Yeah, they're like basic white sneakers:
Here is something I've noticed that is inconsistent; when you watch the behind the scenes videos when they were filming Kano and Johnny Cage, they are in a grey room, but I've seen this photo before of Liu Kang on a blue screen. I wonder if they switched to blue screen halfway through the filming of the characters?
Also, both Daniel Pesina and Rich Divizio were sitting on a staircase for their flying kicks, yet, Ho Sung Pak is sitting on the ground for his.
Good start. Obviously the fingers need work as well right?
If I understand your workflow properly..
Step1. zBrush- gets initial shape and form of body and face.
Step2. 3D Coat to retopo so that you can add more details(in zBrush) in face, hands, feet, chest as well as setup edge loop flow for animation. UV layout I guess can be done here also.
Step3. zBrush again to refine details? Polypaint in zBrush?
Step4. Export high resolution mesh and subtools from zBrush into xNormal to export high resolution normal/displacement maps.
Do I understand your workflow correctly?
Also I should mention this now before you get too far along with retopo. He will need a mouth sock with upper and lower, gums, teeth and tongue. His face will need a decent amount of polys for facial animations. I think Lui Kang probably has the most expressive face of all the characters.
Almoust correct, This time I begun in maya with a really simple quad mesh to get basic proportions. I then did a bit of sculping in Zbrush and I have now agreed with myself I like the direction its taking. So now I will use a combo of 3D Coat and maya to make propper edge flow. And Yes I fully intend to make a animateable face UV's will most likly be done in Maya.
AND NO THE HANDS ARE PERFECT, I belive box hands are the future (I have not even touched them so far ^^)
And yes final stage is Xnormal for Normal map, Oclusion map and baked polypaint. I don't think I need a displacement map ^^
Ok Shang is just about fully Rigged. Hands are looking good. Bottom of the skirt might be problematic for certain poses. I'm not 100% sure. I need to add bones to the belt cloth as well. Not sure if I should create sleeve bones or not to make his sleeves roll up or down. But here is a simple win pose to hold you over..