A few improvements...

I have been tweeking the model since last week, It was mentioned that before, there was no definition of shoulders in the arms. It sort of just went straight into a bicep. So I corrected this by adding a new edge and raising it so that when the smooth was re-applied, the shoulders were formed.

Also from the profile, you can see the chest is slightly smaller, to make it more of an average mans body shape.

This clip shows the shoulder joint. I am very
pleased with the enveloping on this part of the
mesh. The muscle on the shoulder folds on just
the right place.

First attempt at Bonning

Ok so... the above image shows the person all rigged up. For the arms and legs I used the IKLimb solver and for the spine I used the standard IKHISolver. This was because the spine requires more than 3 bones.

The bottom image shows the arms in the down position after the skin modifyer was applied to the mesh. Getting the envelopes right was an absolute nightmare. I think I am going to need a lot of practice with this technique before I can become compitent with rigging up characters!

In spite of this I am quite happy with the way that the skin creases.

It is to early to bone the characters now as the clothing hasn't been moddled. I have done it just to get some practice in so that I have a better knowledge of the process.

Aged Rocker

Name
Barry, Clive, Steve, Phil, John
Age
50's

He looks like he is stuck in the 70's / 80's. Is very much into the old Rock and Roll music (The time when men were men and cars were metal)

His thumbs are always in his pockets assif they are glued there

He talks like he is intoxicated and has a very 'floaty' walk. Like a ghost.

He wears a leather jacket covering a rolling stones T-shirt. He wears black jeans that are ripped at the knee.

Burger Van Lady

Name
Cath, Tracey, Helgar, Rosane, Denise, Or Burger Van-Lady
Age
Late 30's / Early 40's

She is a quite 'In your face' person. She is very brash and could come over as being quite offensive

She lives in Bethnal Green with her dog (a scrufffy, dirty dog)

She drives her Burger van which is a dirty and quite dated

She wears a greasy white t-shirt bearly covered by a striped apron which moulds round her 'fuller' figure

Character sketches - Profiles to follow

Modeling shots

My first man....... but not my last i'm going to bone him later

The model started life as the box that you can see at the top of the image. You can just about make out that it has 3 length segs and 2 height segs. I then deleted polygons where the arms legs and head would be. By extruding edges I created one arm and one leg and also the head. Then in the top viewport I sliced a line straight down the centre of the head. After deleting any polygons on the limbless side of the head, I used the symmetry modifyer to mirror the arms and legs to the other side. Then I applied a mesh smooth to do exactly what it suggests! and I also used a turbo smooth which just gets rid of any rough areas and makes it look more like skin.

Market folk

Here are a few pictures I have taken of market traders and also some customers.