Critque my armoursmithing and swordsmithing skills!

zetheros

Hey everyone, I'm making a set of assets (one weapon, one shield, one helmet) for Chivalry. I've found out that the more I learn about making game assets, the less I know!

Anyway, I was wondering if I could get some advice while I work on this set. Currently, this is what I have:


low-poly shield:
https://skfb.ly/BDwJ

hi-poly helmet:

nastobi123

I guess add some weathering. Looks cool though

GrungyStudios

Sweet dude. Materials already look cool too. Was this all done in zbrush or you brought base mesh from max or something?

Bartalon

That front piece on the top is a bit noisy, and the detail is too uniform. Try breaking it up with some worn edges and whatnot.

zetheros

Hey, thanks for the comments guys. GrungyStudios, it was all done in zbrush. I'll work on the details and wearing some more

zetheros

Here's the updated hi-poly pics;








I've spent the last few weeks working sporadically on this helmet. Here is the first pass of a normal map, so I can see problematic areas that need fixing. I can already see that the back of the head needs some low-poly work, and that the UV map can be optimized.

What does polycount think?

zetheros

Here's the sketchfab link for the helmet: https://skfb.ly/BLSJ

The tri limit is 1200 for Chivalry helmets, so it was kind of difficult capturing all the bits that were sticking out.

Bedrock

Have you considered mirroring some of the elements? If you want to keep the helmet relatively clean with only some small scratches then you could probably mirror like 40% of it (and have better texture quality). I can see that some of the interior is already like that but I think you could go crazier.

After all a lot of the pieces (like the earpiece) aren't different at all, so there's no reason to have separate UVs spaces/textures for both.