New Goals in 2015

Some people wait for New Year to start some resolution or goals. Not me, I plan in advance. In January, I will start a new contact at MPC Montreal. Hopefully better salary too, So I will invest in my future with it.

A part of trying to have a Comic-con booth next year, I will aim for a 3D printer. I want to start combine my two skills: Digital modeling and tradional scultping. So with a good printer I will be able to export more hardedge mechanical and symmetrical object that will be combine with my Casteline sculpt.

Reproducing a simple form in tradional sculpting would mean doing a mold for it and cast it. I prefer 3D print a car wheel four time beside doing a small mold for it.

So which printer to buy. These day Desktop 3D printer are so versatiles in resolution and price.

 I order some simples from some compagny to see the quality that I can have.

I could use a printer like the Kickstarter one printing with filaments like Solid Doodle (600$) but the resolution is awful.

I thought go for a 3D printer for Jewelry They print in wax, perfect resolution, but it like 26000$. The technique use: Stereolithography

Last year, a new challenger came to live in a Kickstarter campaign: Form 1+ from Formlab. Price: 3300$ but what a perfect resolution for my use. This a Stereolithography technology printer and it printer in resins. It print in the resin liqud and a laser hit the spots that need to be solidify.

Because all final printed models need to be clean or sand, I found that the Stereolythography technology is better for me and need less post-work.

Today, I start my new project made of Casteline: A wolve in 1:9 scale. I build the armature and will out the wax or it soon.

I also take some time to adjust my Bannerman 3D model for futur use: Base model reference for the armature of a 1:9 scale man.

Bannerman - WIP 011

Game of Thrones: RPG Bannerman: WIP 006

Based on comments from CGtalk forum, I change some position and proportions. These changes help a lot.

Game of Thrones: RPG Bannerman: WIP 004-005

I think I need to update this blog a bit. I use to work on many personal projects since I finish the Hardcore Challenge on CGtalk. Some can't be shown because there are secrets projects for my future compagny.

I never talk about my desire to become my own boss by delivering a I.P. (Intellectual Propriety). But this blog is not for that mouahahah. Be patient.

So I decide to return to my anatomy study. I use my bannerman project for that purpose. You can refair to the post of November 2th for the first images for that project. So my goal is still the same: Sculpting a realistic male model in the Game of Thrones universe. I finally block the main shape and proportions and i'm now in subdivision 2: 69 600 polygons.

I have some time here and there for sculpting, but MPC coordination is a big part of my life now. But the project will be so rewarding. I tought I didn't post the last WIP image 004, so here:

Game of Thrones: RPG Bannerman

J'ai débuté un autre personnage. Je prévois un personnage réaliste pour ajouter à mon portfolio plutôt stylisé. C'est amusant, car "back-to-school" je voulais faire exclusivement que du réalisme, mais depuis je tente de mixé pour créer mon style qui est à mi chemin.

Mais pour l'heure, je me lance dans la sculpture d'un personnage réaliste. Il s'agira de mon personnage de Jeu de Role: Song of Fire and Ice. Aussi bien dire un Roleplaying Game (RPG) de Game of Thrones (GoT).

Nous avons démarré une campagne depuis peu et tous les joueurs sont des artistes, alors j'espère que nous allons tous créer, au final, une version digitale de nos persos.

J'aimerais m'inspiré du topmodel Christian Jorgensen pour les proportions. Sa classe de personnage est Bannerman. Il s'agit d'un homme qui provient d'une maison noble qui est sous les ordres d'une autre. Nous jouons la maison Keratis qui reprennent leur place dans Westeros après un Exil. Mon personnage se nomme Marcus Dallmar et vient de la maison Dallmar.

Un petit descriptif du personnage: Il est un homme d'épée avec un grand charisme et beauté, ce qui lui donne sont charme mais aussi des problèmes. Il portera du cuir et de la cotte de mailles noire. Alors, inspiré de la série GoT, je vais tenter de changer un peu le style de Bronn.

Je pars dans Zbrush avec le modèle 3D de base de Nick qui vient par défaut avec le logiciel et j'ai, dans le passé, changer les proportions pour quelque chose de plus réaliste. Mais la prochaine étape sera de mettre changer les proportions pour celle de Christ.