More of an update from the last, I’ve just finished the gladiator project…

I’m really happy with the character, the end result both meets the requirements of the initial brief and looks visual please and actually looks somewhat like a gladiator to boot!

The project as a whole had its ups and downs especially in the last week, trying to finish this as well as staying on top critical and 2D work, which may explain why the next three blogs will be posted in about 24 hours haha.

All in all I think my major flaw in time management, leaving things until a later date just because I can is not a good mind set, I need to drastically alter this and quickly if I want to stay on top on my work and life in general.

Here are some final renders of the gladiator, I actually managed with my horrendous time management to hand paint every texture, giving me a huge feeling of self satisfaction and wondering why I didn’t do it from the start, why the hell did I rely so heavily on photos for texture??

The two major speed bumps in the project were the unwrapping and the rigging.

The unwrap was fairly daunting from the start of the project, the thought of unwrapping a messy organic form just put me off, and it only got worse when the actual time came around. The tutorial on blackboard could only help me so far with it being a PDF so I searched online for videos until I came across this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjqY8i_-Xe0

He managed to clear up everything in 8:00, then I was on my way

It was brilliant :D

With that dealt with I set out texturing which went down no problem, but I fell at the final hurdle in the form of rigging once again it was another language to me, with the tutorial saying to use the physique modifier and everyone in class saying use the skin modifier. Luckily with the help from some friends in the labs within a day I was once again back on track.

All in all I’ve enjoyed the project and am proud of the final outcome, there are some bits I would like to redo and change, but at least I now know the error of my ways.