Pirate Challenge..

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# 1 23-05-2004 , 10:47 AM

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Even tho im not entering the challenge myself, mainly due to time related issues, I got inspired.

The story:

My idea is to make a pirate captain, who once was the king of the sea. Now he is too old and too fat to conquer anything himself. I have this vision of him being carried when he has to board a ship.

This months challenge and the dwarves from the game Lineage II has inspired me. to make this character.

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To tell the truth, then subDiv and I are not the best friends. But im trying to change that. So this char is all made from SubDs, except the buckles.

The following posts is step by step images, and I hope you like them.

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# 2 23-05-2004 , 10:48 AM

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Polys converted to subD:

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# 3 23-05-2004 , 10:49 AM

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A little more detail added to the surfaces. Mainly concentrating on the upper body, and general shape of the character:

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# 4 23-05-2004 , 10:51 AM

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More complete body, but still a long way to go.. anyway here is a rendering:

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# 5 23-05-2004 , 11:53 AM

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Wow thats really nice work!

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# 6 23-05-2004 , 12:12 PM

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lol! I like it allready! I qurieus to see some more...
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# 7 23-05-2004 , 12:21 PM

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Nice stuff m8, really like the concept.

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# 8 23-05-2004 , 12:34 PM

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Thanks guys, nice to hear that my attempts with SubD's finaly seems to pay off user added image

Just added a little more details to the legs in this image..

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# 9 24-05-2004 , 09:49 AM

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I have started to create his jacket, also in SubD's .. im starting to get the hang of it now, tho I miss some of the ease of polys.. i.e. it would be nice to be able to extrude from a face when in a higher lvl of surface display, but it works ..

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# 10 24-05-2004 , 11:17 AM

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Looks like it's going to be a fun character user added image

Good work so far!

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# 11 24-05-2004 , 04:26 PM

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Really cool looking character so far! user added image

Keep it up!!! user added image

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# 12 24-05-2004 , 06:33 PM

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YAAARR!!!! Very cool

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# 13 24-05-2004 , 07:02 PM

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Mister pirate//aiye Maitee
these be the seven seas a rollin and dangling from them darn
sails is poly, my beloved creature....save me buird and ill spare yeh life, hop lads hop// end of mister pirate....

im getting a grip of the feeling and spirit here you all support each other... that's something new in this world of ours....cool..

i realy like your work so far and may i ask what renderer did you use , mental?, or some other one perhaps?

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