Fantastic Voyage: Character Models

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So that's my characters modeled and ready for texturing! I'm just keeping it simple to keep in tune with the pixelated theme of my animation. It took A LOT of extruding faces but all models are made from cubes in Maya.
Model A: Sporozoite




Model B: Merozoite





Model C: Mosquito






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