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snap · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 1:35 am

Hey guys! This is pretty much the final revision of this guy before I move on to animating him, any feedback would be great.
Thanks!

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Xcal · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 3:45 am

Wow, that's a kickass model. Great surfacing. If I could criticize one thing, I think the tip of the sword hilt is a little too yellow, like plastic. just my opinion. Great face tho.

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Ko · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 4:03 am

Hi snap

That's one hell of a nice Maya character!
Did you do it at some company, or are you just one rich dude, who can afford Maya?
Is the clothing done with Maya Cloth?
The texturing on the clothes is awesome!

And finally.. how long it take you to make him, as he stands in his current state?

Ko

Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

Yeah, thats pretty awesome. Just a few suggestions though. I agree with Xcal on the hilt. I would change it to a darker color like brown or a dark red. The symbol on the chest is it supposed to be a patch? It doesn't really blend with the armor. Also, his neck seems a little skinny up top. But its still awesome.. I know I can't make a pic like that.

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Affected · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 5:40 am

Yeah, all that they said, and I'd suggest fixing up the texturing on the face a litle... The heavy wrinkles and skintone make him seem a little unrealistic. Try varying the tone of the skin a little.

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kos.mandis · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 10:07 am

Great model, I think there is something wrong on the neck...

zeebit · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 10:15 am

that is pretty fly. Is it patched withed nurbs or did you use blends, or perhaps polygons?
I like the hand in the foreground, very seemless, but the fingertips seem a little pink.
groove
-pete

optic · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 11:47 am

Not for being a spoilsport or anything such. The char. looks incredibly great. I suppose its some sort of samurai/ronin type character. And if that be the case, i would just like to point out that they wore their swords 'the other way around' ... i.e. the curve of the sheathing pointing upwards. The samurai always drew their swords with the sharp edge up...

-optic

ScoobyDoo · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 1:25 pm

I agree with almost all of whats been said so far, and would also like to say that I think the width of the bridge of the nose is too uniform.

Other than that...looks awesome.

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snap · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2000 5:50 pm

Thanks for all of your comments, it's exactly what I'm looking for. Nice catch on the katana optic, it has been fixed. His nose looks a little off because in this pic I'm using his squinted eyes/flared nose blend shape (morph target) I'll tweak it out some more and narrow the top a bit. The neck is catching shadows from the hair and a bit from the chin which makes it stand out to much. Hopefully I can soften the shadows and tweak the lights, maybe shadow maps instead of raytraced. I also removed some wrinkles from the face texture and darkend the kashira (katana's end cap) The entire model with the exception of the hair is polygons. Not a big fan of NURBS. I only use them when polys won't cut it. Thanks guys!

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Snap
modeler/animator
www.LUCIDesignz.com
www.LUCIDesignz.com