.jpg

[WingedOne]

Thanks for that tip Mentat7. This'll come in handy.

[Grub]

Nice model Slosh, thanks again for the tips Mentat :) :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Mentat7]

A small update. The mesh modeling will begin shortly and then the rest of the details will be added to the figure. A background is in the works....the background in the pic below is just a temp.

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1032047169mwg.jpg

[Stonecutter]

Cute Lonnie, and a nice update! :D :tu:

I love the implied distance you got, even with the temporary background...The contrail makes it happen for me... ;)

:cool: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[banez]

ok after 2 hours of Diging i Found this.
check it out REALY COOL :cool:
if anyone into programing this is what you can do to your Z Sphere.
Go Here ::Hellicoppter.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_file-1032050888umq.zip)
you got to take it out of the ZIP and extract it to some were's Then click the CLickME File.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Move the object with your Curser :tu:
WRONG WAY NELSON is Flying a Hellicoppter

[banez]

try it ^^^ you will like it.
Mikey did :p
here's One of the fish tool.
click the HTML File you will be asked to download a plugin
::Fish.zip (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_file-1032153400kzc.zip) you must EXSTRACT it First

[zerobio]

Thank you Mentat7 for the zscript on how to do clothing with zspheres! This is just what I needed. I haven't offered any tips, really, as I'm really just learning slowly but I'll try to keep posting at least.

I'm a big fan of your work and always read your posts thoroughly to learn all I can.

~zero