[DS2] Hammer - anglorum

anglorum

Hey there guys! First contest here on polycount and I'm super psyched. Kind of late to the party, but I just came up with a few rough concepts. I'm considering #3 heavily, but I'm having trouble making it more "deathy". They all feel like they'd be fun to model out. Curious what you guys think.

Latest Update:

Final submission composition

Work flow breakdown pics to come!



Detail Block In:

Came up with a happy medium. I'd wanted to implement more skulls or something ornamental on the piece and I came up with this. I'll definitely add more detail in the uh... well detailing phase, but I really really wanted to try to get the block in just right, hence all the separate iterations.

C&C welcome





Original Sketches:

anglorum

Just did some rendering to better flesh out the materials and dimensions of each idea.

Probably going to go forward with some color studies and material palettes tomorrow.

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anglorum

Here's a color render of the fourth weapon option. Possibly going to do more later. Running out of coffee.

Pixeldemon

They all look great, but I'm especially drawn to "abrupt end". Definitely shouts "maker" theme.

SgtNasty

Decent concepts. My main concern with the most recent concept are the material choices. The green marble might not fly with this style. I could be completely wrong about that, I just haven't seen marble in concept art for the game or in any of the screenshot. The colors look cool, and silhouette is good.

anglorum

This is the 3D concept render of the basic shapes that I'm going to have affecting a major portion of the model's silhouette, along with a little bit of color pre-gaming. It looks overly polished and clean, obviously this will be remedied during the texturing phase, but I'm still curious for some feedback.

Also I changed the head of the weapon from marble to probably some kind of enormous gem of some kind.

glenatron

The front silhouette is really nice, and pretty unique, but the side silhouette is a bit plain. Try adding some variance in depth, even if its just rounding out the head and pommel

BoBo_the_seal

Love this! Great shape. Maybe make the head a bit bigger?

- BoBo

abitterfarewell

this looks really good. but I'm drawn more to the "Blind Fury"
the "Fate's Bridle" looks quite unique, but like glenatron said, side view looks a bit plain.
also, have you tried rendering the pink part different colours?
and maybe add some carvings to the upper handle maybe

anglorum

Hey guys, quick update here.

Added some flair to the sides. Obviously took a little inspiration from the "Blind Fury" design as I was particularly in love with the idea of banded sockets for whatever reason.

Also playing around with different colors. I have an affinity towards red, but I'm thinking of going back to a deep saturated purple to stay within the aesthetics of the game.

BoBo_the_seal

Honestly, I think it's a stronger design without the skulls.

- BoBo

Impala88

I agree. Also sort of reminds me of FF13 in a wierd way. The one without the skulls i mean.

anglorum

Thanks Bobo, that's kind of what I thought as well. Seemed more aerodynamic that way anyways. I will experiment with head size, but after that I've been rarin to get into the detailing phase for a while now, so that'll definitely come next.

Still definitely open to crits and comments though.

anglorum

Just threw up a new version. Figured I'd see what you guys think before I head into the wonderful world of detailing tomorrow. Thanks for all your help so far by the way! Even if I don't win the contest, I have a feeling I'm going to walk away from this experience with a good deal more knowledge about process and keeping track of my work flow as I create a piece. As well as that, hopefully a kick ass portfolio piece!

Go Polycount!

anglorum

There is the final high poly of the model. Going to go through the super fun awesome spectacular task of retopologizing now. Wish me luck

Turret

Well this took me by surprise, last I saw your thread you only had concepts. I am liking how this turned out.

EiGHT

This is a beauty, though I would say that the handle is a bit bland for me.Maybe put some chips in it or something.

Stinkhorse

EiGHT is right, something to break up the long repetition of the handle would be great. Also that big crack on the one side of the mace head is just begging to come off. Give it some asymmetry!

anglorum

Final Composition. It's been a longer road than expected, but man has it been fun! Can't wait for the next competition, this stuff is the kind of environment which I feel I thrive most in!