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**Wiz** · 06-18-2008, 05:51 PM

Render farm I can get access to, its the patience bit that worries me...

Ok here's today's progress, its been fun (not), the outer rim on his head has been a real pain in the arse, trying to figure out how to set up the smooth mesh without affecting all the extrusions I had done (for the inlets).

I ending going back to an earlier save, and simply turbosmoothed (and collapsed the stack) and I am now cutting the extrusions back in from that, so really interested in what techniques people use for such bits where smoothed mesh meets hard egdes, curious to see if what I am doing now is actually the way to go?

Anyway here is the update

hopes ya likes!

I have some further tweaks and of course the inlets to finish, but on track for finishing the head this week

Wiz.

**ChrisGFX** · 06-18-2008, 08:31 PM

yay ... cool update. I like very much

Chris

**Wiz** · 06-18-2008, 08:35 PM

Thanks mate, really happy with progress at the moment

So making the most of these good days,...

liam887 · 06-18-2008, 08:44 PM

looking good,you are planning to model the whole body rnt you? or are you just making like a bust?

**Wiz** · 06-18-2008, 09:40 PM

Its the whole body or bust

homerpalooza67 · 06-19-2008, 04:07 AM

He said before that he's insane, so assume he means the whole body

**Wiz** · 06-19-2008, 08:03 AM

Not insane just differently sane...

Well hopefully going to get the head finished today and then let the madness begin..

Cheers chaps,

Wiz.

**tobian** · 06-19-2008, 10:04 AM

That's going to take some serious faffing about to do! Good luck on the challenge of making it: It looks awesome so far, especially with your improved metal shaders!

**Wiz** · 06-19-2008, 10:39 AM

Thanks mate, its defintely going to be a right kafuffle thats for sure!

**Wiz** · 06-19-2008, 01:42 PM

YAY!

I have finished his head, stage one is done, and still completely sane...

Although this was really the easy bit compared to the rest of him... (gulp)

I have some final tweaks to do, remove some of the symmetry and wotnot, and not completely happy with the chin, but will come back to that later down the line

The metal shader is still a WIP, but will refine as I go along

Ok need sometime to research body modelling, but hopefully wont be too long before I have something to show

Cheers,

Wiz.

06-18-2008, 08:31 PM	#72 (permalink)
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06-18-2008, 05:51 PM	#71 (permalink)
Wiz SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 38 Posts: 485	Render farm I can get access to, its the patience bit that worries me... Ok here's today's progress, its been fun (not), the outer rim on his head has been a real pain in the arse, trying to figure out how to set up the smooth mesh without affecting all the extrusions I had done (for the inlets). I ending going back to an earlier save, and simply turbosmoothed (and collapsed the stack) and I am now cutting the extrusions back in from that, so really interested in what techniques people use for such bits where smoothed mesh meets hard egdes, curious to see if what I am doing now is actually the way to go? Anyway here is the update hopes ya likes! I have some further tweaks and of course the inlets to finish, but on track for finishing the head this week Wiz.

06-18-2008, 08:35 PM	#73 (permalink)
Wiz SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 38 Posts: 485	Thanks mate, really happy with progress at the moment So making the most of these good days,...

06-18-2008, 08:44 PM	#74 (permalink)
liam887 SFM Guru Realname: Liam Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Liverpool Age: 20 Posts: 344	looking good,you are planning to model the whole body rnt you? or are you just making like a bust?

06-18-2008, 09:40 PM	#75 (permalink)
Wiz SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 38 Posts: 485	Its the whole body or bust

06-19-2008, 08:03 AM	#77 (permalink)
Wiz SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 38 Posts: 485	Not insane just differently sane... Well hopefully going to get the head finished today and then let the madness begin.. Cheers chaps, Wiz.

06-19-2008, 10:39 AM	#79 (permalink)
Wiz SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 38 Posts: 485	Thanks mate, its defintely going to be a right kafuffle thats for sure!

06-19-2008, 01:42 PM	#80 (permalink)
Wiz SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 38 Posts: 485	YAY! I have finished his head, stage one is done, and still completely sane... Although this was really the easy bit compared to the rest of him... (gulp) I have some final tweaks to do, remove some of the symmetry and wotnot, and not completely happy with the chin, but will come back to that later down the line The metal shader is still a WIP, but will refine as I go along Ok need sometime to research body modelling, but hopefully wont be too long before I have something to show Cheers, Wiz.

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