A new portfolio piece- Green Goblin Mag Cover

[Nikko]

I recently did another portfolio piece and posted it on Renderosity, and it's doing pretty well on the rankings, for what that's worth. It's a vinyl model I built several years ago, the first model kit I built in 20 years or so, and I took a picture of it with my digital camera, did some editing with Photoshop, and made a fake magazine cover with it.

Nikko's Green Goblin

I have a GREAT deal of respect for all the contributors to this forum, so any constructive criticism would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you, fellow Z-brothers and Z-sisters.

[Digits]

Now that is what I call real 3D! I don't have any constructive to say except WoW you modeled The Green Goblin with your bare hands???? No Sphere3D, no masking? no UNDO!

All I can say is Fine damn job!

[Kruzr]

Hi Nikko . . .

Geeezzzz! That's one very impressive image.

"constructive criticism", You've got to be kidding? I don't think there's anything that you could add to make that image more appealing or complete. In my honest opinion, I think it's a very complete & perfect image.

Excuse my ignorance, but what's a "vinyl model"???

Could you do the same quality modeling in ZBrush? I don't think I've ever seen anything quite that detailed & sharp from ZBrush?

I'll check back later to see your definition on a "Vinyl Model". Have a good one . . . Mark.

[Kathy]

Cool work Danny. You obviously know Photoshop!

Hey Kruzr It's a Photoshop exercise only. If otherwise, I'd be at Danny's frontdoor demanding information.

I built all the vinyl models of the monsters in my day... (Frankenstein, Dracula, etc)

[Nikko]

Sorry I took so long to respond.

Digits, Kruzr, and Kathy, I thank you greatly for the compliments.

Kruzr, a vinyl model is just that, a pre-formed, multi-piece model made from a vinyl material. There is always a bunch of flash on the pieces, so they have to be heated up a little and trimmed, then glued together, primed, and then painted with whatever one chooses to use. I like Liquitex acrylic paints, they are easy to thin and combine to make any color I need. They also adapt well to different techniques, such as airbrushing, dry-brushing, and color washes. Then everything has to be clear-coated to keep the paint from chipping off.

Vinyl models are able to retain a pretty decent amount of detail and are easily modified to make whatever you want from them, though, since this was my first one, I didn't change anything on it except for the paint scheme for the Green Goblin, and a little creative engineering on his flying vehicle to make it retain its shape, as well as support his weight and hold him semi-vertical(think coat-hanger support). I made his outfit a little darker than what it's always been depicted in the comic books because I thought it made him appear more sinister.

I have a bunch more vinyl, plastic, and mostly resin model kits that will probably never be completed, because I would rather just sculpt my own now from scratch, instead of re-working other artists' work, that is, when I have the time to do physical artwork. Too busy trying to find work lately. I'll post one of mine sometime soon.

Thnks again, Gang!