[Weapon Swap] - Kronen - Taareva

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

LATEST: Model swap submitted!

Image: http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t594/port-seven/d8610e7b-4367-4b86-929d-5e9456c377cb_zpsg5wgxgyh.png

Unfortunately I had to resubmit to the Steam workshop to make sure the tags showed up correctly for the contest and forgot to update the link on the final submission thread

The correct link is here:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=566783021&tscn=1449026163

Again, had fun doing this contest and learned some new stuff.

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Spent the last week doing up some concepts, now I feel like I have something solid enough to start with including some base colours. The blade may look a bit chunky at the moment but that's something I'll be able to address in 3D.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/fj/s12ei6vm5lzc.png

low odor · Nov 2015

very nice...I dig the chunky look..I like the weight of the holes in the yellow and the green one. cool start.

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

Thanks, LOW ODOR. I like the sharpness in the yellow/green concepts so I'm trying to bring some of that back into my model. Small WIP:

Image: http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t594/port-seven/kronen_wip001_zpsm3rzbfsz.png

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

More WIP, mainly some detail on the handle.

Flyhy · Nov 2015

This is looking really good !
I really like that i looks less heavy than in your concept image.
( This makes me feel bad about my own design tho )
keep up the good work

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

Thanks, FLYHY

I agree with you about the heaviness. I think slimmer is better suited to this style.

WIP: tried a few different blades shapes near the top to give the weapon a sharper feel.

Image: http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t594/port-seven/KRONENWIP003_zpswdfjzelv.png

Ended up curving the points a bit, which I think I like:

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

Brought some colour into the model, and then did a paint over to better the design (specifically the holes in the blade).

Image: http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t594/port-seven/kronen_wip005_zpstmhnmjwk.png

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

I ended up hollowing out the inside of the weapon basically and took the current mesh into photoshop for another paint over. I'm not sure if it looks better or worse like this, more like something Warframe or not, but I want to get on to baking and texturing very soon so I need to make a decision. Any additional input would be great, too.

Image: http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t594/port-seven/kronen_wip006_zpsbue8rgpb.png

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

Slight redesign to accommodate proper position of the weapon handle:

VarunaTide · Nov 2015

I do like the silhouette and the shapes a lot better with this one. The curves are very nice too. Well done!

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

Thanks VARUNATIDE

Finally got the low poly into the Tenno Steam editor thing! Just experimenting with colours at the moment. I've never used alpha channels in this way before, it's really interesting so far. I think I'm going to keep a dual-tone colour scheme for the weapon.

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

Getting a weird shading error only in the TennoGen window.Not really sure why...

Image: http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t594/port-seven/shading_error_zpswmgbk5rz.png

Clyptic · Nov 2015

Looks like a texture seem from the normal map. I had the same issue and we disccused it in the QA thread. You can just ignore that seem as it is apparently only an issue in tennogan and not in game.

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

Thanks for the info, CLYPTIC

So, I rebaked the normals with different smoothing and removed some pieces from the high poly that I felt were creating unnecessary noise in the texture. Still have that normal map shading issue as above, but that aside here's an update for on colours:

Port-Seven · Nov 2015

Finally threw on a roughness map, now playing around with the emissive.

Image: http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t594/port-seven/kronen_wip010_zpsibdc16hu.png

Port-Seven · Dec 2015

There it is! All done and submitted. Good learning project overall.

Steam workshop thread: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=566783021&tscn=1449026163

[Weapon Swap] - Kronen - Taareva

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