Feng Zhu's Space Suit concept (image heavy)

Artwork Works in Progress
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I actually started this project on december of last year, but I’ve worked on it with huge pauses and gaps in between, but I’m taking it back again :slight_smile:

I reached Feng Zhu’s site through BlenderNewbies forum… And I must say their works are really stunning…
I saw this character concept that was begging to be modeled :smiley:

Here’s a link to the original concept, I’m modeling the one on the left.

I intended to follow the reference as close as possible, but there were some parts that didnt make much sense, so I had to make those parts up.

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/25681/Feng%20Character%20Render%2001.PNG

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/25681/Feng%20Character%20Render%2003.PNG

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/25681/Feng%20Character%20Render%2005.PNG

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/25681/Feng%20Character%20Render%2008.PNG

Then, I got stuck, the arms make no sense at all here.
If you look at the reference, he has a shoulder-armour that looks linked to the chest, which would mean that he isnt able to lift his arms, not even for a T pose.
So I got stuck, thinking on how to fix this, and eventually forgot about it and drifted to other works.
Today, I opened it and I figured out a way to do it, so I did :):

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/25681/Feng%20Character%20Render%2009%20Front.PNG

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/25681/Feng%20Character%20Render%2009%20Rear.PNG

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dude thats AWESOME! really cool

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Legs and torso are to bulky, look at the concept again, they are way thinner there.

You need to move the arms down a bit, its looking strange atm because they are that high.
Keep in mind that that guy must have a neck somewhere :stuck_out_tongue:

And you might want to define the overall shape of the trousers a little bit more.

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The pants are a placeholder, I plan to sculpt them to make the shape and add wrinkles:
Thanks for pointing the arm issue :slight_smile:

I made something up to cover the space between his arm and the armour :slight_smile:

Though before I move on, does anyone know any technique to ‘close’ the little gaps on the waist area?
It’s too high poly for me to edit freely, my computer goes to slow and I would never finish.

Here are some renders:

http://forum.nystic.com/download/file.php?id=6066

http://forum.nystic.com/download/file.php?id=6065

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Fixed the waist area now, but I’m considering giving that part a different style, much more high-tec

Update, first test for the sleeves… Looks really lowsy if you ask me… Maybe I should modify the concept again?

Attachments

Feng Zhu Sleeve 01.PNG779×545 144 KB

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i would do the pattern on sleeves with a normal map rather than extruding your existing edge loops, or alternately try and smooth out the edge loops a bit if you really want it all to be modeled. but each to their own :wink:

peace