[DotA2] - Skeleton King - Vestments of the Damned

Zambash

Hey guys, just started sketches for a Skeleton King set for the contest, here's what I've got so far, shoulder and gauntlet still to come!

Zambash

Here's a WIP on the axe, mostly done with the easy part lol

Tvidotto

you know that will be huge on the skeletons king hand? the skull maybe will be bigger than his head =]

i really like the concept of the axe, not sure if it fits sk, but in the game there is a sword for axe and an axe for omni...

Zambash

Another update, pretty much done with the model for the axe, couldn't make the spine quite as cool as I wanted, ran outa polys, but I can throw in a few more links in the other view-distance since you get fifty more polys.

Thanks for the feedback, yeah I know it's gonna be pretty big, hopefully it looks epic

Zambash

Update on the axe, unwrap done and texture started.

Zambash

An update, here's the axe in game! Going to do the helmet next, will also upload pics of finished axe texture and stuff later.

slence

That big skull is out of place

Rik

what's your poly count at? You should be able to add a lot more detail into the handle and even the skull. The handle looks much too boxy.

Zambash

I agree the handle being a square isn't what I wanted it to be, but the poly limit is only 350 and I'm just barely under it, 340-something as I recall. I even deleted all geometry inside the skull and the undersides of the spine and stuff but just couldn't find enough polys to add detail to other areas

Though I don't think it's too big of an issue, up close like this it doesn't look the best, but you cant really tell it's a box at in-game distance and thats what really matters, I will post an in-game distance shot in a sec.

Zambash

Here's in-game distance:

JGcount

Did I read somewhere that Valve is talking squares and not tris when they say polies? Anyone can confirm this?

Erafic

JGcount wrote: »

Did I read somewhere that Valve is talking squares and not tris when they say polies? Anyone can confirm this?

Their upload tool in dota say no.

Zambash

Hmmm, the uploader took mine fine with quads, also the standard models are full of quads lol.

Erafic

Was rather meaning if a poly mean a quad or a triangle. If it meant quad we would all have double the budget since a quad is the same as two triangles. My entry is also full of quads xD

Qwiggalo

You can import a non-triangulated fbx and it will work when the tris are overbudget. But I am not sure if that is intended or not.

reverendK

Qwiggalo wrote: »

You can import a non-triangulated fbx and it will work when the tris are overbudget. But I am not sure if that is intended or not.

I do believe that's the question of the ages - Whether we're counting in Tris or Ngons makes a pretty big difference in budget. And I'd hate to have a submission denied because it's within spec when imported but over-budget for the contest.

Zambash

That's true, any way a moderator could weigh-in on this, are quads allowed? Cuz if not its really gonna kill budgets ><

Zambash

Some work on the helmet, had to ditch the back 2 horns do to poly limit:

Zambash

UV mapped helmet:

mrpresident

Zambash wrote: »

I agree the handle being a square isn't what I wanted it to be, but the poly limit is only 350 and I'm just barely under it, 340-something as I recall. I even deleted all geometry inside the skull and the undersides of the spine and stuff but just couldn't find enough polys to add detail to other areas

Though I don't think it's too big of an issue, up close like this it doesn't look the best, but you cant really tell it's a box at in-game distance and thats what really matters, I will post an in-game distance shot in a sec.

The Lod1 poly limit is 350, but the Lod0 is 400. You could use the 350 one for in-game but have an extra 50 polies for when being previewed.