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Published: 2006-02-07 21:51:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 7290; Favourites: 82; Downloads: 370
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This design isnβt a million miles away from the original design of Vic. I wanted him to still be immediately recognisable as Megadethβs mascot but just bring him up to date.I made this in Maya and then took it into Zbrush to knock up to about 4 million polygons so I could add detail. The backgroudn was done in Photoshop.
Side-on image can be found here: [link]
... and cropped version is here: [link]
Thankies.
MX
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Comments: 28
Absolutely kickass...
Really captures the scratchy, kick in the face attitude of megadeth in the way its pulled together.
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Great design. I like how you have done the metal plating.
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Incredible image... so very cool. Nice ZBrush work!
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Thats fearkin crazy.... !!! 
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Dude, i'd back this for a winner; the background definitely makes it sweet. Fukkken awesome i say! Sure Feb 7 is still good as far as i know...
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God damn that looks great man. The background really helped to pull it all together. A bummer you missed the deadline as I think this could've been a contender.
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Its a great design! but your pic says "submitted February 7, 2006", which is before deadline isnt it?
Anyway great work
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Whoa shit, that's brilliant! I've been watching this as it has progressed and I want it to win.
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Cheers dude. Just a shame I missed the deadline. The chances of even being considered for the contest is very slim. :/
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Damn, that's bad news. You're still gonna finish this up right
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Beautifuly done, congratulations! fav! GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US.
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this is shaping up to be a very nice entry indeed, i'm not sure about the background yet, but it's wip (i kind of like the last edit, the closeup of his face on the plain bg, was striking) good stuff
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Absolutely, man, ABSOLUTELY. Has the soul of the original Vic, but updated and cleaned up... I love how all the metal is one huge mask on his face, rather than separate pieces - really ties it up perfectly and makes yours stand out above all the rest.
Hoping to see some more versions, would like to be able to see the entire head (this is semantics, I suppose, but for ease and versatility it's probably good to have it as a separate entity from any background elements), and also feel that the skull looks more like metal than bone... perhaps more of a bone color would set it apart and make the mask contrast it a bit more?
But yes... Here's to you, I'm hoping the band shares my taste and votes yours unanimously!
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yea this looks awesome... nice idea on using all metal.
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My... I would choose this one if i was Dave. 
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Awesome!!! Can you tell us what you used to create this? Fantastic lighting. And the texture rocks!!!
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Cheers.
Oh yeah... I made the cage in Maya and added detail in Zbrush. It's up to about 4 million polygons at the mo'. Rendered in Brush. I need to add a few more bits and pieces, if I have enough time. Iβll added this info to the main βcommentsβ when I can.
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Uau. One of my absolute favorites! Astounding work. If I were to judge this contest, one of the guitars would be given to you. Congrats!
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Looks fantastic mate - give it some environment and you are on to a winner.
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