Currently working with the no-flip-knee and automatic hip from the panther rig tutorials that I have, in hopes that this will make the animation process with the legs easier.

Addendum: Improvements and Rigging Start

Video background. There are a few option and some editing to do, here they are. Ignore the sound it's getting trashed anyway.

Improvements and Rigging Start

Here's some improvements done to the hands and feet. If you look at the previous blog you can see what changed. Also add a bit more volume to the head. I'll have a mouth later. Also the rough beginnings of the rig.

Semi-finalish

Model with a placeholder texture.(forgot the red chest portion) Still some tweaks needed in the hands, feet, and shoulder blades. Currently working on the figuring out the rigging in the legs.

Reevulation

New Schedule

mar       24-30    week 9 Finish Redo Model, UV, Texture, Begin Rig
mar/apr 31-6     week 10 Finish Rig,
apr        7-13      week 11 Animation
apr        14-20    wee 12 Animation
apr        21-27    week 13 Lighting and Rendering
apr/may 28-4      week 14 Light, Render, Compositing
may       5-11      week 15 Compositing
may      12-18     finals

This Schedule includes the rest of the tutorials on Compositing as well. 

Since I haven't modeled organic creatures in awhile, I had to re-model the stalker several times until I was satisfied. As they say the third times a charm. I'll finish the legs, hands, and feet this weekend as wells as UV, Texture, and start rigging. Having to revisit my filming ideas since the locations last week were a bust due to poor weather and crap equipment. Gonna focus on a shot with no or little camera movement so there is less match moving. 

Third and final version progress (Edge/Contour Modeling)

Old crap first version (Used Box/Subdivision Mdoeling)

Motion Tracking - Whole Lot of Points

Next week I am hoping for good weather and better luck on finding a good location to shoot in Humboldt. Thus far every other location has been a bust. In preparation for this footage I have been following along with the Infiltrator match mover tutorial, using their footage as a test run. Here's a few pics of where i'm at in the tutorial to get an idea of the process.

Footage used to create all the tracking points

What they look like in 3-d space

More Notes

Another rather boring post, since this week has just been more notes and tutorials.