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WIP - Obstacle Course of Death (Maya)
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Demetrius 13 posts30 Oct 2005Hello All,
Lately I've been working on some scenes to kinda sharpen up my portfolio one of which is the one below. Its a scene of a Obstacle Course (other objects are still in development) but heres what i've done soo far.
Its a monkey bar with spikes at the bottom, I used the lowman as reference so you can see how a character will be placed in the scene. The spikes will be refined so that they are alot thinner at the base and probably duplicated more so theres less gap between them but not so much that it spoils it.
The renders below basically just show you different regions of the scene at the moment, im going to be building more "death traps" though, and then once all is done, gonna work on the animation side of it all, hopefully get that lowman rig to work his way through it all, it'll be an interesting output and one i definitely plan to finish so stick around for updates.
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30 Oct 2005Hey mate, It's looking great! you're getting some nice details in there.
Just a few things I'd like to say.
Usually when a lattice is used in a wall/railing/fence it is used on a 45 degree angle. (Thats from what I see here in aus)
I think there should be some more variance in the height of the spikes underneath, to make them more menacing and have a different feel to them.
If this is going to be a full obstacle course, it would seem more fitting if instead of lowman having to go down a flight of stairs back to the ground for the next stage, he just turns a corner or goes straight ahead on the platform which is raised above ground. You may have the whole thing planned and set out, but thats just what I think when looking at it.
I do really like this mate, looking forward to it's progress -
Demetrius 13 posts30 Oct 2005yeh in truth the second flight of steps going down was simply for rendering purposes, it looked a tad dry so i thought i'd just copy the other one there but as for the actual plan of how everything will be located i havent planned that out yet, this was something i didn't generally expect to come this far development wise, but i have tons of ideas for things i want to incorporate into it so on the whole it'll all be linked up somehow
Thx for the tip on the spikes, im now questioning whether i even want them there...I might put fire or some other hazardous force of nature I think that'd be cooler (rendering wise). I'll think about it. -
30 Oct 2005add some more irregularities, everything is too geometric.... and make the guy fall pleeeease:D:D
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31 Oct 2005awesome idea! i need to make an obstacle course now too
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01 Nov 2005it seems to me that the guy has no fear to fall down both in his face and body language. l wouldnt be so cool in this position though... dont forget if the figure dont serve to the main idea every thing around it just helps to spoil it...
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Demetrius 13 posts01 Nov 2005At this stage, the figure is somewhat irrevalant, i put him there simply to show him on the monkeybar, his pose and overall expression wasn't considered nor will it be at this stage cause its not the purpose of the wip images, (for those who may also be slightly misslead)
i probably wont even use lowman, its just a rig i've been playing around with lately, nothing more. -
Demetrius 13 posts01 Nov 2005Ok Stop...Hammer Time:
The follow-up platform is built along with a lower platform and a walklog which goes to and fro...the walk log isn't official, im probably going to make it a cylinder which rotates as force is applied which will be interesting and underneath it im going to put the "bottomless pit" or what would appear to be a bottomless pit...maybe not, maybe just a big hole with spikes sticking out of its inner walls to compensate for the spikes which were originally to be under the monkeybars which im now changing and putting fire coals under it etc...(i hope he's wearing thick boots
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I've taken into account what you've said about irregularities etc, at this stage im pretty much just trying to build everything and then make those sort of tweaks if necessary. I originally wanted it to be as clean as possible render wise and geometry wise but i guess it wouldn't hurt to kinda break the connection on that just a tad so yes in future updates you'll more then likely notice more irregularities. Oh and dont worry, he'll more then likely fall off of something during this course, sadly he wont die, PG13 hehe
p.s. the platform closest to the camera isn't official, it was more to show where the walk log will lead to, i might keep it but depending on the next "obstacle" i might have to alter it or hold it for anther place i could put it. p.s. the next obstacle is a walk path which has big spiked balls swinging across it hehe, but theres a catch, it aint thaaat simple or that boring, updates on the way people.
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01 Nov 2005great details!
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01 Nov 2005this is lookin really good.. where can i get lowman?
cause i have seen him in alot of animations... -
Demetrius 13 posts01 Nov 2005http://lichiman.aniguild.com/?s=lowman (Low Man Rig)
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