Lobster Johnson - Mudbox

[achmedthesnake]

Hi, i set this thread up as a progress on my mudbox - to max - to unreal character development/learning process...which you've probably seen but i'll post more: (gaaa i named it jobster instead of lobster )

latest:

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low poly mesh






actually i'll enter the thread first with a request for any helpful problem solving - regarding an error( either user or programmatic ) within my mudbox use.........

first of all, sculpting was fine - i'd left the files alone for a while and when i got back and travelled up the subdivision heirachies - i'd noticed something was off;

when i lept from lvl 3 to lvl 4 - the model seemed to smooth in a semi-faceted fashion (not quite faceted but leaving these weird lines ) e.g:

at lvl 3:

at lvl 4:

and a close up of the unwanted effect:



i'd first thought it was a problem with the subdivision options - but regardless wether i'd smoothed it with "smooth positions" off or on it didn't matter - even deleting the highest lvl and re-smoothing it in either option came up with the same effect......


if anyone has any helpful tips on this it would be great - and id also appreciate any crits you have on the current progress on the model..
cheers.

[lilgrudgeboy]

really good!! the only thing i would say are his thighs...they stick out to far...

[Xoliul]

Can't really help you with your problem, not a Mudbox guy.
I do think this is an excellent looking character, I love his head, it's so cool. Your own design? Oh and his thighs are fine, they look perfectly like those classic pants with bulges that jockeys would wear.

[Talon]

I haven't seen that before in muddy. Definitely looks as if it's doing a faceted subdivide, I had a go at trying to recreate it and had no luck. Did you upgrade versions before swapping or something odd?

Good to see this come back, though I was wondering what happened to him.

Changed thread name, too.

[Zeus]

lilgrudgeboy - im pretty sure thats the style of his trousers. Nice model, like the proportions - i had a similar problem, but dont get excited i didn't try and solve it as when i baked the normals the bumps made the cloth on my character read better lol

[achmedthesnake]

lilgrudgeboy - yeah they're jodpher/riding pants that Xoliul and Zeus say.

cheers for the change Talon
- but gaa! i'll have to re-scuplt - updates soonish

[KING-TAHARKA]

i like the character idea man... looking nice... why not add a parachute bag there?...

keep it up ...

[Xoliul]

Re-sculpt because of the faceted subdivide problem ? In zbrush I can think of ways to rebuild your mesh without having to resculpt it though.

[Talon]

Originally Posted by achmedthesnake

cheers for the change Talon
- but gaa! i'll have to re-scuplt - updates soonish

Have you tried exporting a level to obj and then re-importing it as a level? Or re-importing the base mesh as level 0. Might work *shrug*

[Kaburan]

Is it me or wouldn't this make a great TF2 character?