A Warhammer piece.
"The Screaming Bell is an unholy altar under the protection of the Horned Rat himself. From atop one of these massive structures a Grey Seer will preach to the chittering hordes of Skaven. As varied as the legends describing the creation of the Skaven race may be, the Screaming Bell is an ever-present factor. The sound of it's tolling reach deep inside the evil hearts of the rat-men, inspiring awe and devotion. In battle the ominous sound of the Bell can be heard above the clamor of the fighting. It is a message of death for the rat-men's enemies, and a message of victory for the Skaven."
What do you think? comments/critiques please!
What do you think? comments/critiques please!
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The grey metal doesn't seem shiny enough to be metal, it looks too flat at the moment - I guess you have a specular map judging by the bell, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything anywhere else.
Also I think an ambient occlusion bake over the top of the texture would help make the whole thing seem a bit more solid.
In addition to this, you have a lot of polygons not really adding much to the silhouette (like the rings around the bell) - I would either get rid of those and let the normal-map do the work making it seem deep, or exaggerate them so that they're obvious in the silhouette... otherwise it's just polygons that nobody will ever really notice.
Pretty cool though, looking forward to seeing more
A couple of thoughts:
- I think the scale of this thing is being lost a little bit. There might need to be some details on there to help your eye realize how huge it is. Maybe it's the overall thickness/chunkiness of it. I'm not sure what I would do, just a general comment.
- The textures are pretty solid, but I think they could use some color variation - especially the metal bell. It looks like it could be copper, which means it might have a patina to it from being outside or in a wet cave. Like MoP said, how you use your spec map (and if it's colorized) can have a nice metallic effect as well.
Overall very solid work, so I look forward to seeing what you come up with next.
Skaven are these gnawing, clawing rats. I'd add a lot more scratches, and not perfect, even scratches like you've made. Make them look like a clawed paw took a single swipe here and there (too many random scratches make no sense. Well placed scratches with meaning help tell a story).