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[headwax]

fixed up the feet, made the head bigger, addede some anatomical sugestions, knifed the joints so they will bend properly, spent an afternoon textureing the devil, now I have a leaopard that looks like a boxer dog with measles,

have to make the face more feline and adds some teeth, claws and a saddle.

[headwax]

more stuff, teeth, transmapped whiskers

[headwax]

aaggh

designing the lighting terrain and fog

will pose the leopard and add texture, add crows and redo the whickers at higher res

[headwax]

Well I've rigged the le0pard (still can't spell it) added a few crows, redone the transmaps for the whiskers, adjusted the lighting, fiddled with the fingers, adjusted the postion of the main figures to be diagonal, added a few more lights. I wanted more grass but my comp keeps crashing,,, heh.

All the uv maps are 2048 by 2048 so I can get in nice and close for further work if nesccesary

Programmes used so far: anim8or for all the models and the basic texturing, uv mapper pro (thanks Raxx), blacksmith 3d paint to paint over the joins that I screwed up, carrara for the renders and the rigging, photoshop for a few adjustments.

I've done two renders and am leaning towards the motion render...

I'd like to adda bit of dust and flying particles I think at the leopard's feet

I guess I'm nearly finished these particular scene... so any c and c would be welcome at this point!

[floyd86]

Nice work headwax, i like the evil little evil. The textures are good quality!
The motion blur still needs some work imo, it's to much blur. Try keeping it soft and maybe a slight DOF.
The grass could use some work to: try more and small straws.

Keep it going, this is going to be a nice piece of work.

[spicy]

I like the cat you got there! It reminds me of Oblivion, nice terrian to. I also like the eagle in the background as well. Keep up the good work.

[headwax]

Thanks Floyd and Spicy for commenting.

Floyd: I agree with the motion blur being too extreme. I think just a little around the paws of the cat to make it seem like fast motion. At the moment it looks like a bad dream.

Also the dof is a good idea - should concentrate the viewer's attention on the foreground and add a sense of depth.

Spicy: I'll check oblivion. Looks interesting A more eagle like eagle is a great idea. Maybe I can fit him into the foreground as well....

I have a vague idea I'll turn this into a pseudo book cover: "Invasion of The Elven Lords" or similar.

anyone think the elve's left arm (on our right) is a bit weird, not straight enough perhaps?

thanks again

edit I can see where I have left a straight edge at top right with messy transmapping  that needs to be removed.

[headwax]

Spicy gave me the idea of including an eagle so I started on him a few days ago...

First image, I identified all the parts of the mesh with different materials to make it easier to unwrap in UV mapper pro (thanks Raxx )

[headwax]

He has a ridge down his sternum from extrapolating the head mesh and keeping the lines too close to each other so I'd better fix that ....

The texturing on the toes is a bit rough but maybe I can get away with it, and the join at the neck between the neck feathers and the chest feathers is a bit straight. Eventually I might add a transmap to add more feathering to the tail and wing edges....

[headwax]

and he needs a bit of feathering around that straight edg at his beak !

Here he is in situ...

[Raxx]

Very interesting! And a very freaky gnome/elf I think it's coming along nicely though I can't say for sure since your imagination is always so...imaginative. Your avatar must be the face you make while you're thinking these things up

I actually prefer the first render angle you made where the gnomely elf rider and leopard are facing the camera. Perhaps you should raise the arms up a little more as well so that he's sighting down the bow a bit better and it looks more realistic (in a sense...).

[***3D BEAST***]

Just joking it isn't my model is Anton's , by the way youve got talent there.!

[spicy]

***3D BEAST*** 

Nice eagle headwax! I like the eagle and the texture's fit nicely
Feathering would be nice but take your time. Carry on the nice work.

-spicy

[Tanzim]

Hey headwax, where do you get the time to model all this, or alternatively, how do you model so fast? It's incredible really.
On your eagle model: on the legs, there's 6 edges connecting to one point, and it's making the shading come out weird (that or the UV Mapping came out wrong), and I would really recommend fixing it And keep up the good work.

3D Beast: Mate, perhaps you haven't read the Forum Rules, http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php?topic=2086.0, could you keep you posts more relevant next time? Spamming is not tolerated.

[falloffalot]

Really great texturing on the eagle Headwax and love the cloth textures on your freaky elf.
Very nice work as usual.