Hell yeah! Thanks for the stars. 
I started working on the lowpoly again. Iām making proportion adjustments, (Thanks Pete) and deciding on armor elements, boot design, and what I can and can not add with normal maps only. Iām much more excited about this version than the last.
I think a kind of mix of the Bizwarrior pic I posted, and the Death Dealer, with some of my own stuff thrown in might be cool.
Anyway, back to work I go.
did a quik drawing of the hellknight i see, very crap as its a very fast drawing done in zbrush but give you an ideaā¦hope it helps in any way
[attach=24117]hellknght.jpg[/attach]
have to leave sorry i cant make it look any better see u!
wow! :eek:
Um, yeah. I have to agree with Pete on this one.
How come your ācrapā drawings are always so cool, Abe? You really have a good grasp of the dark designs Iām looking to make. Do you mind if I steal an idea or 12 from that?
Alright, things are looking up with this guy. No pic update yet, but the ideas are coming, and the lowpoly is coming along rather well.
I stole (more or less) the helemt design of your hellknight, Abe. He has different horns than your drawing, theyāre curving forward, instead of straight up. I have similar shoulder armor, but it is a bit different, the lowpoly wonāt allow for all those spikes, sadly.
I also want to add some belts and things to him, maybe some medallions on his breastplate that have belts that attatch to the shoulder armor. Thereās still a ways to go on him, but thanks to your guys, itās coming along a LOT easier. Thanks everyone.
woohoo!
and abe i have to say it againā¦ wow! :eek:
jerā¦ what about blades that follow the shoulder running from front to back instead of spikes? still might be too poly heavy (12 tris per blade, 3 blades per shoulder = 72 polys). just a thoughtā¦ spikes might look coolerā¦
tx everyoneā¦didnt expect that youād like it
using Zketchpad to draw is handy (cant be arsed to oppen photoshop or scanning proper drawing) but not very handy for detailā¦
Replica: of corse you can steal ideas from him! it was his purpose ;)ā¦also for the horns facing forward, it was a first thought but as horns facing upward were one of the obvious part of the original ingame design i tried to stick to itā¦cant wait to see your model!
Hi ReplicA. Awesome stuff, quake is still one of my all time faves! It didnāt seem obvious on the website and I guess I have to presume not - but will this run on the Mac version of Doom3? If so I would buy Doom3 just to play Quake updated 
Sav
I was looking at his horns last night, and deciding if I wanted them to stay pointing forward, and Iām still not sure. But it is a pretty minor detail, so for now, theyāll stay. I really wanna start the high-res detailing of the armor today, but I donāt wanna rush things, or I get what I had before.
Sav; Sorry, but I have no idea wheather or not the mod will work on a Mac. I can ask, though, and Iāll let you know when I find out. Oh, and thanks for the comments.
Take your own time rep:D ā¦Iām really loking forward to see your BEST work [yet] in this Knightā¦as its soo different from what youāve made sofar;)
EDIT:Forgot to add my ***** rating for you:)
BTW,abe,you are one hell of an artist
,fantastic crap I must say
ā¦a few questions : 1)Do you have a website ?Iād love to see more of your work
2) Do you use your mouseā¦or a wacom for the sketching ?
unfortunatly, i dont have any website and most of my work cant be shown for legal issues 
ā¦one of the game ive been working on is out now so ill be able to post stuffs but most of it is more maya/photoshop related ā¦dont have computer at home either so itās a bit hard to see peaple doing stuff like replica and not being able to have as much fun as he has (not that i dont enjoy what im doing at workā¦its just different
concerning the ācrapā drawing, im using a wacom a5 (fortunatly) and zbrush pluging Zketchpad as i dont have painterā¦so as i said before cant realy make them look goodā¦and you can tell :(ā¦itās just quick exemple of what ive got in mind for the monsters replica is doing and hopefully sell him some ideas
I dont want to get attention away from the main purpose of this thread and the one whoās started it here but im glad that my drawings are appreciated! drawing is not my best skill as itās been years since ive been drawing properlyā¦ 3d is so much easier
I think iāll create a thread when ill have some proper work to show as the only thing ive done apart from work stuff is a hugly vampire head i did to learn zbrushā¦took me about 2 hours and was sold to that prog
itās miles away from what im doing now but it was a startā¦here is the link of the thread
http://www.zbrush.fr/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=985
to come back on the hellknight, hope uāll post stuff soon replica (i know im impatient as hell but saw ure showreal and itās awesome work!!
Hey, Sriram, thanks for the stars. 
Sorry I havenāt been IM lately, Iāve been trying to concentrate on my work here.
Well, after a lot of editing to get the thing into ZB right, without holes, crazy distortions, and keeping the creased edges, hereās the helmet. I have not done any ZBing on it yet, but I thought it might be kinda cool just to show the helm, and see what you guys think so far.
Again, I wish I had a 10,000 poly limit on all my lowpoly stuff. That would make it much easier. 
[EDIT] Thanks for looking at my reel, Abe, Iām very glad you liked it.
exellent! i love the helmet, this is exactly what i had in mind at first before making the horns point up
I can already see all the material effect on that, scratchs, bumps etcā¦
Definitly Much batter than the first Attempt
Love it cant wait to see more !
Great! Thanks, Abe. Iāve started work on the shoulder armor, and Iām trying to get some nice details in there, things like glyphs, and details that are cool, but serve no real purpose. I still need to get the gloves, and upper legs going. Iāve got ideas for the shin guards, so I guess Iām whittling this guy down bit by bit.
I told the mod lead that I thought having a flat black texture on his face, so all you can see is his eyes, would be cool, and he had an idea of making a fiery, shimmery shader that emits from his face. I think that sounds bad ass.
Sav, I talked to the lead, and he said itās a good likelihood that there will be a Mac version. But do NOT take that as a definite yes just yet. He needs to have someone compile it for the Mac, and with everyones schedule being so crazy, it might not happen for a while, if at all. Unless I bug him about it. :evil:
Alrighty, hereās what Igot for the shoulder armor right now. The spikes are not high-res, but the rest is (kind of). Again, I want to add some details to it, so this isnāt the finished deal either. Iām trying to get a better feel for the guy, and also trying to spend a decent amount of time on each aspect of his armor so I can get everything looking as solid as I can.
Anyway, enjoy.
[](javascript:zb_insimg(ā21943ā,āHellknight_Shoulders_01.jpgā,1,0))
ataboy! love the shader idea. maybe flames off his sword tooā¦ if i had my way shaders on everything! min sys reqs: dual 2.7 g5, 8gb ram and an 800xt or betterā¦ hey maybe then you could have 10k polys! 
a mac version would rock! donāt think i can find the time but if i manage too iāll shoot you a note re compiling. probably wonāt be round this weekend. canāt wait to see where youāre at by monday. have a great one all and rock on!
Hey, thanks a lot, Pete. I also gaev him a thing on his chest, like Man-At-Arms if anyone remembers He-Man. Of course, mineās a lot different. Thatās also where I ran into some technical problems, cause some of the decorations I made for donāt exactly fit the way they should. But little bit of work, and a little time, and everything will be ok.
Iāve been getting some ideas for his gloves/gauntlets, but nothing too clear just yet. Iāll work it out. This one seems to be going a LOT easier than the other one, I think mainly due to Abeās drawing, which has been tremendously helpful.
On an off topic note, I wanted to buy my nephew an mp3 player, nothing special just a $50 player so he doesnāt have to lose his cdās at school. I ordered one from walmart.com, waited 4 days for them to process the order, and finally gave up and cancelled it. I called them, and made double sure the order was cancelled, they said āYes, the order is cancelledā. I then went to another site, placed the order, and a few days later, got the thing. Hereās where things get funny. Today, I heard a knock at my door, got up to see who it was, and the UPS guy was drving away. Hmm, whatās this? A package? For me? From walmart.com? Yes, they sent the mp3 player I ordered, and CANCELLED!! Called the credit card folks, and we havenāt been charged for itā¦ Man, if this didnāt have āfirst class screwingā written all over it, Iād say, āHey, walmart gave me an mp3 player for free!ā But, knowing walmart, theyāll probably end up charging me for it, so I guess itās gotta go backā¦
Well, thatās my off topic story for now. Just thought you might like to read another āIt came from the internetā story.
OK thanks. Keep posting the WIPS!
Sav
hey my friend !
as always you have done a great work !
the team in which I work and I are working on a project on Doom 3 editor, as you can see on my wip. And now we have the problem to export the md5anim from XSI to Doom3, because there isnāt a exporter from XSI directly to md5. have you any suggestions?
Hey drummer, maybe you could ask the guy who did this mesh importer for milkshape, might help in a workaround sort of way??:
http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/forum/showthread.php3?threadid=14989
Sav
