Mini Challenge #6 - Mini Moo Fighters

[blankslatejoe]

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/extras/mini/6.jpg

Theme:
Mini Moo Fighters - DS/PSP Spec Animal Fighters

Brief:
Imagine a farmhouse wrestling ring, pigs versus chickens. Or a backwood's deathmatch cage, the squirrel style versus fox form. Or better yet, imagine a mother nature sponsored, street-fighter esque, no-holds barred Battle Royale.
Dogs versus cats versus turtles versus elephants versus panda versus monkey. Pick your animal. Choose your weapons (if any). And deck your critter out for the ultimate showdown. May the best Mini Moo Fighter win!

This is another back-to-the-basics low spec DS/PSP style comp. It's going to be a quick comp, but the specs are low enough that time shouldn't be an issue for anyone. 650 Triangles, and a 256 diffuse texture. Alpha and Self-Illumination (fullbright/glow maps) are allowed, but normal/bump/spec are not. This is not a next gen competition, this is a get-yer-keister-painting competition.

For concept art, we are looking for the same, but in 2d . As always, Backgrounds are optional. Pedestals are optional. Texturing/coloring is optional. Basically... everything is optional. This challenge is here for those desiring to practice their art and receive friendly advice from fellow artisans. So as mentioned in mini comp #1-5, keep it easy, keep it quick, and keep it real. Good Luck!


Please do not make a new thread for your entry. Keep all w.i.p shots in this specific thread.

The Specs:
- 650 triangles maximum
- 1x256 diffuse
- Optional bonus maps: 1x256 alpha/transparency, 1x256 fullbright/selfillum/glow


Final Submission:
You can submit your finals here:
http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/mini/character.html



Prizes:
1st place:
- 1 book from Amazon.com (up to $30 value)
- 1 new forum and gallery award icon for mini challenges
- 1 point towards raising your overal game, elite, and/or master rating
on gameartisans

2nd place:
- 1 book from Amazon.com (up to $20 value)
- 1 new forum and gallery award icon for mini challenges
- 1/2 point towards raising your overal game, elite, and/or master
rating on gameartisans

3rd place:
- 1 new forum and gallery award icon for mini challenges


Public Voting:
All Winners are chosen through a public voting system. Only GA.org
members may vote.


Deadline:
Nov 18th 11:59 p.m Eastern Time

[pimpleberry]

Are opacity maps allowed? A rooster would be easier to make within our polygon budget if I could use opacity maps for the feathers. Cock-a-doodle-deadly.

[Hito]

mini-moo = baby animals?

[vied]

yup.. what does mini moo stands for ?
is it like austin power mini me perhaps ? :inocent:

[blankslatejoe]

doesn't need to be baby, just animal fighters. 'mini' refers to DS style specs.
Personally, I'm going with a small animal just because it's fun, but it's not a requirement.

I have no idea where the 'mini moo' name came from--it just sprang up as a phrase in the next comp thread and seemed to really stick with people!

and pictures of baby animals are cute. so that's why I put them all over the brief.

[blankslatejoe]

Are opacity maps allowed? A rooster would be easier to make within our polygon budget if I could use opacity maps for the feathers. Cock-a-doodle-deadly.

alpha maps = opacity maps.

yep, they're allowed. So is glow. The 'higher spec' maps are not allowed though (specularity, bump, normal, environment/reflections, etc)

[ryuju]

This is great I'm in, can't wait to see what other people pick... i got dibs on gazelle!

[dudidam]

does it have to be cute or scary?
can we make the chibby one?

i definitely exciting with this one! but i haven't got a clear picture yet... :D

[blankslatejoe]

it doesnt have to be cute or scary. It can certainly be chibi if you want.

basically the theme is 'make an animal fighter', so long as you've got that, you should be good!

-joe

[Inpw]

Can it use firearms. Bear with chaingun, fox with flamethrower etc. ?

[andrei313]

Sweet comp :) I just can't resist. I'm going with a hipo wrestler :D

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1737/hippo3kc8.jpg

[Saker]

i made a quick concept art thingy for ma next entry
http://xs221.xs.to/xs221/07451/samoo.gif
i know .,>< ... i've drawen it on a notebook paper "because i draw it in da school" hehehe (+_+)..

[Ged]

Cool! The kung-fu hamster is mine! might do some concepts then model if Ive got time.

[-JL-]

Just a quick question... are insects fine? I'm sure they are... just wanted to make sure. :)

Because I'm thinking "MushiBushi" :p

[blankslatejoe]

guns are fine, and insects are fine.

I was thinking about going a gun route too--with a Guerrilla/rambo style froggie. Now I'm thinking sumo rat.

[poopinmymouth]

guns are fine, and insects are fine.

I was thinking about going a gun route too--with a Guerrilla/rambo style froggie. Now I'm thinking sumo rat.

BoBo living vicariously through you Joe? Just don't make him have a pot belly.

http://www.mr-chompers.com/images/poop.gif (http://www.poopinmymouth.com)

[TryForce]

Im joining with alike idea of my Godlike animal idea :D yus!

[HntrLuc]

Sounds fun! I'm in. Gonna do a red panda knight. Here's the model 650 tris on the mark.

Gonna be interesting getting everything on a 256, should be fun though :P

http://huntermortenson.com/mini/pandaknight.jpg

[Sordid23]

basically the theme is 'make an animal fighter', so long as you've got that, you should be good!


Does that mean Just a animal( maybe a bit agressive) will do or does it need human features?

[blankslatejoe]

It doesnt need to have 'human features'..you could do just a plain aggressive animal if you wanted. There's nothing wrong with that so long as it looks like it could hold its own!

The fighter criteria opens it up though for all the people who have ever wanted to see a monkey in a judo gii, or a pug dog in shining armor, or fish-in-a-tank with miniguns strapped to the glass.

Actually, that last one's a pretty cool idea..

[TryForce]

I'm In!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/TryForceX/pando.jpg

Goddie Hunter :D!!!!

[andrei313]

Some interesting ideas around here. That red panda is sweet.
Here is my little hipo :)
Tried some different things... I'm almost happy with this one. I feel that something is missing and I'm not sure what. I'm giving myself the entire week to work on the model so I should be happy with it when it's done :D

[ryuju]

i made a concept up, Im going for a street fighter gazelle
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o214/ndk5027/concept1b.jpg

[Ramseus]

This'll be a fun one to watch. Oh why do these have to be so hard to resist... I'll see if I can get something done over the weekend.

[Vikkie]

did a few sketches, I think I'll go with the turtle.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7488/sketch1vm2.jpg

[Japhir]

oh great i'm gonna enter with a tarsier :D He's gonna wear maybe a spear and some beads as necklace etc. :D
http://www.primates.com/tarsier-picture.jpg

[TryForce]

Hahah, to much fun :D

642 polys, gonna use some for the fur effect if it works out:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/TryForceX/wip-13.jpg

[blankslatejoe]

ramseus- Do it, enter!

vikkie- I agree, the biker turtle would definitely be the most interesting. Good idea
andrei - cute, he's got a nice style to him already

ryuju - cool--i like the irony of having the cheetah furs on him. I'm not too sure I'm sold on the hoof hands though..they look like they would be a little weird...but I'm not sure anything I could suggest would work better..


tryforce - awesome! you're cruising a long quick!

japhir - what you're describing sounds a little like mop's tarsier: http://www.ldaustinart.com/paul/index.php?page=3dart&id=tarsier
It might be worth looking at for reference on how to handle the fur and such. Goodluck!




I'll try and get some sort of model up for my sumo-rat tonight!

[ShadyD]

Woah that was fast.
"Mini-moo" just popped up in my chaotic mind =)..

Great W.I.Ps so far!
This ought to be very fun! :)

Hehe how ironic, I came up with the challange but have no idea what to create =/..
Good luck to all who are entering! :)

[dfacto]

I'm calling dibs on sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads.

[ShadyD]

Lol, dfacto..
Have you been watching allot of movies when you were a kid and been rooting for the bad guys?
That halloween model looks like that comic/game character, while the sharks are from austin powers right? :)

[Vikkie]

I started to model my badass turtle.

here's about an hour into it:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2194/turtlebase1bk4.jpg

[Vikkie]

15 minutes more, in a different direction. now it's a single mesh.
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7593/turtlebase2tc1.jpg

note to self: feet needs more definiton from the front, the face also needs more definition, clean the polys in the arms.

TryForce, you are fast! and the model looks pretty awesome :)

[Darksun]

aw snap this sounds awesome! count me in!

[Japhir]

oh damn i forgot about Mop's tarsier model... i guess i'll think of another animal then, don't want to make something so inorginal. :S

[Darksun]

Old image I did. Gonna start with this basic idea. Might do a wolf since a friend of mine is writing a story with a Samurai Wolf:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/darksungames/MY%20Art/chimp-samurai.jpg

[XenoZiden]

Teenage mutant ninja pandas, Teenage mutant ninja pandas! Teenage mutant ninja pandas!! Mauling everybody....

Yeah, I'm gonna try and do a Ninja Panda( despite the fact that it makes no since since Pandas are Chinese and Ninjas are Japanese, but who cares about reason when you have an Awesome Theme song o.0)

[Vikkie]

I think I'm done with the model. here's what it looks like right now, also one smoothshaded screengrab.

I'm still not sure about the boots and the face tho...Comments and Critiques are welcome :)

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5369/turtlebase3op4.jpg

[TryForce]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/TryForceX/wip-16.jpg

[ShadyD]

That's nice Vikkie. Can't sopt a face though =/
Nice that you used up the full 650 :P

[ShadyD]

Damn TF!
Spare some free time sir?
Will work for free time.. Wait.. That's contradicting.. =/
That looks promising TF! Can't wait to wipe that smirk of his face with my bull =)!

[Vikkie]

hehe thanks :) I thought I'd paint the face in with textures, even tho it's just eyes and a tiny mouth, I'll have to do something with the face :/

[blankslatejoe]

you guys are madmen!

[Inpw]

My quick scetch.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2011/scetch1dd2.jpg

Unfortunatly my artist skills quite poor, however - it is gunslinger wolf :)
I think to make it in deformed style, but I already done 3 deformed models!

[tacit math]

can't resist a little lo poly fun. godzilla fanboy bear. 'bout 480 tri's optimized i reckon :

http://orderindebris.exorsus.net/images/bear_spins.gif

[MattiaNelli]

I think I'll enter the 3d comp this time!
I'm thinking about a Samurai Cat or the mighty Karate Pig, not decided yet.

[free-willy]

some good progress already for this comp,nice start on the texturing TryForce

[TryForce]

hehe thankies!
I would spare free time, i just whore them for not learning for exams hehe ;P got 2morow a Biologie exam, and didnt learned at all, whatever ;D

Btw. My Panda Pwns all with the Bamboo hit!!! ;Q

So now im halfassed finished i guess,
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/TryForceX/wip-18.jpg

Im just noticing i'm abit to fast.

[ShadyD]

El Macho Disagrees
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5184/elmachofc3.jpg

Might wanna shorten him a bit TF, he looks tall

[renaisandi]

I've just made the concept :p catamura-san, a fighter from fujiwara families :D

[blankslatejoe]

renaisandi - great concept! I love it!

shady d - i like the idea a lot, but he seems a bit 'rigid' right now--maybe you could hunch over his head/neck a little and give him a bit more of a brute's trapezius to REALLY push that bull-ness.

tryforce - i agree with shady, it's a bit tall. I love the paintwork so far though--can we get a close up of the face?

mattia--karate pig!! :)

tacit - that's hilarious, I love it!

inpw - I like it- I hope you keep the topheavy proportions/big-thick-mane in the model Who cares if youve done three deformed models so far--if that's the style you like, go for it!

BoBo living vicariously through you Joe? Just don't make him have a pot belly.


Hah! Here's what I've got so far--It's not a sumo rat-- it's a sumo naked mole rat. Or at least it will be, once I paint him. First I got to optimize the uglybits and shave about 80 polies.

http://www.30lives.com/wips/sketchbook/11_05_07a.jpg

[elbaz]

Hey,

Here's a Humanoid Cat Chainsaw weilding Warrior thing. Exactly 650 tris :P

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9236/minimoocatwarrioria6.png

El.

[kremrhi]

MattiaNelli- I really like your concept, your stroke is powerful.

blankslatejoe- Nice Rat, the shape is quite good

ShadyD- Your bull look nice, but I think you need to work more on the legs, look like a frog

[simple_minded]

Hey Guys, Great stuff everyone! I'm gonna jump in on this one, I did a
quick sketch on the table at dinner and came home and did a final version. Heres what I cam up with.....


http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8850/porkchopresizeur3.jpg


I wanted todo a pig, that was my first thought. Second, was like a early prize fighter/ toughman contest fighter..... Dudley from street fighter and Butterbean came to mind.......

2d isn't really my thing, but I gotta start somewhere..... I'd like hear any and all thoughts, thanks guys!

!BAMF!

[BiG ToE]

simple_minded: run with it. But as you model it, you could always play with the spacing of the legs. Thinking closer together might give it a bowling pin feel, which could be cool seeing as he is a boxer just waitng to get punk drunk and fall over.

[simple_minded]

An Update, Theres a few polys to chop out, put that pretty much it for the modeling stage.... Check it out!

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/8714/porkchopwiphh5.jpg

!BAMF!

[kirilot]

Man!! so much progress! great response on this, awsomeness all around theres not one i can put my finger on its all cool, and everyones allready modeling....im still mullin over ideas...
http://kirilot.com/os/csmm.gif
probably go with the mongoose, once i beef him up from looking so weazelish atm, let me know what you guys think

[damagecontrol]

yo kiril!

man, I can't decide but I like your heavy metal cock (boy, that does NOT sound right) and your weazel for sure!

[Inpw]

kirilot Very stylish concept. I'm like everyone :)

[ShadyD]

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/3383/elmachozi9.jpg
Hunched him up, changed the legs slightly.
Man so much great work in this thread already! This is exciting!
reisandi, haha he looks cool! Maybe a sword or something to finish it? Or Claws?

blankslatejoe, Thanks and Woah That looks so awesome! :) Great job, no crits from my side so far!

elbaz, Haha nice one! Give him some cool attributes though, or are you going to texture some?

kremhri, I tried to change it a bit, I hope this is what you ment?

Simple_Minded, Haha that looks awesome man!

[Deto]

Oo, I've gotta take part in this :D Squirrel... I'm thinking of squirrels

[makoa]

nice work everybody! haha, sumo naked mole rat! what??? awesome, that's what.

nice modeling tacit, you've always had a great sense of proportion.

great work all around though, you guys make me wanna jump in

[HntrLuc]

A TON of awesome stuff going on in this thread!

That rat is looking awesome joe!

Already done tryforce?! Any chance of getting a bigger image?

Here's where I'm at. Got the mini-rig done and a bit of textures started.

http://huntermortenson.com/mini/Untitled-6.jpg

[vied]

that is cute HntrLuc!

[Saker]

wow ^^... *_*..
i've started my modelin stage && >>500 tri
http://xs221.xs.to/xs221/07452/samii.JPG

[Vikkie]

HntrLuc - That's awesome, the pose looks great too.

simple_minded - Great model, I love the thumbs, lower lip and the ears. It kinda looks like a dog too, but I think the textures will solve that.

blankslatejoe - mwahahaha! Hilarious :D

kirilot - Heavy metal cock! Just the other day I sketched a reven with a blade for a beak, but mine looked horrible so I tossed it away :) Great sketches :D

ShadyD - Is that plane a nipple ring? :D



I think I'm calling it done.
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9774/turtlebase4zs6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[miezis]

HntrLuc, thats so cute! he really looks like he has fur on him.
Vikkie, i can't tell what it is :), textures would explain a whole lot!

[typhus22]

holy crap hntrc that little guy is cute! well heres my concept, hopefully i can get the low poly down today. cya!

http://lauch3d.com/Croc.jpg

[Japhir]

everyone is doing a great job! huntrluc that's an amazing texture already!
so i decided to pick a gecko as my creature, give him a spear and maybe some nice tattoos/warpaint and i'm done :D
i could imagine him entirely in my head, but when i wanted to paint him in photoshop my pentablet didn't want to draw, so i had to do it with my mouse... damn... i'll probably draw something in real life and then scan it or something 'cause this sucks.
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3456/geckoym5.jpg

[Deto]

Japhir, that roks :D Haha :D

Reminds me of fallout geckos, just with spear, hmm :)

[andrei313]

I was under the impression we had 3 weeks for this one :s so I guess I'll finish the model soon because I'm not sure how long it will take me to texture :paper:
I'm happy with it but if you guys have any crits I'm listening :D
Thanks

[Deto]

andrei313 : Very solid model you've got there! Nice flow and form, good! Though one crit... He has only one leg ;)

[sage]

Well I hope to have time to finish this challenge, looks very fun. Inspired by my girlfriend's huge cat. George the Grey.

George ref

http://apsentertainment.com/previews/c_sheet.jpg

Concept

http://apsentertainment.com/previews/george.jpg

Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Alex

[andrei313]

andrei313 : Very solid model you've got there! Nice flow and form, good! Though one crit... He has only one leg ;)
Haha, thanks. I wanted to make the legs really short and small (exagerated) so I didn't see a reason to put any space between then (also saves polys). I even considered finishing the legs in one vertex but it looks to sharp and I think this is better. You'll see 2 legs when the texture will be done.
That is also the pose he will be into for the final presentation (maybe I'll add a slight head turn and the arms a little bent). He'll seat in the corner of a rig with the arms over the... not sure what they are called... the ropes. I think I'll model that next to get a better idea of where I'm heading with the style.

sage, it's nice. I'd go with a bigger head though. I also think that the body is scary but the face is cute and friendly so this is a little confusing too.

[Darksun]

I just wanted to clarify something; are we allowed 3 maps? diffuse, alpha/transparency & fullbright/selfillum/glow?

[Japhir]

I tried again and now my pen tablet did work... sort of :p
so update (also in concept forum so that's why it's just a link)
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3559/geckonb1.jpg

[TryForce]

japhir, this looks awesome!

My last update, i call it done:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/TryForceX/wipshot.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/TryForceX/wipshot2.jpg


DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMIIT! I forgot to apply the alpha map on the first pics! DAMMIT!

[zabuza2k]

haha thats so cute^^ everbody was kung fu fighting ;P^^ nice work tryforce

[zabuza2k]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s319/erhano66/models/dragonbabay.jpg

yeah i know its noobie like ^^ +wip

[zabuza2k]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s319/erhano66/models/dragom-1.jpg

+update -_- i have now a problem i can not uvmapping ;P XD

[BiG ToE]

why not, whats wrong.

[zabuza2k]

hihi big toe u know my english is bad and i can not understand a psd tut good t_t

[BiG ToE]

just unwrap it the same way you did your naruto model.

[zabuza2k]

^^hehe bigtoe i have never unwrap a model in my live XD hihi^^

[BiG ToE]

ohhh, I thought you did a model for the naruto comp. My fault.

For this comp you only need to unwrap have the model, so the first question would be, what program are you using?

[zabuza2k]

no problem big toe
i use 3dsmax

[BiG ToE]

good to hear, it will be easy to unwrap with max.

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm

look for: Low Poly Character Series: UV Layout One

[Japhir]

damn i didn't think of extinct animals... otherwise i might have chosen a dodo :D
love your model zabuza 2k! good luck with unwrapping!

[zabuza2k]

wow thanks japhir^^

yeah a guy like my work ;P^^

[free-willy]

wow,theres some awesome models in this thread,making me want to do a 3d model but for this comp im gonna go the 2d route:p

TryForce :looking good but you could still push the fur alot more,even at that map size.

[Beartastic]

Wow really amazing stuff in this comp!

kirilot: I love the swashbuckler (rat? ferret?) but I love all of them really :)

Joe: So much character, that guy's gonna rock.

Here's a quick concept, gone for the king of fighters heh.

[-JL-]

Here's what I have so far, which isnt much yet :)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa271/zanuah/MC6_MushiBushi_wip01.jpg

Basically a Goliath Beetle/Samurai/Yakuza creature... he should have some pretty swanky japanese style "sleave" tattoos on his arms. :p

But yeah Im hoping I can make it work with the 650 tris.

[MasteroftheFork]

Hello guys. I've been lurkin in these forums mostly cause I don't have too much time on my hands but this little challenge sounds like a lot of fun so I had to join!

Heres my concept: Rhiyu

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/MasteroftheFork/Rhiyu.jpg

[kessler]

SHOTGUN ANTEATER!... :thumb: I drew a pic but I cant post it... RAAAR... but its an ant eater. ok home time. YAY

[blankslatejoe]

wow..you guys have sure been busy!

kiril - plleease go with the heavy metal cock..tyats awesome! I love the bayonette

hntrluc - nice painting!

vikkie - mesh looks good--im looking forward to textures!

typhus - rad, i love the 'heavy' look to him

andrei - im not sure the one leg thing will work...I think you might want two so that the character can walk, theoretically, if put into a game..how will it move right now otherwise?

sage - looks good, get to modeling! :)

DARKSUN--- I just wanted to clarify something; are we allowed 3 maps? diffuse, alpha/transparency & fullbright/selfillum/glow?

That's correct, all at 256x256 pixels.

japhir - I like the colors and the upper half, but the feet feel a little 'thick' to me right now. I think maybe they should be more thinner to match the rest of the gecko?

tryforce - sweet! Man, you're fast. The closeup looks good too, great work!

zabuza - unwrappings a pain, but bigtoe has you on the right track! Goodluck!

MBT - man, that already has a ton of charm. I hope you stick to the proportions for the model.

JL - I think you might run out of polies pretty quick, judging by how many you threw into just the sword. The swordblades might work well as an alpha mapped plane though...then the beetleshell can really have some nice curves.

master of the fork - welcome aboard!

whew...did I miss any other questions?

[ShadyD]

Yeah you did. Why are bananas crooked, oh all-knowing-oracle-man?

This is some awesome stuff in here! Woah this competition will be pretty hard to judge.. Even the WIPs and concepts look solid!

[kessler]

Here is what I have so far for my VOLDO like ant eater. I am going to splash some paint on it tomorrow. 1539 :lol:

[BuroKun]

Nice concept MBT.

[Saker]

ok >> here is my meshu &&.. i still have 10 Tri for da stick
http://xs321.xs.to/xs321/07453/sa.JPG

[-JL-]

blankslatejoe :: Yea, I already have some ideas for saving polies here and there. For one I thought about cutting of a part of one of his arms... sword will have the alpha, etc... Should turn out fine. I'm just hoping I can make good use of the 256 texture well enough... probably do an approach similar to stuff in WoW... lost of reuse, for example 1 limb texture that I'll use for all.

[HntrLuc]

Everything's looking good guys!

MBT - Nice concept!

-JL- digging the shapes so far :D

Here's an update on mine:
http://huntermortenson.com/mini/textprog2.jpg

[poopinmymouth]

Hntrluc, that's looking awesome. i love it. Red panda? One thing I'd suggest is more reds in the shadows of his orange fur, as well as more contrasty hair strokes to imply that it's fur. The blueish sleeves are ACE. :-)

http://www.mr-chompers.com/images/poop.gif (http://www.poopinmymouth.com)

[Vikkie]

Hntrluc, that's looking awesome. i love it. Red panda? One thing I'd suggest is more reds in the shadows of his orange fur, as well as more contrasty hair strokes to imply that it's fur. The blueish sleeves are ACE. :-)

http://www.mr-chompers.com/images/poop.gif (http://www.poopinmymouth.com)


Exactly what I was thinking, the blue collars complement the red fur amazingly, great work!

[andrei313]

Sweet texture so far HntrLuc :) I can't wait to start texturing too.


andrei - im not sure the one leg thing will work...I think you might want two so that the character can walk, theoretically, if put into a game..how will it move right now otherwise?

I can see your point now. I took the advice and I modeled them. They are still very close together but they bend and also move :) ... I'm happier with it this way even if I had to sacrifice other areas to bring the count back to 650, I don't know what I was thinking before :o
As you can see I also made the little ring and also played with the camera and pose... I like it so I'll unwrap and start texturing soon.

[simple_minded]

Little Update, Some base colors laid down.....

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8180/porkchopcolorwipny9.jpg


!BAMF!

[simple_minded]

andrei313----> Looking pretty cool, hope you don't mind, I had plans to put my guy on ring pedestal also. Didn't want you to think I was bitting your idea.

HntrLuc----> Your texture is looking sweet!

Great work everyone!

!BAMF!

[TryForce]

ok, i call it done now, worked on the fur abit and rigged it plus didnt forgot the alphamaps now:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/TryForceX/pandafinal.jpg

btw. did i automaticly Submitted it now or do i have to do something special?

[Vikkie]

That's it for today. Used photo ref for the skin texture.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1615/tortilbeyscrgrbdt3.jpg

comments and ciritiques appreciated.

[ShadyD]

hntrluc.. amazing!

Andrei313 Pretty cool, i'd widen his legs but it's your model.

Simple_minded He looks badass! Can't wait to see his texture =)

TryForce Quite cool. A bigger pic maybe? Really reminds me of Tekken 5 for the PSP for some reason =). Also if you want to submit you have to submit it here (http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/mini/character.html)

Vikkie Haha nice, reminds me of bowser somehow =P

Keep it up y'all!

[sage]

Here is a quick update. This what I got done today, the model is at 634 tris. I mostly seeing what I can get away with. I'm pretty happy with what I have, but I really want to have him with claws. Let me know what you think.

Alex

http://apsentertainment.com/previews/george01.jpg

[-JL-]

Here's a vague thumbnail concept of my entry... :p

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa271/zanuah/MC6_MushiBushi_concept.jpg

The scribbly lines on his back and arms are tattoo's. :)

[zabuza2k]

nice conzept -JL-

[Vikkie]

I couldn't resist it...

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4975/eheji5.gif

[zabuza2k]

lfmao^^ thats amazing really good animation^^ i like it XD

[andrei313]

andrei313----> Looking pretty cool, hope you don't mind, I had plans to put my guy on ring pedestal also. Didn't want you to think I was bitting your idea.
I don't mind, just make sure you put him in the opposite corner :cool:
The model looks great btw.


Andrei313 Pretty cool, i'd widen his legs but it's your model.
Thanks for the comment. What I have in mind is really close to the model right now so I won't spend more time on the model and start texturing. Thanks anyway. If it feels off after I'm done with the texture I'll consider it ;)

Congrats on finishing TryForce. I guess all I can say is good luck with the voting/fight :)

Vikkie I would make the flames a little more saturated and also add some more contrast to the entire texture. Some more detail on the face will help too.

sage it looks good so far. It might be hard to fix the seam at the arms if they are not attached to the body so maybe you can weld them there. Waiting to see how you will manage to make the hands/claws the way you wanted them.

-JL- looking back at your previous entry I just know this one will kick ass. All I can ask for is that you post as much as you can so I can lean a few things from your workflow :inocent:

[ShadyD]

My bad Sage, forgot about your C&C.
It looks good so far, kinda like a thug cat =P..
I Suggest using alphamaps for his claws, you got the tri's to spare =).
1 tri per claw, that means you can have about
16 claws.. 8 if you want to do it nicely.

lol funky animation, Vikkie.

Andrei313, Hehe Sage's arms are fine, don't worry about them being detached. It only saves poly's as long as his textures don't wrestle too much at the armpit nobody will really notice it.
And im curious on your texture =) so get to it! :)

[sage]

I think I am done with the modeling. I made the arms 4 sided and got rid of an edge loop on the legs. Added the geometry for the furry neck and the hands I'm going to try to do with and alpha and see how that goes. I'm thinking off add alpha mapped pupils like it was done in warcraft 3 to see how it looks. The head has a mouth as well. I still have to optimize the model and get rid of any edges I don't need so I'll be trying to add his three fangs as well, George lost his left top fang I imagine in a fight. Thanks for the comments. The fur is meant to cover the seams at the arms as well. Lets see how that goes. Done for today heading off to bed since I have to work tonight driving a forklift. ;)

Alex

http://apsentertainment.com/previews/george02.jpg

[HntrLuc]

Thanks everyone!

Poop - Made the changes you suggested, might need to push it a bit more though?

Vikkie - Looking good, glad I'm not the only one that felt the need to post a gif :D

tryforce - congrats! looks great :D

Here's my crappy gif animation.
Grabbed a motion capture file off some site, so the animation itself is totally not mine :P

http://huntermortenson.com/mini/panda.gif

[zabuza2k]

HOLY XXXX THATS SO CUTE THATS SO AMAZING THATS SO BEATIFULLLLLLL great work hntrluc oyoyoyo ^^

the textur its really god

[Vikkie]

HntrLuc - that's...amazing!

[Amethyst]

Nice entries - waiting for the finals.
HntrLuc - now that is adorable. How does he fight? hehe. More on the timid side.....

[HntrLuc]

Spam-a-thon for me : )

Thanks everyone :D

Amethyst - that was melancholy red panda, here he is with his halberd:


http://huntermortenson.com/mini/rotate.jpg

Thinking I'm probably done, depending on any crits.

[TryForce]

Hunter this is just flawless, you're to good for this world. awesome! wouldnt even recognize its 256x map.

[ThatDon]

compared to the head, the rest feels under worked.

[TryForce]

compared to the head, the rest feels under worked.

Compared to the rest of all comments, you should me more concretely .

[ShadyD]

ThatDon is right though.
The head looks ace! While the rest looks kinda flat/undetailed.
Great job though!

[tacit math]

HntrLuc. i'm loving that

[ThatDon]

"you should me more concretely"

what exactly are you trying to say?

[-JL-]

Well here's another update of about 1 hour more modelling... its getting there but it doesn't quite have the correct look yet, its a bit blocky looking still... luckily its at 513 tri's so I have quite a bit left.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa271/zanuah/MC6_MushiBushi_wip02.jpg

Andrei313 :: Thanks! And I'll try. :)

HntrLuc :: Thats looking really good! :thumb: But as mentioned the texture feels slightly of balance in detail... the main culprit I think is the armor he's wearing, I like the clean look of it but the colors are very dull. It seems there are only beige tones... you could play around with adding some additional color tones to it, I think that might help in adding a bit more life to it like you have with the other parts of the texture. :)

[blankslatejoe]

hntr- i want to second JL and that dons crits--maybe a bit more color variation in the armor will help it sell as finished. Great work though--top notch painting!

jL-nice and clean--love the clogs

sage - im curious how the alpha mapped pupil will look...I never noticed that about wc3..

vikkie - its coming along well --I dig the animation :) Are you done with the textures yet?


Here's my progress so far on Sumo Naked Mole Rat ..not too far into it yet--trying to remember how to paint small sized textures!
http://www.30lives.com/wips/sketchbook/11_07_07a.jpg

[ryuju]

Heres a wip from me, Still pretty basic textures. Everybody is coming up with some great stuff.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o214/ndk5027/screenshot1.jpg

[Beartastic]

Hntrluc that's looking really nice. Makes me think of Nintendogs, but cuter.

-JL- he's starting to really come out. Great theme for the beetle!

Here's where I'm at. Still have 5 tris left for maybe more fur or something:

[neosorcerer]

Hntrluc, the beige armor looks like uncoloured paper, which gives me the impression of an unfinished painting. Perhaps a different colour scheme would look better?

[tacit math]

with the optimized clipped planes he'll be 650 tri's on the button

:

http://orderindebris.exorsus.net/images/bearBrawl_spins.gif

[Steen]

Hi there. This is my first post on GA. I've been meaning to participate in some challenges and this one looked like a good first one to try.

Here's my concept drawing. This will also be my first ds/psp spec model, so I'm sure there will be some design reworking along the way.

[Yung]

Lots of good work! Hntrluc your halberd fighter is looking real nice. His armor and helmet however could perhaps use a bit more shine and more defined planes. The edge of the helmet especially seems to lack thickness and solidness. Still it's a great work!

-JL- you got a very interesting shape there! Nice work!

blankslatejoe, the backview has a very weird slash right across his head? Something weird? Looking good so far!

tacit math, is that a bear+crocodile hybrid?!

[TryForce]

"you should me more concretely"

what exactly are you trying to say?

The "the rest looks underworked" doesnt really help HntrLuc to improve his texture. Maybe you could have said that he should pull up the shadows abit more, or the highlights, maybe the noise, maybe add some dirtyness.

Saying "beeing underworked", "looks bad" , "i dont like this, fix that!" , "omg you should imrpove yourself" withouth leaving the information on what you dont like or think its underworked isnt very usefull.

I just tried to say that.


hey everyone! Good jobs here!

[GJK]

I make Badger/ robot.

[BuroKun]

some really nice works here, keep it up.

[Khanongsouk]

haha, how could you wrong with a naked moe rat. nice start on the texture blankslatejoe. my only small crit would be that the teeth don't look naked moe rat enough
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/picpops/images/nakedmolerat02.jpg

[Mogster]

Damn guys looking awsome so far :D

[vied]

hi all !
great job everybody!
Here's mine so far... gotta do a little bit more tweaking on the face..
but the tris choke me up :s I'll try to refine it
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/3179/basemiceviedxe4.jpg

[BuroKun]

he he he, got to love the AK-47.

[Jackablade]

Blank Slate Joe - You might like to look into Space Monkey/Tim Appleby's sculpted Molerat man. It should be useful as a reference and is a stunning piece of work in its own right.
http://www.badpolygon.com/?page_id=17

Hntrluc - Thatdon touched upon a valid point. Your artwork is undeniably of a very high quality, but I think the excess of beige armour is letting it down a little. I'd suggest adding a trim in a contrasting colour the the different armour components to break it up a bit more. You could perhaps even work a little decoration throughout the design.

Its beautiful work, it just needs a little push to make it the best it can be.
The helmet particularly needs a little something to bring it up to the level of quality of the rest of the model.

[tacit math]

tacit math, is that a bear+crocodile hybrid?!


strap on godzilla tail. it's noodles in tokyo

[HntrLuc]

Thanks a ton for all the feedback everyone!

Joe - thats looking awesome, love the skin fold details you have going on!

tacit math - haha thats sweet. Love the proportions. nice job on the poly pushing, lots of detail for such a low count!

Changed the armor up some, and messed around with colors/contrast some. Hopefully it's an improvement, crit away! : D

http://huntermortenson.com/mini/rotate2.jpg

[-JL-]

HntrLuc :: Nice improvement there, though I quite liked the light beige armor, what you have now also works... though I suggest to lower the "whiteness" of the waist area... its very strong now compared to the darker armor. Also maybe add to the visor of the helmet at the top a lighter edge and a darker edge at the bottom... just to simulate a little thickness. :)

But yeah, this is definitely one of my favorite entries so far.

[Jackablade]

Ah yeah, thats a big improvement. You do now have the problem of the sleeves and pants not standing out so well. I think the constrasting trims on the various armour plates would probably alieviate this. Something to better define the break between the breastplate and sleeves and the apron and pants would be good, and a matching one around the top of the visor to tie it all together.

[MattiaNelli]

HntrLuc - Your character is great! I like the style and the choice of colors

blankslatejoe - amazing job, I love its proportions!

Simple_Minded - I like your concept and your model, can't wait to see it finished!

I've seen a lot of amazing WIPs here!


My character will be Karate Pig, I've done some silhouette sketches and some studies, now I'll begin to model it.

[TryForce]

lol the Pig with the Karatekid Pose just pwn bottom lef one. Just funny, good job :D though its nothing that makes him feel different from a non-fighting pig.

[simple_minded]

MattiaNelli----> Very nice! Great silhouette's, you gotta of character coming through already! You gonna put him in the standard karate gi?

blankslatejoe----> Loving the textures! Very nice character all around!

tacit math----> Very interesting twist! I like it alot!

Great job Everyone!

!BAMF!

[MattiaNelli]

Yes, he will wear a white karate gi with black belt, and this will make him a fighting-pig. I hope :)

[TryForce]

hi all !
great job everybody!
Here's mine so far... gotta do a little bit more tweaking on the face..
but the tris choke me up :s I'll try to refine it
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/3179/basemiceviedxe4.jpg

didnt saw the picture befor, looks great hehe, reminds me somebit on the "Tcheburashka" from russian child-stories hehe, dont know if it makes sense to you, but i like it :D

[ThatDon]

HntrLuc - Now that is looking ACE, I'm glad you took the time to polish it up.

[EricElwell]

Hunter, if you really want more crits..

I actually would have disagreed with the advice given you earlier if i had read it sooner. I do think it is an improvement in some respect.. some of my distaste for the changes is a style preference, I much prefer a brighter/cleaner style. So that is just a style preference on my part; though I think what is bothering me is that the contrast between cloth and armor is much stronger than with the face, so the eye is directed right to the belly. I preferred the composition of the previous phase (cream color) in that the face was the focal point given the lower amount of detail on the body. (I also preferred the color choice.)

Personally i think it's beautiful, and there's not much need to over-analyze it to death, but.. you did ask for more crits. :)

[Sectaurs]

HntrLuc - i actually prefer the original coloring, i think it worked much better and kept to the light, playful air your character has. I think the biggest problem was that the armor was much more stylized than the rest of it, particularly the face, which has more detail than the rest, causing it to stand out. I think you could easily keep the color, should you want, if you added a bit more detail/trim, as jackablade has been suggesting. Not too much, business could kill the model, but it needs something more. The chest piece is just too big and too plain, it's draining the character.

blankslatejoe - i hate you for how good you've gotten at them low polies. texture is a good start. kick the contrast up a notch and throw down some red into his skin and you're golden, pony boy.

[Mogster]

yea i agree with Sactaurus I liked the original color scheme.

[kessler]

I love badger robot... That is awesome GJK!!! weet weet

[Kwakkie]

hi all !
great job everybody!
Here's mine so far... gotta do a little bit more tweaking on the face..
but the tris choke me up :s I'll try to refine it
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/3179/basemiceviedxe4.jpg
I think you could lose a lot of tris on the chin and feet, perhaps even make the arms 5 or 4 sided instead of 6. It looks more like a koala bear than a mouse sofar, I would suggest making the tail pointy and turning the ears a little outward. Other than that its looking good sofar! :D

[Klash120]

Armadillo! With a flamethrower & gaskmask! :D
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Klash120/Untitled-2.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Klash120/Untitled-1.jpg

[Tweaker]

Ow so many cool entries!

vied: can't make no crits nice model, I'll wait to see textures

HntrLuc: we have a winner here! dude your entry looks so polished, I LOVE IT!

TryForce: great start your topology is good (clean) can't wait to see were you take the textures.

simple_minded: hulking brute :D nuff said

[TryForce]

TryForce: great start your topology is good (clean) can't wait to see were you take the textures.


.... :eek:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/TryForceX/pandafinal.jpg

watch over...

[ThatDon]

I think you should dirty up the pants and add some reds/browns to them. to get rid of the mostly monochromatic color scheme

[TryForce]

meh, you got a point Don, though i dont like to touch this banda anymore as to make new renders of it for the last one. I dont intend in winning this competition. THanks though, gonna remmeberthat, but still ;P would you point me to it again on another model when i will texture it?

[EricElwell]

Klash, I love that armadillo! Texture that sucker!

[QuikBE]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/Quikbe/cham.jpg
Im going to do a drunkin chameleon fighter. He is at 622 tris at the moment

[-JL-]

Another day, another hour of work...

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa271/zanuah/MC6_MushiBushi_wip03.jpg

Getting close to final, but I need to redo the arms... also right now there is a lot of temp overlapping geometry which I can use again on other stuff... but so far its at 607 tri's. :)

[Hito]

Loads of total awsomeness going on in this comp. Hopefully I won't disappoint.

A possible candidate.

[Deto]

Squirrel with his minigun. The blocks on his back, top of ears, nose and under his chin are to be mapped fur :) He'll have a tiny weenie beard

http://i3.tinypic.com/6psuxaf.jpg

[MattiaNelli]

JL - cool shape and design, it's already a strong character!
klash 120 - Armadillo is great, and it seems to be a very clean model!
Deto - The squirrel is awesome!


Karate Pig WIP, 600 triangles so far. I'm having some problems figuring out how to model his legs, because of the huge belly.
btw, Does anyone know if it is allowed to use different UVs on the two sides of a face? I would need it to texture the interior and exterior side of ears, which are made of flat faces. And eventually how to do it in maya? :)

[-JL-]

MattiaNelli :: Thanks! :)

And about your question... There is (as far as I know) no way to have different UV's for the 2 sides of a face, since essentially a face only has 1 side, the way the normal is facing. So if you want to have a different UV/texture for the one side of the ear, you'll have to duplicate the mesh and flip the normals, which of course adds the polycount, you could get away with collapsing some points on the duplicate though since you can fake the indentation with texture.

Nice mesh so far, nice clean construction... though his arms fill a little short maybe?

[Deto]

Thanks Mattianelli :)

You could model them like this, have the flat overlap the leg on the sides and somewhat on the bottom. I also drew out where you could optimize on the legs and arms without loosing actual detail or form, hope you don't mind :)

http://i15.tinypic.com/73oam4w.jpg

As for using double polygons... I don't know if its allowed. I'd rather go by optimizing and modelling the other side too, safer, and... well... almost as quick :) Or you could just have same tex for both sides and then just use random opacity planes to give the 'special detail' you want, like fur (heh)

[MattiaNelli]

JL - Thank you! I think I'll add the triangles needed to have two side-ears. As for his arms you are right, they are too short even to slap :)... Need to fix the proportions a little.
I've made some search and it seems there's no way to have different-UVs-per-side polygons without doubling the triangles.
I was thinking about different UVs based on the condition that the face normal is facing the camera or not, like when you make a flipping page... but maybe it's too heavy for DS specs :)

Deto - Thank you for your suggestion, but I can't see your linked image!
The idea of using an alpha mapped plane to change inside and outside is interesting, I will try something!

[Deto]

Strange, tinypic seems to be messing around...

Here's link to same image on imageshack :)

http://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=73oam4wqs9.jpg

[kremrhi]

It's crazy to see how some people here work fast and well.

So I start working on that too, and I hope I will have the time to finish.
here is my start

[Deto]

Is that a lion? Or am I at a loss here.. :D

I'm pretty sure you'll have enought time, jsut work hard! There's still 9 days time ;) or bit more, I just live in the future

[kremrhi]

It supposed to be a gorilla, but I also think at this point it also look like a lion.
texture will help :thumb:

[damagecontrol]

Jeez. This one's blowing up. All you guys have some great stuff!! Keep them coming!

Here's my concept for this entry. I doubt my final model with be as dynamic but I at least can towards some kinda goal. On to modeling!

Good luck to all of you!

[Eclipse]

Dang sooo many quality entries, this is gonna be really tough :P. Here is my concept, it's lame I know, but It's just a guideline for my model, hopefully I will start on that tomorrow.

http://brandonmorris.info/concept.jpg

[Jackablade]

You've got an decent looking model there, Kemhri, but you could push the proportions so much further. Gorillas are enormously muscular creatures - massive long arms a and legs, big hands, powerful chest, bulky head. Your guy should be a really massive brawler. You can push the proportions way beyond what you'd normally see on a human character without breaking the design. Perhaps give him a stoop to accentuate the size of his back and shoulders too.
Gorillas also have quite a distinctive head shape which you really need to try and carry over.

[kremrhi]

now that you say it, it's true that I could really more exaggerate the shape.
I will play a bit more with my mesh, thanks Jackablade.

[kirilot]

holly bejesuz this things blowin up. great job everyone, so much cool stuff

allright, sorry to disappoint but i went with the mongoose. Gonna try and do the rooster as well, should be cake after i tackle this one. the mongoose was more challenging for me, carrying the pose over; man did i need a warm up bad;

heres a lesson to learn from my stupidity: in most cases when the model is symmetrical, unwrap before you collapse to save yourself some uv work :|:brick:

Inpw - thanx
tryforce - Cheborashka rocks
Hntrluc - that animation made me choke on my own vomit, great job. and good going refining the textures, you should really bring it out some more with spec details, imo :P
Vikkie - i like the rocker turtle. it inspired me for the heavy metal rooster
Hitto - you better not
damagecontroll - get to it
mattianelli - reminds me of "animal farm", lovely silhouettes <- both sketches and model


ok so i gotta pack the uvs into the box, and refine some of the vert weights... then on to painting! maybe add some fur if i have a few polies to burn, but i dont think i do, oh no boots but probably a belt, shoulda posted a wireframe for crits but its too late in the game now

[Beartastic]

Great comp, wow I'm really loving these entries. Hito, that's too awesome.

Here's my progress, still pretty scratchy:

[MasteroftheFork]

These are lookin great guys!

MBT that lion is awesome, its very true to the concept.

Heres my Rhino with some basic colours.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/MasteroftheFork/rhiyu_wip01.jpg

[confracto]

man, I wasn't sure I'd enter this one, but after seeing some amazing stuff, I was totally inspired!

anyway, here's what I've got so far. It's some sort of assassin rabbit with katars.

[Deto]

Kirilot: I know the animal, but not in english, dang... But the model is coming nicely! :) I'd probably make his head more like its in the concept, looks more evil. The way you hhave mouth open on the model looks like he's happy :lucky:

MBT: The lion is very cute! :D I love it :D Coming greatly! Nothing else to crit than maybe giving his eyes little more color, they're a bit lost int he shadows now :)

Masterofthefork: Welcome! :D Its already very good, now just finishing touches and final highlights and its done :) The mesh looks good

Confracto: lol, bunny in a jumpsuit! If you've got more polys left, I'd give the katar more detail to boot :) The ears, I think they could be a bit more 'apart' from the core... Otherwise great :)

[vied]

OMG !! :uhh: mini moo's are coming!!!
you guys doing some nice stuff in here :eek:

- BuroKun : yeah my mice got an AK :guns:
-TryForce : "Tcheburashka" ? didn't know it, but it sounds good ;)
- Kwakkie : Hi ! thanks gor the inputs.. I'll definetly reworked it up a bit, specially the tail

[monkeyboy]

Thought of this one today at lunch. Shaolin Kung-Fu Chipmunk!

[triatami]

so freakin tired, ill post better shots in the morning

[Inpw]

OMG !! :uhh: mini moo's are coming!!!
you guys doing some nice stuff in here :eek:

- BuroKun : yeah my mice got an AK :guns:
-TryForce : "Tcheburashka" ? didn't know it, but it sounds good ;)
- Kwakkie : Hi ! thanks gor the inputs.. I'll definetly reworked it up a bit, specially the tail

Here is Tcheburashka:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/1/1d/Cheburashka.jpg
Also I'm have somewhere in my home computer fan art Tcheburashka with AK-47 :)

[TryForce]

Here is Tcheburashka:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/1/1d/Cheburashka.jpg
Also I'm have somewhere in my home computer fan art Tcheburashka with AK-47 :)

exactly :lol: I remember such a pic also, just dont have it on my pc though.

[Svenime]

Hey hey! Im entering!

This is a tanuki straigth from japanese mythology.
basicly its a weird racconish creature.Normally they have a huge scrotum that is said to bring wealth and stuff :p.. Dont ask me I didnt come up with that.
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1940/tanukilz0.jpg

[TryForce]

Sven, you rule! ;D

THe polycount says its about 644, not sure if the Sword is counted in, but if not, then use simply 2 polygon sword, even 1polygon if needed


yey!,looking good.


triatami: nice sillouhet and shape!

monkeyboy: xD freakn funny

MasteroftheFork: looks wierd with the wires ;P dont pay attention to what i said right now.


confracto:clean mesh, though not sure if you could remod those 3 tri's from the head there.

MBT: :D your texturing got a style!

kirilot: indeed he does xD, looking good over there!

Eclipse: Muhaha xD Samurai Animal ftw!

damagecontrol: sick idea!

kremrhi: push the proporations out abit more.

MattiaNelli: Pigs on the Run!!! ;D

Deto: xD let the Bullets rock!

Hito: hehe cool one :)

JL: Neeeeeaat! loving the shape!

[Deto]

Btw can we have pedestals here in minicomps? :)

Ph33r my squirrel, TryForce! :D

Painting painting... Still much to do with the base fur before I can even go on to details :)
http://i3.tinypic.com/89jyuwx.jpg

[Pezzz]

heres a lesson to learn from my stupidity: in most cases when the model is symmetrical, unwrap before you collapse to save yourself some uv work :|:brick:


Save in incriments, if you have the HD space to spare, then you can go back before you collapsed... :P

Nice work so far everyone... cant wait to see all these completed.

[blankslatejoe]

wowwww you guys have been going berserk in here! This is fantastic stuff, all around.

deto - you can make a pedestal if you want to, but its not required. It wouldnt have to come from the main budget.

[-JL-]

Svenime :: Add the Scrotum!!! :D He's just not a proper Tanuki without them... Well, in any case he's looking cool. :)

[kirilot]

Pezz yeah but then youd have to do all the skinning work over :P anyhow

[MasteroftheFork]

OK I think I'm gonna call this one done, unless anyone has some suggestions.

Heres the picture, this time without wires ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/MasteroftheFork/Rhiyu_Final.jpg

[Pezzz]

I'm workin` on my ferret hitman.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3836/ferretsl2.gif

Here's hopin` I finish. 200 tri's left....

[Sordid23]

i think it would look beter if you make the entire texture darker, becouse it it realy bright at the moment.

[Deto]

Awesome looking texture, Masterofthefork! Its great :D

blankslatejoe Grrreat, then I'll make one once textures are more done ;D

[Pezzz]

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1500/ferretit9.gif

D:

[HntrLuc]

Massive thread!

Great work everyone

Svendalade - looks great. though a huge scrote would be kinda sweet :P

masterofthefork - the rhinos looking great!

Thanks for the crits again everyone. I also liked the original colors better, so I went back again haha. Made a few minor changes in addition to the colors.

Gonna call it done this time. Feel free to crit though, always nice to know what could've been better : )

http://huntermortenson.com/mini/rotate3.jpg

[TryForce]

Yeh, this Minicompetition got pretty tight, i wonder if it really has to do something about the "animal" stuff latly here.

why is the shoulder stuff red on his shoulders Hunter? looking good.

Pezzz: coolio, business animal?

[elbaz]

Massive thread!


http://huntermortenson.com/mini/rotate3.jpg

Sublime work, very very clean texturing and mesh :D



Sublime work, very very clean texturing and mesh :D

el.

[Gutter]

Hello, I'll make it quick, I was introduced to Maya about a month ago, and a friend told me about this contest. So I whipped up something... It's my first, humanoid model (still in progress), but I'd like some feedback on it so far.

It will be a model of a Fiddler Crab in heavy armor. A shield will cover the large claw on its left side, and its right claw will fit into something so that it'll have a hand to properly grip things. If I learn how to "rig" it by some time next week, I'll have it in a very low stance similar to a normal crab. If i manage to grasp how to unravel the grid or whatever for texturing, its armor will appear roughed up and the hopefully shiny in chromed spots.

And HntrLuc, I'm so envious of your knowledge right now....

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2007/313/d/b/Crab_by_Shattered_Will.jpg

[Pezzz]

Pezzz: coolio, business animal?

I'm kinda thinking serial killer ferret right now. I was gonna give him a button up with with a tie and knifes and bloody the hell out of him, hopefully I'll have enough room to give him a small shotty on his back.

[QuikBE]

Quick question, are accessories such as weapons counted in the poly restriction?

[Deto]

Yes they are... :)

[Beartastic]

masterofthefork: Cheers mate, and loving Rhiyu.

Deto: Thanks :) I tried to give the eyes a bit more spark, I hope they came out enough.

TryForce: Haha thanks man :)


I'm nearly done. Just a little cleanup left and I might give him a pose. Keep the awesome entries coming, guys, this is great to watch.

[-JL-]

Right so here's the pretty much the final mesh :phew: ... I just need to test a few things (deformation, length of limbs, etc.) but other then that its pretty much done... and its 650 tri's exactly :lucky: ...

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa271/zanuah/MC6_MushiBushi_wip04.jpg

Anybody have any comments maybe? :)

[Deto]

He's missing one hand, design feature? ;)

I see 4 polygons which don't seem to serve much purpose to me. Its the 'dark grey' triangles under the lower set of arms. I think it would do fine without them, and you could then use them to set some extra details elsewhere :) But its very good looking, nothing really to critique on :)

[Steel Style]

The designe posted in the precedent pages.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa271/zanuah/MC6_MushiBushi_concept.jpg

Pretty good I would see more volume on the feet.

[ryuju]

Mbt: The texture is looking great. I love it.
Heres an update from me, still need to fix the rig a bit and refine the texture more.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o214/ndk5027/texture2gaz.jpg

[Vahl]

HntrLuc awesome work man, love the colors and shading

[QuikBE]

The model itself is 648 tris
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/Quikbe/cham02.jpg
any ideas would be great

[MasteroftheFork]

I took you advice Sordid and darkened the skin, I think you were right, it does look better.

Heres a fancy spinnin gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/MasteroftheFork/Rhiyu_spin.gif

[typhus22]

tacitmath- dude i love that little bear! thats friggin sweet with the little table as a shield!

Hntrlc- always been a big fan and this little red panda is awesome! i too also liked the tanner armour then the previous dark grey one.

anyhoot, everything looking ace here! too many compliments to swing around so ill make it quick, heres my humble little entry. first pass, hopefully if i have time tomorrow i can do a nice polish. cya!

http://lauch3d.com/Croc1a.jpg

[tacit math]

h aha. that's awesome bro. rock out with your croc out !

[BoBo_the_seal]

Couldn't resist. Great work guys!

http://www.bobotheseal.com/temp/WIP/Moth_WIP01.jpg

Some ref:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4506517
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4506514
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4492592
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4692130

- BoBo

[MattiaNelli]

There are really many awesome entries!

monkeyboy - I love your sketches!

Deto - Thank you for the topology suggestion, now I think I've found a good solution with the legs. I know I could remove some triangles in the arms and legs, but I prefer to use a little more detail to ensure a good deformation.

BoBo_the_seal - wow, cool model!


This is my final Karate Pig model, 648 triangles. Comments and critics very welcome! Now I'll start with texturing

[tacit math]

he looks good man. nice form

[b1ll]

DAMN U BOBO! Posting new art make it feel like Im the lazy one. I DONT LIKE THAT.

[yakblat]

I've only recently discovered this page and mainly focus my attentions to animation, but this is so cool and there's so many awesome models that I decided to try one out.

I'm a total n00b at modeling but am making a Salamander Knight. Still working on the textures but this is what he looks like right now. ^_^
646 triangles (<- This is so hard to do! I have a great respect for you guys doing those awesome models.)


http://mschroeder.mine.nu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/salamanderfighter.jpg

[Vahl]

awesome, bobo

[zann]

Some really inspiring works here :cool:
Great jobs everybody :thumb:

Ok here is the itchy hand work i did during the weekend :paper:
Its a fox in heavy armor & currently 647 tris :) Cheers

[brickwallfish]

Sigh.. so many nice entries already :)

Anyway, here's an early texture wip of my critter. I have some 20-30 tri's to play with for additional weapons and what not. I'm thinking that an axe would look good with the executioner-style hood :P

[MattiaNelli]

brickwallfish - ahah, it's awesome!
zann - very nice, will you texture it?


my texture WIP:

[ShadyD]

Hell has just frozen over.
The Legendary BoBo is here!

Great work so far guys. I got no real crits anyone =/.
So far the karate pig looks cool, real nice and clean (Kingdom hearts-ish) feel to it!

[typhus22]

haha that is a very cute pig! and i see the return of bobo as well though the moth looks like it could be a beetle right now but knowing him itll look very mothlike soon. oh and thanks a bunch tacit for the kind remarks ^_^ anyhoot, heres where i am now. cya!

http://lauch3d.com/Croc2a.jpg

[Steen]

Lots of nice stuff from everybody.

Here's some model wip. It's currently at 626 tris. I'm going to do some more optimization on the head. Then I'll use the remaining tris for axe, shield, and fur alpha planes.

Any suggestions on ways to optimize, or for anything else model related would be appreciated.

[ryuju]

Steen, its looking good i think ours could end up as brothers in the end... :)
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o214/ndk5027/gazsmaller.jpg

[EricElwell]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20071110/capt.sge.tfw95.101107190152.photo00.photo.default-512x385.jpg
This thing is so weird, I almost want to ... model it... but I am not so much a fan of the form.. just the scaliness.

[zann]

zann - very nice, will you texture it?

Thx Mattia, ya will finish it for sure.
I really like ur pig, can imagine how funny it is in action :lol:
Good jobs everybody, cant wait to see the final image of each entry :thumb:

cheers

[ThatDon]

Sweet stuff, zann, very FF IIIish for DS, I'm a fan!

[Jackablade]

I was mooting over doing a pangolin too, Eric, although I don't really have the time or, lets face it, inclination to get anything finished in a week, particularly with AGDC taking up several days.

[kirilot]

coupla hours from me start on the textures :P, lookin good everyone, c&c appreciated

[Jackablade]

Ditch the texture filter for a start.

Its a good start. You've got some nice stuff going on on the head, but its very lacking in contrast and is pretty much all the one colour. Because of this it doesn't read particularly well and all just blends into a muddy mess. You may well need to clean up the noisy fur textures a bit to help the readability of the texture. As long as you keep this in mind, you should wind up with a very nice texture indeed.

Good luck with it.

[Saker]

ma wip
http://xs121.xs.to/xs121/07461/wip.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs121&d=07461&f=wip.jpg)

[Steen]

Hey ryuju, I was thinking our guys had a similar thing going on. :) In the end it could be an awesome battle of the long lost horned beast brothers. Nice work on your model btw.

[andrei313]

I was away this weekend so I need to catch up with you guys :) You're making this difficult though, all the entries look great so far.
Here's what I've been doing... playing with colors and shapes, I'm not really sure about the final look but so far it's a lot of fun.
I had some problems finishing stuff lately... (I'm in that place you probably know about) so all I want is to have this done, any feedback is appreciated ;)

[yakblat]

Love the pig and croc, they look awesome!
I like the gold and purple for the Hippo, too. I think it has the best contrast

Here's my finished character. Pretty basic, I'm new to modeling, but so fun!

http://mschroeder.mine.nu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/sirsalimusamander.jpg

[typhus22]

hey yakblat, u still got about a week or so to work on the textures. the modeling is pretty cute but the textures could use some love. like bring out some of the details for his skin and armour ya know? other then that i like him so far ^_^

[Inpw]

My first wip in this comp. Here are wires. 650 tris total. Tall red thing is scarf. Every cool gunslinger must have such thing :)
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/4692/inpwwip1uy3.jpg

[Deto]

I know, I've been lazy... sorry, Fallout took me over again :paper:

MBT : The eys are much better now, much more noticeable. Btw, the 'reflection' looks odd as the white spot is on the otherside, though I doubt there's anyway to change it, unless the eye are on seperate polyface, then you could just 'customfit' it with different texture piece.. But its okay, doubt that's going to be any problem anyhow. The textures are looking great, somewhat scottish lion, hehe, love it. Cute face, but deadly weapon :D Twohanded kitchen knife?

Ryuju: Sweet looking gazelle (?) killer! His form is pretty humanly... maybe you could make his arms look a bit more furry and even change the finger texture to make his hands seem a bit more animal like? Its pretty good as it is, but I think it would be even better if more beastly :)

QuickBe: Can you post different angles too? I have hard time seeing his form like this... :/ As for texture here on.. I dig the color, its calm and sneakish (Doubt its really a word though... You know, reddish, sneakish, that kind of wordplay). I'd say you change the pedestal to more swampy, right now he seems a bit lost.. Unless he's a skink from warhammer, the atzteeky (argh, another 'word') tribal lizardmen

Masterofthefork: That's very good looking, I like the changes on texture and the detail! Though, btw, I don't think you should have reflect map on him? Not sure if its that, but he seems reflective. We can only use diffuse, self-illumination and opacity on this one :)

BoBo_The_Seal: Nice looking bug, you've fit alot of form with little polycount, that's very good :D I have little crit on the design though... he's fat, and his legs are a bit too far back, looks like he's going to trip over anytime soon :) Or his butt is too small compared to his frontal areas

yakblat: That's not too shabby :) Your form is very tubish though, if you looked for some reference materials/images and tweaked the form/silhuet (not sure how to type the word though...) you'd get very fine model. I'd also suggest giving the armor more volume by pushing it more away from the body around it. Ie by doing it as simply as using push modifier. You can pretty easily do these changes after wards too, so no worries with it. You should concentrate some more on the chest piece, it looks pretty bland at the moment.. Large area with hardly any detail in

Zann: Good looking model you've got there! Nothing to critique on... yet! ;)

brickwallfish: lol! Nice colors and look on his face :D Don't know what weapon would fit well, but... bellybutton is must :D

MattiaNelli: Brilliant texture, I'm loving it :D Btw if you add black line to the border of the 'lowerbody texture' by the belt, you'll get rid of the seam, for most parts at least :) or if not... its worth testing anyhow

Typhus22: Nice wrestling croc :D There's a bit too much contrast for my eyes, but other than that the texture is very good :)

Kirilot: Good looking texture, but as Jackablade said, the texture is a bit blurry.. But I think it looks great otherwise, only the blurriness in legs and tail are slightly distracting. As for the 'look', I think he looks a bit too happy :D

Saker: You're getting there pretty nicely, but your forms aren't really connected, they more seem like connection of different kinds of small forms which form the look on the model. Which necessarily ain't a bad thing, but it requires different kind of approach on your model :)

Andrei: I also like the gold hat -> purple ... err... overrals more :) The contrast is very good in it. The texturing job is coming nicely, its very interesting

Inpw: That is a wolf gunslinger right? I dig the stance, there's good strong feel to it! The.. hmm... nose (face? something :D) seems to be a bit lower than it should be, I'd pull it up a bit to make his head seem more wolvish


but update on myself:

I'm not sure whenever the gun is a good thing or a bad thing (Ignore the texture on it, except for the gaps in the barrel, they belong there)... I sort of are thinking of big claws, some sort of fun weapon, like cornifer cone on a stick.. not sure at all... :(
http://i10.tinypic.com/73e1npz.jpg

[auctane]

Ok, so my ex-girlfriend has this dream of living in a tree house and owning a black potbelly pig...

So im going to make something like this with a chainsaw.

[QuikBE]

Thanks for the crits deto
the only real one I have for yours is it needs a nose

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/206458270_73acdf8797.jpg

hope this helps.

yakblat
the armor needs dirtying try using a multiply and screen layer (I'm assuming your using photoshop) and go in with a whiteish color for screen and blackish color for multiply and draw in some scratches and details senc the textures can only be 256 using photo overlays looses all the good tiny details drawing in the details works best

Inpw
cant wait for the texture

Ryuju
Really good job so far my only crit is the hands seem stumpy sence your goin with the human esque anatomy extending the fingers will make him look awsome.

master of the fork
looking real awsome dude love the final tesxture

typhus22
scales look great the only crit I have is the highlights on the costume seem to bright

here is an update on my guy
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/Quikbe/cham03.jpg

[Jackablade]

Digging the Mexican wrestler hippo, Andrei. I like the purple and yellow myself. It seems the most appropriately garish colour combination. Not sure about the neck area. He might look better if you shortened it.

[MasteroftheFork]

Thanks for the comments, by the way it is only a diffuse. I guess the render + the gif compression makes it look like it has reflection on it.

Andre313: I like the amount of character in your hippo. I think the orange mask with the blue body looks the best. Where are his eyes though?

yakblat: It looks pretty good for a new modeller, maybe you should brighten the head a little to make the eyes more visible.

inpw: I like your idea, gunslinger wolf - very cool. I'm not sure the feet (boots) quit fit though. Perhaps give him pointy snake-skin boots?

Deto: I agree your screw needs a nose to finish it off. Also, I think your fur lines are too long, squirrels have short hair so should should have a lot of short lines for fur. Other than that, its a sweet manic squirrel :)

aktan: Do pet pigs and living in tree houses work? I look forward to seeing what you come up with though.

QuikBE: Your colours are coming together. You have the patterns down, but you need more shadows to define the form. It would be easy to add an overlay with shadows and highlights to finish the texture off.