Enter… the IMP!

Since the weekend wasn’t as productive as I’d wish, I give you: the Imp!

Work in progress, obviously enough…

The imp is the first creature that Grey gets to life-shape and control. He’s a minion of the Underworld, some sort of animal whose exposure to to the dark forces below has mutated and twisted him into a demon-like monster that likes to burn things as a hobby.

He’ll be primarily used as a damage dealer (using his fireball attacks) and as a source of magical power augmentation (through his aura).

Rincewind is using a different approach to the model this time, trying to get his hand around Z-Brush to do the surface detail, just experimenting to see if the end result is better/faster than what he could do with his usual “painting” approach…

He’s not too happy with the fact that most of the detail he did on the horns gets lost on the texture map, but that’s to be expected when you’re trying to master a new tool.

Anyway, work is progressing (slowly) on the new effect system, and hopefully I’ll have a post about it on Thursday…