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daveythegravy · 30-04-2004, 11:04 PM

Hi,

Started this charcter this afternoon:

Best Wishes

daveythegravy

colto · 01-05-2004, 12:26 AM

pretty good for one afternoon of work...

leroy3rd · 01-05-2004, 12:42 AM

your posts never fail to make me think that I'm taking too long to learn lightwave...

daveythegravy · 01-05-2004, 08:08 PM

Hi,

@colto:

Thanx, I depressed the meticulouse button, hehe.

@leroy:

Thanx for the encouragement. I think Ur probably doing ok, I see the LW learning curve as a Horizontal line that seems to go on forever, but eventualy, everything seems to click and U go into an upward curve. Keep going buddy. U can do it.

The skin texture was kindly given to me by Pi Song, and is a procedural of his own making. Have messed with it for the next pic, to give the character pale skin

Please, any constructive crit welcome.

Best Wishes

daveythegravy

kumar · 02-05-2004, 02:06 AM

Nice... character... however the spikes look a little off,,, maybe a tad more up near the wrist will be better.

daveythegravy · 02-05-2004, 09:45 PM

Hi,

@kumar:

No can do, they need to be where they are, so that then he makes a fist, he can stab with them.

Here is Trick or Treat Pete ready for rigging:

He uses the things on his back to pin his victims every Halloween.

I have had some trouble making the back finger things retract or fold into his back.

I made a Morph in modeler and had them retract into his back nicely, but when I go into Layout, this won't work properly due to bone/weight influences.

I realise that I could pose them in modeler, and make Morphs, but would have to use the same pose in Layout everytime they are retracted.

If anyone has any ideas on how I can do this from any pose position in Layout with bones active, please let me know.

Thankyou so much.

Best Wishes

daveythegravy

leroy3rd · 02-05-2004, 10:07 PM

I think his face looks a bit soft right now. Perhaps a scar or facial hair to really make him look like a guy?

kumar · 03-05-2004, 12:06 AM

Hmm,, ok,, as for the problem... try to get weight maps and attach the weight maps to the respective bones... That should do the trick.

daveythegravy · 03-05-2004, 08:23 AM

Hi,

@leroy3d:

Thankyou. Ur so rite. I'll get rite on that as soon as I have rigged him.

@kumar:

Oh, I have done that. Is part of the problem, as the Morphs won't work properly due to the weight map influence. I always use weight maps, hehe.

Thanx for posting guys.

Best Wishes

daveythegravy

Fallenswordsman · 03-05-2004, 08:28 AM

Presumably the spider legs are him in his Trick mode - so will he have a Treat mode as well where he turns into a cute widdle bunny wabbit?

leroy3rd · 03-05-2004, 03:02 PM

Fallenswordsman: hahahaha lol!

daveythegravy · 08-05-2004, 10:04 AM

Hi,

@Fallenswordsman:

U are so funny. Well, his name is given, kinda like a local Urban Legend, coz he only strikes at Halloween, and only kills Trick or Treaters, hehe.

@leroy3rd:

hahahahaha, yeah, so funny.

Here is the Finished Character. He may be having a run in with Little Angel very soon.

Best Wishes

daveythegravy

Fallenswordsman · 08-05-2004, 10:32 AM

Nice, dark character you've got there, Davey. If he's meeting up with Little Angel, I hope he's not too inflammable. It'll be like a Stephen King-alike character fest! You could even borrow your wife's clown character and set him alight too!

30-04-2004, 11:04 PM	#1
daveythegravy Full Access Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wirral/England Posts: 305	Character: Trick or Treat Pete Hi, Started this charcter this afternoon: Best Wishes daveythegravy __________________ ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS HiRES GALLERY IN PROGRESS <<< ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS PORTFOLIO <<< ---------------------------------- 'heaven ain't close in a place like this', The Killers

01-05-2004, 12:26 AM	#2
colto Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 471	pretty good for one afternoon of work... __________________ If the world that we are forced to accept is false and nothing is true, then everything is possible.

01-05-2004, 08:08 PM	#4
daveythegravy Full Access Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wirral/England Posts: 305	Hi, @colto: Thanx, I depressed the meticulouse button, hehe. @leroy: Thanx for the encouragement. I think Ur probably doing ok, I see the LW learning curve as a Horizontal line that seems to go on forever, but eventualy, everything seems to click and U go into an upward curve. Keep going buddy. U can do it. The skin texture was kindly given to me by Pi Song, and is a procedural of his own making. Have messed with it for the next pic, to give the character pale skin Please, any constructive crit welcome. Best Wishes daveythegravy __________________ ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS HiRES GALLERY IN PROGRESS <<< ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS PORTFOLIO <<< ---------------------------------- 'heaven ain't close in a place like this', The Killers

02-05-2004, 09:45 PM	#6
daveythegravy Full Access Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wirral/England Posts: 305	Hi, @kumar: No can do, they need to be where they are, so that then he makes a fist, he can stab with them. Here is Trick or Treat Pete ready for rigging: He uses the things on his back to pin his victims every Halloween. I have had some trouble making the back finger things retract or fold into his back. I made a Morph in modeler and had them retract into his back nicely, but when I go into Layout, this won't work properly due to bone/weight influences. I realise that I could pose them in modeler, and make Morphs, but would have to use the same pose in Layout everytime they are retracted. If anyone has any ideas on how I can do this from any pose position in Layout with bones active, please let me know. Thankyou so much. Best Wishes daveythegravy __________________ ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS HiRES GALLERY IN PROGRESS <<< ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS PORTFOLIO <<< ---------------------------------- 'heaven ain't close in a place like this', The Killers

03-05-2004, 08:23 AM	#9
daveythegravy Full Access Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wirral/England Posts: 305	Hi, @leroy3d: Thankyou. Ur so rite. I'll get rite on that as soon as I have rigged him. @kumar: Oh, I have done that. Is part of the problem, as the Morphs won't work properly due to the weight map influence. I always use weight maps, hehe. Thanx for posting guys. Best Wishes daveythegravy __________________ ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS HiRES GALLERY IN PROGRESS <<< ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS PORTFOLIO <<< ---------------------------------- 'heaven ain't close in a place like this', The Killers

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01-05-2004, 12:42 AM	#3
leroy3rd Lifetime Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA Posts: 295	your posts never fail to make me think that I'm taking too long to learn lightwave...

02-05-2004, 02:06 AM	#5
kumar Full Access Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Singapore, Posts: 913	Nice... character... however the spikes look a little off,,, maybe a tad more up near the wrist will be better.

02-05-2004, 10:07 PM	#7
leroy3rd Lifetime Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA Posts: 295	I think his face looks a bit soft right now. Perhaps a scar or facial hair to really make him look like a guy?

03-05-2004, 12:06 AM	#8
kumar Full Access Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Singapore, Posts: 913	Hmm,, ok,, as for the problem... try to get weight maps and attach the weight maps to the respective bones... That should do the trick.

03-05-2004, 08:28 AM	#10
Fallenswordsman Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,702	Presumably the spider legs are him in his Trick mode - so will he have a Treat mode as well where he turns into a cute widdle bunny wabbit?

03-05-2004, 03:02 PM	#11
leroy3rd Lifetime Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA Posts: 295	Fallenswordsman: hahahaha lol!

08-05-2004, 10:04 AM	#12
daveythegravy Full Access Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wirral/England Posts: 305	Hi, @Fallenswordsman: U are so funny. Well, his name is given, kinda like a local Urban Legend, coz he only strikes at Halloween, and only kills Trick or Treaters, hehe. @leroy3rd: hahahahaha, yeah, so funny. Here is the Finished Character. He may be having a run in with Little Angel very soon. Best Wishes daveythegravy __________________ ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS HiRES GALLERY IN PROGRESS <<< ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- >>> DaveLEWIS PORTFOLIO <<< ---------------------------------- 'heaven ain't close in a place like this', The Killers

08-05-2004, 10:32 AM	#13
Fallenswordsman Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,702	Nice, dark character you've got there, Davey. If he's meeting up with Little Angel, I hope he's not too inflammable. It'll be like a Stephen King-alike character fest! You could even borrow your wife's clown character and set him alight too!

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