It's Quite Difficult To Go Wrong With A Trolley Car.

It's quite difficult to go wrong with a trolley car.

Lisbon Tram

Work in progress

I've been working on this model for several months and I finally got it looking almost like what I envisioned after three revisions. There's still a lot to do before I start animating it.

This is the first character I am attempting to model from scratch, and it's definitely both a learning process and slow going. Trying to create a 3D model of a "more realistic" pokemon by including elements of the real life animal as well bringing in a third influence in the form of making the facial structure resemble a specific human character. The current result I think accomplished that reasonably well insofar as the character's identity and species are identifiable.

There are a few hurdles between now and a finished model that is ready to animate.

Mouth: think up how I am going to model the gums, teeth, tongue, and mouth of the character given that the face is in the way.

Accessories: I want to give this character some specific accessories. These need to be modeled.

Hairstyle: although some interpretations of the character feature no kerchief, the authors depiction included it, so I feel it appropriate to do as well.

Rigging: making everything move in a convincing way is probably going to take a lot of work. For the character, I have to convert the existing skeleton to a rigify template, which is relatively straightforward, but there are some tricks I've seen in other models that have to be setup manually and I have to reverse engineer those. Then I have to weight paint the model, which is an artistic talent I don't have much expertise in. Once the characters body is rigged I have to figure out how to rig the hair and accessories. Since the character may equip or remove the accessories, I have to plan for that.

Facial expressions: of particular concern is making the mouth expressive enough to move in a way that resembles speaking. Sure, rigify has some options for it but in my limited experience the rigify facial options are not very streamlined.

Once all that is done, I can call the model ready for action, and then I can make the sets and props, as well as make the other characters, which hopefully will go faster.

The soul of the hero as...

Ganondorf: the charismatic leader. Gathers an army to watch for the enemy and ensnare it with unrelenting pressure. The enemy is captured and brought to him for their ultimate defeat.

Link: the lone warrior. Train with and gather trustworthy tools and defeat the enemy in a final battle.

Zelda: the elusive trickster. Sneaks around and lays traps to encumber and defang the enemy. When the enemy is incapacitated, she strikes with the knowledge she can't be struck back.

Imagine a legend of Zelda au where Demises hatred/reincarnation/soul doesn’t just stick with Ganon, but rotates between all three of them through the generations. And when Demises hatred is in Zelda, Hylias reincarnation/soul has to go to Link or Ganon

OR

Both Demises soul/hatred and Hylias Soul rotate between Ganon, Link, and Zelda every generation, the souls being bare souls not having a “favorite”

I love the idea of a corrupt Queen Zelda.

I also love the idea of a Link fallen to corruption. And between the three of them, I think Demises hatred would have to force it more. Link is usually so kind hearted and self sacrificing. It would have to twist his usual nature into something more “the road to hell is paved in good intentions”

Although that’s if you want to be more canonical with his personality. I love the idea of a cocky shit head Link. Like “Excuse me Princess!” Link but make him a snarky smirking cartoon physics villain. Link but chaotic neutral to evil.

Okay now Imagine Demise Link trying to woo Hylia Zelda

reblog and put in the tags the real reason you joined tumblr no matter how horrible or embarrassing it is

Saw this meme, and it felt so fitting for them (might need to click for better quality)

happy zisu zunday!

zisu and her dog, and Werewolf Zoroark Zisu again because. werewolf. you know