The Platypus has an incredibly boring body shape, and short stubby legs. It would be like modelling a penguin... the most boring exercise ever.

I say go for something with a lot of detail in it...

It's making me think of, what was it, the beaver, from Wind in the Willows...

not a very dinosaur like image I know. Just what jumped out at me :)

I like the concept, but I think his joints need to be emphasised. His legs look like bendy pipes. Especially the front(?) ones. Also if it hauls stuff all day then I'd expect to see some rather...

My first impression was that it was a mech leg, with some kind of shin guard thing. So, no, I don't think it is a bad start at all.

Some more vents or springs or obvious joints might help make it...

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I don't think you've taken the character too far from the original at all. In fact I love how you've taken all the aspects of the game and integrated them.

Sort of like how they gave Spider-man...

Phew... at first I thought this would be a cricket question ;p

I know it's not technically Maya, but.. any chance of a character/concept/drawing tutorial Kurt?

I use a FireGL T2-128. Which is officially supported in Maya. It's only an entry level card, but seems to score fairly well on SpecPerf when compared to the Quadro 700 xgl.

$380 or something...

I think the quality of the VIP tutorials are just fine. Ocassionally it can be a little hard to make out some details when Kurt uses X-Ray mode. But 90% of the time the quality is fine.

I'm also a...