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War Manatee

Hey all…

Here is some work that I am doing for a competition on another site. But most of my work is being done on Z3 so I figured some of you all would dig it.

Crits and whatnot…

I am looking for background ideas… Any suggestions appreciated.

Here is the initial sketch

sketch.jpg

Here is a model of the guy…

guy-render2.jpg

Here is the Manatee base. I think i am going to add a saddle to this guy.

manatee.jpg

Thats very original I must say.
I love when people post there sketch idea as a WIP.
Of course you should have the sea cow with somthing nasty and kelp like hanging halfway out of its mouth.

Thank you all for the kind words. Still looking for background ideas. Maybe a manatee army… behind him?

More Modeling…

guy render2.jpg

Attachments

guy-render2.jpg

Looking good, in regeards to the background, an army of manatee would be a cool idea, i like the idea doing something epic, with this sort of subject matter though a army is a big task to pull off, you could go for the heroic war painting style
http://shuzak.com/Personal/Blog/uploaded_images/NapoleonStart%20copy-704617.jpg

or
http://www.deanesmay.com/files/deanesmay-Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-_La_libert%C3%A9_guidant_le_peuple.jpg

I also really think you need some photo reference for the manatee, lots of good reference here
http://www.hornymanatee.com/

I like a lot your concept board very cool , nice character designe
:wink:

Canned… Ysingrin… Thanks for all the comments.

Hitch… Thanks for the inspiration. I dont think i will have that much action going on but i def. understand what you are talking about

I decided to redo the Manatee and make him more rotund and round and a bit more realistic looking but still kinda cartoony. Still need to add a bunch of detail but this is the basic mesh for this guy and i am pretty happy with it thus far.

manatee_v2.jpg

i’m digging the manatee redesign. So cute

Little bit of an update.

Added the saddle and the mouth lead.

manatee.jpg

Here is a bit of texturing and materials.

Dont know if i will keep the pink hue to him.

warmanatee_rndr2.jpg

Wow, coming together very nicely!! Love the design and watching the process from drawing to finished piece. Keep 'm coming!

very cool, but is a manatee really exist?? I mean that look like a walrus or a seal but you call it manatee and I never here of that. It is in a book or a game?

Very very cool both design and sculpt! :+1: :+1:

Thank you all for the comments. Really appreciate it.

Ysingrin- Yes, Manatee’s really do exist. They usually live in Florida Key’s i believe.

They look like a bit like a fat floating seal… Here is a picture

hehe thanks so now Ive finished wandering about it, For seeing the picture I think in french we call that a 'elephant de mer ‘’ translate word for word as sea elephant or a Lamentin something translate as a moaning seal lol