Modeling Competition #10 - Elementals

[Kuhneghetz]

It can be whatever you like. And it fits 100% very well. =P

And here's a crappy gif of how the texture animation works.

 

[donut3.5]

Hmm, it doesn't look too "goopy".. make it slower to give off a better sludgy slow drips effect.
--donut3.5--

 

[Devine]

Donut, goofy he ment right? because the eyes really look cartoony ^^.

Dan, maybe add a light emitter so in his tummy so it glows

TDR, That pain elemental is awesome, it's sexy yet so groce

Lestat, make the body on in the skin darker.

 

[donut3.5]

No, I meant goopy. As in, made of goop, gunk, and other such silly disgusting slimy stuffs.
--donut3.5--

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Yeah, that's what Donut said.

And I fixed the speed now, and body's UV is changed to match with the speed of the head's texture.

 

[TDR]

dan, that's really awesome! I bet you'll make droplets falling of him, right? RIGHT!>?

 

[donut3.5]

What would be cool is also an underlying texture like the water elemental, but your underlying one was much darker, and dripped down reeeeally slowly. That combined effect would look great. The drips too, and glows.
--donut3.5--

 

[Just_Spectating]

thats where the particles come in.

 

[Hawkwing]

Awesome job Dan. But, purely out of curiosity, could we/I see what it looks like with shadows. I'm curious as to see what the shadows would look like with the texture anims.

 

[Lestat(br)]

@Lestat:
It doesn't look that terrible; remember it's a WIP. I especially love the tentacle texture; it looks very realistic.

thanks!

Mhh, I'm not really liking the pale green.

I'm changing it btw...

Lestat, make the body on in the skin darker.

ok...ill consider it

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Awesome job Dan. But, purely out of curiosity, could we/I see what it looks like with shadows. I'm curious as to see what the shadows would look like with the texture anims.

Okay dokay! Here's how it looks with shadows.

Ha. Camtasia Studio makes screen recording very easy.

 

[Lestat(br)]

in my opinion, it looks better this way...

 

[Hawkwing]

I'd almost have to agree. Because snot is a solid shape, and the texture animation gives it the sludgy effect alone.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Looks really nice and cartonny. Now it just needs particles.

HINT: use the blend filter.

 

[Linaze]

DvO, that looks like one hell of an elemental, and i'm holding you as one of those who fit the theme best. Good work, looks cartoony and elemental-ish.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Hate to jump off the bandwagon here, but I don't particularly like it.

Not in the way of modelling; DvO, you have once again exceeded expectations. Great work. It just looks a little too cartoony for my tastes. Of course, since you've gotten so much praise, I wouldn't change it now.

Anyway, carry on.

 

[donut3.5]

Hate to jump off the bandwagon here, but I don't particularly like it.

Not in the way of modelling; DvO, you have once again exceeded expectations. Great work. It just looks a little too cartoony for my tastes. Of course, since you've gotten so much praise, I wouldn't change it now.

Anyway, carry on.

Someone hasn't seen the WC3 graphics lately
--donut3.5--

 

[Kyrbi0]

Well, some stuff is pretty cartoony. But rackin' my brains, I can't think of anything with big ol' google eyes and a solid team color "bullet" (?) sticking out of their head. :/

Regardless, no hard feelings.

 

[ike_ike]

=> Abomination.

DvO, that is awesome. And it's an orthodox elementa as well!

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

i thought the red thing was like one of those red circus monkey hats

anyways, it looks nice. i liked it better without shading tho

 

[Gausslander]

My suggestion, make that team-coloured bit an axe.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

This is how the model looks ingame, left is shaded and right is unshaded.

To be frank, I find the left one as complete crap as it looks very blurry, undetailed and plastic. While the right one shows more detail and has the strong green effect that screams "Hey, look at me! I'm toxic!".
And I was going for the toxic/radioactive elemental look, not a snot elemental, thus I called him "Snot, the Radioactive Blob".
So I'm going to stick with the unshaded one.

And I'll definately add dripping effects from him, plus add some green smoke and glows.

 

[donut3.5]

It looks odd having the body shaded but not the eyeball. What if you added some sort of billboarded glow effect all over his body? You could also have it on Add Alpha so you could make it fade in and out.
--donut3.5--

 

[D a w n]

DvO, you should change the mouth and eyes into the shaded one but the radioactive body should stay unshaded.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

To be frank, I find the left one as complete crap as it looks very blurry, undetailed and plastic. While the right one shows more detail and has the strong green effect that screams "Hey, look at me! I'm toxic!".

You could always try putting a duplicate additive layer on top of the current shaded one, to lighten it up a bit. A duplicate of the texture, or even white.blp.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

I did tried that now Rao, but that made him look like bright green taffy.
And I also tried modulate, but ingame, he look too dark to be radioactive.
But thanks anyway.

I still will stick to the unshaded one. And adding glows on him will probably make him look better.

 

[SuPa-]

Here's mah walk animation
The GIF is a bit slow and jerky

 

[donut3.5]

That's sort of the effect I think you should create, DvO. I used Alpha with a green tinted glow, and then made it globally translate between .6 and .3 alpha transparency.
Or at least I think it would look cool.
And Supa-, I'd probably make the back legs swing forward a bit faster. Try that, see how it looks.
--donut3.5--

 

[HappyTauren]

Needs better synchronization, as donut said. However, I believe that animating that without the IK was PAIN IN THE ASS.

 

[SuPa-]

Synchronization? In what way?
As for without IK, yes... yes indeed

 

[mario_64]

supa can you post on a picture of your model with the skeleton? I want to see how it looks.

 

[Lestat(br)]

I've got a lot of problems now when animating...
I'm afraid I won't finish my fear shit in time...
I applied TCB position controllers, and TCB rotation to boxes used as bones, and the animation is reaaally messed up. I didn't use IK chain, I animated the bones each alone. In 3dmax5 the animation looks really good, but in Warcraft III preview it is screwed up.
What controllers should I apply or what can I do?

 

[SuPa-]

Sure

 

[Devine]

Supa, nice, looks really defined!

 

[HappyTauren]

Bitch, I knew you put only two bones for both fingers

 

[donut3.5]

A little over 3 days left, many awesome concepts, but few finished models..
[ponders extension]Hmm..[/ponders extension]
In lieu of me wanting to see all of these models finished for the competition, I have decided to extend this one more week, to October 2nd.
However, that extension is final, so it doesn't give you an excuse to be lazy
--donut3.5--

 

[Devine]

hmm... donut, just because the model contest is over .. it doesnt mean you can just finish it later ... And this decission will only make it harder to vote T_T.
thanks a lot .

by the way Supa, i didnt notice it before but at the end of the walk animation, it looks like he dives. maybe give it more frames and make him walk a little bit more smooth.

 

[TDR]

yaaay, extension!

 

[SuPa-]

<3 donut

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

NOOOOOOooooo

Now I have no chance. XD

 

[Just_Spectating]

was urs the turtle one waay back?

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Yeah, first WIP and submission.

In other words:

Donut, if you forget my entry, I'll tear your eyes out.

 

[Just_Spectating]

haha so im guessing you were hoping that no one would finish in time?

 

[donut3.5]

Okay, so our list of people who have shown WIPs/Finished Models are:
DvO
Burning_Dragoon
TDR
Supa-
Jigrael
FamousPker
Dioniisiest
Ike_Ike
RDZ
Lestat
AirHead
Skrab
Pyramidhe@d
..Anyone else?
Anyone?
Okay, good, glad I got absolutely everyone.
--donut3.5--

 

[AirHead]

Oh, good! Thanks donut we all <3 you (but only when you give us a chance otherwise we hate your guts) now i can finish. yay!

supa really awesome, i loved your model from WIP 2 i like how it runs like an animal: leap, crouch, leap, ect...

WILL if you really want to do something different in the extra week try GMax, it works.

RvO personally i liked the shaded more, just give it a glow like donut said.

Airhead great model i love you so much <3<3 just kidding just kidding.

 

[Just_Spectating]

TDR, Moar Anims ploxies,

walk, RUN, (spin) spell, Spell throw!, SPELL SLAM!, DEATH, attttacccckkkk! atttacckkk 2!,, ATTACK 3!!

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

Okay, so our list of people who have shown WIPs/Finished Models are:
TDR
Supa-
Jigrael
FamousPker
Dioniisiest
Ike_Ike
RDZ
Lestat
AirHead
Skrab
..Anyone else?
Anyone?
Okay, good, glad I got absolutely everyone.
--donut3.5--

(TToTT) you forgot me
here

 

[Burning_Dragoon5]

(TToTT) you forgot me
here

So am I.... Here. Still WIP, but i'm working on it!

4 stand animations and the walk are done (this last one will be improved, i'm not that proud..)

It just need now 2 attacks, 1 attack slam, 1 spell, 1 spell slam, 1 birth and 1 death.

If i've enough time, i'll do an alternate transformation (or a defence stance, as the gargoyles)

 

[frostwhisper]

Or a flying set Frost phoenix ftw.

 

[ike_ike]

Donut, could you please ignore my 'entry'? It depresses me even to look at it, because it is, quite frankly, horrible.