a vampire named edward

[astro-sanchez]

i have the idea for the next character
it's hard for me not to start it til i finish suneeday haha

i'll try and make a tut based on it but
i have no idea what to actualy do

i was thinking video but i don't think it will make the best tut on how to go about getting the personality and getting the whole feeling of the character in mind before you start, so i may do a text/pics one instead

i'll try to go over the way i go about making them
skip all that preplaning/concept drawing i can't draw so i never do that and hardly ever use any ref pics
i think if you have the character in mind you won't need any extra things to make it
just the mind and modeler haha

i'm posting this now to maybe get your ideas on it before i start:D

[astro-sanchez]

oh and this will not have any weighting rigging in it cuz there are alot of really good ones out there already that i learned from
so no need to go throught all that:D

[sKb875]

Haha, I love the name of the topic... Not sure, but it makes me laugh.

I can't wait til you start. :D

[astro-sanchez]

ok just an update on progress
i was thinking of how to go about making it and now i know what i'll do :D
i'll get started later tonight
i wanted to start today but my shedevil or known by the normals as a girlfriend was taking all my
lightwave time
i'll be killed for saying that but good fun anyway

a character pic will be up by tonight:):D

[astro-sanchez]

ah the talking has stoped and i'm back to work haha the ladies talk to much can't do anything else :)
last night i started but i had to remake the head cuz it wasn't looking so good
actualy it look exactly like the suneeday character

so this one came out better
adding bit more to it still and i'm not sure about if i should make hair or bald

http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/vamp_head.jpg

[astro-sanchez]

as for the tutorial i'll be makign the whole
character first so i don't get stuck with something i don't want
and then i'll make the tut around it
buildign the character again to get the modeling steps:D

[astro-sanchez]

:D it's starting to look better now
there are afew creases that i can see now cuz i rendered it that will need some fixin:)
http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/vamp_head1.jpg

[astro-sanchez]

worked things out with the clothes and they are looking better now :D

http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/vamp_cloth.jpg

[mamurphy]

Dude,

you're dark.

ha ha

I like your modeling styles.But, I've told you that before!:p

[astro-sanchez]

haha thanks
dark is always good

well after making about six different jackets
and going insane cuz i couldn't get any right
here's what i'll stop on it's not like i wanted to do
but since i'm doing the other stuff i'll keep it kinda simple:)

folds in the clothes and hands will be next
i hope to have it rigged and done today

http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/vamp_nclothesa.jpg

[astro-sanchez]

weights/rig are almost done and i'll make some teeth really quick right now
http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/vamp3.jpg

[astro-sanchez]

and some teeth for attacking my other characters
which will be the first test pose
later tonight:)
http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/teeth6.jpg

[astro-sanchez]

oops i messed up the clothes procedurals just saw that now
well here's a better render with the teeth
weights are getting there :)
http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/vampeda.jpg

[astro-sanchez]

all done
this one took me way to long to finish but here it is haha:)
a ton of poses are coming with Atara and Kirby characters

i'll post in the finished section soon and start on the other half of this

http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/pose1.jpg

[glassefx]

Astro, I'm sure you've heard this before.

Your a Certified NUT!

You can't honestly tell us that you sleep. In-Fact I think your doing a vampire because thats what you are.

LOL!

Your Poses are also TITS. That vampire pose is too much, its like he is saturday night fever dancing and throwing on the vamp-charm. LOL!

[astro-sanchez]

haha thanks
well i do sleep dcuz i just woke up just about 5 mins ago
but i don't sleep too much :)

http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/pose2.jpg

[daveythegravy73]

Hi Tate,

Rock on Buddy.

The coolest Vampire in town.

'Boogie on down Babie, I Van't to Bite Ur'a Neck', kinda thing, hehe.

Can't wait to see those poses.

Poor Z**, hehe (Private Joke)

Best Wishes

daveythegravy

[astro-sanchez]

thanks
yes poor zac is coming
working on the pose now:D
and glassefx maybe be right with the vampire thing
sometimes i'll have to put the vampcharm on to get the
ladies
hmm i do like the night better:p

[astro-sanchez]

test pose with Atara and some photoshop fun haha :)
http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/dark.jpg

[Mclaren]

I like it, the last post reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[astro-sanchez]

thanks haha:D

another one
http://www.sterafilms.com/edward/pose7va.jpg

[astro-sanchez]

and here's the finished post
character: edward vampire (http://vbulletin.newtek.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14951)

[astro-sanchez]

the wireframe view and kirby,atara,edward pose
are here:)
have a look
http://vbulletin.newtek.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=108682#post108682

[sKb875]

No need for me to post, you already know I love the renders...

[knuckles644]

Whats the poly count on edward?

[astro-sanchez]

poly count on this guy is 4503
the teeth always put it up alot :D