[General Grievous]

Thanks a million eric xD and im pretty framiliar with photoshop.. and its alpha channel.. however im not to smart on a on?off pose? and lee had said to unwrap your model then re-wrap the decel on.. i forgot how to do that??

 

I must add, howver im a little hurt... i was hoping for some other feedback on grievous from people.. what im doing wrong.. what needs to be overly changed.. if anythings right on the button...

 

Matt, grievous' talons are a bit thicker in the movie.. thats a statue so not as acurate.. and what did you mean on chest cavity?

[General Grievous]

its pretty important to get it done fast.. but its even more important that i do it myself.. lee was the guy who could have helped me since he did texture my trooper guy.. but hes gone now soo i gota look arround.. and i know very little about bump mapping and decals

[General Grievous]

Thanks eric, but its very important if anyone can help me with tutorials or info on deceling and bump mapping.. i gota get this guy done and fast..

[General Grievous]

Wow.. hehe sorry guys xD its been kinda a long time since i posted.. anything.. i dunno.. for a few weeks i got nothin done ;3; so i worked REALLY hard this week for you guys so here you go.. i got modeling done (but however as usuall a few tweeks most likely needed) his arms are finished off.. and once hes rigged youll see them split xD

 

Im going to start texturing next.. however im not to bright on the topic.. anyone know of any good deceling and bump map tutorials?? any info would help alot xD

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

Woah.. sorry guys.. I havn't posted an update for over a week.. I hope you arnt ticked xD I've been having modeling block.. and have been sick the past few days and can't really work when im sick.. just can't concentrate... Anyways.. heres all the stuff you've missed.. The legs are ALMOST done.. just one more peice for the upper legs and once coloured they'll look much more acuarate.. I was also wondering if you guys would like me to post references to lemi know if I'm doing it right..

 

Im going to be busy tomorrow and the thanksgiving day off.. but starting tuesday im sure ill be back on the daily updates.. once i feel better too..

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

Haha, dont worry guys. No way im gunna give up on grievous.. just some weird things going on xS and sadly.. Dad needed the computer about ALL day today.. so nothing really at all to show you tonight.. that and im gunna be gone friday and saturday.. and robably busy sunday.. So it pains me to say.. no more updates till monday but "I asume" I will have modeling of general grievous done by next week (I hope)

[General Grievous]

*sigh* I'm kinda feeling down today everyone ): i tried to work harder today then the last few days.. yet turned out with less to show for it.. now my pa is wanting to kick me off so i dont even have time for a proper WIP render... so a quick shot of what I got.. Hopfully there will be more and better things to show tomorrow..

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

I didnt mean to offend you lee xD

 

Okay.. so for todays update.. im not to happy.. I didnt get as much as i wanted done.. dad took the computer too much today and im lucky i got the time to render this update.. and since this part is very odly shaped.. and i had very little references.. and it didnt turn out right i think I may try some tweeking on it tomorrow.. but all aside after some tweeking tomorrow, im gunna make the rest of the torso and as much of the legs as possilbe.. so here you go guys xD expect MUCH more tomorrow...

 

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

Absolutely amazing Model !! and Yes...a challenge to rig and animate.

 

(could you share the details of your lighting setup, please? - also very nice)

 

The lighting is nothing special.. since my family cant really afford getting me an upgrade... im using a version without AO.. so its just a skylight with some key sun lights?

 

Hey everyone, while I was searching though my computer for grievous pics for more references I came across something.. Aparently.. I atempted to make this model before and by the looks of it.. was about 2 years ago.. tell me how much my modeling has improved

[General Grievous]

OKay guys, the update for today.. not as much as i thought though.. its just adding the sack to the head.. tomorrow I'll be working at making the outer body shell.. hoping to get most of that done but we'll see what happens..

 

You're doing a really fantastic job, Kevin! Especially on keeping the elegance of the lines and curves! Even on something as incredibly un-elegant as a "gut sack." :-)

 

Thanks largento! and you know.. theres nothing more elegant then a sack of guts

 

Hey Kevin, had to chime in - nice work! I hope this will be finished with as much detail as you've given thus far. Keep it up.

 

Thanks eric, but you know.. my detail will be as detaild as grievous is trying to make this as acurate as posible

 

Good thoughts on color and waiting, but I just want to chime in with, your color's not far off. Maybe a tint of green? ::shrug::

 

I think what's very... Evil about his look is the sharpness. Almost everything comes to a point. Very rigid, yet elegant, and smooth. (What a bad guy, eh? )

 

Texturing should add to it as well, a nice battle-worn look.

 

I never really thought WIP colouring was all that important and like the modeling.. texturing will turn out as acurate to the model as i can make it

 

Well thats all for tonight folks.. watch for the update tomorrow

 

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

I'm actually gunna stick with the previous colour.. after all it is just a WIP and once deceld and such.. will look much more acurate

 

A quick small update I wana give here.. not the final one for the day but just something I wanted to show what I was working on.. I'm making General Grievous' Gut Sack right now.. i think i got it right.. i didnt spend to much time on the guts cause you wont get to see them to often anyways xDD

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

Beautiful work.

 

Although, this must be a nightmare to rig for animation

 

Yeah I was thinking the same thing.. though its really only the neck that will be the pain xD

[Project "FS Clemenceau"]

Truely amazing work agep! your stuff always inspires me

[General Grievous]

A very small update for today.. not much time to doo anything.. I finished off his ear flaps.. and tweeked the weird thing in the back of his head.. i also added an extra layer of eye lid if anyone an see..

 

and i tried to make it darker for you phatso... even though this is a WIP and that wasnt his final colour lol

 

Much more for tomorrow everyone

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

Update time

 

It's that time again folks the next update on my general grievous

 

So, I got a bit of what I wanted done.. His mech neck is basically finished.. other then a few random wires I need more ref on... I finished his ear muff things and even the back of his head.. I still have to finish his ear flaps and his eyes still need work.. they dont look very grievous like to me.... and no wireframe shot for today.. seeing as I'm having internet probs and your lucky to get this short of WIP xD (the angle the render is in dosnt show the neck update very well.. realised this after rendering) I'll only be working for a bit tomorrow cause i got a family thing.. but from monday to thursday expect daily updates

 

Also.. If anyone has noticed.. iv changed the WIP render eatch time xD loking for a good one.. Lee made this lighting set up for me and im pretty happy with it xD so my renders will prb look like this from now on.. Thanks again lee xDD

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

Thanks for the great coments guys xDD It always makes me happy (and sometimes work with more confidence xD) When people like my work!

 

Once again, no updates for today.. im heading out in 20 mins.. and wont be back till late tonight.. but i expect by tomorrow to have all of his mech neck done.. and hofully more done to his head.. and thanks lee xD i do like those wrinkles to but they still need alot fo work to become greivous eyes.. and the hard part is that the left eye is dif then the right one.. so i still got that xDD and i still gota finish off his ears "no detail on them yet.. sorta just rushed them by lol"

 

And yes banano.. i do plan on animating this monster xDD would be pretty hard though.. specially head movements..

 

Thats all folks xD

 

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

Woops lol, almost forgot the wireframe for you folks

[General Grievous]

Update time

 

Okay.. soo I did some work today.. alot of the stuff I did i had to de-do so it dosn't look like much... I still have to add detail on his ear flap things.. edit up the weird ear muff things.. eyes still need work.. and back of head needs to be made lol.. now I may or may not have a progress report tomorrow.. if not, you guys wont be getting one till saturday lol.. but by sat i will have all of head done and hopfully all of his mechanical neck..

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

Next Update

 

I'm giving this update sorta earlyer cause im sorta tierd and just wana lay back the rest of the day

 

So I updated a few parts and added things.. I still gota work with the eyes.. they were driving me mad xD and i may re-do those ear things before putting on the flaps, expect more updates tomorrow

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[General Grievous]

I don't know whats really been going on lately.. I have projects that are going no where and seem to not understand what to work on.. So basically for the past few months I have had nothing to do.. So i wanted to get back to the animation I love.. even if its just for my own fun..

 

I decided to go with General Grievous.. a model I've been wanting to do since i just started my star wars movie project (a movie sadly to say may never be done...). but I wanted to go a different way with it this time.. as many of you may notice.. when I do WIP's I usually show you a LARGE chunk of the model done.. then minor tweeks.. or just finished parts of the model till the whole thing comes together. Mainly cause I want it to look the best it can .. but this time I decided to show a progress report at the end of eatch day.. to show the "work in progress" behind the model. and to be honest I was about not to post anything today cause I wasnt happy with how much I got done and how messy it looked.. but then I realised i was getting back to old habbits.. so heres what I have so far

 

I started with the head as I do with all of my character models.. I gota work with the weird line things above the eyes.. tweek them up a bit.. as well as figure out some things about the back of the head.. very few references on that part lol. The eyes will most likely be done by tomorrow as well as filling up the head (Grievous is a little empty headed at the moment )

 

Expect much more smoothing, tweaking and modeling done tomorrow

 

C&C is much apriciated

 

~Kevin

[Sexy Alien]

lol there is such a thing as TOOO many breasts.. most i think this one needs is three... should make up for the one eye lol

[Texturing Common Assault Marine By Dark_Jedi]

well i do agree i want less to animate.. but its easyer to do then taking off the whole helmet... and we have to ad personality to main characters... best way we can do that with guys that are wearing the same thing is their eyes

[Texturing Common Assault Marine By Dark_Jedi]

lol i just wanted to see how a render would look lee... mind if i ask whats up with the colours?? the other pic you had finished off for me was much more clear.. and easyer to see the guy.. why so dark and bluey and red?

[Texturing Common Assault Marine By Dark_Jedi]

its just that the helmet is a very quick model.. and looks better when transparent visor..

[Texturing Common Assault Marine By Dark_Jedi]

well pish posh lee.. i like it better the other way