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Scared Silly Entry by Bill Robertson

PARENT-MAIN CHILD-ZBC Contest I: Scared Silly
#1

While recounting medical horror stories a friend told us about a night when the emergency room mistook the kidney stone he was passing for severe constipation. They gave him a giant canister of laxative and told him to put it all down that night. Long story short, he was occupied all night long, and then passed the stone the next morning.

It occurred to me that it might be a good way to protect your loved ones when the moon is full if you are a werewolf. So against my better judgment. Here is my entry.

Concept sketch…

laxiblow.jpg

Thanks for looking.

#2

First piece.

Zbrush for the porcelain parts. XSI (and it’s nice revolve tool) for the pipes et. al…

I tried to composite them in zbrush with sub tools, but it crashed when I tried to scale the subtool with the size deformer. So I put it all together in Silo.

urinal.jpg

#3

Your first piece is a real pizzer!..a lot of my subtools [built with other apps] were causing crashes because I was trying to append them before scaling with “Unify” in the deformation palette. Some of the pieces when opened and placed together in Maya needed scaling x 120, no wonder it crashed. Check your new bit in the preview window to see if it “fits”. :slight_smile:

#4

Yes. It occurred to me later that I could put both of them on the screen and attempt to size it before appending as a subtool.

#5

Nice porcelain. :slight_smile:

Sometimes appending the subtools in the Tool palette when nothing is drawn on the canvas can help with the Deformation crashes.

#6

That’s some nice modeling so far, but as far as the story goes from looking at your sketch, how did the werewolf get the laxatives?

#7

Simple, he took it before he transformed. The classic werewolf legend is that the infected always hurts the ones that he or she is closest too. So this guy is taking measures!

You know what they say, “stick with what you know.” :wink: I’ll try your tip on the subtools. I don’t mind putzing around about bit to figure this out.

Thanks for the feedback gentlemen.