Naked Mole Rat WIP

[Belseth]

I just have a couple of hours into it and still need a lot of shaping before I start detailing but I thought I’d post it anyway. The front leg muscles are kind of large etc. Naked mole rats are basically one big wrinkle but they are one of the most disturbing looking animals on the planet. Always wanted to do a CG model of one but before ZBrush it seemed like a waste given they are mostly detail. Can’t wait to start detailing it. Wish I had 2.5 and a machine beefy enough to max it. I’ll probably wind up redoing the detail once it’s availible and I can upgrade.

I posted a reference comp for those not familar with these scary little animals. Ironically they’re vegitarians.

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[Verdant]

Aww, I think they’re cute.

… and it’s looking like a great model. I think just the toes, which look a little bulbous, and paws themselves, which seem pitched at a strange angle, need work.

[Belseth]

There’s a number of things like that I’m tweaking. I don’t want to rush it. Hard to not start building wrinkles. I just roughed in toes for placement and still need to settle on length and pose on the legs even. The move tool wound up being one of my favorites. Kind of a cross between drag and magnet but works better than either. Childs play to tweak the whole model. I was rushing and didn’t notice that the model that the zspheres made was wider than I wanted. I managed to adjust that in seconds even after I did some major shaping. So long as you have a enough resolution there isn’t much you can’t do.

It’s the wrinkles and teeth that are disturbing with mole rats. The mouths even have a puffy sickly look. Very creepy animals. The joke is they are small for a rat, about the size of a small pocket gopher.