Minor Project - Leaf, Feather and Mud Textures

Based on discussions with Alan I am doing small texture tests for my assets to help with the design. I still need to do more but that will be uploaded soon. I'm quite happy with the mud and leaf textures, but the feather textures at the bottom I think can do with some reworking.

Minor Project - Pigeon Wings In

Unlike the eagle I did not attach the wings to the body. Based on my orthographs the wings have a curve rather than merging into the body. The only problem with this is that the wing now looks like it is hanging off the body rather than being a part of it. 

Minor Project - Fixed Eagle Wing

Since the last post of the wings, I went and remodeled them so that there was no clipping happening at the edge of the wing. Now that it is fixed the wings are ready for when I need them.

Minor Project - Eagle Wings In

The Final part to the eagle that needed modeling was the wings when they are in. I'm quite happy with the way that they look. However, there are some areas that have five edges that I need to figure out how I'm going to make them a quad. 

Minor Project - Redesign Eagle

Minor Project - Redesign Pigeon

I kept the same base for the pigeon since that is going to be the same. However, there were some small changes to the design in terms of textures and adding to the pigeons chest. 

Minor Project - Pigeon Feet

Minor Project - Eagle Body, Leg and Feet

After last Friday I managed to have the leg modeled and now I have the foot and claws modeled too. I think the geometry in the feet need some cleaning up, but I am proud of the outcome.

@Alan Minor Project - Eagle Head Progress

I had some trouble with my files last week and lost some progress I had made, but I did it again and added the brow to the head. I wanted the brow to look more like my orthographs but then I also wanted a neutral face. The next thing I need to work on for the head is the feathers at the bottom.

Minor Project - Eagle Wing

I modeled the eagle wings in the same way as the pigeon wings. I got the right shape and arc of the wing I want. However, the end of the wing clips a bit,  I tried merging the vertices at the end but it was still clipping. 

Minor Project - Eagle Body Rough Model

Based on how I modeled the pigeons body I tried to apply this to the eagle body. This is the rough version of the body. 

Minor Project - Pigeon Wing Progress Update

Same with the Pigeon wings, after a talk with Alan I went away and fixed the wing model so it is not so square and box like. 

Minor Project - Pigeon Body progress update

After talking with Alan, he suggested to model the main body and tail as one object. Since then I have tried that and it worked a lot better. 

Minor Project - Pigeon Wing Model

(Smoothed Ver.)

At the beginning of the project I planned on having the pigeon being able to use his feathers as fingers. However, as I developed the story I never really made that a part of it so I scrapped that idea when making the wings. My plan was to stick more to how a real pigeons skeleton looks around the wings. I've modeled the wing so that the top of it acts as the "arm" and when I build the skeleton that is where the joints will go. 

@Alan Minor Project - Rough Body Sculpt

I started to rough out the body, which so far is close but not quite right. I modeled the tail end separately from the base body using the method Alan showed me, but I needed more edges so that I could merge the vertices. This made the geometry in the tail look untidy, but I think the main issue is to do with the base body shape. I looks more barrel like which I think is what is causing the issues with the body. I plan on trying to do the base again but make the body more rounded like my orthographs.