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monomauve In reply to HazardousArts [2008-03-21 11:06:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks! yes I have to model more female faces! it takes still too long.. my first try was sooo bad ;o) this one is ok. but I´m dissatisfied with the nose

your models are nice as well !! rock n roll !!

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HazardousArts In reply to monomauve [2008-03-21 11:37:30 +0000 UTC]

Im not sure if it will help you, but ive got a default head mesh all built up - its not male or female - just kind of default haha! but once i chuck it into zbrush and subdivide it up a bunch of times, i find now it only takes about 30 min or an hour at most to get some kind of face going.

I try to do a bunch of these each week, just for my own practise, you might already do something like that, but if you dont, give it a shot!

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monomauve In reply to HazardousArts [2008-03-21 12:32:54 +0000 UTC]

I know what you mean. I´ve some default head meshes for start ups. and male or creature heads are no problem to model in short time. but female features are so easy to destroy. you have to be so carefully ;o) that takes time !!!

were do you model your basemeshes? in max or z-b ?
I rebild the female topology after finishing the model to erase recent irregularities on the skin.

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HazardousArts In reply to monomauve [2008-03-21 14:11:18 +0000 UTC]

Here here to that brother. Female meshes can be destroyed with a single wrong stroke.

All my base meshes are done in 3dsmax - because most of our inhouse tools are written for max, and because of its true 3d nature and ability to apply realtime direct x shaders to models it means once i export from zbrush and get my final mesh i can apply textures and shaders right there in the max viewport to see the exact results that i can expect to see once my model goes into the game.

Thats really the only reason i use Max, its really pivotal to games work i think. Though im sure zbrush soon, will catch up. perhaps Zbrush 4 !

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