My first experience with 3dsm

[twiz]

Well, for all the years I've been modeling I've never more than doodled in 3dsm for 10 minutes. My modeling experience is a year or so with MS3d, maybe more? Then 4 years with Rhino3d, and recently been playing around with Pro/E Wildfire 2.0. So a couple days ago I decided it was high time I learned 3dsm. So at first I started on a simple pocket knife I had on my desk.. got about the handle done and decided to move on to something a little more exciting. Did a small bit of a gun but wasn't liking how it was progressing, I was having difficulty adapting to 3dsm. So today while I was putting off continuing my gun, hydeph asks me to model him some random character, for no particular reason. So I go with it, here is how it turned out:

He still needs a cape, thats going on tomorrow. He weighs in at a hefty 2132 polies. I started it with a goal of around 2000, and as always I've surpassed that goal, in a bad way The cape will probably add a couple hundred more.

Here is the reference pic:

And here is a flat shaded version:

Comments/crits appreciated

[Spellbinder]

Since im not that into modeling my self i cant really critism, but i have to say for fiddling in 3dsm that little you have done a great job! I like it!

[L4zy]

Like it too, could have more subdivs for a more detailed look.

[hydeph]

i think it's great man!