Double oh Seven..

[mikeb]

What with the hype of the new Bond film arriving i thought i'd have a bash at doing a bond homage. When i was a kid, Connery was Bond. Massively iconic and helping forge the Bond brand i think it's only fitting i make him as my 3d characture.

I'm think I'm going to make the famous Bond opening sequence, then with a twist.

But first i have to make Sean. Below is my first effort. Modeling heads is a nightmare..

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/connery1.jpg

I must stress i work fast but this is very early days.

[mikeb]

Here we go I'm jumping straight in with a big style change.

As this will be done cartoon style i've gone for the sketch style t/map and made the face a little more exaggerated..

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/connery2.jpg

Usually i make sketches when i embark on a new project but i couldn't get them looking good enough so i've gone straight to the computer.

[mikeb]

Moving on, as i like to push things forward.

I've started off with a sort of Rayman approach to my character..

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/connery3.jpg

At the moment the gun only consists of 4 polygons and can only be seen from this angle.

[mikeb]

Here is another little update, a tidier neck & shoes..

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/connery4.jpg

The extreme white and letter boxing is in preparation for the bond gun barrel effect.

[mikeb]

Here is the next update, now with the hero donning a bow tie and even a set of ears to hear the secret agent things a secret agent has to hear..

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/connery5.jpg

I've also cleaned up the head once more, given him a neck (which will help when i get to the animation phase). The texture of the gun has also been updated.

Next up I'm thinking of giving him a proper body, still stumpy, but then with arms..

[mikeb]

I will post a quicktime vr in my next post to give you a better idea of my guys 3dness.

For now i've changed the style a little, rigged arms etc.

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/connery-6.jpg

What does everyone think, is the the new or the old body style better???

Next up a sneak preview of my DB5, on it's way and full of gadgets..

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/db5-1.jpg

[mikeb]

Not very talkative you lot, are you?

Still not sure about the new or old style, but I've added legs to this version anyway to make him look a little less like ET..

Here is the quicktime vr i mentioned earlier..

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/bond-vr.mov

You can see my little guy only really works from this side, from the opposite side there is a whole load of Cary Grant going on?!

I've also added the pre-hypnernurbs wireframe.

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/connery7.jpg

As for the car, i've been busy with the wheels and starting on the gadgets (not yet visible).

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/db5-2.jpg

[DavidW]

This looks fun and I'm definitely going to follow this thread. I like the car style a lot! :)

[Matt P]

Love the style on the car, I think the character's body is also great. Really clean whereas the head is still a bit messy. Will definitely be watching this thread.

-Matt

[mikeb]

Here is the car nearing finished, pretty much rigged, nearly all of the gadgets are working..

Now i have something else to put to the vote, the roof.. What does everyone think?

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/db5-3.jpg

or

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/db5-3b.jpg

Normal or lowered???

[unxetas]

lowered looks cooler, normal kinda fits the style a bit better though!

[Kyo]

It looks good but I think car is too clear, and maybe you can add some text to car, like car name ..
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[mikeb]

I agree that though the lowered one looks cool, for the purposes of this clip the normal one wins.

Here is a test animation i made to see how the car handles, rendered low model resolution and without driver..

http://www.doghouseanimations.com/bond/db5-4.wmv

What do you think?

[DJMartin]

Haha, looks like a lot of fun to drive! And it's very "cartoon style":)