[Tephladon]

Well not much done today. My allergies have been on a rampage of late and those of us whom have them as severe as I do know about the extremely itchy eyes and their constant quenching. Makes it damn near impossible to work on anything but last I my Benedryl has kicked in and now I am sleepy bliss. So here is what I have accomplished today.

I worked out the helmet and started surfacing and grouping. I started on the hands and created the bull helmet. I am also working out the teeth which is extremely difficult because I had to define their use before modelling. Human teeth are easy to do as they are all based on the same pupose of an omiverous diet. Orcs are cannibol meat eaters yet I can't see envision them chewing their food much so I decided not to model molars but more tearing teeth. Of course he will have two big teeth pertruding from the lower jaw but I'll do that tommorrow. I'va also reached an empass as what other kind of armor to put him in. It's a orc and they were not highly technical but brutish. I want it to seem savage yet have some kind of civilization or culture to fall back on. I've been searching the net for various images of orcs and outside of Warcraft 3 and Lord of the rings, there isn't much. Tommorrow I'm going to Simon Bisley's webpage. He usually has some pretty fantasic ideas. So here is the outlook so far.

Wednesday - modelling and retouching 100% complete
Thursday - UV mapping and texturing
Friday - Rig and Pose
Weekend, - (optional, animate in 30 second short of some kind. Something quick and painless.)