Game character shaman  (Прочитано 10239 раз)

Model a humanoid character representing a shaman endowed with mystical powers. The character has to fit to Wild West setting with elements of steam-punk and fantasy.  Aim to make your model visually similar to the reference image below: result of your exercise should be as close to the sketch as possible. Please concentrate on character’s temper while keeping anatomical realism.

Technical specifications:
⦁   The model must be saved 3D Studio MAX 2011 file format. Send the .max files and all resources in a single folder, which can be opened directly.
⦁   The model is meant to be viewed in the viewport, not rendering.
⦁   You have a skeleton model attached. Use it as the base for the workflow. It is a max 2011 biped that will be used to animate your character. But you can change its bones in order to achieve greater anatomical realism and expression. For the future animation, you can split your model into multiple meshes as you consider it necessary.
⦁   Pay special attention to the detailing of the joints: hands can bend at the elbows and wrists, legs at the knees, the head can turn and bend etc. 
⦁   Create single texture of each kind for normal, diffuse, specular,.. maps with maximum size of 1024x1024. For presentation purpose, standard 3Ds Max DirectX shader or 3-point shader could be used.
⦁   Use only one multi / sub-object material with sub-materials for the DirectX shaders. Do not break the model in pieces for each texture. Use another multi / sub-object material for standard materials (DirectX and standard do not work together in the same material). See the sample scene attached.
⦁   Polygon budget: a maximum of 5.000 triangles. The modeling should be optimal and no element must have more polygons than it needs even if the model stays below the polygon limit. We prefer a model with a really low poly count to one that just below the limit.
⦁   When sending the scene attach a couple of screenshots from the viewport, with and without wireframe on.