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By TheBabou - Last Year
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Hi everyone
My name is Julek, also known as Babou on my socials :)
Here's my thread entry for the 2024 reallusion 3D character contest, in the category of a realistic character design. AccuRig Characters
Hello! This is my from the future. I've realised my character does not qualify for the realistic character category. I did use the CC4 basemesh for the proportions, however I ended up covering he face and not utilising the tool further. Therefore I've decided it's more suitable to submit it under the Accurig Characters category. I've created a threat in the FAQ to ask, however got no response, so I'm taking the leap. I hope it's okay, Realusion team!
My character is a terror hunter of Arachnea, a specialised warrior trained to hunt down, exterminate and capture the essence of Vita Vermis; A generic term used to describe the parasite creatures infesting the world of Ealdor. With the blessing of Arachnea they fight with their sword, hammer and spear, tools and traps to serve their purpose
The Inspiration very much comes from my love for the medieval armour , dark fantasy, and sci fi. I aim to combine elements of 15th century medieval armour and dark fantasy, while trying to stay grounded (which might be a challenge!)
Starting with the ref board..at least what I have so far
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By Eric C (RL) - Last Year
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TheBabou (6/16/2024)
Hi everyone My name is Julek, also known as Babou on my socials :) Here's my thread entry for the 2024 reallusion 3D character contest, a realistic character. My character is a terror hunter of Arachnea, a specialised warrior trained to hunt down, exterminate and capture the essence of Vita Vermis; A generic term used to describe the parasite creatures infesting the world of Ealdor. With the blessing of Arachnea they fight with their sword and spear, tools and traps to serve their purpose The Inspiration very much comes from my love for the medieval armour , dark fantasy, and sci fi. I aim to combine elements of 15th century medieval armour and scifi to create this character. Starting with the ref board..atleast what I have so far
Hi @TheBabou,
Cool and welcome to the contest! May we know which category are you aiming to submit?
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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Eric C (RL) (6/17/2024)
TheBabou (6/16/2024)
Hi everyone My name is Julek, also known as Babou on my socials :) Here's my thread entry for the 2024 reallusion 3D character contest, a realistic character. My character is a terror hunter of Arachnea, a specialised warrior trained to hunt down, exterminate and capture the essence of Vita Vermis; A generic term used to describe the parasite creatures infesting the world of Ealdor. With the blessing of Arachnea they fight with their sword and spear, tools and traps to serve their purpose The Inspiration very much comes from my love for the medieval armour , dark fantasy, and sci fi. I aim to combine elements of 15th century medieval armour and scifi to create this character. Starting with the ref board..atleast what I have so far Hi @TheBabou, Cool and welcome to the contest! May we know which category are you aiming to submit?
The realistic character design I have decided to change to the AccuRigg characters category as I think it fits my character better. I've updated the description above, however I couldnt change the thread title
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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First update!
So far just sketching, blocking out, concepting, still very rough. Trying to find the balance of being cool and practical armour design. I think the sci fi elements will come in through the secondary shapes/shape language. Similar to what Doom does
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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Trying to find the time to work on the project, this is the direction im going! more spider elements, more refned and dark, with elements like engraving that will show status
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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My time management is non existent, but still going! Working on clean up still and polishing the design
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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My time management is non existent, but still going! Working on clean up still and polishing the design
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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Hello all!
A bit of an update on the project
Today I finished working on the shield for the knight. I wanted to do something unique, yet faithful to the 15th century weaponry
There has been one veeryyy interesting piece of weaponry that no one ever speaks about...ready? A gun shield
Yuppp. How awesome is that? First developed by the Italy, then picked up by the British, it was never a success, as it was just not practical to use... but I think it looked amazing and fits my fantasy setting really well
I couldnt find the specific design of the gun, so I had to quickly come up with something of my own. I've tried to make the gun look somehow old, yet functional (even though it won't be visible in the end render). To work somehow like a revolver. Will tweak it a bit more!
   
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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And here's an update on the knight! im so close to being done with the model. I am seriously very happy with how far it has come. Im planning on adding some sort of ..potions or perhaps belt of bullets for the shield gun. Also a mace of sorts, and a dagger. Yknow, bits of story!
 
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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Renders are happening! This is a test in the new Marmoset 5. How convienient it came out with a UDIM support just when I needed it...however, Im having some issues with the metallic and smoothness, as I just plugged in the maps I've exported for Unreal. Marmoset looks cool, and it's easy to use as alway, but Im leaning more towards UE5
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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For comparison this is my unreal render. I am much more happy with this...also I have a feeling it'll handle better in terms of rendering out images and such. I like how the gold elements pop!
the shield was a quick texture as I've utilised the smart materials I've made for the armour. I cannot recommend enough 'Trigon' tutorials on youtube on how to create your own smart materials that work in a very interactive and non destructive way. Spoiler: it's about utilising the HSL filters!
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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For the weapon I tried to be inspired bu the shape of the 15th century spiked hammer. They weren't as large..or used crystals, but rocked a simmilair layout design sort of speak
Good opportunity to talk bit more about the workflow I've been doing for this project. I've learned this workflow from the streams of the amazing Marco Plouffe, and I'm totally loving the flow of it.
The idea is to sculpt in zbrush, combine everything once done, make two copies one for the high poly and one for the low poly version. The low poly shouldnt be above 1.5mln poligons, and hp above 25mln, so decimade as needed. The reason is so it's easier to work with down the line, and yes, 1,5mln is plenty low to work with! It's honestly not that bad (unless youre deforming and rigging then yeah lol)
Uvs done with UDIMS using RizomUV, and all textures done in substance. Are the uvs pretty? No. Is it good enough for a badass render? yep!
I seriously recommend it! Check out his frog streams to learn the workflow
 
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By TheBabou - Last Year
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IT IS DONE
There's definitely more I wish I could've done, improved, and continued with, but despite that I'm really proud of how much I've managed to do in the time I've had and learn (No joke, the amount of things I've learned is worth about 10 level ups). I'm glad I've joined the contest! I hope you like what I came up with :D
The Terror Hunter of Arachnea
Idle animation
Turntable
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