At this stage I started to texture the model with ZBrush. It's fully possible to achieve good results using standard brushes and alphas, but using the ZAppLink plug-in the process becomes much faster and the result is even better.
I exported the almost finished texture (4096 x 4096) and completed the work in Photoshop. Here’s what I got (Fig05).
(Fig05)
Creating the Normal Map:
Since I felt I had not investigated enough at this stage, I started to study a few lessons and then started to experiment with the creation of a normal map. Here’s what I got: my model with the normal map (Fig06).
(Fig06)
Composition and Lighting:
With the model of my veteran ready, I started to look for the most advantageous composition, considering the primary idea which was the "course of the young warrior" (i.e. the veteran instructing and telling his grandson all about his victories in the unequal struggle with cats… but the enemy is not sleeping – the cat is looking into the burrow!). I stopped at this variant (Fig07a). I started working with the lighting a little more at this point, and then found that the result was quite acceptable (Fig07b).
(Fig07a)
(Fig07a)
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Adding Details:
I gradually began to add details of the equipment and objects that the veteran had in his burrow, whilst at the same time thinking about new elements, such as pictures of defeated cats (similar to how pilots once painted the marks of defeated aeroplanes), buckles with the silhouette of a cat, and so on. The consistency of the modelling and texturing was thereabouts the same as in case of the modelling of the veteran (Fig08).
(Fig08)
Final Render:
There were about 10 million polygons in the scene, which was far too many and very undesirable, and so I solved the problem very simply: using Vray proxies.
OK, so with the scene almost ready, I added a little bit of depth of field for that Macro feeling, which I think was appropriate in this case. And then clicked “Render”!
As a final touch I made a slight colour correction adjustment to the image, and then the “Course of the Young Warrior” was ready.
I hope that you like this work, and I also hope I have been able to cheer up your mood with this piece. Thanks for your attention!
