werewolf model i'm working on.

[heyok4]

ok, i know nexuiz already has a werewolf model, but i really like werewolves and i want to make one that had a different look and a lot more detail. i'm making a subsurf model that will be used to generate a normal map later in the process. it looks a bit rough right now because i'm still at the stage where i'm making all the basic shapes and i haven't started working on the proportions yet.

here's what i've got so far.

[[-z-]]

Looking good, keep it up.

[Psychcf]

it needs some teeth

[Shoe]

The eyes look kinda of awkward.

[heyok4]

i've done a lot more work on the mesh and it's starting to flow nicely. i've put some teeth in the upper jaw and they seem to work. i deleted the original lower jaw and have only just started putting a new one in, but here's what i've got so far.

the proportions are still very wrong, but i'm happy with how it's going.

[iSuck]

Do you have a low-poly? That thing looks really nice, but it also looks like a sculpt. Character models in the most advanced games have only 5000 polys in the entire model, Nexuiz characters have somewhere between 1000 and 3000, I think.

Interestingly, I think there's a playermodel (maybe it was renamed) called "Lycanthrope" Which means "werewolf" Funny, isn't it?

[heyok4]

isuck - don't worry, i wasn't planning to use this model in the game, it's a subsurf model which would have an insane amount of polygons. i'm going to use it to generate a normal map for the low-poly version.

like you said, there is already a lycanthrope/werewolf character in the game, but i want to make a werewolf anyway. mine will have a different look to the current one.

[heyok4]

i've got most of the shapes into the mesh and i've done some work on the proportions. it's starting to look reasonable now, but it still needs a lot of work.

i'm trying to get something that has elements of both human and wolf features, so i'm going to head of to the library and see if i can find some pictures of wolf and human skulls.

[heyok4]

i've done a lot more work. give the model proper eyes, lips, gums and better teeth. i've also spent a while tweaking the shape to get a good mix between wolf and human in the face.

any feedback?

[[-z-]]

huge improvement, it's really starting to come together.