Tom's first post

After a long and arduous game of catch up I'm somewhat at the same level as Jake now. The Charlatan has been modelled, unwrapped and textured, and I've finally gotten through building all of the props.

This is the humble beginnings of the Charlatan. I always envisaged the proportions and stature of this character being slightly more exaggerated and cartoon like than the other characters thanks to his particularly dastardly and larger-than-life persona, but I'm being careful to make sure he looks right with the other characters.

Here, he's nearing completion but there's still kinks to fix. I've gone too far with some of the proportions (arms, hands, facial features) and bits of geometry could do with being tidied but the original design is shining through and the finished product is nearly in sight.

And finally, a render of the basically finished Charlatan. Like cleaning, modelling is a job that is never quite done and I'm sure there'll be a tweek or two to be made before rigging, but I'm happy enough with this for it to be rigged (which is exciting). Unlike Jake and Pat I've never rigged a character before but I'm hoping a combination of enthusiasm, their expertise and my fondness of problem solving will get me through.