Nymph

[fantasymaster]

Hi there.

This is my first post in this forum.
My current project is a this kind of nymph of an diving beetle. Not attend the real proportions too much, just going for some nice shapes and colours.

My reference:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5968742

My status:

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[oglu]

great work alexej...

think the tail is to thin... on the ref its looks more bulgy...
are you going to texture this beast..?

[PascalR]

:welcome:fantasymaster!

Just a quick reply for now, the detailing looks good but I would build the tail plates into the topology to get the nice overlapping armor effect like on the picture ref.

cool start!

[fantasymaster]

Thanks for that.

@Oglu: Improved the tail a bit, looks better now. Texture work will be the funniest part!

@PascalR: Really nice suggestion! Did some quick retopo on it. Got some nice silhouette now.

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Cheers

[PascalR]

There you go :beerchug:

[fantasymaster]

Long time no update here...

Finlay I found some time to improve things. Actually I reworked the whole mesh and added much more details to the base mesh. Just need some UVs and afted that I prefer to put it into mudbox again and give them the rest ;)

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[weiluntsai]

nice !! the new topo is more clear and please making texturing for this nice model :D

[PascalR]

yep, your base mesh looks much better, keep it up:beerchug:

[Emanuel Da Silva Luz]

thatspretty gross..i vote for us to kill it right now b4 it gets too big:)
keep it up man

[Storm]

Agreed the new topo looks very clean, can't wait to see go crazy with the details ;)

[shannonThomas]

looking forward to the update with added separation. Are you gonna add all the little hairs? That's the creepiest part.

[fantasymaster]

Thanks to all the feedback! :bouncy:

Yeah, the detailing and texturing pass will be exciting but also challenging. I think about some sss stuff.

Don't know yet how to solve all the little hairs, but they are quiet important in this case I think.

[fantasymaster]

... long time no update on this creature, hope I can finish it one day.

here some render tests in KeyShot.

http://cghub.com/files/Image/115001-116000/115164/102_max.jpg