DWIV - Abrvpt - Smrttogoth

[HellGrind]

Hi there,

I'm starting Dominance War IV and i'm very excited. I'm figthing in CG Talk team where i'm knowed as Abrvpt. Here are the very first sketches of my death/darkness Demon Lord.

first_sketch_smrttogoth_front.jpg
first_sketch_smrttogoth_side.jpg

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Very quick sketch, it helps me to have a good view of shapes and proportions. I'll use this to improve the concept and get a clean model sheet.

zb_rough_smrttogoth01.jpg
zb_rough_smrttogoth02.jpg

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I keep on impriving the design, will start some closeups soon.


2nd_sketch_smrttogoth.jpg

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Heads sketches.

heads_sketch_smrttogoth.jpg

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Vulture and crow head melted.

heads_sketch_smrttogoth_melted.jpg

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New body.

3rd_sketch_smrttogoth_front.jpg
3rd_sketch_smrttogoth_side.jpg

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I was very dissatisfied by the previous sketches. New stuff !

full_body_sketch.jpg
profile_sketch.jpg
new_heads_sketch.jpg

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Raw modeling, will sketch over it soon.

raw_mod_smrtoggoth01.jpg
raw_mod_smrtoggoth02.jpg
raw_mod_smrtoggoth03.jpg

[DELTATHUND3R]

now thats coming along nicely..well done :).

[HellGrind]

Thanks a lot dude ! Happy to see a comment. :)

Some more, rough paintover for armor, clothes... I won't detail it on sketches as i have what i want in mind.
More soon !

raw_mod_paintover_smrtoggoth.jpg

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Small update and torso closeup.

basesculpt_smrt_wip06.jpg
basesculpt_smrt_wip07.jpg

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Small update.

basesculpt_smrt_wip08.jpg
basesculpt_smrt_wip09.jpg

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Only few elements missing.

basesculpt_smrt_wip10.jpg

[DELTATHUND3R]

Looks great keep it up:).

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Thanks for your support Deltathunder, i really apreciate it. :)

Detailing arm and wing. I have some elements to add but i couldn't wait to head on detailing.

details_smrt_wip01.jpg

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Bloody wing is finally finished !

details_smrt_wip02.jpg
details_smrt_wip03.jpg

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Die Adler ! :p (the eagle)

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UPDATE ! The high poly is finished, the low poly is in progress, i'm kind of late but i can do it !

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smrttogoth_h_finsh03.jpg

smrttogoth_h_finsh04.jpg

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[Dman3d]

Wow man, wicked. How did you do the wings?

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Thank you dude ! =D

Haha those wings ! A bloody pain in the *ss ! :p

The structure was made with zpheres, the skin made in max the detailed in zbrush. Then i used subtool master to merge all parts in the same subtool, i made the seam disapear with clay tube brush. It was very tedious to sculpt the wings' skin near the seams because the brush was sculpting on both sides, so i had to mask one side, sculpt, mask the other, sculpt... Painfull, but i'm quite happy with it. :)

[Dman3d]

Haha, yeah was guessing there was a bit-o-tedium in that. Gl

Cheers,
-d

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Low poly screenshot with very rough diffuse map. Not sure about the colors yet. 9859 triangles for now, a few more with smoke effect on some parts.

low-poly_smrtoggoth01.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140027','low-poly_smrtoggoth01.jpg',1,0))

low-poly_smrtoggoth02.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140028','low-poly_smrtoggoth02.jpg',1,0))

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Another color test, i'm quite confortable with it and as times runs very short, i'll head on this.

low-poly_smrtoggoth03.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:zb_insimg('140030','low-poly_smrtoggoth03.jpg',1,0))

More soon !

[Sugartooth]

That thing rocks!
I love the multiple vulture heads, and the wings are awesome, cant wait to see this finished.

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Thank you man ! I'll have to finish it quick, the deadline is monday midnight....

Some render test to check if the normals are correct. Need to fix a few areas, but i'll think i'll move on color and spec before, as the deadline is very close.

render_test_smrtoggoth01.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140287','render_test_smrtoggoth01.jpg',1,0)) render_test_smrtoggoth02.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140288','render_test_smrtoggoth02.jpg',1,0))

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Less than 24h to finish...

The body gets decent although looking a bit like plastic, but no time to do better... Some normals behaves weird also, but again, time is too short. I have to do some changes on the heads textures, metal parts, then create a proper spec map, i used the global spec level on those pics.

render_test_smrtoggoth03.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140412','render_test_smrtoggoth03.jpg',1,0)) render_test_smrtoggoth04.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140413','render_test_smrtoggoth04.jpg',1,0))

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[scottleroc]

HellGrind - good luck. I think that is the most original creature I have ever seen. :D

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Thanks Scott !

Almost done for textures and render, i'm not very happy with it but i think it's quite decent. Now, rigging/ posing ! Hope i'll have time to rework textures a little bit.

render_test_smrtoggoth07.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140435','render_test_smrtoggoth07.jpg',1,0))
render_test_smrtoggoth08.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140436','render_test_smrtoggoth08.jpg',1,0))
render_test_smrtoggoth09.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140438','render_test_smrtoggoth09.jpg',1,0))

[slocik]

NEEDS MORE COLORS !!!
Add pink purple, green, blue, im not kidding, go crazy, its a nice sculpt, but the texture need to really stand out, check out other entries ;]

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Hey Slocik ! Thanks for the tip, i hope i'll have time to work the textures more, i started this step too late... I'll do my best to improve the colors, thanks a lor for the comment. ;)

(looks like i get more comments here than on CG Talk...)


Basic skeleton with boxes and bones.

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smrtoggoth_beauty.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140561','smrtoggoth_beauty.jpg',1,0))

smrtoggoth_presentation.jpg (javascript:zb_insimg('140562','smrtoggoth_presentation.jpg',1,0))

[DELTATHUND3R]

Those wings are nutz..Great concept.Congrats on finishing...

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Thank you Delta :) Should be better i used my time better. But this is how you learn, for next contests i'll wont spent all my time on sculpting. :)