Action Hero- PsychotiK

[mantegra]

Created by: Ben Davis

Villain Name: Psychotik
Real name: Diesel Raine
Other Aliases: Knuckles, Diesel, Tank
Powers:
-Super Strength
-Endurance
-High pain threshold
-Ability to draw power from electrical machines
-Uses petrol or electricity to make himself stronger or regenerate faster
-Accelerated healing
-Body part substitution

Backstory: A super secret government project allowed experimentation on convicts. These criminals were the worst offending in history. The governments aim was to erase the memory of these felons and turn them into killing machines for the battlefield. They thought they could control the felons rage and killing ability and harness it for war. They were wrong. One of the most notorious serial killers in the country was the first and last to be experimented on. His right arm was amputated to allow for a robotic crushing arm equipped with the up-to-date laser rifle technology. His other bodyparts were cut off then sewn back together to make them more enhanced. One night during an important surgical procedure to re-wire his brain their was a lightning storm which caused the equipment sustaining Diesels augmentated body to come alive. He awoke like Frankensteins monster in a fit of rage and killed all the medical staff and escaped from the maximum security facility into a desolate junkyard. He suffers from amnesia but everyday recounters bits of information about who he was. He vows to seek revenge on the people who made him into the monster he is today.

[JUPITER]

This is cool i like the concept.That's a good sketch 2..welcome and have fun

[SolidSnakexxx]

This entry is very interesting for it will need the combination of great ZBrush sculpt and Hard surface fun. So will he be a super villain or Super hero as his memory's starting to come back in pieces and know he's actually a killer?

[sendhilv]

Great man..... Nice sketch and concept.... Just make sure the character has been balanced, May be I'm wrong...

Cause the right arm has heavy weight ....

[Codeman]

I like your drawing, but the name is really throwing me. I expected some kind of hippie.

[KrakenCMT]

Awesome character design! The initial pose is very strong as well.

[gang]

nice concept design man .really strong charater

[Harmonic]

Fantastic sketch, great character, should be really fun to model. But I don't really get the name ether?

[mantegra]

I appreciate everyone's fast replies.

SolidSnakexxx: I guess he kind of would be an anti-hero like Venom. However, before he was transformed into this current monstrosity he was a notorious serial killer so I guess karma has come back to haunt him now. But I would still classify him as a villain. I will also try to build everything in zbrush and make his mechanical arm more organic like. I have never used zspheres before but this is a good opportunity to try it out. However, I will probably have to resort to building some hard surface stuff in an external 3d package. But we'll see how it goes.

sendhilv: The right arm is larger however, most of the right side of his body will be comprised of hydraulics and stuff like that to allow him to lift his arm. It supposed to look top heavy, sort of like Hellboy's arm. But I do agree that it will be tricky to get the pose right in order to make it look convincing.

Codeman, Harmonic: As for the name, I kinda see what you mean, but I always had the idea of a punk-like looking character with fuel exhausts in place of a mohawk and for some reason I thought pothead would be a cool name. Don't ask me why, I must have been drunk. Can always change it later I guess.

[jp_smith]

Really cool concept, I'm looking forward to seeing this one fleshed out!

[Lucky_1]

Awesome sketch/pose Ben.

Keep it up !

[canndis]

Interesting Character

[ISK-86]

Wow... one of the best arts I´ve seen till now...

[dustbin1_uk]

Woah! that's one scary dude!!!

[mantegra]

Ok, finally I update. It's easier for me to explain with pictures of what I have done so far so I will keep the text short. First time I have used zpsheres and it is rather difficult, took me 2 days to learn properly. I got my base mesh down and then sculpted it to the desired shape but wasn't happy with the topology. I tried retopoligising in zbrush however I feel it was taking me too long so I took the base mesh into max and modified it to what you see below.


Because a lot of the stuff on this guy is inorganic and hard surface I decided the only real way to do this was in max. Zbrush is good for organic stuff but not so good for hard-surface stuff. So far I have done a blockout of his cybernetic arm.


Close-up


And boot


I haven't sculpted many folds on his pants as of yet because the folds will look different in his actual pose so I will only do that after I pose him. I will also add the extra stuff like the kneepad, gloves, bracelet, etc once he is in his final pose. I am going to see if I can sculpt some inorganic stuff like under his arm and ribcage and use it as a base for the pipes and stuff that will sit on top. I also thought that the name Pot-Head didn't really suit this character since he is a killer so changed it to PsychotiK. I think that suits him more. Oh, and happy new year!