Task 3 – Final Piece
3D render with labels:
Work in progress:
Full paintover:
If I were to do this again I would probably do it in another form as well.
world building
Task 3 – Model Sheet
This is my model sheet for the weapon. I feel it was a bit plain looking at it from the side, so I may improvise and make the edge thicker when it comes to modelling it. I also included a couple of examples of different weapon forms to put some of the ideas into perspective.
Modelling the blade:
Task 3 – Variations
I came up with possible final design concepts for the weapon. I quite like the colour schemes and ideas for 1, 3 and 4 but I’m leaning towards the third design more, which was influenced by the nobody character concept from Kingdom Hearts 2.
Task 3 – Material Studies
I looked at various rocks minerals and metals to get an idea of what materials I should be using for the weapon.
Task 3 – Silhouettes + Thumbnail sketches
I looked at different forms of leaf to gain inspiration for the look of the blade that would be repeated to make up the vehicle/weapon.
I also did some drawings to construct how the forms would look.
Hoverboard mode:
Buster Shuriken mode:
Energy Bow mode:
Gale thruster/Wind shield mode: 
Drill mode:
Task 3 – Vehicle/Weapon Concept – Intent
For this task I had to create a vehicle or weapon concept, but instead of choosing I decided to merge the two. Click the above images for an explanation of the design.
Task 2 – Low Poly Renders
These are the 3 low-poly renders I did for this project.
Floating/ascending
Swimming/striding
Jumping/kicking
Task 2 – Low Poly Model
I started off by modelling in front of the existing concept image. 
This is the end result, without smoothing.
Then I textured it (most noticeable on the face)
This is the final result.
Textures used:
Head texture
Body texture
Task 2 – Intent
This is my moodboard for this task to create a low-poly model based off an existing concept. I decided to look at a mix of human characters and robotic forms, as I wanted to go for an android-type character for a sci-fi shooter, similar to something like Metroid. I plan for it to be a mini-boss character that is fully robotic with human elements, and it will be very athletic, jumping from wall to wall and maybe even clutching to the ceiling. For this reason I decided to look up squirrels to incorporate in my design, as they are very athletic animals.
In the end I decided to create my model based off these concepts by Karol Pawlinski:
I feel these fit my concept the most, and the fourth image has a direct front view which will be useful for modelling against in Maya.
Task 1 – Final Piece
W.I.P
This was how the final piece was originally going to look, but I decided to change the colours around slightly to give him a slightly more ‘ghostly ninja’ vibe.
I’m quite happy how this final piece turned out, if I were to do it again I would probably spend more time on the board’s design instead of giving him a generic board and maybe add some sort of utility belt.
Boma's CGA Sketchbook 