3D Jam #4: Don Cheadle/War Machine - Firebert

[Firebert]

I will be sculpting out Don Cheadle as War Machine.
Below is the begnning base mesh, and the progress so far on the sculpt. The base was made in Maya. I could have sculpted this from a minimal base, but I wanted to revisit some good old poly modeling to allow for some extra control in certain areas.
I will most likely try some of the hard surface brushes for the armor, at least as a starting point for retopology.

[DarkHalo]

Wow Man I can already see the resemblance..great job..goodluck on the challenge..I hope I finish my own piece..

[groBoto]

Love the volumes & geometries... very solid, clean.

Best Wishes,
Darrel

[Firebert]

Thanks guys. Sorry I didn't post much. Maintaining multiple threads can be tough.

Attached are the final entries.





A quicktime turntable can be downloaded at the following links...

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Here is a closeup of the face

[cherub_rock]

Looking ace man! What about the shaded?

[brettSinclair]

Cool stuff. I'm not sure if his skin is a weee bit too shiny. I could be wrong. Good job on the model. Would be cool if the visor lowered down and sucked in. too show air lock or something.

[Firebert]

Thanks Brett I'm glad you like it. I agree his spec is a tad shiny. Cheadle has some oily skin imo, but I also wanted it to feel like it is somewhat hot in the armor. Tony Stark may be a genius, but I don't think he came up with an A/C unit for the suites :P

Here's some detailed images.

[Al.Tintop]

hey firebert. congrats on finishing this one. it looks really superb.
the only thing i would crit are his eyes, maybe they got a bit much transparency/reflections. but the sweaty look of the skin is great as i think it's believable that these suits aren't really cooled down.
anyway, great work.

[rad66203]

Great work! Top row! The texture/material for the armor is spot on. Did you use a mental ray shader for it?