Modelling - Waist Belt And Finished Model


The final which needed to be modeled was the waist belt. This wasn't too hard to model. I simply created one of the packs first by creating a cuboid and then extruding the front flap bit out. I then attached a small cylinder to the front in order to create the button. Once the pack was done, it was simply copied and pasted multiple times. They were then placed next to each other at angles. The belt was made by creating a plane bending it a bit and then I attached the bags to it. The center of he front plane was extruded out a bit to create the buckle and then the whole thing was scaled to fit the rest of the model.

This is my finished model. Overall I am very happy with how it has turned out. I personally believe that it is some of my current best modelling work. I am especially pleased with it general body shape of it as well as some of the small details such as waist belt and the wings on the head.
However there are some parts of it which I think with more time, I could make even better. I think the hands really let down the arms as they look a little bit too big (even with gloves on). They also look a bit too curvy compared to the rest of the model. I as think the feet look a little too bulky; that or the ankles are kind of chubby.
There are also a couple of things that I think I would have changed abut my modeling process if I was to model Captain America again. For example when i modeled the head, I built it all. I feel like it would have been faster and look better if I had, just like the body, built half of the head and then mirrored it.

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