WIP - Officers Tactical Battlepod (Glaug)

jason_maranto

I'm playing with the idea of using some sort of metallic finish as the base for most of this -- as opposed to the standard military matte-finish drab paint... the basic idea was to "sex" it up a bit and show off the curves a bit (the same reason they paint cars in metallic flake paint).

Any thoughts?

Best,
Jason.

finalassembly_car paint.png

Khai

ooh. add some panel lines for "Factory Finish" .... or like that put it on a Desk as a toy

jason_maranto

Thank-you for the feedback for context here's a render with a matte type paint finish.

Best,
Jason.

numbthumb

Excellent work, jason!
Both renders are very good, but I like the second more. Especially if you could give him some battle worn/weathered look. Once again, excellent work.

jason_maranto

Thanks for the feedback -- I've been agonizing over which pose I should use... here's one of the better ones I think. Agree or Disagree?

Best,
Jason.

numbthumb

I agree.
But I would like to see it from a different angle - from an inferior position, more like "worm's-eye view".

jason_maranto

This isn't exactly a worms-eye view because when we get too small the perspective gets a bit crazy (this thing is about 150 ft tall)... but here is a more aggressive camera angle.

Best,
Jason.

numbthumb

That´s more like it!

jason_maranto

I found a nice free HDRI of the milky way that I used since My ultimate goal is a space battle I thought it appropriate.
final render.png

Best,
Jason.

jason_maranto

here's a bit of post.

Best,
Jason.

Bob James

@jason_maranto said:

I found a nice free HDRI of the milky way that I used since My ultimate goal is a space battle I thought it appropriate.
[attachment=0:3f0vwqhx]final render.png[/attachment:3f0vwqhx]

Best,
Jason.

Altogether neat! I preferred the shiny one though.

That's a neat HDRI: care to say where you got it?

numbthumb

Yes, I would like to know as well. However, there is one in the sIBL archive http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html

jason_maranto

That's the one -- author: Blochi, named: Milkyway... There are also some you can buy on the Dosch site but since I can't expect the people watching my videos to go buy the set I used the free one on sIBL archive (which is fantastic, free or not, thanks NASA!)

Best,
Jason.

Bob James

Thank you

MikeR

sweeeeeeeeeeet....im a Big Macross (Robotech) fan and i really love the anime....and im lovin your model Glaug as well.....great work on details.....

designerstuart

yeah thanks that's amazing keep us posted thanks for sharing

jason_maranto

Thank-you

I'm getting ready to UV map/unwrap and texture several variations in ZBrush -- I'll post those as I go.

Best,
Jason.

jason_maranto

So here's the first piece unwrapped and painted in ZBrush (and rendered in Maxwell)... I used this peice to demo the process in some ZBrush videos I'm wrapping up now:

Best,
Jason.

jason_maranto

Another test -- mostly just trying out different ideas for the workflow into Maxwell before I get too far into it.

Best,
Jason.

designerstuart

wow those textures really will add depth..... we're watching.....!