Contortionist.

Well, the new rig works- but there is a major amount of weight painting to do again. Another unfortunate side effect of this is that the hair needs to be redone, and a solution found for the deforming buttons.

Rebuilt The Entire Skeleton.

Because bones are not happy when they are their own grandparents, I scrapped the whole rig and started over.

I still have no idea why why I copy a pose reversed, it does not mirror in the expected way.

Oh well, the skeleton seems happy enough.

Sidekick

Extremely early on for this character, but working on a horse for my general.

I have learned quite a bit about topology reflow, and have used the "making diamonds" technique to attach the medium-poly head to a lower poly body. This trick prevents edge-loops on the horse's face from running all the way down the length of the body. Edge-loops across the "forehead" still run the length, however, and I may still do something about that.

Architectural Sketch

It appears I have some weird normals calculation going on with the doors that needs my attention, but I like how this is coming together.

Facial Rig

There are some very serious bone weight issues going on, so I will probably have to delete all the weights and start over with defining influences, but I was able to proof-of-concept my rig by making this smug expression here.

Meanwhile, here's a horrific illustration of why I still have a lot of damage to repair:

Crimes Against Fashion

Started out with an ugly spider-monster looking thing (above), but the final result looks ok (below).

As I look at him, I am considering adding more buttons up both sides of his coat.

Here's a bit of a flyaround:

Hair and Bling.