robvmonte Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Well here is my newist character SIR PIGGY! yes its a pig in armor. Everyting except the the head and taill are incased in shiny silvery armor! Anyone know how i could go about modeling him? Thanks, Robert Fiermonte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egopoe Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I'm sure there are as many ways of modelling as there are modellers. So this is just how I would go about creating your piggy (PS. I havent figured out how to make proper armor yet). For the body and limbs I would start with making a dummy with as few patches as possible and tweak it into size and proportions. No need to stitch the arms and legs on the torso and time consuming things like that, just to get the shape right. Then start modelling the various pieces of armor on top of these (arm guards, greaves etc) and possibly take a trip to your local museum to see some medieval armor and note how they are strapped on, how the joints are made and such. I find it easiest to start from the shoulders and work my way down. One thing I think is important with armor is to also give the pieces depth, so it doesn't look flat from the wrong angles. For all of this you only need to make one side of armor. You can later copy and flip for the other side. On the head I would start with the mouth and snout, modelling these seperately. Then add the eyes to the snout and stitch it together. Then expand with the cheeks and the rest of the face. I would also make the ears as seperate pieces of geometry and stitch them on when they look satisfying. Always think of what size your final result will be in (you can hide alot of sloppiness on a 64x64 piggy). If the model is only to be shown in small size, then I think texturing is more important than accurasy in the model. Looking forward to seeing the piggy cut some bacon. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 you could check out the knight model on the cd for armor ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvmonte Posted May 25, 2004 Author Share Posted May 25, 2004 the armors not the hard part the face is. I dont know how to model faces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iham Wrong Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Here's half of a cartoon like pig head with lots of 5P patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iham Wrong Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Here's the model if you want it. sir_piggy.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlJack Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Here's half of a cartoon like pig head with lots of 5P patches. ::in my best dangerfield impression:: Last time I saw a face like that it had a hook in it. Great little piggy. Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iham Wrong Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Hehe! You could have said something to the effect, ...... it had a peice of fruit in it's mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modernhorse Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Jeepers Frank ! That's great. But the really great part is ... did you whip this up for rbovmonte? If this is the case then I want my Robin done !!! Just kidding but man you're a generous fella ! Cheers! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MATrickz Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Love the face! Great modeling, how long did that take you to make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvmonte Posted May 28, 2004 Author Share Posted May 28, 2004 Hey thanks for the model. I will use it to get started but i would prefer to learn to do it myself. just feels right. mabe you could tell us how you made the model. Thanks! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iham Wrong Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 The modeling took maybe an hour or so. It started out as a 10 segment sphere. A few click here, scale, cut in, extrude, delete a section, push that, pull there, reflow and there you have it. No mystery, just practice and applying what you learn here on the Forum/List. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvmonte Posted May 30, 2004 Author Share Posted May 30, 2004 btw can i use the head as my avatar since I designed this character. but since its your modeled character i have to ask. you dont mind do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iham Wrong Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 I don't mind. I made it for you or anyone else that wants it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvmonte Posted May 30, 2004 Author Share Posted May 30, 2004 thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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