Forum: Carrara

Subject: WIP: frogilla

litst opened this issue on Feb 23, 2001 ยท 19 posts

litst posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 10:44 AM

Hi all, Here is a model i'm working on . It's a" frogilla", some kind of crossover between a frog and a gorilla . At the end, it looks a bit like E.T.( the character in the Spielberg movie, is that the english name ?), don't you think ? Lots of areas need some more work, but i wanted to post it anyway . I'm waiting for your input ! litst litst.@freesbee.fr

litst posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 10:49 AM

one more !

ClintH posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 11:52 AM

Lets see here...WOW comes to mind. I like him. Would love to see him with a frog type shader applied. ;) Clint

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wyrwulf posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 11:54 AM

He's cool. Good job.

tonylynch posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 12:26 PM

Very cool indeed.

litst posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 5:14 PM

Thanks for your comments, guys . You'right, cutcopypaste, all was done in the vertex modeller . When finished, i'll try to make it poseable . I don't have Poser now, and i have one question : will Poser alone will allow me to do this ? litst

ClintH posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 5:52 PM

I think so. I use PHI Builder and UV Mapper between Carrara and Poser. But, I think Poser has a grouping tool and all. I've just never done it that way. Clint

Clint Hawkins
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All my life I've been over the top ... I don't know what I'm doing ... All I know is I don't wana stop!
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ClintH posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 5:53 PM

PS - BigSerge is selling Poser 4 for a nice price.. FYI, Clint

Clint Hawkins
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All my life I've been over the top ... I don't know what I'm doing ... All I know is I don't wana stop!
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wyrwulf posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 5:57 PM

You can also "Poserize" a mesh in standard Poser. You can also do it "pre-Poser", which would be the more standard way. Slice the mesh and name the parts, write a PHI file, then bring it into Poser. There are many tutorials available, Bushi's is one of the originals, Clint has a tutorial on his site, ScottA has a downloadable tutorial, sorry to anyone else I missed.

ClintH posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 8:04 PM

My site... Hawkin-Z GraF-X http://www.gw.total-web.net/~chawkins FYI, Clint

Clint Hawkins
MarketPlace Manager/Copyright Agent


All my life I've been over the top ... I don't know what I'm doing ... All I know is I don't wana stop!
(Zakk Wylde (2007))

litst posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 8:58 PM

Thanks a lot ! Your explanations really help me :) Poser is still a bit expensive for me, do you think buying a previous version ( if i find it ! ) would worth it ? The method described in Clint's tutorial makes sense to me . It looks like an easy way to do that . And the tut is greatly made ! Months ago, i said that i'd like to make a vertex modelling tutorial . Making this model made me understand what i wanted to learn, so the tutorial is getting closer ! But before that : my website ! litst litst.@freesbee.fr

rockjockjared posted Fri, 23 February 2001 at 11:59 PM

I like him...he's pretty cool looking, and you obviously have MUCH more patience than I do! Would be awesome if he was poseable! Thanks again for the meatball shader advice...I also sent Eovia a message about the bug, hopefully they will fix it along with some other stuff. rockjockjared

litst posted Sat, 24 February 2001 at 12:24 PM

You're talking about patience, rockjockjared, in fact once you get the knack, modelling in the vertex modeller can be quite fast . I've done this model last night in an hour ( no more no less ), to see if the techniques i use can be effective . Well, it surely still needs some work but there is some details already : eye sockets, nostrils ... Ears and hair are a pain to me . I wonder if other softwares modellers are that much productive than Carrara's vertex modeller ?... litst litst.@freesbee.fr

litst posted Sat, 24 February 2001 at 12:25 PM

Same model, subdivided twice .

AzChip posted Sat, 24 February 2001 at 12:34 PM

Very very cool. I haven't even tried using RDS's vertex modeller; it frightens me.... By the way, yes, the movie was called "ET" in english. - Chip

Stacey posted Sat, 24 February 2001 at 6:12 PM

I'm really glad to see your models. I now see that I am still using way to many vertices to try and get the same results. Thanks a million litst. Stacey

litst posted Sun, 25 February 2001 at 10:29 AM

Thanks for your kind comments ! An image tells more than a long speech ! My advice, Stacey : try to "suggest" the shape, at first . I mean, some flaws will appear very early in the modelling process, if you're not a 3D god ! I always try to fix them little by little, this way, i won't keep them til the end . Working with a few vertices allows to adjust the shape easily . You can then add details, subdivide manually the unesthetic lines ... And control the poly count ! The final frogilla should be less than 5000 polygons with only one subdivision of the lo-poly model . That was my two cents . For the fun, i've posted a very early version of the frogilla . Don't laugh ! BTW Stacey, your troll model was really good ! litst

wyrwulf posted Sun, 25 February 2001 at 12:50 PM

litst, showing your work like this makes it much less intimidating to think about trying to model. Thanks for showing your methods.

litst posted Mon, 26 February 2001 at 2:06 PM

The model is finished ! Go check the gallery ! litst