Legend of Zelda - Disting's Take

Wiktor

I'm re-writing this post to show what I've got so far.
My goal with this project is to re-create as much as possible from the Zelda universe.

This is how Link looks so far:


This is the Hylian Shield:


I'm also working on the Master Sword, but I'm nowhere near final on that yet, so I won't post it in this post yet.

Hope you like what I have so far!

dansher

the wood on the back looks really nice. purple on the front looks a little strange cant really decide why though

Der Hollander

Very nice. I do agree with the purple looking a little strange, maybe darkening/saturating it a bit more where it starts to meet the raised details and metal border? Also, that spec on the purple is looking way awesome, and I'd love to see some of that brought in to the diffuse with something subtle to bring it out a bit more. On the back, it just looks like it could use a little more love. The wood looks like it's behaving a little funky around the edges of the planks, and adding some sort of veneer around the border could help set it back a bit.

HitmonInfinity

At the moment your wood texture would look great on a cabin floor, but not for a shield. I think the planks should be larger and less uniform. They look beat up enough, but too perfectly rectangular. That's my 2 cents anyway...

Feuerlowe

In general I like it. Metal texture is nice on the left view and as for the right one it's maybe too grey. A wood texture has some scratches and it looks frayed but the face of your shield is quite new.

dansher

maybe add some little dents to the front to catch the light a bit, make it look less smooth

zxcman

it is good in general.
I agree with others and should add that your color balance is looking a bit strange- orange, purple, red and metal. Try to play wit colors

Wiktor

Thanks for all the feedback!
I'll see if I can correct the things you said when I get back to it tomorrow.

Meanwhile, here's a small update on it:



Thanks!

Mitchell Ford

Hey that's looking pretty good. mind if you render wire frame and maybe post the texture maps?

Purplepaint

Hmm i like it great job

SnakeDoctor

You could possibly add some scratches and dents from where the shield has taken a few hits.

whats_true

I think some of your colors are bleeding into the other parts. Try masking the high poly model with different, bright colors and then bake that down to a diffuse mask. This will help mask things out more accuratly then by doing it by hand.

[SF]Three9

something about the wood is just bothering me...maybe try changing the color hues and saturation of each plank to give it a more realistic variation? Other then that it's a great solid simple prop

JimeeB

Fantastic job, but the reason why the front looks weird is the lack of dirt and grunge that the wood on the back has.

BlvdNights

Normal map feels like it could have been pushed more.

Something on par with this....

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?p=746731

moose

you're missing some dust and grime in the crevices, seams, and creases on the front. In the areas where blue meets metal, you could kill some specular and put some dirt in there to really pop and liven it up some. A great way to do this would be to use a high detailed height map, and only sample the darks. Select those darks, and if its a fine line expand & feather your selection to get a wider area. drop that in the specular & a slight color in the diffuse, and you'll be rockin.

AtlusZMH

Link is left handed <.< >.>

Looks great

achillesian

AtlusZMH wrote: »

Link is left handed <.< >.>

hes both.

Wiktor

AtlusZMH wrote: »

Link is left handed <.< >.>

Looks great

Would make sense, seeing as link means left in german, but I guess you knew that. :P

Thanks!

I'll start fixing up the shield today. Thanks for all your feedback!

Wiktor

Not a huge update.. But still something.

Hope you like it!

Wiktor

I did some test inscriptions just to see how it would look, and I actually think it looks pretty cool!

Please let me know what you think.

Der Hollander

Aw hell yes. Definitely go for the inscriptions, but if you're using nDo, I'd suggest using paths to make it look cleaner.

I'm a little iffy on the specular color of the blue, it's a tad too cyan for my tastes, maybe drop some of the saturation on that. Also, the rivets holding the arm strap need some color to them instead of them being the same brown as the strap.

Keep it up, it's looking wicked.

PatJS

I'm not too keen on the scratches, if only because they are the same color as the undamaged parts. It makes the shield look like it's made out of a solid blue material like foam or something.

moose

the crack stuff looks a lot better now! i think you're a *little* heavy handed with it though, may want to pull that back some around the rim of the blue bit



can see in some of these- with yours i think you could do some masking of the areas back, or fade it out a little smoother, and maybe lighten the diffuse slightly to punch it a little more.

Wiktor

PatJS wrote: »

I'm not too keen on the scratches, if only because they are the same color as the undamaged parts. It makes the shield look like it's made out of a solid blue material like foam or something.

I absolutely agree! Making the scratches more natural was actually next on my agenda.

Thanks for the crits!

Wiktor

moose wrote: »

the crack stuff looks a lot better now! i think you're a *little* heavy handed with it though, may want to pull that back some around the rim of the blue bit



can see in some of these- with yours i think you could do some masking of the areas back, or fade it out a little smoother, and maybe lighten the diffuse slightly to punch it a little more.

I'm not completely sure what you mean I'm afraid. Do you want me to lighten the border of the blue up a bit?

moose

image may be easier:



i posted that other image for reference, look at the innter parts of the buttons where the holes are, the dirt in those cracks vary in width and most of them the dirt is not even all the way around. They noise of the dirt in those cracks also mirrors the metal texture, cracks, dents, and is somethin to think about that could be cool to include in your texture.

Wiktor

Ahh, gotcha!
That's a good point.

Thanks for clearing that up!

Wiktor

Alright.. Time for another update.
Been experimenting with nDo, and I absolutely love it! Nifty little gadget!

I'm getting pretty happy with everything except the main, blue area. I can't seem to figure out how to make it look like painted metal. Any help is appreciated!

Spitfire

beautiful work here, i would tone down the AO just a bit inside the edge on the outside of the shield, its a little too obvious, but this still looks damn good!

As for painted metal, try doing some color scrapeoffs here and there and experiment with the specular map to really bring out the material

Wiktor

Thanks for the crits!
I've blurred out the occlusion around the border and made it a bit more vague. It looks a lot better now!

Cheers!

Wiktor

Right.. Calling it done.
Got another Zelda prop I want to start working on.

Thanks for all your help!

Here's the final render:

Wiktor

I started working on the Master Sword.
Hoping to one day have modelled all of Link's accessories. I probably won't, but it's a fun thought.

I was inspired by the Comicon Old Link when I modeled this, but I still wanted to make it personal to me.

Please let me know what you think before I start baking!

Wiktor

First draft of the texture:

Will Faucher

I don't mean to be rude or anything, but that doesn't look like the Master Sword, unless it is some variant that I've never seen before. The version I know of looks like this:

http://www.apyrodesign.com/joomla/images/Master%20sword%20original.jpg

The crossguard looks like two wings and doesn't have those emblems/decorations on them. Might need a little redesign if you want to be accurate. If making something new was your objective, then by all means, keep it up! Great texturing work!

Wiktor

I get what you mean, and I agree that the crossguard looks nothing like the Master Sword.
I was trying to make a sword that looks like it fits into the Zelda Universe, and make it look special enough to be the Master Sword.

I hope that made sense. x)

jimmypopali

True. Grey n spec them scrathes up. Get some faint peeling paint off them scratches aswell. Inscription is looking great.

JonathanF

looking sharp man. really liking your new look for the mast sword. I agree that it would fit the world better. I hope Nintendo is watching as people make more and more awesome art like this seeing that we want an epic looking Zelda game to be made! With REAL next gen quality!

Wiktor

Thanks for the kind words.

BlvdNights

Any plans to incorporate these pieces into a scene?

KoldIt

Really sick shield:) The sword looks great so far, but personally I would change the parts that are to the left and right of the triforce. Just a thing that came to mind not really something that makes or brakes the model.

Edit: Realized that I didn´t specify what I though should be changed about them. I think it would look better if it was a bit dragged out so the angle wouldn´t be as sharp.

Wiktor

Thank you very much!
I do agree with you about the pointy things, but I decided to keep them the way they are because they were an element from (most of) the original design(s) that I wanted to keep to keep the resemblance as good as possible.

Thanks for the input though!

AtlusZMH

Man I am really loving the detail on these peices!

My only crit is that the small details on the hilt are kinda getting lost towards the ends of the protrusions. Maybe if they stayed as thick and large as they start out in the center it would read better

Wiktor

AtlusZMH wrote: »

Man I am really loving the detail on these peices!

My only crit is that the small details on the hilt are kinda getting lost towards the ends of the protrusions. Maybe if they stayed as thick and large as they start out in the center it would read better

That's a good point. Thanks for letting me know!

Cheers.

Wiktor

Alright.. made a quick model based on the original concept of the Master Sword.



Honest to gosh, I think the original Master Sword looks like crap! Looks like a freakin' toy sword you can find in a toy store.

I think I have to remake it a bit.

Wiktor

A little progress..

Wiktor

Aaaand another update.
Anything you think I should change?

nofacej

Honestly, I think you've exaggerated all of the features that make the Master Sword look like a toy to begin with.

I always thought the Master Sword's design from ALttP looked very industrial, and not at all like a toy:
http://www.zeldainformer.com/Images/articles/mc_logo_old.jpg
http://bestgamewallpapers.com/files/zelda-link-to-the-past/master-sword.jpg

Twilight Princess' design looks fairly believable to me as well:
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2846/collectionpx8.png

Also, just wanted to point out that your first version looks a lot like the Picori Blade aka the Four Sword:
http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/43382.gif

Wiktor

Thanks for the pictures.
I was actually looking at the sword from The Minish Cap, and I still think I will change mainly the crossguard to look more like that one.
Will probably be a kitbash from all different zelda games in the end. :P

Cheers!

JonathanF

:poly132:noooooooo... I liked the other sword you made... oh well, your project, your choice.

Wiktor

Haha, I still have the old sword!
I'm just making a few different ones to see what I like the most.

I will probably make another Hylian Shield as well.