Beast Wars Fan Art

czacen · 01-18-2012, 10:05 AM

Hello all TFW2005'ers. Quick intro of myself: long time member, second time poster. I'd like to share some of my fan art with the TF community. I picked Optimus Primal as my first project. C&C most welcome. Also I seek help in deciding with character to pick next (choosing from the cast of episode 1&2 only). Enjoy

soymonk · 01-18-2012, 11:33 AM

Those are fantastic! What did you use to create the models? Maya?

OhSlag! · 01-18-2012, 11:35 AM

beauttiful... just looking at the way you designed the fur. Just with you robot mode picture I can picture him overlooking a cliff with his fur blowing in the wind. Can't wait to see more.

As for who you should do next? My favourtie BW characters has always been Dinobot, but I think seeing another fur covered character like Tigatron would be awesome as you seem to design the fur amazingly!

Baron Prime · 01-18-2012, 01:41 PM

These are brilliant.

GFH · 01-18-2012, 01:58 PM

It's so fuzzy. I want to hug it.

o.o

Adamczuk · 01-18-2012, 04:36 PM

*Gets up from chair, crawls under desk and pick up lower jaw.*

Amazing work! Makes me wonder what Beast Wars would look like with today's graphics. I mean the fur looks so realistic!

SPLIT LIP · 01-18-2012, 05:40 PM

Well that's only the coolest God-damned thing I've ever seen in my whole entire life.

Jetstreamx · 01-18-2012, 06:51 PM

Wow! That's pretty awesome. It's kinda weird though. Nothing bad, it's just that I'm used to seeing a 3D version of him with a fuzzy texture, rather than actual fuzz. Get what I mean? xD

I honestly don't know if I can critique this without starting with "It's" and ending with "awesome". Great job.

Koolimus Prime · 01-18-2012, 07:36 PM

I'd love to see Megatron, Waspinator, Dinobot, Cheetor, Rhinox, and Rattrap.

But mostly Dinobot, Waspinator, and Rattrap.

czacen · 01-18-2012, 10:09 PM

Thanks everyone, models were done in XSI (softimage - the same software BW tv show was first made in) then detailed in Mudbox and fur+render in Maya.

@Adamczuk: That's exactly the same reason I wanted to try and remake the characters with todays CGI. The tech has moved so far in the last 15+ yrs, so its fantastic to revisit the designs and push the envelope a bit.

@Jetstreamx: I totally get what you mean about the fuzzy texture. Once I got a good reference of him from the show I really had to figure out how to make the fur work while not going off-design.

Luckily the original toy is a big help

So the votes now stand at 2 Dinobot, 1 Waspinator and 1 Rattrap. I have a strong feeling Dinobot is going to win this vote, but lets give it a little while longer.

01-18-2012, 10:05 AM	#1
czacen Art-Con Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 37 Location: India Collection Count: ~150	Beast Wars Fan Art Hello all TFW2005'ers. Quick intro of myself: long time member, second time poster. I'd like to share some of my fan art with the TF community. I picked Optimus Primal as my first project. C&C most welcome. Also I seek help in deciding with character to pick next (choosing from the cast of episode 1&2 only). Enjoy Attached Thumbnails

01-18-2012, 11:35 AM	#3
OhSlag! Omnibot Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 270 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Collection Count: 100+	beauttiful... just looking at the way you designed the fur. Just with you robot mode picture I can picture him overlooking a cliff with his fur blowing in the wind. Can't wait to see more. As for who you should do next? My favourtie BW characters has always been Dinobot, but I think seeing another fur covered character like Tigatron would be awesome as you seem to design the fur amazingly! Iacon North

01-18-2012, 04:36 PM	#6
Adamczuk Mini-Con Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 46 Location: Glasgow, Scotland! Collection Count: 96 and 16 Stikfas(I'm kinda worried since the number is growing!)	Gets up from chair, crawls under desk and pick up lower jaw. Amazing work! Makes me wonder what Beast Wars would look like with today's graphics. I mean the fur looks so realistic! I'm trying to go cold turkey on Transformers.... and as you can see it isn't working!

01-18-2012, 05:40 PM	#7
SPLIT LIP I'm an agile cat. Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 44,586 Location: The Lost Light Collection Count: Enough to cover a body. News Credits: 1	Well that's only the coolest God-damned thing I've ever seen in my whole entire life. ''Brevity is the soul of wit.'' - Bill Shakesguy

01-18-2012, 11:33 AM	#2
soymonk HATED grad school... Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,167 Collection Count: Lost count a while ago... News Credits: 4	Those are fantastic! What did you use to create the models? Maya?

01-18-2012, 01:41 PM	#4
Baron Prime Decepticon Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 152 Location: Brisbane, Australia Collection Count: 300+	These are brilliant.

01-18-2012, 06:51 PM	#8
Jetstreamx King of Planet Scotland Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 106 Location: Mississippi Collection Count: 30+	Wow! That's pretty awesome. It's kinda weird though. Nothing bad, it's just that I'm used to seeing a 3D version of him with a fuzzy texture, rather than actual fuzz. Get what I mean? xD I honestly don't know if I can critique this without starting with "It's" and ending with "awesome". Great job.

01-18-2012, 10:09 PM	#10
czacen Art-Con Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 37 Location: India Collection Count: ~150	Thanks everyone, models were done in XSI (softimage - the same software BW tv show was first made in) then detailed in Mudbox and fur+render in Maya. @Adamczuk: That's exactly the same reason I wanted to try and remake the characters with todays CGI. The tech has moved so far in the last 15+ yrs, so its fantastic to revisit the designs and push the envelope a bit. @Jetstreamx: I totally get what you mean about the fuzzy texture. Once I got a good reference of him from the show I really had to figure out how to make the fur work while not going off-design. Luckily the original toy is a big help So the votes now stand at 2 Dinobot, 1 Waspinator and 1 Rattrap. I have a strong feeling Dinobot is going to win this vote, but lets give it a little while longer.