Rob and Six rigs

This is a video showing the rigs for the characters.

Six

The Creator so far

 I have been modelling the Creator and this is the stage I am at so far. He is pretty much just needing the final touches before I sculpt him in Mudbox to get all those old man wrinkles in. The hair on his head and face are just place holders just now until we get the maya hair on him. I am really happy with how he is going so far and can not wait to rig and animate him.

Six edit and rig so far

I had to make some minor edits to the Six model from the original. I moved the front tube so it inserts straight into his face to make it different to the other side. I also had to re-model the front panel so the battery had a place to sit at the front. I have also started to rig the model. Sometimes with Robots you can rig them by just parenting the geometry correctly but for the pipes to move correctly with the body I had to use bones. Setting up the pipes was a bit tricky as they liked to be erratic depending on the way you parent the components together. I still have to set up set driven keys for the pistons and and the controllers then it should be ready for testing.

Hard VS Smooth

 This is a test to see what works better, Smooth Shading or Hard Shading .

Smooth

Hard

Modeled by Gary Spiers 

The Creator Colour

I had been lacking in colour work for the Creator so I decided to paint out one of the poses from the pose sheet. I am quite happy with it. Maybe needs some more time spent on it but I can tell that I am getting better  and I learned a lot by painting this.

The Creator Pose Sheet

Her are a few poses for the Creator working away and relaxing with a whiskey. I am going to pick one to make a colour version of. Should be fun :)

Six Model Sheet Updates

Made some changes to Six to update him for the film.

Creator_Model_Sheet

Creator model sheet which is still not finished. Just put up so the team can see it tomorrow. Will replace this post with the finished model sheet.

Creator Face Re-Designs

We were not happy with the creator's face. He seemed too soft and a bit like an explorer. I have created these two more weathered designs.

Spaceship Design

Space ship 4 from my silhouettes painted up with some perspective. Changed the front quite abit but I think it looks better.

Spaceship Designs

Some quick spaceship designs. I like 3 and 4. If the rest of the team like one in particular then I will paint it out further.

Crashed Ship/ Creator's Home

A really quick concept of an alternate crashed ship.

Rob Concept 2

Another Rob coloured concept. I much prefer this one to the last one I designed.

Rob Colour Concept

A colour concept for Rob I quite like it but I am sure he will go through some more changes before we have the final Rob design.

The Creator Colour Concept 2

Another one :)

Creator Colour Concept

Happy with how this turned out.

Another Creator Concept

After a meeting the other Thursday we took notes on the character designs about what we liked and thoughts on where to take the creators design. This is just one concept from after these notes. I like it but I will do more too.

Creator Concept Designs

Some pencil drawings of the creator. We still have to find a design that clicks for him so we are taking elements we like from each others designs and trying some new ones which should be up soon.

Rob Silhouettes Batch 2

After meeting with the team we decided that a few more of the silhouettes should be taken to the next stage. I happy that we did because there are some more potential designs in these ones now.