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an ordinary story

Posted: 08 Sep 2010, 08:54
by shadow_ex_
Hello everyone,I'm Shadow Explorer,
here's some characters from a project i have in development.

As a project it started 10 years ago by me and a good friend ;)
I started to learn 3d in 2006 using 3ds max and
one year ago i switched to softimage as my main modelling program
(i can model in maya too)


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for now its a just a portion of the work done so far (in softimage),i hope you like it :)

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 08 Sep 2010, 09:34
by Hirazi Blue
Very nice! B-)
Could you tell us a little bit more about the project?
Is this meant for an animation or for a game for instance?

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 08 Sep 2010, 10:06
by shadow_ex_
My dream is to make it a video game,thats why i went 3d in the 1st place,however i dont have the knowledge needed (mainly programming)but i miss other skills in 3d as good rigging...

so i create the content,like they are going to be in a game,and i plan making an illustrated book of the story
the story itself takes place in a fantasy world were variations of real world civilizations exist in the same timeline
there are also other fantasy influences as well ;)

the story follows a group (or band should i say :p ) of adventurers
the characters themselfs are inspired of my friends,and some famous people i admire
but since i ran out of them i continoued using ref from the internet (for their faces that is)

an example :
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and a steam locomotive Image

Hirazi Blue thanks for the comment,im glad you like it^^

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 09:25
by shadow_ex_
instead of looking back to old stuff im gonig to post my current wips^^

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a man of war ship, it will loosely based on hms victory (when finished hehe i-)

and my favorite car, part of jgtc series
jgtc toyota supra \m/
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Re: shadow_ex_ WIP thread

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 09:54
by Hirazi Blue
I have changed the title of the thread to reflect the fact you changed it to a more general WIP thread... Feel free to change it to anything more appropriate... ;)

Re: shadow_ex_ WIP thread

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 10:08
by shadow_ex_
i have no problem with the name,
they are still part of the same story though (yes i know it sounds weird,until everything is explained)^^

for instance
for central europe will be portrayed in a gothic\neogothic style
greece will still keep its ancient style but its a fantasy story

and japan will be portrayed more or less the same way as it is today
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this thing will be sinjuku square one day,thats where the cars fit^^

Re: shadow_ex_ WIP thread

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 10:09
by Hirazi Blue
Oops, my mistake, I'll change it back!!! :ymblushing:

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 10:28
by shadow_ex_
well,im sorry,maybe its my fault,not be able to explain everything that the project is,
its going on for about 3,5 years of 3d modeling

so i posted stuff i recently did with softimage (well the steam train is half max half softimage),and see if people have something good or bad to say about them^^

for now on i will post current stuff and maybe do some back tracking at times
after all when i finish the project,you will be able to see everything ;)

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 22:04
by Zafar Iqbal
Sounds like a hek of a project. Good luck with it. The models looks great - keep us updated!

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 07:30
by shadow_ex_
thanks a lot for the comment Zafar^^

here's what im working on right now,to break the continuous work with the car :)
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the texture its just a projection with zbrush zapplink for now,the face is unwrapped though


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and an update on supra :)

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 13:53
by shadow_ex_
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finished the body,now i have to add details :)

color guide + ao mapImage

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 20:58
by shadow_ex_
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a big-pirate guy,his outfit has to be done^^
his body is sculpted from the guy below
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edit: 2 generic vamp enemies
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another edit: another pirate (well gypsy pirate :ar!)
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Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 12 Sep 2010, 12:32
by shadow_ex_
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here's another one

hopefully later i will post some progress of the car^^

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 12 Sep 2010, 22:35
by shadow_ex_
Image here's my progress^^
the only thing that i find difficult to correct is the headlight area
with several adjusting, it's lost its smoothness..

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 13 Sep 2010, 16:19
by shadow_ex_
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i was digging my old files ( i united all the models done so far under one softimage project),suprisingly they are not bad^^
hopefully they will be updated,i still miss 4 cars

nissan 33z fairlady
asl garaiya
subaru impreza
and toyota mrs

Re: an ordinary story

Posted: 13 Sep 2010, 18:14
by Zafar Iqbal
Nice update - have you been working on the pirate and the car at the same time? seems like you are spitting out models :S

Can I ask what your workflow is regarding the car? I can't seem to find a good one with splines.