[DS2] Mace, Echronos

Echronos · Mar 2012

Latest update:

Hey guys, here is my concept for a Darksiders Core Mace. I'm not very good with concepts, so I'll try to do my best with the 3D. Critiques are wellcome and I hope you like it.

pulyx · Mar 2012

Looking real good dude. Color scheme fits perfectly and sillhouette is awesome.

hannes d · Mar 2012

nice
i only wonder what is the thing in his mouth?

njc6425 · Mar 2012

love it

afisher · Mar 2012

This looks promising. I like the direction your heading. I know it's just a rough concept, but maybe break up the purples a bit with some other hues. Just a thought.

BrendtheCow · Mar 2012

This is looking good so far! The silhouette looks good, and the color scheme fits the core style really well.

r4ptur3 · Mar 2012

nice work, real slick ( ^_^)b

Echronos · Mar 2012

Hey, thanks guys

hannes d: its is like a ring with some runes, that passes through the skulls mouths
afisher: thanks man! I'll try another colors when I start the texture.

So, here's what I got right now. Its is only the base mesh. Details will come with the scult.

Here's the famous in game shot

Crymsix · Mar 2012

Nice work! What programs are you using for this?

Echronos · Mar 2012

I used only blender and zbrush till now

Baj Singh · Mar 2012

Great bulk on the weapon. Looks visceral : ).

Shendoo · Mar 2012

Very cool, keep up the good work!

naruSol · Mar 2012

As they are now, those little spikes seem to distract from the design more than contribute to it. Thicker or more deliberate would be my suggestion for an otherwise very strong form.

pulyx · Mar 2012

It could be Chunkier specially on the handlebar.

But i like those thorns on the skull. See if they work better by making them bigger, more twisted. The macehead itself is awesome.

Echronos · Mar 2012

Hey guys, thanks for the sugestions. I'll try some different things with those spikes to see if it gets better

Here is the sculpt in the mace. I won't show entire parts because, as it has 3 sides, I worked only on one side. Here you can see some details:

(I still have to work on the spikes)

Daven · Mar 2012

Hey man, nice work. Keep in mind that a lot of those tiny dings and dents won't show up in the final texture. If you're going to keep any details, make them large and obvious

Big, deep cuts and nice sharp edges. Right now stuff's starting to look a bit mushy.

Echronos · Mar 2012

Ya, you are right man. I zoomed in alot to sculp, so the details looked bigger. I'll make some bigger details this time. Thanks

Xenier · Mar 2012

I would try to sharpen up that sculpt and make it a little more planar to better fit the style

dmightyone · Mar 2012

hey alvaro awesome work so far man. one thing you could try though is to make everything more edgy and sharper, instead of the curvy look, especially on the skull, in order to match with the style of the game. great work so far dude, keep it coming! good luck!

chemotoledo · Mar 2012

I like the concepts. Looks going to semthing good. Keep goin! =D

Echronos · Mar 2012

Thanks for the tips guys! I think the model is sharper now

Grampz · Mar 2012

I'm really a fan of what you did with the handle; how you tapered the middle and gave it a different texture/material. That alone gives it so much more pop as a silhouette. Jealous I didn't think of it first!

Also like the alteration with the skull. It looks better chunky and sharp!

Great work

Echronos · Mar 2012

Hey guys, I'm having a problem with my normals. Here is a picture to show whats happening:

As you can see in the left, the normals are very weird. I used a mirrored texture, and the UVs are overlaped. In the right, there is the normal map as a diffuse map, and every thing looks fine. Do you guys know whats happening? How can I fix it? I'm rendering in marmoset toolbag.

Thnaks

Kraken · Mar 2012

Cool mace, it looks very orcish

Vectorius · Mar 2012

Good work and nice concept Echronos. for your normals problem, can you post a screen of your texture ? But when i look at your right screen, i can't understand what happened... your NM seems correct, maybe check the geometrie/smoothing group, maybe 2 vertex are not welded...don't know.With such pb i just try everything on the geometry(vertex weld, reset xform,...).
Good luck.

Echronos · Mar 2012

Hey, thanks for the help Vectorius. I fixed it by following the workflow for mirrored normal maps I found at polycount

So, after some bakes, thats what I got:

I have to work a lot yet, but I liked the result with basic textures. The weapon has 1677 tris. I hope you like it

Habboi · Mar 2012

Came out great dude, good work!

Echronos · Mar 2012

Thanks Habboi!

So, I started working on the textures. At first, I was following the concept color, but it wasn't good. Then I decided to try a lot of different combinations. Here are my options:

(the last one looks better because it is the texture I started working on before trying another colors)

So, what do you guys think? Which is the best color combination?

Thanks

Echronos · Mar 2012

Here is what I got before going to bed:

Lot of work to do yet

Habboi · Mar 2012

It's a good choice. I was going to say either that one or 10.

Echronos · Mar 2012

Thanks Habboi

I finally finished my mace. Here is the final result:

Here is how it looks like with Death:

All I have to do now it to make the final image. Hope you guys like it and good lucky to everyone

Roy · Mar 2012

really nice!!

Echronos · Mar 2012

Thanks Roy

Final Image:

pulyx · Mar 2012

Amazing job bro.

[DS2] Mace, Echronos

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