Re: Commando: John Matrix head sculpt [sdabbs]
Man I can understand how frustrating it must be working on a sculpt, constant doubt over whether you're making a good change and wondering how it will affect other POVs etc. What looks right compared to one picture of the actor looks wrong when compared to a different picture.
:gah:
Anyway today's round of uncertain suggestions (suffice it to say, don't erase previous versions of the sculpt in case things go awry in later versions)
When I initially jumped into this with my first round of mods I kinda pushed the hairstyle away from the One-Man-Army look and towards the casual style he sports earlier in the film. This is how I would do the profiles for the actual One-Man-Army look. Basically the back of his hair should remain flat, almost a straight vertical line. If possible sculpt little spiky bits around his crown to suggest shorter hair that's sticking up a bit as opposed to lying flat. Oh and the front of his hair should stick up more vertically. (in one of these pics I changed the earlobe but ignore that because I realised the reference pic I was using was from a very different angle)
My attempt at what it (One-Man-Army hairstyle) would look like from the front, it's flatter across the top than the casual look:
^^or does that look too much like his T2 style? This is one of the things I'm uncertain about.
Returning to the casual look here's how I would address what DEATHASYLUM was saying about it being too compact on top:
Note that I have those strategically place indentations in both the Casual AND One-Man-Army hairstyles, I think it needs them either way as Arnie's hair really does seem to carry a big risk of looking like a mini-afro in sculpt form if you don't have them
A different view of the One-Man-Army hairstyle:
^I found this one kinda frustrating to do. I worry that the adjustments I made to the hair here would make the profile view of the 3Dmodel very different than what I drew up in the pics at the top of this post. It felt like I was taking a lot more hair off in order to match to this particular movie shot of Arnie than I did in my other mock-ups.
And that takes me to DEATHASYLUM's other observation about the cheekbones possibly being too puffy:
My attempt to address that:
I also happened to look at a T2-related mock-up and noticed a possible cheekbone issue there, maybe symptomatic of the same thing we've got with Matrix:
The original pic minus the circles:
That's it from me tonight. You'll get a break from me tomorrow as I'll be off to a birthday party and then hungover in work on Sunday most likely.
Man I can understand how frustrating it must be working on a sculpt, constant doubt over whether you're making a good change and wondering how it will affect other POVs etc. What looks right compared to one picture of the actor looks wrong when compared to a different picture.
:gah:
Anyway today's round of uncertain suggestions (suffice it to say, don't erase previous versions of the sculpt in case things go awry in later versions)
When I initially jumped into this with my first round of mods I kinda pushed the hairstyle away from the One-Man-Army look and towards the casual style he sports earlier in the film. This is how I would do the profiles for the actual One-Man-Army look. Basically the back of his hair should remain flat, almost a straight vertical line. If possible sculpt little spiky bits around his crown to suggest shorter hair that's sticking up a bit as opposed to lying flat. Oh and the front of his hair should stick up more vertically. (in one of these pics I changed the earlobe but ignore that because I realised the reference pic I was using was from a very different angle)
My attempt at what it (One-Man-Army hairstyle) would look like from the front, it's flatter across the top than the casual look:
^^or does that look too much like his T2 style? This is one of the things I'm uncertain about.
Returning to the casual look here's how I would address what DEATHASYLUM was saying about it being too compact on top:
Note that I have those strategically place indentations in both the Casual AND One-Man-Army hairstyles, I think it needs them either way as Arnie's hair really does seem to carry a big risk of looking like a mini-afro in sculpt form if you don't have them
A different view of the One-Man-Army hairstyle:
^I found this one kinda frustrating to do. I worry that the adjustments I made to the hair here would make the profile view of the 3Dmodel very different than what I drew up in the pics at the top of this post. It felt like I was taking a lot more hair off in order to match to this particular movie shot of Arnie than I did in my other mock-ups.
And that takes me to DEATHASYLUM's other observation about the cheekbones possibly being too puffy:
My attempt to address that:
I also happened to look at a T2-related mock-up and noticed a possible cheekbone issue there, maybe symptomatic of the same thing we've got with Matrix:
The original pic minus the circles:
That's it from me tonight. You'll get a break from me tomorrow as I'll be off to a birthday party and then hungover in work on Sunday most likely.
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