WIP: Han Solo Bust

back again...

I'm participating in the Hardcore Modeling Challenge over at CGTalk and the subject is Movie Icons, and good ol' Han (as he was in ANH) was one of the choices. There's a choice of modeling a bust or a statue, and I've gone for a bust for both my entries (John McClane is my other entry).

Originally planning to just do straight poly modeling with some bump maps I got to this stage

1st pass
[image=http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4201/001fk7.jpg]

2nd pass
[image=http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3433/003rw1.jpg]

It was at this stage I decided I wanted to try something different and took the model into Skymatter's Mudbox.

1st MB pass
[image=http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5739/006kp7.jpg]

realizing I'd forgotten the ears (stupid) I had to export a low level mesh back to MAX model in some ears and then put it back into Mudbox and re-sculpt the details...

2nd MB pass
[image=http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6905/010ze2.jpg][image=http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8604/011kv7.jpg][image=http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5378/012fz3.jpg]

I think if you block out the fact he is currently bald it does kinda look like him...

thoughts?

 

Hmm.. nostrils seem kinda thick. I think it needs the most work around the eyes, and those are always the hardest. I suggest looking at facial anatomy sites to get an idea of general eyelid folds and corners of the eye, then compare those to Harrison.

 

Good start, looks like it could be good.

 

1. Forehead bigger
2. Mouth less Frog like
3. cheek less baby fat
4. nose more straight
5. Reshape the ears

 

Looks like Captain Picard.


Just kidding, you're in early stages and it actually does look like him!

 

thanks guys...wasn't expected so many replies so soon..lol


JeneralJarJat: I hate eyes...lol....but that being said I've put the least amount of work into them so next time I get around to working on it they'll be one of the first things i look at

darthviper: ta.

PalpatineSpecter: see this is why I brought it to a Star Wars forum....lol...thanks for that...although....frog like? what do you mean by frog like? too wide?

AL_Patterson: ta

 

update

[image=http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4974/014iz5.jpg]

the hair was an absolute bugger....lol....it looks okay but not 100%....fixed up the eyes alot and the cheeks as well.....

i'm going to do the bust as han in his stormtrooper armour....which is only because it'll be quicker for the challenge...lol...made a rough start on it but I'm going to redo it..

[image=http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2274/013bd2.jpg]

 

Your head is much better now. Looks really accurate. There's another guy over there at CGS doing Han and it's really good too.

 

there is? I had a look but I couldn't find one...as far as I know I'm the only one doing him in the challenge....unless its outside the challenge...

thanks for the comment too

 

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=479083

There's another one too... a 3rd one.. but this one is better I think.

 

Oh, that's the John McClane busts. Pretty good too.

 

yeah theres about 7 or 8 of us doing John McClane over there...mudbox fixed my model up alot

went from this
[image=http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/921/045to8.jpg]
to this
[image=http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5659/052na8.jpg][image=http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3121/053ie7.jpg]
still a few things in need of adjustment though

but yeah...is that what you meant in your post above zoo? cos you did say it was han there was another model of....

more work on han should be done today I think....

 

finished off han last night, I feel like I got the likeness pretty close

[image=http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4412/021me1.jpg]

 

I think his head might me too small, and it needs to go lower a bit, there's too much neck above the collar. And his hair should be parted down the middle, I don't think I remember any time where it was parted to the side.

[image=http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/a/a3/Han3_edited.jpg]

 

The side view looks kind of funky. Front looks pretty good.

I know you were going for the face, but the armor is far from accurate.