Updating with a piece I’ve been fiddling with recently.
A redesign on tmnt. I’m going for a gritty mirage-look mixed up with some “realism” if you could say so. I want him(whomever I’m doing of the quartet) to look teenage, a bit scrawny, but muscular enough to put up a fight. In the comics, if I recall correctly they’re said to be about 130 cm tall (correct me if I’m wrong) so that’s also a base ingredient.
I’m taking some liberties concerning their trademarks like weapons etc. Thinking of making one an archer and looking for tips on other effective traditional japanese weapons. Probably not going to do all of them anyway, but they should all wear read bandanas or perhaps masks. It’s just that masks seems ridoncolous considering they are meant to be a disguise(In normal cases). You can clearly see it’s a huge anamorphic turtle beneath! However I still think it looks pretty cool and gives a mystique to the character and breaks up the face. However, since I heard they’re based on the red eared slider, perhaps that red color could be enough.
We’ll see. Furthermore, in case I would do more, they are going to look slightly different(Raphael is going to be the most buffed up and Michelangelo the tiniest(think of the 2007 CG-versions) and have different skincolors with personal weapons and gears to be able to easily tell them apart. So for now we can just agree on that I’m doing Donatello as he was always my fav cause of his tech mind
I havent decided regarding their outfits. Should they just wear belts and straps like before or wear clothes of some sort? I’m totally up for suggestions. Lastly, I’m stepping away from the 3 finger, 2 toes concept in an effort to make them more humanlike.
Inspirations
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16029672/Toddlers_Don_Mike.gif
My Zbrush sculpt
Thanks for watching and hope you like it! if not, tell my why