Yep, metalicy type cel shaded thingymabob type look.
I'll work on it!
Not sure what colours to make it, but it will be colourful (think Transformers).
For now, here's my progress so far, the head:

Here's Rexoid's finished model.
Next, it's time for the colouring in.

hi john, i take it ur new graphics card is workin well ?

As for the model, its lookin good, but i think u could add we chamfers to the joins to make them more realistic, like the example below, ur model currently looks likr the 1 on the left, with a we shamfer u could make ur joinst look like the 1 on the right, most objects that are screwed 2gether or on joins are slightly indented to help make the toy more secure when it is put together in the factory. It will also help ad a we bit of added detail to the model which can only be a gd thing ;)

Its up 2 u :p

Good work, Keep it comin :beer:

Good idea, dunno if there'd be any point though after the cel shading effect.
In the mean time, here's a render I did to test textures and rigging. Took a while trying out different colours before settling on these, still not sure about them though, so any suggestions are welcomed.
Need to decide on whether my next step is to model my other robot or my living room. There are another couple of models as well as these to do but they aren't as major. Erm, yes but that technically wasn't the problem.

You are really coming along with this John. I like how your 2d style blends with your 3d. I dislike it when you can really see the difference.

Your Tyrobosaurus is looking fab. Just keep going, nothing bad to say whatsoever.

Hi ppl, sorry i aint posted in a while i've been busy with work and other things ye know how it is. John fantastic work mate, u seem to be going through your ca4 nicely! Keep the hard work up and the results will be impressive!

Al hopefully do a thread shortly, am scared to tho!

Thread thread thread thread, c'mon people lets get Danny on the bandwagon!
I'd start a poll on who thinks Danny should start a thread but I can't find the option.
Guess you can only do it when you start a thread.
Try and spot the subliminal message!

OMFGWFTROFLMAOOL

Post some more renders John, we are all waiting. I know you have some renders grrrrr.

Yeah Pete I got whole scenes rendered but I'm holding them back just to anoy you.

(as a note to people who don't know Peter and I, I don't really have any more renders than I've posted!)

And Pete, that should be OMFGWTFROFLMAOOL!

naa, i think OMFGWTFROFLMAOOL! is better lol

Keep the gd work comin John, but yeah, i want to see more :(

That's what I said, OMFGWTFROFLMAOOL as opposed to Pete's OMFGWFTROFLMAOOL!

An not you as well! This is a week for artworks so you probably won't see more here for a week or so. See what you started Peter Murphy... See what you started!

Right, so anyway!
Need ta got on with this project. Next model up is Tricep, welcome him into your arms while I go model him.
Here's my sketch:

lookin good, Nice to see u back workin on this.

Ive been dyin for an update for ages. Thought u had given up ;)

:beer:

NEVER!!!!!!!!!!

Though I haven't had much chance to work on it since last post, things kept coming up, but I'll be gettin' on with it soon.

hi, just browsin the thread and i noticed u havent updated this in ages. After ur last pose i thought we were goin to get some wee pics :(

When are we goin to see the next update ? Im dyin to see how its developing.

:beer:

Shhhhh!!!!!!
lol
Gimme 4 weeks or so and I'll start doin more on this, lol.
Was workin with my mate on gettin some music recorded yesterday and today, I'll hopefully start the animating in about a week and animate nonstop till it's done.
I'll post stuff here soon as I get stuff sorted.

Thought I'd post these renders for you all to ponder over, my finished model of Tricep:

Here's the two dinosaurs together in poses:

Here they are fighting on a cliffside:

I'll get some renders of the living room up in the next couple of days, keep you on your toes 'til then!

Looks good john, im really lookin forward to seeing this anim. See the cliff shot, i think u need a line along the bit ive marked out, to help give the bit there standing on some depth and also makes them look like there standing on somthin.

Are u goin to be using shadows in this part of the anim ?

There's meant to be a line there, there was at one point, not sure if it only works on some angles or something, I'm not too bothered but I am going to play about with it, I'll work something out anyway. Not too bothered bout shadows, as is the style, there's shading on the characters and rocks and if they give off shadows, even better! But I'm not gonna go crazy about it as they are meant to look 2Dish!

Okay, here's they renders, as promised!
This concludes this part of the tour.
Once everything's all animated and I eventually get it on the net I'll post a link to it here. Although everyone reading this thread'll probably see it in uni anyway, Fraser.
P.S. I fixed the line on the cliffside!
I'll maybe post some stills of the animation before I get the whole thing on the net, I'll see what happens.

I'm going to make a little addition to the tour, just realised I didn't post a textured version of my titles, also I've included a render of a very simple set that appears in the animation. It's basicly just the same couch as the living room, coloured differently and slightly differently shaped. Diceded to throw these in to tie it all off for now!

yip ! excellent work john, loved the colours since ur 1st bedroom post and the cel shader is work V.nice in this room aswell, the video player and dvd-player are nice. the wee black out line round everything really draws u into all the wee details.

Good work !

Like the new logo, by the way, the test anim u sent me of the intro, had it changed atol ?

:beer:

Na, intro part'll be like how I sent it to you, timing'll be slightly different. Tried a few things but going along the lines of the one you saw turned out the best.
Oh, and it's a digital box, not a video. They don't have a video in their living room anymore as more and more people seem to be doing. I recon his mum moved it into her room.

cool, i liked the intro.

By the way, is that "The Shawshank Redemption" on the tv ?

lol :attn:

Close, it's Prison Break!
I just needed a 16:9 video to test out my sizes, so I used that as it was at hand and all was good and perfecto!

hehe !

They must have copied that shot from shawshank, sorta like a hommage to it. Im sure the opening shot of the prison in shawshank is the same view and it flys right over it.

How much character animation have u got in this anim ?

Loads!

Long overdue finished animation
 

Haha, so yeah erm... over a year on and I was sitting about thinking of how I never did post my finished animation here. And I haven't been on here in a while either and thought I'd jump on and see how the forums are going without me.

So anyway, without further ado, here, for your viewing pleasure, all the models you see being made throughout this thread in animated form, Tyrobosaurus Mechs on YouTube:

CLICK HERE!
http://img.youtube.com/vi/n2fAkL4a36Y/default.jpg


Ahhhhh!!! Nostalgia. Uni was fun. I even miss the stress it brought! :eek:

If you wanna check out more of my work, my showreel is also up on YouTube. You can navigate to my profile to view it from the above link. (These things are also now all on my website (which at the moment doesn't seem to be working. :eek3: ))

Nice to see you again, John. It was good to see the finished animation although I must confess, over time I completely forgot this WIP was here.
So were the whole non-tv character animations done as cel shades then? If so, then those were mightily impressive. :attn: Hope the world of work outside of uni is going well.

Hi there fallen.

Glad you liked my animation. I didn't really expect many people to remember me, except hopefuly my fellow uni folks who may or may not see this anyway. But thought it was about time I tied the thread up.

All the human characters in the animation are 2D, the teddy, and the robot toys are all 2D. All the environments are 3D cel shaded and the robots on the TV are 3D cel shaded as well. Basically anything in the animation that's cel shaded, there's pictures of in this thread somewhere I think.

As for work outside uni; not really done a lot since leaving. Did the odd bit of work here and there but only really starting to advertise my services to get some freelance work. I'll see how that goes in the next wee while. Although I'm kind of waiting to get a new PC before I really get started as mine ain't too healthy at the mo (think there's something up with the motherboard).

Also wanna get started in a few of my own projects, but as you know sometimes things like that don't happen despite your best planning.

So how's the world of Simply these days? Doesn't seem to be too much activity going on at the moment. Was there not talk of combining all the simply sites into one as some point? Or did that happen without me noticing?