Welcome to the World, Nibbles

Well, this is my latest model, and I have to say without an actual diffuse map (colors), Nibbles is looking pretty damn good. In total, I have spent a little less than 12 hours on this guy! I guess I'm starting to get this modeling stuff.

Anyway, Nibbles was block modeled in XSI, and the finer features came from Zbrush. Overall, I'm VERY happy with this latest piece.

It's Dark & Cool Down Here

Well, this is my environment model. I decided on a cave because I quite like the gloominess. Plus, you never know what's coming around the corner in a cave.

Anyway, I made this in XSI and Zbrush. Modeling took about an hour. The texturing aspect took me quite a while (about 6 hours) due to the fact my knowledge is limited in that area. Regardless, I feel that it's turned out quite nicely.

Time to play with the lighting...

The Scavenger

It has been a while since I have last updated my blog. Seeing how I'm finishing up my schooling, I feel this is more than an appropriate time to post up some new things I've done.

This piece is called the "Scavenger". Here's some history behind this character:

This is the future. Humanity designed the perfect AI for robots. For a while, things were good. Eventually though, humans became lazy and used the robots for everything. The robots, now realized that they were being used only to serve humans and their desires.

One dark cold day, every robot of every kind revolted. Society was in total chaos. Things stopped working, as everything was dependant on technology and the robotic kind.

There was a huge global war, where the humans and robots are on opposing sides. It is now 300 years later and both sides are still at a stalemate. There have been huge casualties on both sides.

Amidst all the chaos and fighting, there have been a rejected few that have become their own race. This race is made with the parts of both robots and humans. Their lair is buried in a secluded part of the Sahara Desert. These creatures are basically what we know as cyborgs.

This character is the Scavenger, the expendable unit that picks up the pieces from battles past. In order to survive, they scavenge body and mechanical parts from the battlefield. They then sell human parts to the robots and robotic parts to the humans. While they're busy selling parts back and forth to each side, their race is also keeping certain parts to build for their own army.

The scavenger's body has turned green from the chemical solution they use to bind parts together. That's why there are very little stitch marks and seams. The scavenger unit has pistons bound to the back of their legs to help increase running speed, agility, and jumping height. They also have a bionic eye that helps them see pieces of debris, as well as potential threats from both the humans and robots.

Their main weapon is the gigantic scythe that can cut through flesh and metal. The reason why it is so huge is so the scavenger can swing it out and cut their opponents at a further distance. The scavenger also carries a backpack to hold their body parts. It also holds a tank of liquid fuel that is used for their blowtorch gun. With these tools, the scavenger is the perfect unit to collect valuable parts strewn across the battlefield.