Sooo Much TO POST!

I've been really busy lately, working on this Mudbox contest. So far so good. I've hit several walls, and have been able to get over them relatively quickly. But I must say, I really miss my 2D work!
I can't wait until I'm finally finished this sculpture. I've poured hours and hours of time into it. So even if I don't place, I can say that I now know how to model and sculpt in Maya and Mudbox.
Here are some of the steps I've taken to get to where I am so far. So Enjoy!

The initial warrior concept got scrapped pretty quickly, once I learned more about 3D modeling. I was under the impression that you could just start with a head base mesh, then slap it onto a body base mesh. Boy was I wrong. It's pretty funny though.
Guess it all turned out for the best.




This new idea came from a bunch of little ideas, slapped together.
I am still struggling with Mudbox. For some reason, the brushes act different when I'm modeling different parts of the body.
For instance, I'll be sculpting with the Wax brush, and then all of a sudden, it will turn in to the Amplify brush set to 100 strength and screw everything up. I almost gave up at that point, but I kept pushing. I think it has something to do with how I begin modeling the base mesh at a low poly count.....

I then slapped on some color to give him some life. Even then I still ran into problems, where when I'm painting in one place, and it won't even allow me to apply any color.



Applied more color layers, but left out the junk.
He'll be wearing pants.


So I decided to add a weapon into the mix, and what better than a blunt stone axe.
I did a rough sketch of an axe, and transferred it to Maya.
This was my first attempt at using Maya, and it is nuts. I never thought I'd be able to use a program like Maya, since I'm so used to 2d programs like Photoshop and Painter. Took about 10 tries to just get the basic base mesh down. I kept generating sides with 3 and 5 sides. But I eventually got the hang of it. I liked sculpting this one, but I ran into the same problem with the iratic uneven areas...
I designed the axe with a Blunt stone edge, good for Choppin' Necks. As well as a hook, good for Rippin' Throats.



Decided to give the guy some pants, and some o'l school Chucks.
Also, when I opened his mouth, he didn't have any teeth, so I sculpted and painted two spheres into a set of chompers..... Also good for Rippin' throats!





Almost time for posing. Just a few more things to add.