'Briareos' - character from Appleseed - meets Mad Max/Lonewolf n Cub

[AdamRodgers]

Hello ZBC, first time poster here, so Hi to you all.

As a personal project and way to learn ZB I thought Id combine a few of my favourite heroes into one character, specifically Briareos but mixed with a couple of other favorites of mine.

For those unfamiliar with Shirows work on ‘Appleseed’ -

more info- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleseed_(manga)

Day one - without giving too much away at this point, this will be an older more grissled Briareos, carrying some damage and also some very delicate and important cargo.

Attachments

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More blocking in and adjusting broad forms -

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Still blocking in the forms, but took a little break to work up an accessory for the presentation shot later.

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Update - blocking in finished - now to stage 2 of layout before HI poly sculpting.

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More blocking in and roughing out more details -

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Took a day off yesterday to start a piece for the upcoming ‘Tank Girl’ series - it also serves the purpose of giving me some practice on sculpting the two ‘cubs’ for Briareos.

‘Lil’ Tank Girl

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Back to Briareos and the final Pass - Heres the Low Poly BaseMesh of the ‘Beowulf Mk II - Battle Rifle’ A squat and hardy low maintenance Rail Weapon, powered from interchangeable Cells and/or External Generators.

Now to ZBrush with it.

C and C Welcome

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Added the Bipod and made some minor tweaks and now starting the HP proper -

C and C welcome.

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Got a bit of time to get the HP sculpt started on the Railgun - sculpting in extended form for ease and hoping it all still folds nicely, best check that soon.

C and C welcome

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Made some changes to the LP on various sub assemblies to get better ZB output - mostly it was T’s and corner flow that caused the issues rather than density - lesson learnt

C and C welcome

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[Update]
Enlarged Bipod and tested folded mode, added some cabling placeholders and some other general furniture.

C n C welcome

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Pretty much done with the factory shipped version. A few things to tidy and add; grip surfaces and hints at different materials then onto wear and tear layers.

Still need to add a Eye and Wrist Jacks and cable and the external power cables to link to Briareos.

C and C welcome

[AdamRodgers]

I think Ill call the HP done for now, primarily as it was just a way to test and bed in the new ZB and I want to get the LP done and textured while working up Briareos.

Ill be texturing it using tried methods as a factory perfect version first then using some different techniques to create the battered and weathered later.

C and C welcome

[AdamRodgers]

Thank you for the encouragement Alismuffin

As a test of HP to LP workflow I thought Id make some Speedloader pouches, a simple object to test and rough polypaint to test workflow and pipeline. But Ive got a wee problem!

After doing some HP sculpting I decided to go back and change the UV’s a little and now its giving me trouble.

-I thought I could just import it into div 1 of the already sculpted Speedloader subtool but it doesn’t seem to like that.

-I tried copying UVs in ZB and pasting and again but NO GO.

-So I tried dividing it upto same divs and projecting the detail with many small tweaks of PBlue, Mean etc and I still find it unsatisfactory. Is there a science to Projection now ? does anyone have any suggestions on this or another method? Or should I just keep tweaking Projection and hope I can get there eventually?

TBH It was only a very fast sculpt to get something for testing the whole workflow so I’m not precious about the sculpt, in fact its pretty raw imo, but Id like to be able to get out of this fix if it occurs with other more complex sculpts later.

Suggestions please?

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Thisis what I get when I import a new Div1 with new uvs into the old HP.

Any thoughts or suggestions as to problem or fix?

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Sorted the previously mentioned problem with a quick export of div 1 copy over new UVs and reimport.

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Quick poly-paint to give me something to fine tune settings in ZB.

MK II Speedloader pouches - still using this to test various ZB features.

Realised as this will be less than 256 space wise Id better make better use of the UVs. Can almost totally lose the slight internal detail and rear areas.

C and C welcome

[Daniel]

Just wanted to say I think your work is coming along nicely. I take it you’ve had a background in 3D prior to jumping into ZB?

[AdamRodgers]

Thanks [email protected]. Yes I’ve been into 3D for a while now, but like many people I imagine; ZB was the tool Id waited for without realising to bridge that gap between Sculpture, sketching and 3D - happy times.

Working up some anatomy studies before I dive into Briareos physique proper I stumbled on a little issue - Ive posted in the help section but cant harm to post it here too I figure.

In summary I want to make a Asymmetrical z sphere armature into a Symmetrical one, also Id like to know if you can snap the control zsphere to the world axis center?

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Bump for assist

Well I’ve just rebuilt the zbrush armature but it would still be nice to have a quick way to resym if possible.