Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Week 14 - Final Post. Ever

Shmeegoal
Posterous is closing down so we won't be able to use it anymore.  Go figure...

Anyways, we've finished modeling half of Gollum from Lord of the Rings.  I know we said we'd be doing the Witch King last week, but we found a picture of Gollum that was literally made to be a reference image.  Normally, the two would be about egual in difficulty and impressiveness, but without the side shot of the Witch King, it would be nearly impossible to get an accurate representation. 

To make this guy's legs, we did some box modeling.  Whcih is where you take a box and model with it...

We used the Edit Poly modifier to extrude the faces, throw on some smoothing, and arrange the vertices meticulously in order to make a perfectly sculpted leg.  Then we cheated and added a Symmetry modifier to mirror it.  And you will never see the finished product.  Ever.  I hope this haunts your dreams.

Week 13 - Emanon

Witch_king_1
We've finished modeling the Wtich King's weapons.  Now we really need to get to work on the actual model.  Without a side view of the character, we're going to have some problems accurately making him in three dimensions, but we may have found a loophole.  Maybe.  I'll tell you all about it next week if it works.

Week 12 - Final Project

Witch_king_2
For the next couple weeks, Tony and I will be working on modeling and possibly animating the Witch King, from Lord of the Rings.  We may or may not include his sword, and we're probably not going to have time to tackle his flail, but I can guarentee we'll do as much as we can.  Rigging this guy is not going to be fun...