Parker's thread

[parker]

woohoo! i'm entered!

i like modeling and texturing but my drawing and concept design skills suck. so keep that in mind!

probably will do mega man. still on the fence about doing it realistic vs anime\cartoony.

i want to do something part japanese superhero and part japanese luchador but still keep it mega man like.

some inspirational images:

http://cache.consumerist.com/assets/resources/2006/08/MMPRgroup.jpg

http://video.igala.net/ep_images/300px-Kamen-Rider-Kabuto.jpg

http://www.vrtroopersonline.com/battlebegins2/troopers.jpg

http://www.actionhq.com/store/images/Ultraman_SRC.jpg

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/11/02/Justin_Thunder_Liger.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn142/A-B-0-9-monster/UltimoDragon004.jpg

LOL!

[dabu]

mighty morphin mexican mega man

mmmmm

awesome.

[spurn]

this is hilarious, mega man a luchador

[parker]

drawing\concepting isn't my thing. made this by painting over a pic of a power ranger.

[dabu]

crank out some orthos and git started. Remember, this can be low poly too if you want...

[spurn]

haha nice
i think it would be hilarious if it was more luchador, but that's just me

[parker]

been busy with school\work\projects but will get this done!

finally started the model. 2656 tris so far. still have to work on the head and arm cannon.

i'm torn between doing his face realistic or semi-anime styled.

[LMP]

good luck, you've got like a week. overall I think it looks pretty good.

[matthewparis]

Go go mega ranger Oh OH Oh oh o

[Espiownage]

Nice, looks like we're at about the same point in our models, good luck to you in finishing yours as well

[spurn]

you could get rid of some edges on that part that "connects" the two shoulder plates

[parker]

thanks for the comments guys!

finally worked on the head. decided to go realistic. it's very poly heavy now. will optimize after i do the transfer map bakes.

time permitting, i want to texture a version w\o helmet. hair is still wip. also made the body more slender.

the whole thing is under 5000 tris.

[Goldensly]

Its looking like its coming along well. Time is ticking down for both of us to finish up before the deadline. :)

[dabu]

deadline was extended til Jan 15th. NOW GIT R DUN!!!!!!

[parker]

hey, i'm back in the competition...

wip textures on 1024 map. still have to do clothing folds and a seams pass as well as fine-tune other parts.

can't wait to start texturing the head!

[r3ppr490n]

Wow this is looking great! Can't wait to see the finished textures!

[dabu]

damn Parker, way to rock it out. Not much to critique fro my end, get that head in there...

not so sure about the logo on his chest, I would make it look like a screen printed version of the 8 bit original mega man character as a design choice instead.

[spurn]

nice progress Parker this is going to be awesome when finished

his hand feels a little small in its entirety

[Espiownage]

It's coming along man, one more day left to get that head in there. I unfortunately had to drop out of the competition. Combo of the holidays, job huntings, and a couple other projects that held a bit more priority, I don't have enough time to finish my Elecman for the contest. I will finish it, but it looks like i'm gonna have to wait til the Mega Man 2 challenge to get into a competition.

I call Quickman

[parker]

thanks for the feedback guys! will apply them in the final pass. haven't done folds or clothing seams yet.

finally got the head. still have to fine-tune it & do teeth.

tri-count just over 4,000. i'm using one 1024 (body), one 256 (symmetrical face), one 512 w\ alpha (asymmetrical hair).

@david, it's too bad you had to drop out, but hope to see your model finished in the future. for the next competition, i call metal man!

[r3ppr490n]

Wow awesome! Great work for textures on the hair.

[James]

SUPER URTRA MEGAMAN FUN TIME! YOOOOOO!!!!

Haha but seriously this is awesome... great job man. You should give him a super awesome kamen rider-esque motorcycle!

[matthewparis]

Looks like the character has a bit of an overbite (Or is it underbite?)

Regardless, awesome work man, looking very good. :)

[parker]

hey, thanks guys!

i'll take a second look at the source model (based him off a Japanese actor). thanks for the observation Matt.

[parker]

finally got around to the folds and seams pass.

wanted to texture teeth so i can have him grinning but kinda' burnt out. will do it some other time for portfolio. will also rig in the future too.

character sheet coming soon...

[Shon Mitchell]

Final Reminder!!! Character sheet needs to be posted in the Final Submission Thread by the end of today in order to be eligible. Specs for final submission on in the first post.