Full Metal Quartet - Vietnam Goblins WIP

[Ruben_Martinez]

Hi everyone.

I’m modeling four characters as part of my thesis. The project is called Full Metal Quartet, and it’s basically four goblins (Warcraft universe style) in the Vietnam war.

This is my work in progress so far. My plan is to pose them in ZBrush and texture them and render in Modo. And I need to have the four characters done by the end of May

Also, all the hair is a placeholder and the clothes folds need to be retouched.

I have worked in two characters so far:

The first character, called Dopey, is the navigator of the group. He is also the sniper, surfer and a stoner.

Any feedback will be welcome. This is a very important project for me and I’d like it to become an important piece in my portfolio.

Thanks a lot for your time,

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[Piggy]

i think it’s looking great so far, and the models should give you a pretty good portfolio

for the thin guy tho, you should take a second look at his deltoid area and maybe smooth things out a bit… the muscles are looking a bit too plunge in my opinion…

you can also give the beast character a bit more mass on his chest area… it’s looking a bit flat when the way he posed… his front view also look a bit weird especially on his hip area where it feels like it’s bending on the wrong way… did you turn on perspective in zbrush or you were using 3.1 instead of r3?

but those are just some minor problems compare to what you have right now… the project is going to look great and i am looking forward to see more updates also it would be nice if you can pose some closer up pictures on their heads, i am very interested to take a closer look on them as they would be a pretty valuable references for me ^^

[Ruben_Martinez]

Thanks for your critique,

I agree with you, I need to define less the muscles and maybe more veins and bones in key points.

I’ll work on those areas you say and post the results as soon as possible.

And those are the close up shots of their faces. I’m trying to make them as expressive as possible. I want them to explain each one of the character’s personality. Hopefully, with some more work and posing…

Any reviews will be welcome. Thanks guys!

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[Santis]

Looks great so far

[DustyDeWD]

looking cool, I can’t wait to see your progression with these guys

[Ruben_Martinez]

Hi guys, I made some of the suggested changes and I just started a third character. The third character is the mechanic of the group. He is an overweight four armed gobling…

What do you think? It’s my first time modeling a fat character, so I’m still trying to figure out the folds and fat rolls…

Reviews will be VERY welcome. Thanks a lot for your time!

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[Julian_K]

that’s some original character design. love it

[Nattawat_OBBI]

Cool character, I really like the design

[system]

¡¡¡Ese haval de la ESIIIIIIII!!! Venga que ya lo tienes enfilado, te sigo vigilando, jajajaja

That boy from the ESI!!! You really got it. I keep watching your progress. Good job Ruben

[Ruben_Martinez]

Thanks guys, I’m glad you like the designs. I’m so tired of looking at them

I guess I could also post the pencil sketches for comparison. I’ll post them as soon as I get back to my computer.

Dingdong, who are you? David?

[Ruben_Martinez]

Hi people

I’ve been working on this characters for a while. I got to pose one of them and add detail and props to the other ones.

I’ll pose all of them in the next few days, before I continue making props and more subtools. I just went though posing one character, subtool by subtool, and I think I’ll get better results if I make them already for the pose.

I hope you like it! And of course, any FEEDBACK IS VERY WELCOME.

Thanks!

DOPEY

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[SadamHu]

Love the last concept image!

[Nattawat_OBBI]

Looks great, man. Nice work!

[system]

Great!!! I like so much the surfer´s pose.

Can you show details of hands and feet?

[Ruben_Martinez]

Hi!

I’ve been all day working on posing this guy… I hope you like it!

Dingdong, I’m still working on the hands of the other character, so let me finish them and I’ll post detail pictures

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[Drunkenmaster]

Nice character designs man… really cool!

[t.i.c]

Wicked! Really progressing well. Can’t wait to see them finished.

[Moni-Poroni]

Yeah, I agree – great character designs!
And the poses are awesome. I`m looking forward to seeing the next update.

[SpiritDreamer]

Makes me hope for the reinstatement of the draft…Would give you a true perspective for your thesis I think…Or maybe a visit to the VIETNAM MEMORIAL in Washington would do the trick.
Time for a REALITY CHECK I THINK…

[Ruben_Martinez]

Thanks guys, thanks for your support! I’ll have new updates soon

SpiritDreamer, I’m not trying to capture the real Vietnam War here, I’m just trying to portray a little bit of the pop culture related to Vietnam, like movies, comics, music… My inspiration and references are Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, The A-Team… and lots of Jefferson Airplane!