"SMALL SOLDIERS | War For The Nekron" Proof of Concept- QUAZAR
Quazar is the most misterious character on the cast.
That face... impossible to read...
The tentacle is stretchy, so you can see how the paint is more easily deteriorated on this piece.
Quazar can go berserk, and rotate its head sphere to show the Nekron teeth.
The sprouting nekron tentacles on his back are rigid plastic pieces that care articulated with a ball joint.
Quazar also have great defensive capabilities.
The three part shell closes protecting his core completely from the front.
Model from Zbrush
Turnaround from Zbrush.
Showcase of the rig. You can se how the tentacle bends, also the interesting ball joints on shoulders and legs.
[DISCLAIMER: Small Soldiers War for the Nekron is a Proof of Concept project in which our team was hired by Comadran Studios to create a set of toy characters during some months from 2022-2023. The conclussion of the project was the Proof of Concept trailer that brought those new characters to life. We would like to clarify that our team does not own these characters and we do not know what comes next for them after the this Proof of Concept. Designs and story might not represent the final product as they are subject to change during production.]
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Quazar was designed and rigged by me, modeling was a shared effort with Giulio Marrone.
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Quazar was one of the last addition to the cast. The idea was to create something fun and different with him. I wanted a character with a elastic arm in the cast, so after the concept art exploration we got to this guy.
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I worked on the concept sculpt for the character, nailing down proportions and likeness from the concept. Later Giulio Marrone picked the character up for additional modeling and detailing. During this process we realised that to make it fit with the rest of the characters, we had to adjust the colors on it. In addition to this, the original idea of having the hand look purely make of black nekron was not going to work well, since the characters had so much detail that this area could not just be black with many lines. It was big enough that we could try new ways to create nekron layers. So between Giulio and me with sculpts and paintover, we came to this final design.
He is definitely the most intriguing character from the cast.