Wow! I really can;t think of anything more to say except stare in awe :)

Hey, this looks really interesting!

Man, I have so much to learn XD

Lupine Assassin reporting to you from Arizona:

Wookiee, this looks amazing so far!

"And I thought they looked complex... From the outside...."

Because of that cleverly remodeled quote, you win +1 Awesome, Gami...


(I bet you think I'm stalking you with all these comments today o.o)

I looked up ZBrush. It looks pretty powerful. I like how you model like sculpting :)

Awesome Work :O

I've never been into 3D stuff at all, but that does look pretty cool.

can you do animation with that program?

No. It is primarely designed to be a digital sculpting and painting program. By painting I mean you can paint directly onto the 3d model then save that out as a texture map that you would then apply to the model in an animation program such as Miya, Lightwave, 3D Studio and even Poser.

so there is some animation possibilities.

Not within ZBrush. You can repose a figure by moving the mesh around but there is no way to capture animation frames. Animation will need to be done with another program.

gotcha ^^

Ooh, you're halfway to roo form!

Does look like a roo, doesn't it!? :)

I wouldnt be surprised if George lucas had a cross between a roo and a raptor in mind when he thought of the tauntaun, cause it is looking like that

ZBrush looks like it could be fairly simple to use... I will see if Demo version or something is available and give it a try here at some point...

It is! You can get a demo version here:
http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/
:)

/cry

i should play with that more often -3-

*has the program*

is there anyway to pirate z-brush or is that just in bad taste?

You can get a 30 day demo version here:
http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/

Zbrush and Mudbox are by far the two most powerful programs for generating normal maps for lower poly models (with Mudbox having the simpler controls but Zbrush having more power, imo). It's simply amazing what we can do with either of the two programs nowadays.

By the way, good looking tauntaun ;9

wow, you sure know how to progress fast D:

Pretty good zbrushing there.it is cool the way you can sculpt things in real time,you can do some pretty detailed textures in it to

looking good

ZOMG YOSHI!

Looks great. Z brush is an excellent modeler. Be careful of making a mesh too heavy in poly counts though.
That will make it a real bitch to animate if that is your goal.

Basically you build a low poly mesh and use subdivide to build up the details for mapping. THe trick is not to save out the high poly count model when converting to OBJ format for importing to other applications.

I will need to redo the Tauntaun body since the fingers shperes were overlapping too much and I can't get good detail inthe fingers and toes without it pinching. I found a better tutorial for doing hands and feet I will use next time.

Sounds like you have a really good grip on the workflow. Over the years I have only been able to speculate on what type of "goods" a Tauntaun comes packaged with. You could say I'm very curious to see how this is defined.

Coming along nicely! I wish I had that program to fiddle with.

You can get a 30 day demo version here:
http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/

::Squeeze.:: Thanks, Wook. You rock.

Impressive, Most Impressive.
But you are not a Taun Taun Master yet...
or are you?

<LOL> :)

Man, you gotta sign up for Lucas Arts right now! *translation* This freaking rocks and I can't wait to see it finished.

I would have jumped at the chance for working for him back in the late 70s but now he's just a control freak who damages everything he touches, including the original 3 Star Wars films.

I heard it was Rick McCallum who insisted into taking so much CGI into the original Star Wars, but you are right, he just was like Anaking Skywalker and now he is more than Darth Vader, he has become the Emperor.

Hmmm... I wonder how well it can rig the obj and make it so I could import it to the program I like to use Poser.

Neat work.
ZBrush is a very good softwear I wish I had one so I can work on my own characters.

interesting

Please tell me this was finished and will be used for art you'll be posting in the future?

Eventually, yes.

*whispers* Is it done yet?

Very sorry but this is a project for the back burner. The model needs to be reworked for better feet and hands since I can't seem to model this version withthe pinching that is happenning in those areas. This means me having to relearn 3D Studio Max so I can build a batter base mesh to sculpt onto. In teh mean time I am still working on sculpting and a few new fursuits and hopefully some new drawings thrown in for fun. The CG tauntaun is still a project I will be working on since it is a passion of mine it just may take some time.

If you know of anyone that would like to take what I have so far and expand on it, I am willing to share what I have so far.

Oh.... I tinkered in 3DSMax many years back. Then I decided 3D was just too complex for me.
Well.....that is an extremely sexy form and posture. I hope the Mk2 will be similar in those respects. Regardless, I'll certainly be watching this project intently. Hopefully she....or he... will animate nicely too.

I have to ask though, as I know you tend to do a lot of males.....what will this model's gender be? Or perhaps intentions to make both?

The Stop Motion miniature had oversized legs and a tiny head:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1241.....6435dbd297.jpg while the full size prop had smaller legs and a large head:
http://www.giantbusts.co.uk/acatalo.....KETAUNTAUN.png
I am hoping to model something inbetween and slightly more strramlined for easy animating.

The joy of CG is that is is easy to modify sculpts to be either gender. If you prefer the felames, you might enjoy these sketches:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3984399/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3984474/

Oh yeah, I've seen those already And a growing number of other tauntauns as well. I'm pleased to say that female tauntauns seem to be gaining popularity.

But as you perhaps know, I have strong preference for the ferals, and I've also seen some of your CGIs, so I'm very much looking forward to seeing your tauntaun model's future appearance, even though I doubt it will be this year. I can wait.
I think.