"Neonates" Horror Game Enemies 3D Sketch

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[@elliottwithtwotees8883]

Really like this concept. Feels like these creatures are at different stages of development and are growing. The black goo/covering over the yolk feels like a necessary aspect of their growth like they're incubating within it. It could be cool to have the first 3d sketch have hands for feet to suggest a connection between them.

[@InfamouslyGay]

I was gonna suggest inspiration from Silent Hill 4's "Twin victim"

[@MortiePL]

It just occurred to me that you can make the goop of Neonates behave exactly like the ferrofluid behaves when there is strong magnetic field near it. Maybe it could be tied to the story, like for example John's presence could "activate" the entities.

[@DigitalReplicant]

I noticed that, along the lines of the "unwanted intimacy" theme that you'd mentioned with the other creautres' symbolism, the standing neonate's shape oddly reminds me of a "flasher". The black part feels like a hooded cloak and the hidden arms seem to be braced to pull it open and expose itself. idk if that was intentional, but it's posture does give a very intimidating and almost pending threat feeling~ which definitely works, as the neonates are literally a pending threat. I love how this is all turning out! I'm having a blast watching the process!

[@anyone.really]

I love how the creatures have such unusual names... and then there is John. But jokes aside, this is amazing

[@Sufficio]

"That is some THICC neonate" a sentence never uttered before today

[@camomile6954]

I really like these concepts, and the whole series in general! This neonates gave me a Death Stranding vibe. I think it would be cool if the one that´s doing the "V" pose had more infantile hands? Idk, they feel like adult hands to me, they are fully developed. But anyway, loving your work!

[@lezilyyy1750]

Interesting thing you could maybe add to the yolk: a fertilized germinal disc/blastoderm. Since these guys are Neonates, I figure it could be fitting. It’s a white-ish spot on egg yolk in the shape of a bullseye. Some are really prominent and sharp while others are more on the soft side, but maybe you could add a touch of infinity to tie it in. Maybe it could be a central point to where some of the black goop is stemming from? And maybe it changes depending on which stage the Neonate is on? Regardless, awesome work! I struggle trying to make a lot in one day and I’m amazed at how you’re able to crank all that work out! Keep doing what you do!

[@DonyBit]

May I suggest applying the "Touch of Infinite" to (maybe) every "infinite" material later on in Unreal Engine in order to make it procedural and animated. You can use a displacement map on a shader which slides on "fractal wave noise" texture.

[@Sufficio]

Loving this series! These designs reminds me of Silent Hill in the best way. Thanks for the great content as always.

[@themenace48]

What if you were to use the Neonate pods/flying ones as the sort of “worker bee” of the manifestations. Maybe you could have a “nest” scene where they could be seen flying around taking care of the pods/eggs and they might attack if John were to attack the pods/eggs! They wouldn’t be a threat on there own but around the nests/breeding grounds you would want to be very careful since there’d be a swarm of them!

[@clowniicat]

The snake hook magnify thing was so helpful!! Tysm!

[@joshjagoe]

As per usual....excellent content. The only thing I wanted to bring up was the head shape. I think the reason that the head was more pointed in the concept art is because it's a neonatal....softer....more malleable bone and tissue that can be squished into a more cone like shape during birthing.

[@diegoelcriticonomamon8240]

Here in México we have a girls toy called neonates and having them named like that is kinda funny

[@broski9938]

Love it!! The only thing I can think of is that, to me at least, the "yolks" don't look like an actual egg yolk. I think that's because of how textured the surface is. I think to get more of the creepy egg look maybe the outsides could be a more matt texture and then the insides and yolk are shiny - so the outside is the "shell" and it's been cracked open to show it's shiny little innards.

[@stoat2854]

i was so hyped for today's video, looks awesome!

[@MarushiaDark316]

Would love to see the yolks glowing like soft LEDs, as if they have ethereal fire inside; and for the black portion to have more of a liquid, oily texture that flows smoother as opposed to wrinkly and heavily detailed.

[@rodrigotm1461]

The floating Neonate could be like a sentry, it reveals your position and calls other neonates or it could be like a swarm to annoy and slow the player.

[@Gounesh]

Wish I’ve see this channel after this series ended. Instead, I’m here since 2k and waiting every series. Damn.

[@wilted_kale]

Neonates lookin dope. i like the yolk in the baby carriage one

[@CGDive]

3:35 You may want to try voxel remeshing instead of Dyntopo. It has it's own limitations butt solves those pesky dyntopo issues. Great for concepting. Awesome series, by the way!

[@bailey125]

0:25 Ayy I knew those were good examples. Nice one.

[@jjju3]

had this on in the background, came back after a second and noticed a detail on the first one for the first time and outloud "oh _god._ it has arms! _disgusting!!"_ which i think is definitely what youre going for

[@johnmcilwee5072]

instead of a touch of infinity it should be a hint of infinity for the Neonates

[@IAcePTI]

1- You should turn on bool tools, you can create a cube and subtract to your mesh to “cut” it. 2- the first dude with the arm you can call him Beggar as we use his arm to beg for parental attention. He can use his hand to cover the face when he does something “wrong” (or good, depending the perspective) or to cover his shyness. I some what see him with some dead body on the floor and we just swinging he’s head with the “face” covered by his arm in a shy and proud way like waiting to be pet for the “good” thing (his view) he did. 3- that dude should be interesting if you multiply his head and create an translucid , shiny membrane, like in the eggs, in an more rounded shape. 4- I thought the dude would had just one harm that appears from the middle of his body, one oversized harm with oversized hand that could cover his entire face.

[@CoffeeHappy1]

21:35 When you put them all on the screen together and they are all centered it just looks like they all combined to try and fit into a person like shape

[@awkwardtaylor4725]

Such a cool concept!! I especially liked the crawling one. Immediate thought - what if when not moving this guy “closed” his arms/legs and stood up still to protect the yolk (maybe he mimicks some sort of a plant? dk) And when the player comes closer to inspect he’d suddenly open up his arms and sprint away from John. That probably would’ve scared the shit out of me if I played the game for the first time lmao

[@SkyshadowXx]

I'm in love Boro!!! 😭 you give me so much inspiration to leard 3d sculpting so I can make my own game

[@BlazyBob1]

The floating one could be like a silent, slow thing that comes when everything has been quiet for a while, from above, so you’re not expecting it, and maybe it just comes close to you and explodes, doing a little damage. That would be pretty startling and annoying. And maybe it could emit some sort of faint noise when it’s around or when it has spotted you, just so it’s not impossible to kill them before they explode on you. I keep thinking of the sound of ghasts from Minecraft lol

[@annahuskova9981]

Thank You for the inspiration!) Best wishes from Ukraine!

[@thedebapriyakar]

fucking incredible work man

[@flumbogsmockler396]

this is very cool! some random idea I had, so almost every horror game / whatever has like this thing where the monster has the same attack animation like it might grab you or hit you or whatever, but most of the time its always the same, I think a game where the monster attacks you differently by like cycling through different attacks and attacking you by like hitting or slapping or punching ect... instead of the same attack would be very cool but great designs on the monsters, they look awesome!

[@Narsku8833]

Lol the way you say "wheee" X'D. Awesome, looking great. You should pose the first one in a fetal pose or other disarming poses. Is it possible to make the arm guy kinda smear as it crawls? Or have the yolk kinda loose within, almost like it's not completely connected to the body yet.

[@tannebraevitus1222]

Suggestion for the touch of infinity in all of your enemies: for the wittnesses, put a galaxy at the center of their eyes, or even just a small star; Daddy Long Arm is perfect the way they are; and for the neonates I think a 3d fractal in the center of their yolk with a transparent wall would look really cool

[@lexiferenczy9695]

In the beginning you could've used box trim with symmetry on to evenly remove the arms on both sides. But it only works when the origin point of the mesh is exactly in the middle.

[@stephthesquid5582]

Reminds me of the gooey "monster" designs in Studio Ghibli movies. Kinda like "no face" or something like that.

[@piemakesart]

I love the concept! Also I had a thought about the Neonates' hands, maybe they can have 2 thumbs but on the opposite side, next to the pinkie , like when AI tries to copy human hands and fails?

[@turking25]

I feel like the crawling one lost a certain bird leg like quality in the transition to 30

[@BoroCG]

Yeah that's what I think is coming back in the posing. My theory is it's just that, the pose

[@marek_tarnawski]

In Sculpt mode you can first mask geometry you want to cut off and use Mask>Mask Slice and Fill Holes.

[@cerealboxgaming4349]

iv'e always loved 3d modeling, after i started making games on scratch 5 years ago, i started to want to make games on unity.

[@uiopclown8226]

you have my support!

[@koffee_aurora]

they're looking pretty neat! personal opinion but I think they would look even better with hands and feet with undeveloped looking fingers and toes, idk how to explain well lol

[@carafurry7862]

I feel like this caricature consept would make a great ghost type Pokemon, maybe dark, ghost type instead of pure ghost type.

[@diegoelcriticonomamon8240]

But I’ll stick with my guns on their name being premonitions, as that I feel is more of a fitting name given the fact that all the other entities are called as an abstract word, such as witnesses

[@sammyscream1044]

Idk if you were going for this at all, but I think the standing neonate has a sligght resemblance to labia and a clitoris, but I also see what someone else said with it looking like a flasher.

[@ariadnajaime6295]

As a podophobic trying to avoid looking at the parts of the video where you show the model's feet, when you said "why not give them toes" I feel like you were really going for the horror and disturbing route PS: The floating egg yolk really gave me the feeling of hanging from trees like some kind of fruit🤨🧐 KASDLKAL

[@legionarmatay4399]

Hands Neonate: "YEEEEEEY"

[@nathaliamaria5494]

would be fun if this floating egg's installation were like a coccoon. It's not born yet. So you could have parts of the game with these things attached to the ground and the player can cut it before it haches, and if they don't, it's gonna be harder later.

[@Gruntled346]

copious amounts of ooze could be a decent "Touch of Infinity" maybe?

[@anytorp]

👍 damn I am first viewer. Awesome content btw

[@BoroCG]

Ayyy

[@cerealboxgaming4349]

niiice

[@boltimoore]

Adding a century egg colour scheme could be good?

[@mangoalias608]

it'll be awesome to see these guys in substance painter

[@mangoalias608]

(thats always my favorite part of this series)

[@mruniverse9500]

I feel like they should be a bit more asymmetrical, longer or shorter arm. That would make them look bit more freaky.

[@BadTunes.]

0:01 i thought it was something else, 🤣 btw love your videos, and why did you make the neonates so thick some weirdo gona make rul 34 of it😬

[@HotBitchInAnUglyBody]

The infinite details kinda remind me of a 3d printer's layers,it would me cool if one of the monsters had something to do with it

[@M3RS.]

Neonate kinda feels like Hellraiser's Cenobytes

[@wolfburgerorami]

I think that each stage should have a different name based off of their respective age.

[@SpaceGrond]

Hey, I really like that HDRI you're using. Is it a default blender one or is it custom?

[@zallesyn4686]

not meaning to deviate from the concepts too much BUT, have you considered making the yolk a bit transparent to let something inside be seen a bit ( veins, organs, crystals, pulsing glowy thigys... idk)

[@zhenshei9398]

what if the "yolk" was like a fossilised foetus crystallised in amber. And so you can see through it and the vague outline of a foetus inside.

[@mr.sandman3619]

the second one kinda resembles the 3 armed robots from metal gear rising

[@ivankostadinov9687]

How about adding some vein-type stuff to the yolks?

[@TheLucifer92]

They remind me of Persona 3 shadow enemy, just remastered

[@phobiac281]

Just got an idea.So what if each neonate had one body part or pair of parts more developed then other.So at the and when you kill each one of them they will come back and like mushed together into a one final and stroner or maybe "more developed neonate.

[@jakest123]

As horrible as it is, I'd feel like it'd be a disservice not to recommend looking at stuff like teratomas and birth defects for inspiration on the yolk part. It could further the "neonatal but uncomfortable" vibe

[@electronicinfection]

Nice hat! Flexfit?

[@toddyqueimafo]

yeah,neonates in a better name indeed

[@anytorp]

Yes

[@thecultofones470]

What if the floating one had hints of the legs and arms but like a fetus floating in the womb. So like very undefined but the hints of it

[@lichnerd6472]

is There any chance we'll get to see the entity behind everything going on in game or will they go completely unseen

[@juhor.7594]

It could be creepy to have fetuses with the glowing witness eyes inside the yolks. Dunno if that fits your game's lore.

[@plumbys]

Гений

[@s.owl9]

Im only half way through the video, but I’m big on biology so questions have been nagging me. How do they perceive the environment & the player? Wouldn’t there be a ribcage around the yolk if thats their most sensitive & precious “organ”? It could still be more a critical & fragile area to attack than the body, but the yolk being completely exposed is a very bad evolutionary design. Also, it would be creepier in a monster-like way to change the number & size of toes on the first one (maybe like an Ostrich foot). Though its creepy in an uncanny way to give it human feet.

[@startingmap2387]

4:35 mongus

[@nikarocherry1537]

Ew, I love it

[@doorknob7420]

4:36 among us

[@2-az_1-be]

Can you attempt to remake granny from the mobile game?

[@kuremothri]

balenciaga looks

[@recoverhealth2062]

Do you retopologise these models?. Nanite won't do magic, it will still tank the performance of your game.