Star Wars Contest 2015: Duel on Mustafar Animation

[zansyabana]

Hello! Been passive sketchfab user lately, and now I dare myself to do my first forum post and feel so excited to join the star wars contest! This time, I will do the duel at mustafar scene from episode III, specificly when Obi-Wan and Anakin do the duel above the lava, Obi-Wan standing on top of a platform and Anakin standing on top of a robot while they both dueling with their lightsaber.

Here's a reference from the scene:

So to break it down, first, I will do 4 simple modeling for the scene:
-Obi-Wan (including lightsaber)
-Anakin (inculding lightsaber)
-Obi-Wan platform
-The worker robot

After that, I will do (hopefuly) epic animation for the scene. Wish me luck!

[zansyabana]

Hello again! First update here, as wise old man says, start with the easy thing first. So I modeled the lava skiff (platform) first. Still very rough thou

Lava Skiff WIP by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[bartv]

Thanks for joining @zansyabana! I've fixed your embed - just put the regular Sketchfab link in your message and it will expand into our viewer.

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[zansyabana]

Wow thank you very much @bartv!

[zansyabana]

Hi! sorry for slow updates. Right now I'm still sculpting while exploring how the characters would look like. Here's my latest progress for Obi-Wan's

[zansyabana]

Hello, just finished exporting the head model and retopoed into blender

Obi Wan Head WIP by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[bartv]

Looks great. Did it lose its colour though? Our Blender exporter should take care of al that automatically..

[zansyabana]

no absolutely not. In fact I haven't put any color on the model yet

[zansyabana]

Progress update! Finally finished the body model for Obi-Wan

Obi-Wan Kenobi progress WIP #2 by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[bartv]

I've just posted a contest update. Enjoy!

[zansyabana]

Another progress! Textured, normal mapped

Obi-Wan WIP #4 by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

Another update! This time I tested to import the lightsaber. Made it low poly as it will not be detailed in the final scene. I guess it still need some scaling adjustments...

Lightsaber Test WIP by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

Update: Anakin's Saber

Anakin Saber WIP by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

More saber test!

Saber by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

Hello, posting another update. This time it's the lava panning droid which will be where Anakin stands. Moving on to texturing!

Lava Panning Droid WIP by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

I think I'm just too deep into the modeling while my focus is the animation. Just realized I don't have many time left to do rigigng and animation. So I guess I'll cut the modeling details and should get move on to rig and animation. Btw, Here's the droid textured!

Mustafar Panning Droid WIP #2 by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

A little animation test. Never tried uploading an animated model in sketchfab before. Never thought it was that easy

mustafar panning droid animation test by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

Hello again! Sorry for no update in the last couple of days. At this moment, I just finished rigging obi wan and did a pose test with lightsaber animation. Still need some weight paint fix thou. 2 weeks left! I don't know if I can make it to animation or not. Any feedback would be very appreciated

Obi-Wan Pose Test WIP by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

Finally I finished Anakin Skywalker! Moving on to animation!

Anakin Pose WIP by zansyabana on Sketchfab

[zansyabana]

Today's update. I just realized that I underestimated the rigging work. I was decided to use riggify as my basic bone for the characters and not to use "fancy" tricks for the arm rig. As a result, when I tried to pose some extreme move, the character turns into a mess. Need to go back to fix the rig and continue the animation process. Wish that I can make it in time.