Category: Sculpting

I decided to model my creature in an A-pose so as to be able to get a more proportional figure to itself. However, because of this I now have to manually pose it. I wasn’t satisfied with my initial attempt, feeling its silhouette was quite weak. On my second attempt I focused on making sure the head of my creature was well defined from the rest of its body.

Additionally, I used the move brush to make small adjustments to proportion and add movement to parts of the creature, such as its sagging fat deposits and tail.

When coming to model the armor I used blender, I find this program to be more suited to do hard surface centered designs. I took these blockouts into Zbrush to add texture and detail, such as battle damage and nicks in the metal from heavy use.

For the leech I tried to use a variety of brushes to make interesting impressions on its surface, trying to make it look infectious.

After creating my blockout I started on carving out the details of my creature. I added wear and tear to its nails, horns and teeth. Particular care was taken with the skin, making sure I got the creatures fatty forms looking quite weighty.

When coming to block out my creature in zbrush I decided to use a base to get me started quickly.

I found a cave troll zsphere base in the zbrush pre-made assets, from which I could tweak to more closely resemble my own design.

I then remeshed this base which gave me a good blockout to start with. Something new I was introduced to was IMM brushes, these were pre-made forms I could draw onto my model. These were helpful in creating quick hands and feet for my model which I could work from.