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Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 02 Mar 2014, 01:44

Day 1

Steinie and Pugman1 joined the team "The Funny Farm"
Pugman1 is 6 hours ahead of Steinie so communication between time zones prove challenging.
Pugman1 suggested a funny scene with a Dragon and Dwarves.
I sent Pugman1 a quick sketch with humorous possibilities. (These will not be shown until the finale render)
Sketch is attached to this post waiting for Pugman's approval.
Time for a nap.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 02 Mar 2014, 13:51

Day2

The modeling has been divided with Pugman1 modeling the Dragon and Steinie the dwarves.
Pugman may model the hair for the dwarves.
While researching "Dwarves" for reference pics I stumbled upon this site:

http://schellstudio.com/gallery/index.php"

Scroll down the page to "Mask" and "Full Sculpture" for amazing sculpting clay skills. If your a 3D character modeler this is a great
reference site.

Since I use Sculptris and Pugman uses ZBrush I asked him to model me wigs, mustaches and beards. My thinking is if he adds hair to my objects I'll loose
the capability to paint my Dwarfs in Sculptris. This will be an experiment since I'm not sure of the results or possibilities at the moment.
I painted some mock hair in Photoshop as an example. I see some examples of braided mustaches on the internet, that would be a big challenge for Pugman!

Sculptris render on left with trueSpace real-time render on right.

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 02 Mar 2014, 17:09

Looking forward to this ,good site found there

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 02 Mar 2014, 18:39

I've never missed ceramics class as much as I do right now.

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 02 Mar 2014, 19:02

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread ... aided-Hair"

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sculpting+braids"

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 03 Mar 2014, 12:23

here plated hair in zbrush

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 03 Mar 2014, 13:50

Day3

Pugman is working the hair modeling like a champ! I asked him to create Wigs for me.
I applied his "wig" to the model of the "Axe Dwarf".
A High poly count but boy is it worth the finished look!

Finished modeling most of the body, arms and hands. I requested a sword from Pugman and a hoe will
fill in until then...or maybe not! (Pun intentional

)

Onward to model Dwarf #2

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 04 Mar 2014, 03:43

One of your best sculpts, Matey!

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 04 Mar 2014, 05:11

Dayum! That's an awesome character!

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 04 Mar 2014, 12:04

Here is the start of the dragon ,body im starting with z sphere need to find the pose before i
change it to a mesh

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 04 Mar 2014, 12:16

The Dragon head is perfect!
The wings have to come up a lot more before you turn this into a mesh. Also wrap the tail around to the left again.(lengthen)

Pugman your a great partner!!!

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 04 Mar 2014, 17:22

http://wallpapersus.com/dragon-wings-lava-01/"

I am not at my computer but this is the shape I had
In mind.

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 04 Mar 2014, 18:20

here is the new start , please let me know boss if ok

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 04 Mar 2014, 19:21

Day 4

Pugman1 and Steinie worked to finalize the overall shape of the Dragon today.
Pugman utilizing ZBrush to shape and model the Dragon's body.
Steinie realizing that the Dwarf he modeled was actually the "Sword Dwarf" not the "Axe Dwarf". It could have been worse
since there appears to be a "Hoe Dwarf"

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 05 Mar 2014, 02:21

Day 4 PM

Pugman sent me the Dragon Head after he modeled in ZBrush. The head wouldn't load into Sculptris "too many triangles connected to an edge"
so I loaded the model into Argile, generated a new mesh, brought the mesh back into Sculptris and used the "reduced brush" to lower the triangle count
down to a manageable level for trueSpace. While in Sculptris I added a few details to the already excellent modeling job by Pugman.

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 05 Mar 2014, 08:07

I was a bit worried my work would not fit to steinies style but looking at that
head he pulled it off ,it now matches . nice one steinie

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 05 Mar 2014, 13:50

I have a question for all users.
I deleted the original texture file for a model. I have the model saved in trueSpace with the texture applied. It looks like trueSpace combines the model and texture into one file. If I use the eyedropper (using workSpace side) it shows me the texture. How can I save this texture again if possible?

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 05 Mar 2014, 14:17

Navigate inside the object's Material node and select the node that has the texture, then Insert As into a Library as a PNG. If you do not have the D3DMaterial node look deeper for the InputBitmap node.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 06 Mar 2014, 01:20

trueBlue,
I just can't figure this one out. I think I'm at the right place but I cannot find "insert as" or go deeper.
Any ideas or help?

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 06 Mar 2014, 02:42

Day 5

Dragon body modeling was completed today by Pugman with slight modification and painting by me.
After throwing numerous modeling request at Pugman I really need to start modeling the other two Dwarfs myself.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 06 Mar 2014, 02:43

That Dragon is awesome!!!!!! Best sculpt here!

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 06 Mar 2014, 04:21

From the Library my freind. Select your Texture node and from the library Insert As/Png Then you can Export it from the same menu if you want.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 07 Mar 2014, 00:29

Thank you trueBlue, that last post made it clear for my dense brain.
For you Matey a sneak peak as yar reward...har har har...

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 07 Mar 2014, 02:22

Your Welcome. Wow that is really awesome!

Dragneye · Post by **Dragneye** » 07 Mar 2014, 05:16

Real nice job guys!

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 08 Mar 2014, 15:23

Great to hear positive comments for our hard work!

Day 6
Finished modeling Dwarf 2 head
Will post detail rendering of Dwarf 1 sword modeled by Pugman 1

Currently visualizing the final pose for Dwarf 2 while he is leaning on his Axe.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 08 Mar 2014, 16:43

I didn't want to make the object poly heavy so I tried to leave the braided ends alone. Is this one better?

As you might have realized by now:
Dwarf 1 has an attitude problem
Dwarf 2 has ADHD, and
Dwarf 3 was a conscientious objector during the "War of Vengeance"
The cataclysmic war that erupted between the Dwarfs and the High Elves.

That is the problem when you show your work too soon...everyone figures out
the ending

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 08 Mar 2014, 17:00

I would say perfect .cant wait to see the rest of him

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 09 Mar 2014, 14:05

Day 7

Work will now move on to the third Dwarf...phewwww

...any similarities or characteristics in the following render to Steinie or Pugman is coincidental.
A mirror might prove otherwise...

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 09 Mar 2014, 14:08

cool , let me know what we need next

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 09 Mar 2014, 14:24

So are you using Workspace to rig and pose? I hope to see lots of props in your final scene, this could be lots of fun. Atleast a few Steins, eh?

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 09 Mar 2014, 22:10

trueBlue,
Yes I am using the workSpace side of trueSpace to setup the scene and VRay to render. No plans to animate so I model to pose.
I really should put these guys in a beer hall instead of a musty old cave!

Day 7 PM

Pugman modeled this awesome cave for me while I did the paint job. It has not been tested yet for scene layout but I'm sure we'll get it to work.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 10 Mar 2014, 02:58

Day 7 PM Late...Past Bed Time...

Worked on Dwarf 3 Head.
Project nears completion!

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 10 Mar 2014, 19:37

Day 8

Dwarf 3 completed.
Now comes the scary part where all the parts are combined into one big massive polypoop.
Will there be enough memory?
Will my CPU stay cool?
Will my graphics card handle the load.

Do I have enough beer?
Stay Tooned.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 11 Mar 2014, 01:33

Day 8 PM

We are DONE!

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Thank you all for taking the time to post a message or comment. It really helps keep us going.
I hope it was worth the wait.
Thanks Pugman1 for being a fantastic and gifted partner. I think we should be proud of this finished artwork.

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