Competition # 4: Chris Holden

[chris holden]

I plan on recreate this guy I made a while back. He was an early experiment with normal mapping a character, and actually a speed model.I never liked what I did with the helmet, so he'll be the perfect choice for a bust.

http://chrisholden.net/soldiern.jpg

[child]

nice! Im really looking forward to this one.

[chris holden]

ok, this is about as far as I'm going for now. Haven't really gotten to the small details.
http://chrisholden.net/bust02.jpg

[Nysuatro]

Very nice man, are you ging to put details with zbrush or mudbox?

[chris holden]

Yes.

A little more before bed:

[benclark]

Awesome details chris

[Rapishorrid]

That's some good work! Btw what program are you using? Care to write a small tutorial.... :P

And a quick question, that's made of a ton of seperate pieces right? When making a high detail mesh for a normal map it doesn't have to bee "clean" (meaning one single mesh), or does it?

[CaptainCock]

no, it doesnt matter if it is stuck together. It only have to be one attached object

Edit: Take a look at his chris' portfolio: "Maya,3dsmax,..." I guess he models with max


Edit²: Before i forget to say it :P great model !

[chris holden]

Thanks guys.

Rapishorrid: Max, there are a lot of separate pieces, and some are larger chunks than others. Before creating the normal map, I'll have to collapse them all down to a single mesh. Separate pieces are for time saving, and clean, hard edges on the normal map. I could build all this as a single mesh, but it'd take so much longer, and my polyflow would have to be perfect or it'd have tons of lighting errors. By “floating”pieces, I can add custom details in minimal time with the same normal map output (example: bolts, small round depressions).

[Talon]

Looking good. Dig the helmet design.

I think the indents on the largest areas of helmet helmet (the ones with the bolt in the middle) feel a bit rounded. Makes him look a bit cartoony and less threatening.