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Old July 3rd, 2003, 05:55 PM   #1
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Default Character - Captain Kirk

I've been trying my hand at some character modeling lately, and in response to a discussion at my forum over on TrekBBS, I decided to take a shot at modeling Captain Kirk as he appeared in the Original Series. This was attempt #1:



Not bad, but not great either. A lot of the details were off and the eyes were just plain terrible. I decided to set up some front and side reference pics I obtained from screen captures and went for attempt #2:



Now it seemed like ol' Jimmy boy was starting to come together. Just for kicks, though, I decided to map my front reference pic right on to the model:




Yeah, baby! Yeah!

Obviously, I don't have a decent hair plug-in and I haven't had the nerve to tackle his ears yet, but I'm getting there.
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Old July 4th, 2003, 12:50 AM   #2
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Friggin' A, man!

Excellent work on the new version...
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Old July 4th, 2003, 12:06 PM   #3
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I think your character modelling is excellent, but a question how do you start an ear?
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Old July 4th, 2003, 12:17 PM   #4
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...but a question how do you start an ear?
Hell if I know. I'm making this up as I go along.
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Old July 6th, 2003, 09:25 PM   #5
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Looks like you've captured his essence Vektor, now you just have to fill in the details
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Old July 7th, 2003, 12:49 AM   #6
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I think this will about do it for his face.



Now to add his ears, some decent eyes, teeth and gums, and then figure out a way to do his hair properly.
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Old July 7th, 2003, 01:04 AM   #7
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It is amazing how much this looks like the real Shatner.

About the hair: Maybe you could ask Shatner if he would let you have a look at his wig. ; )
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Old July 7th, 2003, 07:13 PM   #8
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ROTFLMFAO
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Old July 7th, 2003, 07:22 PM   #9
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That is an incredible likeness, BTW. Nice work.
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Old July 8th, 2003, 08:01 PM   #10
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Awesome work, man. Awesome.
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Old July 17th, 2003, 02:25 AM   #11
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Default Ears :-)

Here's some cool tutes on building heads, with steps for building ears. Enjoy!

http://www.highend3d.com/global/tutorials/subdmodel/
http://cal.jmu.edu/ratner/tutorials/1/
http://coldfusion.art.msstate.edu/ca.../thehumanhead/
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