OLD - AIE Portfolio Models: Tiberia

First off, here's the portfolio I used to get me into my course at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment.  All models were made with 3ds max, the last models I'd ever make in the program:

Tiberia

The woman and AI that, together, became a warrior king.  The warrior king that became an advisor of peace.  The advisor that became a teacher.  The woman that died, very old and content.  And the AI that took a new body, and continued teaching.

A last-gen "Exterminator" - the label they're known by.  I believe some of the most iconic science fiction creations have names that simply describe their function: Terminator, Predator, Alien, Robocop, etc.  And if humanity discovered a sentient race of hostile machines, they'd probably be called something similar.  The name they actually use for themselves translates to In - the Identity Matrix (essentially 1 in multiple dimensions).

I had lots of fun finally modelling this character, and lots of 'fun' rigging up all the pneumatics to work properly.  Deliberately tried to be confusing with the shoulder vs. hips width, to make the gender unclear (though I really should have added more plating to the hips to visually and structurally balance).  Also had fun trying to model a laserthrower (ejects a spray of refractive micro-prisms, and fires a laser through it - you can imagine the effect).