Predator - Jungle Hunter (1987) - Black Background

I had been working on this project for over 7 months now. I was almost done with the initial version when my SSD failed, and I had to redo the entire project from scratch with only the WIP images I had from the failed attempt.

I got inspired by the first Predator movie that came out in 1987. I contacted various people from the movie industry while collecting references. Carl J. Toti provided me with some references from the pieces he built for Predator Homage Project for Kevin Peter Hall's nephew, Jamie Hall. I used Carl's and Art Andrews' references while modeling the backpack and the shoulder cannon.

These are shots with a black background. Finished in September 2022.

Special thanks to:
-Stan Winston for designing this awesome character,
-Manuel Rodriguez for his honest feedback on proportions and posture,
-Art Andrews for giving me permission to use his references, and
-Carl J. Toti for giving me permission to use his references.

Software used:
-Sculpted in ZBrush
-Modeled in Maya
-Created the garment in Marvelous Designer
-Textured and created PBR Materials in Substance 3D Painter
-Rendered and baked textures in Marmoset Toolbag 4
-Created alphas, edited and composed the final shots in Photoshop
-Color graded and bulk-edited in Lightroom