The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
[DS2] Mace, Glenatron
polycounter lvl 11
Haven't posted on here in a good long while, but gonna give this damn fine contest a go.
Very messy concept, which needs refining, but gives the general jist of what I want to do. Started off as an 'angelic' mace, but beardy didn't fit well. I'm leaning more toward 'maker' now.
Edit edit: Here's the newest version
Very messy concept, which needs refining, but gives the general jist of what I want to do. Started off as an 'angelic' mace, but beardy didn't fit well. I'm leaning more toward 'maker' now.
Edit edit: Here's the newest version
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Adventure Time!!!!
Ok now seriously this concept is just awesome. Maybe proportions don't fit into proxy bounding boxes, but you will lengthen the handle and it will be golden
Looking forward to seeing more
Nice to see someone else doing a 'face-mace'. ^^
*love the avatar. though I'm biased since I'm at CN.
Cheers for the comments guys, and good point about the proxy. I've gone through and rejigged the shape, changed the colour scheme, and also improved areas like how the handle attaches to the business end/pommel.
Gonna be a new way of face-planting people. And jersey shore? Oh god, why!?!? Arrrghhhhh
I'll be doing a quick doodle of the side profile before I begin to model. It's hard to show on the concept, but the curls from the beard will wrap around, and curl under the arcs of the fleur de lys. It'll change the silhouette a little, but if I'm careful, not drastically.
- a laurel wreath on head put it more to ancient Greek/Rome than DS2 universe, maybe you should change this element to some kind of angelic tiara or just metal plates for maker?
- swirls on beard and handle are to round, they should have more corners like 90 degrees angle.
- beard is wider than actual head, maybe you could make beard smaller or straighten it up? (removing swirls at the same time)
Looking forward to update
I'll look at replacing the laurel wreath at some point, but not really sure which way is the best way to go yet.
I've also done a quick sketch without the face, to see what people think.
This is great work man, keep it up!
Di$array: That is a top notch idea mate! I'll have to be savvy with the beard shape and reduce the detail, but it should just go down in size enough to fit on the pommel. Will give it a go in a bit.
Still need to chunky up some bits a bit more, but almost ready to take this into ZBrush
I like the idea actually, it sorta has that cartoon comic book vibe to it.
Done a quick first pass on the diffuse, and started cleaning up the ao/normal maps. Specular still to come, and a lot of tightening up etc. Any c+c would be grateful.
Done another pass on the textures. Only got tomorrow to work on this now, so let me know if you guys think there's anything naff, and I'll get it sorted. (I have tired eyes).
New WIP. Almost ready to submit this sucka! Any thoughts peeps?
Also i'd maybe add some colour variation to the AO and some blends like the gold mace here:
See how it stays mainly gold but in the shadows it goes into a blue tinge. It's kind of the polarise render setting effect that you can get from marmoset but it'd be in the textures instead.
Here's the final render