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Published: 2008-03-25 18:31:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 14305; Favourites: 260; Downloads: 542
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I got this idea for a worn and tired space traveler after reading "the tales for Pirx the pilot" by classic sci-fi writer Stanislaw Lem. The shape of the helmet is inspired by "Commander Oddball" from "Revenge of the Sith". The face is based on my own face and I used Modos sculpting tools for the first time to tweak the mesh (for example pushing in the cheeks and pulling down the eye lids). I've textured the face using my own "skin". Don't worry, I'm not that pale and I don't have those dark areas under my eyes.Modeled and rendered in MODO
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WoW!! I've always admired the folks who can render such things as this with such clarity, realism and skill. Thanks for sharing your work on dA for us to view it.
Were you formally trained how to do this? Is it something that could be learned?
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thanks.. no no formal training in this area
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You're welcome. Thanks for the answer.
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Awesome; I have the Swedish translation of the first Pirx collection (and a few other books by Lem).
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Are you on modo?se I've seen all this stuff there....
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Fantastic! All you need now is a face mocap and make this guy talk!
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Awesome picture, love the clone pilot helmet. Although he's a little pale, kinda creepy 
Have you thought of putting him in a starfighter cockpit?
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Cool. This was on the cover of the magazine I was featured in ^_^.
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Hi !!!
This is the message to let you know that you have been featured in my news article Wonderful portraits * part 6 *
Thank you!
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Friend you're excellent 3d artist!! I've seen a review of this work on 3D World, and really liked it very much!!!
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When I added a comment to one of your works I had not seen the one here before! Damn! This IS my absolute hero Pirx the Pilot! Man! That;s absolutely wonderful visualization of the character I have ever seen! Congratulations! It would be great to see "haunted" Terminus talking ("TER-MI-NUS" 
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dzienki - am glad there are more Pirx fans out there!
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Looks like a clone pilot... it's awesome! did you do any stormtrooper? I'll check.
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That is a very impressive piece of art. How did you do the scratches and chips in the helmet, or more precisely the damage above his left eye?
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thanks - those are created by using a bump map. You can download the model and textures from my site if you want to check.
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Yeah, just after I made that comment, I found your site. I'll have to check out the model later.
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very nice man! good to see you on the cover of 3d world too! CONGRATS!
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Again, awesome work, but my 1 question is, how did you pull your skin off to get it in the scanner?
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... I just took a couple of pictures of my face and then photoshoped them together.
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But you did well. The texture is very well made.
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Absolutely great job. I love this book, I've ridden it several times.
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Very nice pic
Although I've always wondered why those helmets have all that respiratory equipment on the chin if the mouth part is open...
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very nice work the modelling and texturing are most impressive, keep it up!
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Please read this news article
It is important we all band together against this
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I saw this on the modo forum, and I followed the WIP. I must say, Im very impressed! Really nice modeling, and especially texturing!
The skin could use some more work though, even if this isnt a skin shading exercise.
Best
Henning
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Very nice work and normal maps I presume. The one crit I would have is the scratches on the helmet and the "mouth grill" look too clean and the same. They are too defined and look a little uncanny. Also on the mouth part the scratches havent revealed the metal underneith whereas they have general wear on the edges showing the metal, that might help break up those scratches a little. Also the texture on his left side of the helmet of the text is flipped the wrong way you'll either have to make a flipped texture for that side and Uv map it seperately or use decals for the text maybe? The helmet all looks a little plastic, though this maybe the effect you went for? Other than that its a stunning piece. The face is very well done, especially the eyes.
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thank for taking the time and suggesting improvements. I'm just using bump maps, no normal maps. I agree about the scratches and will see if I can refine them. The texture is not flipped, the decals look as they should but maybe I should have made the text look more alien/futuristic and less mirrored.
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Here's a good set of Star Wars font's [link]
It's all freeware! So now Prix can have more of an alien feel.
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Nice, I've never heard about modo but if I look at their site I think it's the best program for mac. I'm gonna try it out sometime. Thanks for refering to modo.
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I like this!!!!
very good espiration on Star Wars, the best saga!!!
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Very nice modeling, I love the details.
Its big enough
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Nice... but I think, that the helmet is a bit too big...
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Beautiful texture work! And that padding inside looks ace!
Scarface
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