TRex

MGebhart · July 19, 2010, 10:38:11 AM

Hi All,

I purchased a copy of Mudbox 2011 and Maya 2011 to advance my software knowledge and skills. This will be necessary to have a good foundation for entering the gaming industry. There are some well known Gaming Companies here in my new home of Dallas. Sweet.

I'm working in Mudbox and learning my way around the program. It is similar to ZBrush with some cool tools. Anyway, I'm working on a TRex as my first project and I will offer the completed file for your use. It would be nice to see a steamy, tropical render from you talented Terragen users.

This is taking me away from the Magnolia project, but I need to get the old portfolio current by adding images using the current tool sets utilized by Game developers.

Let me know if you are interested in the TRex and I will make it available.

Thanks.

PG · July 19, 2010, 10:58:51 AM

Yeah I've got the trial of it, never really understood the principles behind modelling to get a good grip of it so my 3ds max trial went mostly unused.

Henry Blewer · July 19, 2010, 11:58:17 AM

Mudbox is the one which works kind of like clay is sculpted?

Pretty good start. Umm, new models for this type of carnivore now have the tail balancing the the head. Sort of a bridge type structuring. Then, there is the feathers theories. These may have had feathered bodies and bald heads; like buzzards today.
And finally the theory that they all died from cancer from using cell phones...

Edit: Cancel the tail head part. It's almost just right.

MGebhart · July 19, 2010, 12:33:02 PM

I guess they didn't have hands free devices. LOL.

Zairyn Arsyn · July 19, 2010, 01:11:08 PM

Quote from: njeneb on July 19, 2010, 11:58:17 AM
Then, there is the feathers theories. These may have had feathered bodies and bald heads; like buzzards today.
And finally the theory that they all died from cancer from using cell phones...

CELL PHONES are dinosaur technologies

MGebhart · July 21, 2010, 01:06:42 PM

I'm checking the displacement map quality in Terragen. So far so good.

Note: I'm thinking of having the Rex fighting a Velociraptor or two in the final render.

Henry Blewer · July 21, 2010, 01:10:41 PM

Looks good so far.

MGebhart · July 22, 2010, 06:36:57 PM

Mudbox is unstable and I got mad. Typical AutoDesk Crap.

Redoing the Rex in ZBrush.

Henry Blewer · July 22, 2010, 07:17:24 PM

Sorry. I hope it was not too frustrating.

MGebhart · July 23, 2010, 12:36:00 PM

Almost done with Mr. Rex. After he is complete I'll began the Velociraptor.

PG · July 23, 2010, 12:45:15 PM

Those eyes creep me the hell out, just way too human $:-\$ cool model though

airflamesred · July 23, 2010, 01:06:53 PM

looking good Marc

MGebhart · July 23, 2010, 01:39:12 PM

@PG

Me too. I will make them more lizard like in the final.

Zairyn Arsyn · July 23, 2010, 02:48:20 PM

Marc has a created a Human-Dinosaur hybrid

MGebhart · July 24, 2010, 07:36:46 PM

Creating a better sense of realisms. As you can tell I corrected the eye.

The finished scene will be Rex and a Raptor fighting over a dead Triceratops.

This will take some time to complete due to the time I wasted in Mudbox. Rats!

May need to create some prehistoric trees and such for the Terragen Render.

Also, here are the base meshes for the Tri and Rap.