Wireframes
This is a collection of wire frames I have constructed. I used these wire frames to generate images on my computer (CGI). I have also included an images of models that where used for a cover for the Black Library novel (Warhammer 40,000). 3D work is a lot of fun and I wish I hade the time to fit more in, but alas life is too busy. I suppose the mark of any good 3D modeller is the ability to construct a head with the core tool set, this is my attempt;
Head sculpt wire frame
This was a lot of fun to sculpt, especially shapes like the eyes, nose and ears. There were not crafted in a sculpting program like mudbox or zbrush but instead I crafted these by pushing vertexes about and cutting cut polygons - just to see if I could: and it turns out I could! The ear wire is interesting as a piece of sculpture in and of itself - I tried to keep it all quads like the rest of the sculpt, and in turned into a bit like a 3D puzzle. It does have some triangles in it, but wouldn't take much to make it all quads (and port it over to something like zbrush to subdivide). It's not perfect but not bad for a first attempt (first attempt of sculpting a head - not used the program!)
Head sculpt matt render
This is a matt render of the finished sculpt and shows of the actual shapes of the face. I wanted a strong face borrowing characteristics from several population clines. In the end I think he looks a bit Dutch? Maybe I'm half remembering a painting from somewhere?
Warrior Coven - Muscle rig
This is the wire frame and muscle rig for the cover of Warrior Coven. The muscle rig is used to influence deformation of the model, in the hopes that arms and legs when posed bend less like rubber tubes and more like real limbs of bone and muscle. One way to do this is with morph targets, which is re-sculpting the model in a new pose and having the software work out the morphs in between. The only problem with a complex model like a humans is the number of morphs needed (usually this is use for the face!). Another way to do this, as show here, is to build a skeleton, add muscles than deform realistically (they have their own morphs, but as they are a tube it is easy to work out) and then use that to push the model as if it was a skin. The can get all very complex, but there is software plugins to speed up the process.
Some areas to note on the Eldar model is the elbow, as the muscle structure can be seen to fill in the hollow of the arm and the elbow and flesh is quite thick when the arm is bent, another is the twist is the shoulder and how it maintains it's volume. In model terms all the 'muscles' retain their volume as it filled, and not bend as if rubber tubes (as basic 3D skinning tends to do).
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