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MARVEL Super Hero Squad Online
With only two or three exceptions, I modeled and prepped all the characters for animation... something like 120+ characters including heroes, villains (bosses), thugs and more... If you see a character from this game, I had a hand in its creation. Triangle count was in the 2,500 range for most characters. All character textures were created by my "partner in crime" on this project, John Shroades.
I loved everything about this project. I got to model and rig tons of great characters, develop pipeline and help design tools critical to being able to generate great content in a timely manner. I got to do it all while working with an absolutely amazing group of people. You can check out www.heroup.com to see (and play) some of the characters I helped create for this awesome project.
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The First Four
These were the first four, free characters available when Super Hero Squad Online Launched. I modeled, helped with custom rigging and skinned all the characters you see here.
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Ms. Marvel and Hulk - Sans Texture
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Avengers Ironman
Just way too much fun. Honestly.
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Gladiator Hulk
The MARVEL Super Hero Squad Online version of Gladiator Hulk. I think his triangle count was a bit closer to 3K.
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Doc Ock
This guy was an absolute blast to create. I honestly have a hard time deciding which characters to show there are so many that bring up fond memories.
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Ultimate Spiderman
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Captain America - SHSO Movie Version
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Ghost Rider
Marvel was really great to work with. They gave us a lot of freedom to have fun with the characters, which for Ghost Rider, meant that for one of his Power Emotes he didn't get the bike he was expecting.
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Storm
This character presented one of our earlier rigging challenges since her "capelets" attached mid-back and forearm and I had to use as few bones as possible to keep perf up. It worked well.
Super Hero Squad Online Holiday 2011 Trailer
This video shows a nice assortment of characters. I had a hand in the creation of every single one of them.
Avengers Ironman Vignette
We got to put a little extra love into Avengers Ironman. He's one of the few characters that actually has a mask that opens up to reveal his face (not shown in this vid unfortunately). I modeled and prepped him for animation - including coming up with mesh/rig solution for the mask swap.
Ghost Rider Vignette
This guy was just a ton of fun to create. I modeled and prepped him and his props for animation.
Luke Cage Vignette
He's a little plain looking compared to some of the other heros but he's a great character and a lot of fun to play. Grant Roberts did an amazing job on the VO work.
Fin Fang Foom Intro
This guy was a ton of fun to work on since I got to rig him up for some facial animation. I'm pleased with how well he turned out. Royden Lepp did a great job on the animation.
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Comicon Poster
I modeled and rigged all the assets, John Shroades painted the textures and Matt Bell set up the scene and mocked up the poster.