Keep at it mate! - I am still waiting for that hat trick! ;)

By the way - cool avatar!

hey cgrein,
I hope your still working on your project, this was coming along great, but looks like you've taken a vacation from the competition aswell. ;) times running out....

arran: I guess you'll have to wait a little more for that hat trick. ;)


admiralbcd : Well, I'm still working. :headbang:


The challenge will be extended for 1 week, maybe I still have a chance to finish something...

Take a look:

Certainly looking very nice to me - best of luck with getting a finished result though :)

Thanks Fallenswordsman.

I already modeled other objects to compose the scene. I'm
trying to put all togheter now, adjusting the textures/displacement maps, etc.

In the final scene, the man will be holding a tool and working on the violin.(as in the concept drawing)

Here is another image with a displacement map for the shirt: (was using only procedurals in the first test)

looking awesome! can't wait to see a final. :)

Just joined this Simply Lightwave site. Thought I would post in the challenge forum first to catch a glimps of the other entries.

Very nice work cgrein, hope you can finnish your entry in time.
:beer:

Thank you Mike and THX1138.

Here's another update.
C&C are welcome... :beer:

You have a good eye for how things are laid out, but the scene seems too empty. I really like the pose of the old man. He seems very humble at what he is doing. I reccomend working with that theme. I can picture a warm sunlit enviorment for him to accent that feeling. A hobby room for example. You could model a bunch of stuff he has made a put them on a shelf in the background.

How are you on texturing human skin? are you using Mental Ray or V-Ray for the final render? How are you on hair?

Hey THX1138 thanks for your input, I appreciate the feedback.

I don't use Mental Ray/V-Ray, only Lightwave. About the skin, I'm
testing two shaders: TB_FakeSkin and Chanlum. I didn't paint any map (color/bump/spec) for the skin yet.
The hair will depend on the time I'll have, maybe the poor guy will end up totally bald. :mg:

wow this has come on loads since the early head stages - you've got a great pose for the old man :)

have you decided on a backdrop yet?

Si

No updates yet? The deadline is really ticking!:eek: It's sad to see that hardly any lightwave users are involved in this challenge. I think you are the only one. I hope you can pull off a win with this one. :beer:

I downloaded several photos from the web to use as reference, the old man's pose is almost a copy of one of this photos. In the original image the man uses other kind of tool and he is shaping the wood.

As the backdrop I'll use a simple wall with a shelf and maybe some tools hanging.

Yes, it's really sad. Only a few entries in the Maya forum too...

Here goes another update.
Just need to put something on that wall...

wow, this entry has come a long way....almost there....stay on target....( sorry about that, I'm just a star wars geek :blush: )

It's looking really good, but like thx1138 said ( ain't that a SW geek, must be ! ), it's looking a bit cold right now. If you're not using a window, I'd suggest placing a yellowish light with a window shadow map, to get some nice contrasts.