Yay! 3d!

[Radium]

I was planning on making anohter "Radium vs Fawriel" game (a strategy game this time). Below was my original plan for how the characters would look:
http://www.foxmage.com/RadNormal.gif

Buuuuutt then I relized I didn't have the energy to redraw that hundreds of times so this morning I block modelled a 3d model in Anim8or (overall I'd say this took 5-7 hours):

Full model:
http://www.foxmage.com/RadModel.png

Standing:
http://www.foxmage.com/RadStand.png

Sitting (this shows how blady I made his skeleton):
http://www.foxmage.com/RadSit.png

So, what do you guys think? What's wrong with it? I can point out right away the arms and feet are too big, but he's supposed to look a bit cartoony.

[Radium]

Oh, here's a pic of the skeleton and skinning:


http://www.foxmage.com/RadSkin.png

[Anaiyu]

It's better than I could ever do. :)

[Captain Spam]

See, that's kinda the problem with a sprite-based game engine, you need all the images beforehand, and thus, you need to draw all the animation frames out somehow. If you can do it right, though it's well worth it; Frankly, I miss the days of well-made sprite graphics in games... I mean, cel-shaded games are GOOD (so long as they're done right), but they ain't the good ol' days...

But anyhoo, with your pics... looks pretty good, I'd say. Except, you might want to make the arms and legs shorter. I think they're a bit long for the cartoony look you said you were after... Sure, bigger arms and such are good for cartoony, but too LONG doesn't work as well...

[Batty Buddy]

Que Passa!!!!

Rambo Radium... I like the sound of that...

[Newspaz]

I think the legs should be a little thicker, and the arms a little shorter :-)

[SoulFirE]

That guy has a really weird flap at the left and right sides of the bottom of his head.

But except for that, well done!

[G@vie]

Well done

[Captain Spam]

Originally posted by Newspaz
I think the legs should be a little thicker, and the arms a little shorter :-)

Yeah, thicker! That's what I was trying to think of! :-)

[Fawriel]

<s>Give that job to someone else!</s>

Naw, seriously, not a bad job... I'd just advise you to do something about the hands (especially in the standing pose) and his face (he reminds me of Garfield. Only less emotion.).
Can't really say anything about anatomy, but I guess you were helped out with that already.


Oh, and...




HAPPY TO SEE ME AGAIN, FOOL? =))))))))

[Radium]

Originally posted by Piccolo
HAPPY TO SEE ME AGAIN, FOOL? =))))))))
You were gone...? Oh... I guess I didn't notice...

[Kaz]

Umm, more texture ;p. The eyes seriously need it, it looks like a...... pinyata (sp x.x).

[Hare]

...wow, the hair is metalic looking, I didn't notice that the first time I read this thread.

...Oh... Wait a minute... Is that right? Problem is that this monitor has a bad picture, the color is off a bit, so maybe that observation is wrong.

[G@vie]

The hair is metallic indeed, but it should be kept that way, it's cool!

[Xion]

Make this a UT99 model/skin. I wanna put a bullet through his head, and maybe shove a few eightball shots up his butt and perhaps finish it off with a redeemer down the throat.

[Radium]

Dangit, why whenever someone makes a 3d model the first thing everyone thinks is "UT Skin"?

[Xion]

What do you want us to think? Quake Skin?

[Radium]

Originally posted by Xion
What do you want us to think? Quake Skin?
We seem to be missing the point here.

[Hare]

Perhaps I can suggest he be a new Gumby character instead? ^_^ hehe! *takes cover*

[Radium]

Originally posted by Hare
Perhaps I can suggest he be a new Gumby character instead? ^_^ hehe! *takes cover*
Actually, I was thinking the same thing. Maybe he needs a better texture...