Hi!

My name is Geza Both, and this is my creature (and his critter).

The brave white knight was cursed by the witch of the forest after a failed business, when the hero was not able to do a little task for her (get some herbs from the cave of the insomnia dragon). The result was this transmutation. Since than, thay are searching for the cure of their disease, which is not an easy task, as the "horse" can`t run as used to do.

Okay, perhaps not the best story for them, or i could came up with something more interesting, but that`s the way it is.

The credit for the concept art goes to my friend, Tamas Toth. Thanks again!

Hopefully i can start working on them tomorrow and show you guys some base meshes. As for the horse, i`m not certain of his shape, basic concept. I think on changing him to some snail type creature, but we`ll see.

here is another concept. this is an early one, i like the "horse" better in this, than the first one. i think i`ll start working on the knight first, to be able to change the horse.

Creadit goes to Tamas again! Thanks!

Really fun and well drawn sketches. This will make a great model!

Welcome to the comp and good luck Geza.

Cheers
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This looks wicked!
And I agree -- this will make a great model!
Good luck. I hope you´re going to update soon.

Hey the creature seems to be amazing.

The sketch rocks.

Hope to be as good as the sketch the modeling.

Good luck!

Great style with your sketches ! I like the dynamic of the first one.

I love the sketches and also a great idea!
Good luck to you
Looking forward to the 3D stuff

thank you guys, i`m looking forward to the 3d sculpt as well, i`ll try to finish it until the deadline.

so here is the basemesh for the knight, i have to make the hands though, i think i can finish it today.

and here is an early test sketch of his head, just to experiment with some forms and ideas i had after the sketch was done.

the goal i`m trying to achieve today is to merge ears to the guy. for this i have to do a bit of research on the web, because i don`t know how to do it in Zbrush. also if i can make it, i try to attach further meshes to it.

of course any comments are welcome!!!

I love your concept, lots of fun, and by judging by your start in Zbrush it'll be just as fun when sculpted.
Merging meshes is a bit fiddly, one method would be to "insert mesh" one subtool over another, then load a Zsphere, then in the Tool Palette > Rigging > Select mesh choose the subtool with multiple meshes, then swipe over the mesh with the "draw" tool holding down the shift key so that you bring up the geometry and you can edit on that (to do this make the mesh small and work in symmetry or you'll leave out parts of the mesh), at this point you control-click the first point you want to connect and then the second. Repeat this all over to connect completely.
Remember that to perform an insert mesh your meshes can only have one level of subdivision, and if you want to do this kind of edit with Zspheres it must be the lowest, so first thing to do is delete all levels above, then clone the geometry that you want to insert, go on the first subtool and Tool > Geometry > Insert mesh. Then load the Zsphere and go on as described above.
When you're finished with the editing Tool > Adaptive Skin > Make adaptive skin. You'll find a mesh called "Skin..." among your tools, that's your new merged mesh.
If you're not familiar with retopology you may want to look at this:
vimeo.com/2500492?pg=embed&sec=

Glad to see you´ve started. Great progress!

Regarding your question:

You can easily merge tools with the SubTool-Master-Plugin. You can download it here:

www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=057154

Bu if this is the right method in your case depends upon how well the topology of your tools fits together.
Please see here for more infos:

www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=546662&postcount=5

Keep up the great work!

great start Neon, love the head already, I gotta say i do prefer the first sketch though. look forward to more