[RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017] Character Art - Postman Singed - JunkieKong
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FINISHED!!! (scroll down for the rest of the shots)
Hey all, after the last Riot Art Comp I wanted to get in on the action, and I guess this would be my first competition entry on Polycount!
So full disclaimer: I am not a League player, if I'm making a weird choice and doing something that would make no sense for the game, don't be afraid to call me out on it! I don't know a lot about League, but I do like the character designs and hope I can do them justice.
I've decided to go with Singed, and want to make a postman skin for him, where he spreads letters and uh lobs parcels at people I guess. The idea is he uses a large mail box door as his shield, and on his back an overstuffed box leaking mail. Eventually I realised it would make more sense if door was from the mail box on his back, so that's the plan now, as long as I can still make it recognisable and get the scale looking right.
Well, I'd better get on with it, watch this space.
Hey all, after the last Riot Art Comp I wanted to get in on the action, and I guess this would be my first competition entry on Polycount!
So full disclaimer: I am not a League player, if I'm making a weird choice and doing something that would make no sense for the game, don't be afraid to call me out on it! I don't know a lot about League, but I do like the character designs and hope I can do them justice.
I've decided to go with Singed, and want to make a postman skin for him, where he spreads letters and uh lobs parcels at people I guess. The idea is he uses a large mail box door as his shield, and on his back an overstuffed box leaking mail. Eventually I realised it would make more sense if door was from the mail box on his back, so that's the plan now, as long as I can still make it recognisable and get the scale looking right.
Well, I'd better get on with it, watch this space.
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Can't wait to see the result
Love the concept, that mail trail is legit
It's a shame, I thought the idea was pretty solid. So I'm at a bit of a loss for where to go from here, a giant door does make a cool shield but then it seems weird to be paired with a much smaller post box on the back. And at the same time that old fashioned post box works as a good replacement for the original gas canister, because of its shape and function. Can anybody think of something else appropriate for a postman that would make a good shield? I haven't yet.
In the meantime I've started on the sculpt, still roughing things in, not sure I like his proportions... I think his head might need to be shrunk.
Still haven't settled on anything for his backpack and shield though.
Maybe he still needs his belt pouches to break up symmetry?
Keep the belt pouches!!! It should be the essential prop for him to slow or snare the enemies.
So I reckon I'll start on retopo tonight, in the meantime I mucked around with a few ideas for colours:
Leaning most towards the first option, I want to avoid bright red and like the drab maroon uniform.
Also, I whacked the sculpt straight into marmoset to take some nicer shots:
Hopefully bakes soon!
Instead of doing bakes today, figured I had better model out the shield and mail box first. And for the sake of saving time I'm not gonna do high polys for these ones, I'll have a crack at painting textures from scratch.
Total tri count for these is at 8.1k, which seems pretty reasonable to me.
Any thoughts on design before I finalise UVs and start texturing?
So I've finished UVs and done all the bakes for a base texture, certainly not a perfect bake, but I figure I'll be painting over it anyway so not much point tweaking it further.
Here's what the UVs look like - SO MANY PIECES. But it works. I left some space in the top corner for some extra bits I might make later on.
Still got plenty to do before the deadline - any input about the colour scheme before I get stuck in?
Erm, ignore the shitty texture on the letters for now.
Still a ways to go and I'm feeling the pressure for the approaching deadline!
@Howling Carnage I'm also curious as to what his glue puddle could be! My earlier cop-out idea was to just give him his regular flask but packaged up like a parcel, it wouldn't be very recognisable though.
The glue trap could be dropping a giant stamp, maybe a pile of mail, or adds this RNG weather texture on the ground where it'll randomly select rain puddles, snow drifts, ect because ""Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
So I'm just about done with the texture I think, the end is in sight and I like how it's shaping up. Finished painting up his gear, and mucked around a little to come up with a logo for his postal service!
I think tomorrow (today now whoops), needs to be spent rigging/posing and sorting out the final presentation.
That last hour was very much by the seat of my pants, but here's how it turned out:
Had a lot of fun working on this guy, and overall pretty happy with how it turned out despite the rush at the end - thanks to those that tagged along!
And cheers @Nuclear Angel I was wrestling with the presentation for a while until I realised that envelopes were the answer. Also well done to you (and everyone else) who got their entries in!
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Great concept!
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