an ordinary story

[shadow_ex_]

thanks a lot dwigfor^^

As a project it started 10 years ago by me and a good friend
it went 3d 4 years ago
most of the modeling work is done the last 2 years though
and im continuing.^^ hopefully next month all characters will be done

stuff from today's

chars_.jpg

[Hirazi Blue]

So what's the next phase, now the characters seems to near completion?
That brings me to the question: what game engine do you plan on using?

[shadow_ex_]

next phase is to build the environments.
i have in mind to build something like a large diorama for each environment.

first im aiming for a story book,then i'll see what can be done.... to be a game...
(my programing skills are next to zero.... i would use unity if i could though)


for the book though i have in mind to make it like this :
a mix beetween 3d and 2d (usually with brigher colors than tis one )

trainstation_.jpg

and a new character^^

misstress.jpg

[Hirazi Blue]

I don't know all that much about game engines, but I would think many of them have "their own ideas" about the way a character should be/can be rigged, so that maybe a consideration before you start rigging them, even if it's initially just to pose them statically for your book. Creating good rigs can be a pain, so having to do them all over once you get to the game part, might be a hassle.

But: what do I know?

[shadow_ex_]

actually you have a very good point about rigs...

when i started rigging in softimage,i made stuff that wasn't compatible with game engines...

no shadow rigs and such... i had 12 characters rigged
but eventually scrapped them...

so i fell in the trap...


for the book i will rig only the characters that appear freaquently...
if a character will appear in a couple of pictures
then most probably i will pose him with zbrush^^
and thank god there is face robot ;)

But: what do I know?

a lot more than me i believe... especially when it comes to softimage
i only know how to model and use some basic rigs softimage offers

[shadow_ex_]

a small update,i started doing the environments (or parts of them^^)

[shadow_ex_]

!!!! almost a month without update

gothic mansion.jpg

[shadow_ex_]

here's another one^^

ice cap village.jpg

[Nizar]

All rally nice, but what is? A short movie?

[shadow_ex_]

thanks a lot Nizar

a story book
and with some help and luck a video game ;)

[Hirazi Blue]

I'd really like to see some texturing on the last couple of ones... ;)

[Nizar]

Wow, a big project. Do you doing all alone?

[shadow_ex_]

yes essentially im working alone
i have 3 friends that help me here and there,but 98~99% of the work is done by me so far

my problem is that i lack programing skills
so i cant make the game on my own,thus a story book is more realistic goal
{btw im playing with unity3d game engine lately

currently trying to figure out if dual quaternion skinning is possible in unity (its not supported natively)
im trying to find if its possible the feature to be implemented into the engine or not..^^ }



i must say that almost all the environments are WIP
there are 2 that i have to start yet...
and 2 that each one of my friends are working

i want to finish the models first and then start texturing
here's some more

windmill village vb.jpg

seagate_island.jpg

on the last pic half of the buildings are made by a friend by the name plasma 3d
he also gave me some props^^

[shadow_ex_]

some chars rendered in unity3d:D
and almost one of the cities in wip pieces

[shadow_ex_]

worked a bit on the ship

skyclad_hull.jpg

[shadow_ex_]

hello^^ here's another up
i have only 2 major things left for the exterior part of the world
a pirate bay, and to finish the square (wip page 1)
then there are some interiors props and to rig the characters ^^

for vlad's castle i made blueprints form a google warehouse model

skycklad_wip.jpg

vlad's castle.jpg

the_other_side.jpg

oh and one question, i did the greeble effect in c4d
it was a variable parameter in the extrude command panel
is there anything like that in softimage?