[DS2] Mace, Frump

Frump

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I am tired so I won't type much. I've been working on concepts for the past few days but didn't bear any fruit until now. I am mostly looking at doing Demonic and Kingdom of Death style.

It's all open to crit. Let me know which ones you like best and feel free to mix and match.

p.s. I know the chain and tentacles can't animate, and might be hard to fit into 1500 tris but they were fun to draw. The tentacles might be petrified or something.

jmt

I like #3. It looks like the most functional shape out of all of them. The chains, face and ring at the bottom look cool. You'll have to tighten it up around the handle, so it doesn't dangle like that.

Frump

I liked aspects of both 1 and 3 so I've combined them. I think I am going to continue with this base design unless anyone has some comments. I am still not sure what will fill in a lot of the black space and deciding on the profile for the handle.

EVIL

Good to see you join the contest! I really like your current design, keep it up!

ScoobyDoofus

Hey looks like fun, tho bewbs are probably a no-go for shipping in the game so might want to consider covering them girls up.

Frump

ScoobyDoofus wrote: »

Hey looks like fun, tho bewbs are probably a no-go for shipping in the game so might want to consider covering them girls up.

Okay, I asked about that in the Q&A thread. Disappointing but I don't think I'll change the design, just cover them up as you say.

Thanks for the info.

@EVIL Thanks man, your current designs are looking excellent as well!

SgtNasty

Nice silhouette. I think the spikes on the top could be a bit more varied in terms of direction. My other concern is what material will be used on the majority of the head. The handle and pommel look great.

BoBo_the_seal

Love the idea! Sorry, I meant to reply sooner. I had to talk to a few people. We are mature but no nudity. Just wrap her up a bit or she is demonic, some well placed scales might work!

- BoBo

Frump

Awesome, thanks for the reply and info, BoBo. I'll make adjustments before submitting.

For now, it's still raw and it also still exists. I've been really busy and inactive lately but I'm pushing to finish it for the deadline.

Updated silhouettes (going with the one in the center):


Handle variations, not sure which ones looks coolest, feel free to weigh in


Quick Sculpt:

Frump

New stuff. Time running out pretty rapidly, sleep decreasing proportionally.

A lot of things were just roughed in for presentation and are wip, like the face coverings for the little demons. Speaking of the little demons, they don't feel demonic enough, gonna have to work on that.

All the crits please!

Cheers

artstream

Really nice work. Two crits would be to stylize the skull on the pommel a bit more and to make the demons look more expressive: right now their faces are very static and emotionless. You could probably get that demonic feel if you pushed some emotion into them.

marysafro

I agree with artstream. The faces are beautifully sculpted, but right now they look like they'd fit the angelic theme better

Frump

Thanks guys, I totally agree about the faces. Now that I got the blank expression down I'm gonna mess around with it. I have a few ideas, we'll see what I have time to try out.

About the skull, I also agree, but I'm tight for time and it's not a huge element so I'll get back to that one time-permitting.

Frump

Not a super productive night last night but I worked some stuff out. Turns out sculpting skulls is really fun so I did redo it.

I also did a couple expression variations on the girl. I like the ballgag skull one better but let me know what you think.

Few things left to do, gotta push onward, gonna be a busy weekend.

Spug

The style is on point on all of those sculpts

Frump

That's good to hear, I was wondering about whether I was matching it well or not. It's really tough to tell without fresh eyes. Thanks.

I realized also that I don't have to choose between which of the above poses to use. Four sides to the mace, 2 are unique, 2 variations of the centerpiece, works out perfectly.

Frump

Final sculpts, retopo already in progress.

Frump

Well, regrettably I am not going to be able to finish tonight. There's no way I can meet the poly budget right now. Below is the best I could do optimizing from my over the top retop. I tried a test bake on it -- no go. I kinda figured this would be a problem but I didn't think of how severe. There might be a way to make it work but I wouldn't have the time tonight. If everything had gone perfectly with the retopo I would have been able to finish in time. Such is life.

I'll still be finishing it this week just not within poly budget or deadline. It will make a nice portfolio piece for sure.

Clyptic

I ran into the same issue having never made something this low polly before. Had to scrap it and make a new one. But it was still fun to do none the less.