[WIP] Kwama Worker / Queen Modeling

Gross but stunningly awesome ;)

^this!

love the kwama the are really weird when u think about it (morrowind version  eso kwama  are ugly )

this picture explains i think what i mean whit weird   cant wait to see what u make of them

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my english writing never been the best[External image] but u can edit here so i correct it if i want comment on my  english i just chek my youtube comments reply's

Alright if you're foreign I could give you a pass on the misspellings, but at least be consistent with your misspellings.  Also, kwama's in the title of the thread for Vec's sake.

Grammar Nazi's get banned here. [External image] We all are from different countries and write in different languages. So I would politely say put up with it. The project and development are way more important than a few misspelled words or poorly executed grammar.

If you wish to contribute that is great, or you just wish to give your opinion on the directions of the project is fine too. But to be critical of others use of the English language is not a good foot to get off on here with about half the team being non English speaking members. 

this method of the kwama laying eggs though cool is not quite accurate considering that the queen is the one that lays the eggs. The kwama are not the "flood" from "Halo". :p

It possible to obtain interesting form mixing frog/amphibian anatomy and anatomy of big, slow ants such as Camponotus or Dinoponera. I can draw some concept if anyone interested to realize it.

He doesn't need to do anything.

Edit: you changed your wording thank you

I really enjoy the upper part of 2, and all of 5, 6, and 9.

2 has a that great bone look that sets it apart from the other insect-derived creatures of Vvardenfell.

5 appeals to my inner love of spikey things... Spikes are just so evil looking. It'd be nice to have that Bonewalker variant of the worker husk with the leg shape from 5.

Not sure how 6 would work, but the thought is cool. Not sure there are any cold areas on the morrowind mainland, but it's nice to think that some sub-species somewhere is built like this.

and 9 would make the worker look a lot more protected... for obvious reasons. Looks like it would be used for chitinous armor of some sort -wink wink-

My favorite of those is 9.  The workers aren't aggressive, in fact most means aren't aggressive at all. They're the chickens of Vvardenfell, and would need protection.  These guys have a crazy life cycle, though, as I'm sure you're aware, so make sure the models look alright reversed and standing upright after a kwama forager has crawled up the butt of a dead worker and converted it into a warrior from the inside.  Maybe have some 'forager' flesh holding parts of the carapace together where the original membranes have rotted away?

Seven is more effective/realistic hinder leg than any other.
What is that baneling bulbs on worker's dorsal_side/back?

I think kwama can be like this, based on idea that it's burrowing underground species - with molecricket legs.
Also you can create larvae/forager glowing in worker's (or soldier) head socket.

Inspired by the honeypot ant, perhaps?

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So tasty!  Just eat 'em by the bowl-full!

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come on guys don't post to many unaserary stuf ceep the topic a bit clean 

i like what u are doing ribtibs i would go whit number 7 but a big bigger so the can grab stuf when the become warriors

also i dislike eso because al there creatures looks so boring not interesting at al (the kwama in particular)

also where do you get your fact from smitehammer  are you sure the are dead when a forager go in a worker i thought it was more there way of life to become the living arms and legs for a forager when the come of old age also there antennas stil move what would be usles if u are daed

I suppose they could still be alive, technically, but there would still have to be a way for the larval forager form to take over the body of the worker, like a parasite.  I had just thought it was akin to a hermit crab taking over the shell of a dead snail, that the forager would grow to fill a hollowed exoskeleton and get nutrition from breaking down the worker.  As far as I can tell the concept art you posted and other concept art similar is all we have to on for their life cycle - and ESO didn't even seem to go with that, opting instead for just different body types entirely for the different roles... How boring.

If I may ask, but what is the planned rig for this model? 

Seems the skeleton for the workers could be 'cow', slow and plodding, while warriors could be based off the gargoyle perhaps?  They look like they would move and attack in similar ways.

Thanks for answers.

> The legs can not be three jointed, we don't have a rig for that.
Please clarify: 

1) Is it all legs of (wolves, bear, sabercat) in game have 2 joints, or just forelegs? (because nixhound-on-wolf looks adequate)
2) Do you plan make kwama worker with forelegs and hindpaw equal type?

I imagined that all models of kwamas will be rigged on ashhoppers, spiders or other insectoid basis.

> I just looked at the rig, I may have a bit more freedom
= that's good. What soft you will use for animation? 

> The sacks on its back are in both the Kirkbride sketches
I anticipated/assumed that they are caused by blight/corprus disease (because they very irregular and looks unfunctional).

That is an amazing start! Keep up the great work. If you are looking for design ideas for specific body parts, let me know. I have an obscene amount of insect/arachnid ref pics.

Damn! This is going to look amazing!

beautiful sculpt. My only wish was that it was thinner.
But i'm not married to the idea.

*falls off chair from - karma*

I'd say make him thin as you please - especially in the mid-section.  The forager is almost like an annelid worm, so I'm sure he can stretch and thin himself down to fit almost any narrow-ness (just look at an earthworm).

Is there a way for the warrior to have a backwards posture, by the way?  If you look at the concept art and in-game models of the Morrowind kwama their forelegs sort of bend backward in warrior-form.  What used to be a shovel-like mouth of the worker becomes a sort of 'shield' for the back of the forager's "neck", so the warrior is an upright worker, walking backwards.

I thought first sec about bear-space_marine. 

Good work. Plating suits to model more than a sacks.
I share the wish of Ravanna of bit more agile form, may be not so agile as Nix Hound but slightly less bulky - now it looks to me like a waterbear (phylum Tardigrada) but they are microscopic.

Еxcuse me for criticism but: Paws look non-functional - it's probably difficult to stand on the tips of claws. I wish to rearrange fingers/toys to plantigrade position.

This looks amazing Rib![External image] Thinning him out might be good too.

Stunning! Excited to see the new forager as it desperately needs a better model.

Good job Ribtibs as always :) i really like it ^^ I only want to see more spec on it.

haha thanks! I really appreciate  :P

looks good. Once all the kwama creatures are done, there should probably be a round of re-texturing to make sure they are somewhat consistent..

[External image] i like hime hey is a bit fat  and hey doesnt have any antennas but for the rest hey looks very good

edit- i like antennas the are insects ya the origenal got antennas but that isnt why i was saying that 

no1: stop with the nagging of missing morrowind designs/ideas like antennas, or anything else, we are creating something on our own here, inspired by morrowind, when will you understand this?

I like it a lot.  Do you know if we'll be able to get any cool translucence on the shaders for those sacks?

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Wow Ribtibs! Your models keep blowing my mind![External image] Absolutely stunning, great work!

What do it need for lattice cheeks? Does it have some function?

> set up the queen
just make it fat. Very fat. May be several-rooms-fat.

This is brilliant Ribtibs, could plz make a picture with render + concept united  in this style and submit it to The official gallery of Skywind project

All good RibTibs, do not feel pressured into working yourself into a stress. We'd much prefer that you have fun with it and work on it when you do have time.

Basically we do not want to lose your talent altogether, we'd prefer to have just glimpses of it when we are lucky enough.

We have all year to wait for it :)

Just caught up with this thread- so damn cool! Love it so far.

looks good but doesnt the qeeun also have a kwama foranger inside hime but dont haste your self if u got no time u got no time

looks nice

I always thought that the Kwarma looked like giant maggots with the mouths of a lamprey