Mahlikus: Your best to date, IMO
AMAZING!!!
Well, since in the past, I have bitched about all the ‘monster’ stuff, I would be a total hypocrite not to participate in this one… 
So…
Three portraits, done from one model, in three styles, last weekend…
And thanks for setting a more ‘challenging’ challenge, Mike. 
Hi stone
Very cool hairs (middle) & portraits
Pilou
wonderful ! portrait challenge !! sure i cannot resist on this one 
i made alexander a few days ago :
and here some steps, showing is modeling with overpainting, and well yes some crazy loopings to find design of helmet :rolleyes: 
Fantastic Kokoro!
Thanks for sharing the workflow!
Hi Kokoro
You know Alexander ? It’s a nice guy ? 
Cool modeling and painting 
Pilou
hihi, frenchy…sometimes i not know if you make joke or mean serious … if i knew alexander (the great) then i would be more than 2000 years old i tried make portrait how i imagine him, and thought what would fit to his character … …maybe i should have used reference image instead of my inconventinal procedure :rolleyes: anyway was big fun this way
another alexander the guy :>) 
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Mike, Kokoro you have outdone yourselves. Excellent modeling.
Here is my contribution to the portrait thingy. Kind of reflects my mood these days. Sorry I forgot to take screenshots as I went along so I don’t have any of the steps to show… That is the way my week has gone…
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Hi kokoro
It’s easy to see when I am serious or joking :rolleyes:
Look at the little smiley near the name of the member
In the Alexander post it was " "
So make your own deduction
pilou
Great stuff guys!!
Mike! Out of this world, dude! Pix has GOT to get the Mac version ready soon so I can catch up with you.
Kokoro! Outstanding image! The only thing that bothers me about it is the lack of a shadow on the forehead from the helmet. The “beak” part of the helmet (what’s above and between the eyes) looks like it may stick out from the head because it’s not visually centered. Now, without a shadow, it just looks plastered to the head and bent. If you add a shadow I think it may help top off and already GREAT image. I love the feathers and the expression on his face. Just top notch stuff!
I’m hoping to get a portrait done before monday! We may need an extension on this one, Mike!
Thanx,
Adam
aha frenchy
nalrac, thanks for constructive critique, is very appreciated yes i see what you mean with the shadow, and will add it, but i don´t know why zbrush has not rendered if 
anyway, good point … and btw i am on mac too, so this is z1.55b stuff…
Hi all,
Looks like we got some great entries already 
Here is my contribution WIP:
it is a portrait of “Hug-Me-Zelmo”… great person in the Zlimax galaxy… Saved all the Zeebies from the Zoobies bloody reign…
Little too affectionate if you ask me, but he is an interesting figure in the Zlwuulogo history…
I am going to slap some paint on it after lunch
think I am going to give him “Disco Pink” pants, and perhaps a fedora pimp hat 
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Great challenge! Such awesome entries. You would think that more would get involved considering how many are capable of doing such great heads. Oh well. :rolleyes:
Well here’s my contribution. It’s an African tribal man. He’s going to be in a full scene with African landscape. I may not get done by Monday. Extention, maybe?
Here he is>
I am always doing heads so I will add my latest in the challenge. The challenge for me is the dang hair Went with the Jan Michael Vincent 70’s hairdo. It was fun to do. He was composed from a 3d sphere. The ears were made from torus’s modeled. The hair I tried something different this time. I created a layer and put a copy of the head model on it and pushed the model into the z depths until it disappeared into the originally painted head. I then baked that layer and tried to do the hair as normal…ie flat material, fiber brush, a little snake hook brush this time, highlighter and shadow brush…my point for trying it this way was to have more control over where I painted on the shadows and also so I didnt have fiber hair growing out of the ears or at least showing it growing out of the ears…that much of the experiment worked. I also painted a ton of individual hairs on as well. I could spend more time on it easily and still may…but here is my entry for this challenge in it’s present state. Happy Father’s Day all.
Ron
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The last several are alot of render adjustments etc. Here is a larger view of the final. There are elements of the hair that could really be cleaned up better in psp or something I am sure.
Kinda dark but I always loved the darkside. He kinda reminded me of the boy from the first Phantasm movie.
Alrighty Then, Here’s my entry for this weeks challenge. He’s a modification of my sarge character. I was gonna enter Sarge, but I wanted to modify the model a bit and in the end he looked more like a prizefighter, so I entitle this piece, “The Contender”.
His skin is a modification of Sokar’s Skin material. I played with the color because the original was a wee too “pinky” for a tough guy’s skin. I also tweaked the specular and also the blending and bump. If you are going to use this skin, you will have to paint your model with a heavy hand to see the color through the translucency of the skin. My boxers face paintjob looks like Emmet Kelly.
I’m also including a light rig which consists of a blue light and a warmer fill. This is a modification of Sokar’s light rig to go with his skin. Not sure how a model with a “Normal” material will act with this setup.
Hope Ya like him…121 welcome…
Dickie
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Ron, very special renderZZ, I love it
Dickie, thx 4 sharing your lit/mat
wonderful entries every one
i made a second one, i love portraits … this time i tried make real person
and this time i not forgot to press the endrecord button, so here is script (z.155b) for those who like watch (is funny in full speed
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dali.zip