Combine WIP

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This is still a very early wip of one of the combine soldiers, i'm considering later on to maybe send it to valve as maybe a little gift from the community (if the game goes gold that is :D)

oh well tell me what you think, maybe something needs to be added or remevod?? post away ;)

combine.jpg
 
looks good, but wix the hands, and his left arm(hislower arm) needs to be turned a bit to right(you wouldnt be able to see the edge of it on the side clos to his shoulder)
 
looks nice, the mask is very cool :)
 
heh, nice work. you could add something made up next to it and try and pass it off as hl2 concept art
 
ahahah i take that as a compliment...thnx mate, nostra---yeah thnx for the heads up...did'nt even see that :D
 
Everything looks good, just one quick comment :p. I think the shoes are a little too pointy. I haven't looked lately, so I could be wrong but they seem too elvish. ( if they look like that, don't bash me :) )
 
Originally posted by tim8604
Everything looks good, just one quick comment :p. I think the shoes are a little too pointy. I haven't looked lately, so I could be wrong but they seem too elvish. ( if they look like that, don't bash me :) )
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hahah i won't bash you :D

maybe you got a point, but its just my preference thats all, i'd say they are more like german nazy officer boots, well i think they're closer to that than elf shoes hehehe...

Cheers, and thnx for commenting
 
Ok i'm thinking of making this into a bigger pic some kind of, like maybe a teaser pic with the combine....i'm probably gonna add a "downed" strider, laying just in front of the combine (maybe i'm gonna add another 2 combine's/or a scanner).....

Or maybe you guys have a request or something...and no i'm not good at drawing freeman, but i'll certainly give it a try :)...as you can see i'm pretty damn bored, and maybe this will get me a chance to work on my skills as well as maybe pleasing some of you guys....

Just try to keep the ideas to stuff that we've already seen (i.e characters since i won't have time to come up with new ones....just wanna do some fan stuff here, and maybe send it away to vavle)
 
He looks a wee bit out of porportion and the boots should probibly go up more. Other than that he looks great. Nice angle!
 
what would be really cool, would be the place from the pic where that aircraft is comming towards you whooting in the water(not in a vid, but a pic) ... just that lave, and the aircraft hovering above, and uhm..yeah, just visualized that :)
 
Originally posted by HL2 Stone
wow cant handdle but one negitive opinion? ****ing moron
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actually you're free to express your oppinion about this, i just think that it would only be fair that you let me know why it is that you think its bad?

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Anyway thnx for the replys everyone, i'll be sure to update this later today, when i get home from school :D
 
Looks good IMO. the mask is a bit off, but its a good start
 
Originally posted by mindless_moder
check your pm's:p
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you too ;)

Anyway, did'nt really get a chance to update the wip yesterday, so i'll try again today---just been a bit busy keeping track of steam and school :D
 
Originally posted by Desolate
why bother posting "wip"s ....just post the final version
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no problemo--i just thought ppl might be interested in the seeing this from start to middle, and last to the final....but hey it does'nt really matter to me :)
 
Originally posted by scribblehead
no problemo--i just thought ppl might be interested in the seeing this from start to middle, and last to the final....but hey it does'nt really matter to me :)
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i love weing stuff progress, please update this as often as possible :)
 
sure nostra, here's an update for you guys.....plz don't get to caught up in details, it still lacking quite a bit---and i still need to clean it up and color it :)

Cheers, have fun :)

Btw just so nobody gets any ideas of flaming for being incorrect, this is'nt meant to be 100% accurate replica of a combine or a strider....plus i've somewhat taken the artistic liberty of exagerrating some of the striders parts (just so you are all aware of this before posting any nasty comments :D)

56k's plz have patience with me, i will upload a lighter version of the complete pic later on. I have no intention of uploadig lighter ver. of the sketches since i really don't have the time-

Combine sketch updt. 2
 
Exelent work scribble head. I cant wait to see more stuff from you! Keep em coming
 
oh.. and I really like the position of the combine. the way it stands, really relaxed. I am a big fan of the way capcom make's thier character stand. and thier fighting poses. exelent. I will try to post more pencil work from me over the next week. I am getting quite busy again with school. I hate it :)
 
looks like he got kicked in the nuts... either that or his stance is a little off... been riding a horse? trying to walk over a barrel?

TheRook

something about his legs aint right!
 
Originally posted by TheRook
looks like he got kicked in the nuts... either that or his stance is a little off... been riding a horse? trying to walk over a barrel?

TheRook

something about his legs aint right!
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it might be the perspective that does that.

its still not finished, but i'll see if i can fix that, therook
 
hmm.. I dont think you should fix it. It looks good, it has a certain unique charm to it now. that would be lost if everything would be precicely correct. And I see you are working on colouring it *point's at avatar*
 
looks very good...his head/helmets seems a little too large though especially compared to the legs(which might altogether be a little short)...

is that knocked over Strider or just rubble?
 
i can see from you avator that you have colored it...have I missed an update??! :)
 
Originally posted by Nostradamus
i can see from you avator that you have colored it...have I missed an update??! :)
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Yeah, I was wondering about that too.
 
What did you use to draw that. It's awesome I think. Some minor adjustments to the hands and it's perfect. You have really inspired me to do something close to almost half of somethign almost like this. Haha. Did you use a charcoal pencil or something cuz its really cool?
 
well i've begun base colouring it (just trying to figure out how its gonna look)--the avatar is just the result of this...:)

Prince: it might be because of the elongated helmet, as i said this is my own interpetation of a combine...not a replica---also if you compare the head vs the body, it actually almost 7.5 heads high (the general hight of a humans)

Nostra, Nw909-no you haven't but i'll be sure to update it later today ;)

Essex--I've used a mechanical 0.5 graphite pen, the the colouring will be done partly in Photoshop 7.0 and corel painter 7. The reason why its a bit dark (the pencil lines) is that i've adjusted the greyness of the picture...if i left it how it is when i scan it into the pc, you would'nt get to see half of the picture.

Yes i'm fully aware that there's still work to be done in many areas of the pic, but thanks for pointing it out ;)

And yes its a strider in the bg, thats been downed (i't still needs to be fleshed out, and i'm not quite sure about the underside structure yet, i have 1 or 2 pictures that i use for reference, so its a bit tricky atm)---and there's the obvious reference to HL2 on the combine's back--and Gordons Crowbar...though i'm not sure what that sign is gonna say yet.

Cheers, and thanks for the many comments :cheers:
 
Ok so this is how it looks, as of now, i've just added some really base colors....so don't worry about reflections'n'shadows right now----i kinda like the logo there on his back :)

combinecolorwip.jpg
 
looks really nice!
good perspective, and you got his left hand to look really good! :)

i always like scetchy pics, but i am really looking forward to when you got it cleaned up and added shadows and such....are you planing to keep the outlining?
 
No i still don't know if i'll keep the outlining, but i'll keep working on the color version today and see how it turns out---but if it looks too stupid with the black outlining, i'll just cover it...but it still depends on how its gonna look later on.

btw i'm counting on being done with before the 30th so i can ship it of to valve.

thnx for the swift reply :D
 
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