ODST ZBrush Character Model

[spartanXJ9]

Great job

[Drastic1586]

Im not a big fan of halo or xbox in general but this is boss but one thing i think would add to your final model and presentation would b a nice base for him to turn on but other than that this is awesome

[flameomega1]

Amazing, just amazing.

[watchjust4fun]

I gotta say, that is one BIG ass DMR lol

[ColaMaster11]

too good!

[FilmsDevastation]

dang dude your really good

[sephdl]

Nice modeling :)

[technoninja692692692]

this is fantastic

[camarokid28]

The DMR on his back is a little to big but its still amazing

[waffleman2212]

Wow the Battle Rifle is way over sized. great job on the models but ya the BR big.... really big.

[DantesLink]

@waffleman2212 Take a look at his model 2, its smaller now.

[TheOntero]

This is fucking awesome!!!

[24BitStuff]

i have zbrush and cant create stuff like that

[JohhanTV]

just awesome!!

[mikenewreach]

he looks more spartan-ish

[KouDeGraw]

question: Could you please release some models of yours to a good cause? Halomaps.org. please you would be helping alot of halo fans with your weapon and body models. 

[MegaIVIonster]

That gun on its back is way to big

[TheSigmaThree]

This is incredible

[chickenruler]

Gun's a bit big!

That's what she said!

[TheMarvelOfGaming]

One more question..how do you add amour? and accesories?

[oOJoeCoolOo]

@TheMarvelOfGaming Just... Model it on there. I guess.

[TheMarvelOfGaming]

how did you get it to turn and pose it?

[SSCrow]

@TheMarvelOfGaming Turntable Plus. Its an addon for Zbrush 3 that you can download at the Pixologic site.

[TheMarvelOfGaming]

@SSCrow Thanks!!

[cldmusica]

for what did you use maya in this model?modeling or what?

[rid3relite]

Really, really great modeling job. I especially like the DMR.

[RodFuj1]

Just WOW

[Heavy984]

woooooooooow that seems so real...

[CometofSoundImagery]

fucking awesome

[MyRandomChiz]

Give me a minute while i try to get my jaw off of the floor...

[JuniorProducer1996]

If this isnt what the xbox 720 looks like im gonna be pissed

[happyfoxproductions]

how long was the over all render in your 3d program.

[VegasSkateCulture]

You should name him.

[airbrushIvanov]

Nice model check out my demo reel

[unknown70000]

is this the real deal odst character model

[SSCrow]

@unknown70000 Just some fan art ;)

[UnrealAnimation3D]

@SSCrow

umade odst look to good FALSE ADVERTISEMENT! LOL GOOD AWSOME JOB!

[MrSherbert8]

gun a bit big but very well done

[xninjasFTWx]

woah! are you working for bungie? :)

[Theicemonkeyjr]

that is amazing, was this done entirly in zbrush or did you use 3ds max or maya too? its almost impossible compleatly in zbrush isnt it?

[SSCrow]

@Theicemonkeyjr :) Maya, Max, Zbrush

[marksmanmerc1]

@SSCrow Thats even better than the one bungie made!

[PhotoShopChannel]

@marksmanmerc1 But this IS NOT in game duh.

[clak00]

spettacolareeeee

[SSCrow]

@jayrellz This model in its current state would not be possible to use at runtime on any computer or console.

There are a lot of things that can be done to make it look almost identical & thats what games do.

But I have many different passes which would be tough to render in 1/60th or 1/30th of a second.

You have to consider that games have many characters, environments, Sound, AI, Physics, and Animation stateflows that they have to manage.

Graphics are impressive considering those factors.

[ranchero94]

i need this

[MrRalexanderb]

S SCrow (the uploader) 1. are you a professional and 2. did you make yhis on your own? :)

[SSCrow]

1. Yes, I work for EA.

2. Mostly, comments & critiques from close friends.

[MrRalexanderb]

@SSCrow it looks awesome, and the verison with the smaller DMR was like.... well super awesome ^^

[MrRobotMonkey123]

great model how many active points did you end up with?

[SSCrow]

Somewhere between 27 -30 Million.

I have not done a Decimaster to it, since its staying in Zbrush.

[MELONHEAD13B]

Are you making an animations with this model?

[SSCrow]

Nah, Thats a lot of work. I would prefer to keep it just to Zbrush. ;)

[SometimesIsleep]

Amazing works!

[RoboChocobo]

I think the Gun needs to be bigger. MAKE IT LARGER.

After all, the Guns in the Halo Games are always sized to Spartans, making them look ridiculously over-sized in the hands of the normal Marines.

I don't see why this should be any different. LARGER I SAY!

[Scorpion1026]

The gun does not need to be larger

[porkbeast3000]

the only reason the dmr look big is because spartans are huge..

[JOKER23ms]

BADASS helljumper (odst) u bought it or made it dude?

[ReinExInc]

Nice Crow!

[damonmufc1]

maybe the dmr is that big because it is mainly used by Spartans, and that is why it is larger. Remember, this is a model of an ODST who are smaller than Spartans

[Blargenheimlich]

37 seconds of win!

[DarkHorizonStudios]

Zbrush vs. Mudbox...what do you think? Oh, and nice job on the model, my friend.

[SSCrow]

I used to like Mudbox because its interface was more similar to Max & Maya.

But ZBrush 3.5 just puts it to shame. Zspheres 2 & Zsketch are amazing.

There are cool technical things Mudbox can do, but ZBrush is just more natural.

[SSCrow]

117 Comments and counting :D

[moghadamr]

OH SO SEXY!!! but yeah DMR is big. but... OH SO SEXY!!!

[versusINK]

1. turrets were not modified for spartan use, they're just huge.

2. gravity hammers aren't even designed for humans, never mind spartans.

I'm saying that the UNSC manufactures specific guns for use by the Spartans, however one of these upsized guns would not be issued to an ODST. they would be issued standard combat gear, with the exception of special ops silencers and intel access. do you understand what I mean? Spartan lasers may be the ONLY weapons designed particularly for Spartans.

[Teppnology]

But yet by Bungie's "canon" as a ODST we can not carry around turrets since ODST are not strong enough to detach them.

[balcinx94]

Nice I would get that in a heart beat if it went on sale

[Highlaw]

If this was a figure I'd spend up to 250$.

Beautiful

[BananaBean03]

now thats a BFG

[JOSHSNIFF]

@BananaBean03

I think its a sign of how the DMR is going to impact the Halo community.

[iLegendaryStudios]

Its a bit too metallic in some parts and try more antialiasing. Good model though.

[multimediahelp1]

wow that's soo cool!

[SPARTONmAn]

very nice. only thing i see wrong is the size of the rifle. seems a bit big. actually really big. but either way it's a fantastic peice. you got talent.

[PokeFan010]

If only bungie would take your design/talent, so you can make some money, plus all the other fans will have a cool item in their collections.

[PJMack068]

as for the guns size speculation, it is an unintentional error and seems like it will be fixed. in the games all weapons are the same size, there is no special size for spartans. they may be bigger, but they're not ogres, just a foot or two taller than everyone else. It may seem that way though, because in the games when weapons are on the ground, they increase in size by a small amount so they are easier to locate and it really goes unnoticed till you see it about 50% bigger than a marines head

[andyman0303]

That =

Sexyness

[gh0strider117]

nice model but there is one thing that bugs me and that is that the DMR is UNSC Army issue and the ODST are Marines, so he should be carrying a BR-55.

[DarkGhost209]

@gh0strider117

The Depending what time period its from, if its pre-Fall of Reach then the Battle Rifle hasn't been mass produced yet. Though since ODST's are Special Forces they have more leeway then regulars.. that is if the UNSC's system is like the US's.

[gh0strider117]

true, ODSTs are special force so probably have a lot more leeway, i agree. but the BR-55 has been in service since 2525 on harvest when Johnson first field tested it. thats 27 years before Reach.

[StephenThomas08]

are you going to be selling these?

[SSCrow]

I think it would be great. However, I am uncertain as to Microsoft's standing on the sales of Fan Art.

[cj25cooldude]

@StephenThomas08

selling CG renders?

why would you want that?

[SSCrow]

Selling Figures would be cool. Cast in Pewter or some quality hard plastic.

[MyM40iZB4NGiiN]

I wish I had a BR that huge. I would whoop everyone's ass.

[StephenThomas08]

@MyM40iZB4NGiiN that's not a BR, it's a DMR

[NightfallAgent]

Amazing.

But just one gripe... not the gun, but the left leg.

If you look closely behind the left knee, and use the other as reference, it appears as if the armor "dug in" to his calf.

[SSCrow]

:) you are the first person to notice.

Clipping was inevitable.

I'm going to leave it as is, since I really like how strong this pose is, and its not too bad. Certainly isn't bad enough to ruin anything.

[theonewinner]

epic

[G0T0SL33P]

Is that gun on the back of him a sniper?

[StephenThomas08]

@G0T0SL33P it's a DMR (designated marksman rifle)

[MyM40iZB4NGiiN]

@StephenThomas08 Tomato Tomato. :)

[versusINK]

no, that's more like Tomato Potato... the DMR is a smaller counter-sniper armament. totally different breed of weapon, my friend.

[bradyhesidence724]

dmr on his back is way to big

[Teppnology]

It's an ODST, ODST are smaller than Spartans. So the gun would look big compared to an ODST.

[elcapitandboy]

I don't think you make bigger guns for bigger people; those are supposed to be standard issue UNSC weapons and should look SMALLER on Spartans and normal sized on normal people

[Teppnology]

Well, look at the spartan laser. it's huge compared to an ODST.

[versusINK]

because it's just a big weapon... and it may have been designed with special intentions for Spartan use, hence the name. but most weapons are standard size. although, if you read the canon and a lot of info from the game pamphlets the come with the game, many of the weapons are indeed modified for Spartan use... but that's for the Spartans. a Spartan modified gun would not be issued to an ODST

[Teppnology]

a Spartan modified gun would not be issued to an ODST"

In ODST you can carry around turrets and spartan lasers. Also gravity hammers.

[elcapitandboy]

Gravity hammer: gameplay mechanic preserved from Halo 3

Turrets: not specifically designed for ODST's; even then, gameplay mechanic preserved from Halo 3

Spartan Laser: not specifically designed for ODST's; it's just a big artillery weapon. See real Javelin launcher for reference.

[ponyltd]

don't get a boner guys :D

[sigeprandy]

imagine how much shit you could shoot with that gigantic gun...

[MrRalexanderb]

What the hell! The gun on the back is messed up! it's like ... almost as big as the model itself

[SSCrow]

I am currently rerendering everything with a much more appropriate gun size.

;)

[LAST0fTHEM]

yay

[Spec0pleader]

or u can make it same size but change the gun to splazer

[versusINK]

yeah, because that wouldn't take a TON of work to do. haha.

[avenger1228]

The gun on the back needs to be a little smaller.

[wesside0yes]

Damn that looks awesome Don't worry about the gun being to big, looks better that way, more detail.

[Wildcard1992]

Great job. The only thing is that the gun is a little too big.

[EVLDNA]

agreed, the DMR on the back looks a bit out of proportion :p

[Spartan117FS]

The gun is a bit big, but it looks awesome that way =)

[shinsonic12]

Awesome figure. Just call the weapon on his back a custom .50CAL.

[M4st3rM1nd001]

i would totally want this! Its the coolest standee i've ever seen!

[Spartan043]

You know, I've heard a lot of things about ZBrush, both good and bad. Some people who are used to doing things the "hard" way say that it's little more than a novelty, but personally, I think that ZBrush is the best out there when it comes to creating detailed high-poly meshes for baking normals onto low-poly game models in Max. The results with that kind of setup are just incredible. You could literally model an origami crane that ends up looking like an actual crane in the final renders.

[SSCrow]

I really haven't heard anyone dismiss ZBrush. Its a really important tool in both Film & Game Development.

As you described with Normal maps that is common if not standard, but ZBrush also brings an amazing range of flexibility. Such as Retopologizing Geometry then reprojecting textures onto an optimized mesh.

The only alternative to Zbrush is Mudbox or Modo, neither of which can capture the intuitive artistic nature of Zbrush's interface.

[Spartan043]

It was kind of a weird conversation. People were bringing up stuff about Poser and ZBrush while discussing Monty Oum and his work with Poser, and then some genius decided to lump Poser and ZBrush together as "tools that no professional would want their name associated with", arguing that doing all your work in Max or Maya was the better alternative. Granted, this was a few years back, and ZBrush was just starting to gain some traction thanks to all the new interest in normal mapping techniques.

[Spartan043]

I remember as far back as '02-'03 when people were criticizing its approach, going on and on about how much "better" it was to do bump maps the old-fashioned way, keeping one's texture and modeling workflow restricted to as few separate apps as possible. But then, when the seventh-gen game consoles hit, everyone suddenly needed a way to quickly give their models extreme levels of detail. ZBrush filled that niche quite nicely, and its popularity has increased ever since. Excellent stuff.

[nmg626]

damn, thats just awesome dude.

[PrinshoPaper]

i'll definitely buy a figure like this one.

[Stealth1000]

to be honest, the rifle is abit big, try going to a weapon's shop, or a gun show, and look at some rifles close up, and get an idea on what it's size should be, plus keep in mind, yes the MC is a big man, but not that big, he's only 7 feet tall, that rifle looks abit big even for him, a M16's front sight post comes about 4 inchs below my legs ball joint, and I'm 5' 11", I don't think the DMR is much bigger than a M16.

[marcsman07]

The gun isnt too big, i think its great.

[versusINK]

no... it definitely is. haha. he fixed it, though :)

[fritzz363]

lol that gun IS too big isnt it? Im glad he pointed that out

[loganmc3]

holy hell that is one bad ass ODST, i hope they look something like that in reach

[HotSo0P]

Amazing, but... I'm perplexed at how you managed to create a gun that oversized. Easy fix though (I think). Fantastic work!

[SSCrow]

:) I had Scaled it in an Orthographic view, instead of Perspective. So it didn't seem so big at the time. But yah, definitely needs fixing.

[vercingetorix9]

id buy it.

[iJizzLots]

Damn i thought it was a figure you made

Impressive work indeed

[cobasa]

I want to buy this in LIFE SIZE!

[cobasa]

Do you have a 3d-printer to make real models?

[killerdude003]

i wish ODSTs had a br/dmr..

[nitrous2401]

That is amazing! I concur with all the others mentioning the DMR being slightly too big, but it's the ONLY thing that lets you know it actually isn't a real model.

[SSCrow]

:) Definitely!

[UndoneEagle]

That is really good! One thing, is the DMR really that big?

[SSCrow]

Thanks! The DMR is definitely too big. I'm going to shrink it down soon. :)

[freakshowmeontherun4]

No. He said that he knows that it is too big and that he will shrink it soon.

[bobpwnsnoobs]

Wow.

[modded2007]

*copies jw665's reaction*

[jwl665]

OMG! *screams like a girl*

[DabilahroNinja]

Awesome job.

[Methadonebunyip]

Fuck me, I just found out what z brush is, I saw this vid and didn't know what it was..

To make something like this is unbelievable!!!

Dude you should be so proud of this!!!!!!

[SSCrow]

Thank you so much!

I am definitely proud. But there is much work to do. ;)

[theCLcrew]

i would kill a man for an actual model of this. an actual man. or ten women.

[NeededSpartan]

Nice job. 5 stars

[SEspider]

That be tons of Zbrush work at hand.

Great job

[allehx852]

INCREDIBLE! I totally love the size of the BR.

[versusINK]

1) that's not a BR

2) it's WAY too huge

[tater7123]

its a newer model of the br its a single shot rifle that takes the place of the BR. so yeah theres no more BR anymore just another cover up

[versusINK]

yeah... I know that. it's the DMR, which is Bungie's way of saying "oops, my bad" and fixing the weapon balance. that's why I said it's not a BR... because somebody else said it was.

[K3nnyg22]

Dude that is SEXY!

I love ODST's and you did an amazing job.

[Wesley296]

you should work for bungie.

[SSCrow]

Its True :)

[animefan800]

great work! looks very kick ass! This guy looks like he is ready to jump Feet First Into Hell!

[SrgtBarney]

for a second i thought this was actually for halo reach!! is it?

[zig3]

great job

[SSCrow]

:) Thank you!

[superman3515]

Really, really epic! I luv the size of the weapon on his back! :D

[marcsman07]

That is FREAKING AWESOME! great job! 5/5. You should also know if you already didnt this is on bungie's frontpage

[DeathPenalty16]

Wow! You're great at what you do! : D

[shade881993]

Dang, this looks GREAT!!! :D

[AVCOMProductions]

That looks really good man! I don't know what your worried about!

[SniperSoopy]

It looks awesome, nice DMR, Knife and SMG.

[SniperSoopy]

Wow, nice. 5/5 and favorited.

[SSCrow]

:) Thanks

[cloakdood]

Absolutely amazing!

[SSCrow]

:D  Thank you!

*Gains confidence*

[Impulse181818]

Confidence?! Wuuuuuahhh?!

*Downvotes a million gajillion times*

[behemothdread]

i really like it, but I have to ask why is the gun on his back so huge? well, maybe its a BFG? :D

[SSCrow]

;) Maybe the ODST is 4 feet tall.

I will definitely be scaling the DMR down.

[ihr0ppa]

nice worke!

the DMR looks too big though...

[SSCrow]

I agreed. The ODST wouldn't be able to hold it.

Idk why I overlooked the size.

[xlRainlx]

Wow, how much do you want for it? I would totally love to have this as a scaled model irl.

[SSCrow]

:)

I'm totally be up for giving you a copy of the file if you would get it 3D Printed.

I would also love a physical copy myself. :D

Not sure how much it costs to get a character like this Printed.

[versusINK]

"I'm totally up for giving you a copy of the file"

whutttt?!?! me wants! haha XD I'm learning 3D Modeling now and this would be a GREAT piece of work to study!

[DanyIchamp]

This is amazing work, congrats!