Natural Armor

Natural armor

When exposed to extreme conditions some bodies will evolve to adapt to said conditions. In this case I wanted to portray the concept of a character who's skin has evolved in order to protect itself. By thickening and toughening the exposed parts it almost develops a natural armor.

For this model I used ZBrush from the basic shapes to the minor details, but in order to be ready for rigging and animation I imported it to Maya mid process to develop a suitable topology. Then I added the details onto this topology by using a displacement map.

Both the metallic jaw and the fur for the loincloth have been developed in Maya. Th e jaw is a hard surface model made after the face in order to fit it; and the loincloth fur I created with xGen trying to simulate a teared piece of skin from a wild animal.