Making human faces in milkshape

[DaLinkxsCmp]

hmm, i'm trying to make a model from scratch, but i have no luck with it..i'm trying to start with human face, but cant get it to look like what i need at all
can someone help me?

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

A face is hardly the best place to start modelling from.

But look around the Milkshape site and forums, I'm pretty sure there's face tutorials out there.

 

[DaLinkxsCmp]

what shoulkd i start from then?

 

[Need_O2]

just make a rolling cube if you can make a rolling cube and use it in a map then make a stickman step by step face is the last thing you should try

 

[donut3.5]

Stickman isn't a model... It would be more like a sprite.
Anyways, yeah, if scratch is the road you want to take, I'd use the primitives such as spheres, cylinders, cubes, etc. Get to know their properties, and also lean a little bit of animating.
--donut3.5--

 

[DaLinkxsCmp]

lean a little bit of animating.
--donut3.5--

what do you mean by that?

 

[Mechanical Man]

I suggest you to begin with doodads or attachments first, then neutral buildings or machines, only then to humanoid models and animals.

 

[DaLinkxsCmp]

huh..thanks, but i just don't have any ideas for doodads

 

[HappyTauren]

That is so step by step See, for attachments and doodads you dont need anatomy , animations or shaping. For vehicles you DO need animations, shaping but dont need anatomy. NOW , humanoids and animals. You need both anatomy and shaping, and also very advanced animating, unless, offcourse, you dont h4x anims off blizz model

 

[Mechanical Man]

But people say that the importer screws animations, so there is no possibility to h4x

 

[DaLinkxsCmp]

what's h4x again?

 

[donut3.5]

Hacks. And by learning a little bit of animating, I mean at least learn what a joint is, how to animate fairly smoothly, and learn how different things move. Many a time when animating I will move in the exact way that I want my character to move in order to get a well done animation. Not kidding either, I've spent 30 minutes crawling on my knees once to get down a walk animation.
But anyways, start simple, then improve. Starting out complex will do you no good at all.
--donut3.5--

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

You don't need to import Blizzard animations to hax a model onto them.

 

[DaLinkxsCmp]

lol donut..crawling on his knees..dude, HOW?you have a fricken small room! no space near computer!

 

[Mechanical Man]

That is the reason why is the death animation the hardest. You cannot keep falling on every surface (falling on the bed is not the most realistic)

 

[DaLinkxsCmp]

heh, this is funny..