Here are some screenshots of version 49 of the Architeuthis model.
The version used in
The Gathering of the Elders image was version 25.
There are a few more things I want to refine on the model
If I could get some feedback at this point, it would be great, because any structural changes would be relatively easy to implement. Once I finish with the modeling, and start in with the UV mapping for texturing, and making the model posable, it will be much harder to go back and change anything.
Things I ought to point out here are that the model is still untextured except for the eyes.
The arms and tentacles are still completely straight giving the model the appearance of a teuthid salad fork. This will be fixed once the model is made posable.
Here's a quad view of the model.
Here's a profile view.
Here's are two oral views, with different types of lighting to make the keels visible. Note that this pair of shots used a telephoto lens, so the images are very foreshortened making the tentacle clubs look like squarish footballs.
Arm pair 1 has an oral ventro-lateral keel.
Arm pairs 2 and 3 have oral ventro-lateral and dorso-lateral keels.
Arm pair 4 has an aboral dorso-lateral keel.
The arrangement and relative sizes of the keels are based on the photographs and CAT scams posted here by Dr O'Shea.
I may have gotten them too long down the arm length.
The last two images are linked to due to their size, around 150 KB each. If these images don't open to full size, then let your mouse hover over the image and click on the magnification button that appears. Sorry about the JPEG artifacts here.
Here is a screenshot from inside the Amapi modeling program showing the beak and buccal region.
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Here is the same area viewed from a slight angle. For this shot, I deleted the arms and tentacle on the right side to get a clear view.
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Anyway, that's what the model looks like now.
If anyone sees anything wrong, please give a holler because it's much easier to fix now than it will be later on.
Thanks for looking, and thanks for all your previous help to get me this far
--Carl