[Dota 2] - Phantom Lancer - Ancient warrior

Kraken

Hi everyone!
Can't miss such a great contest! Gonna make ancient armor set for Phantom lancer.
Latest update:

Futashia

neat design, it's nice seeing some good old fashioned armor plating on PL

agentfx

cool design looks tougher, but feels like it matches the DOTA2 design sensibilities. Maybe a little big (for my tastes) but otherwise pretty sweet.

TMiuccio

I like the design. it looks solid, so keep going!

Kraken

Thanks guys! Made high poly for lance:

agentfx

Nice! that's going to give you a ton to work with once you get to painting color maps

duoxan

awesome sculpt, not sure if you plan on breaking up the handle, but its looking pretty bland.

duoxan

double posted like a scrub, ignore this

Kraken

Yeah, handle isn't finished yet.

D4V1DC

I like this a lot, nice work on the damage to the blade.
The jaggedness works well and It looks brutal.

Futashia

incredible!

Kraken

More progress! Made a high poly for shoulders and added details for lance:

bn20

what matcap are you using?

Kraken

bn20 some kind of metal matcap from Pixologic matcap library but slightly modified

Boonta

cool spear! i like the detailing

Kraken

Thx!
Does anybody know is it allowed to use alpha/transparency for Phantom lancer?

bounchfx

I looked it up, it doesn't look like we can .

This is looking freakin' awesome so far man, great job! The weapon looks bad ass and I like the spikes on the shoulder pad - they echo his hair really nice.

Managor

Looks kinda like a halberd (I'm no expert).
Maybe you could try to cut the bottom spike of the head to make it look more like a spear/lance.

Kraken

bounchfx That's sad:(
Managor I'll think about it, thx.
Here is fresh update, almost finished with armour:

Spudnik

...I'll be in my bunk.

agentfx

Sculpt is looking great. I wonder if mirroring back the shoulder would be better. He attacks with his Left side so thats why this shoulder pad is on his left, left side forward.

Futashia

wow impressive sculpt! I can't wait to see this finished

BoBo_the_seal

really nice work!

Kraken

Thanks for comments guys, it's really pushes me forward

SoundStage

Great work!
If its not too much to ask, and if you are free, could you please write a guide about your workflow? I have started working on 3d models on 3dsmax and have also released 2 weapons. But I do not understand how to translate a high poly model on to a low poly model that will be able to capture all the details and be able to work in Dota 2.

D4V1DC

It's coming together now and I like how that belt is looking.

Kraken

Guys i need your help!
I've made a texture and a low poly for lance but i've got wierd issue while exporting to Dota2.


I've placed lance on the same place as in original file and and skined it to a proper bone.


However it didn't work:



But then i exported lance from original file and it had the same problem. (however if take original .FBX file without exporting it - it works and match perfectly)

Does anybody knows why such thing can happend?
Maybe something wrong with FBX export or I simply don't know some details?

Thanks!

ike_ike

his default weapon is all floaty even in the model viewer so i don't think it's a problem on your end

also that is a really, really, really classy texture

Lennyagony

This is looking great Kraken,

As for the lance not matching up, it could be a few things.

Are you using 3dsmax? if you are try importing the bones from the .smd, i have issues with floating items if i import the rig from a .fbx.

I also had a similar problem with the Axe rig downloaded from the dota2 website not matching the in game version. I found extracting the .smd rig from the client gave me a better match.

Kraken

I've finally made it. You wouldn't belive but what i should do it's to change the position of weapon. Because if to put it like in a original file it won't work!

Quite tired in the end:)

P.S. Texture looks terribly compressed

BrontoThunder

Good job fixing the positioning! It looks great.

Regarding the texture compression, make sure your in-game graphics settings are maxed-out

Kraken

BrontoThunder You rock dude!! Thank you so much!

BrontoThunder

Yay! Glad I could help!

AbKI

The blue and gold combo works really well, doesn't look too same-y or anything, that texture is great.

Draggy

I have to concur that you will probably want to mirror this design so that the armored shoulder is the shoulder facing forward. This will also make your beautiful shoulder guard design more visible in game too I think

agentfx

I agree great color combo to change things up while staying in the same color scheme!

Kraken

Thank you guys! appreciate your comments:)
Made textures for shoulders and belt armor, probably it's not final variant:

agentfx

looking good! The blue horns feel a little out of place. The blue doesn't mesh as well as it did, for some reason, on the spear. Maybe make the shape right above the belt blue and the horns gold?

AbKI

Agree with agentfx, all looks awesome but the blue horns look a bit out of place. Maybe white like his hair?

Kraken

Thabks for advice. Maybe you're right, i'll think about it.

foeffa

Epic stuff!

Kraken

found some time to make high-poly for gauntlets

agentfx

nice! love the detail level in this set. I wonder how it will all look in game.

Kraken

Some experiments with colors:

Kraken

And how about golden material?

Anuxinamoon

Thats looking really nice in game mate! Make sure to check the values and the gradation by slapping a black and white adjustment layer on the top of your texture and viewing it on the model. That shit is so helpful I canny recommend doing that enough

Kraken

Some marketing art with high res texture




ingame shoots will come soon..

AbKI

That is looking really cool. Can't wait to see the in-game shots!

Pina

Good texture work!

Clyptic

Nice work!

Lennyagony

You totally nailed this set, the chunky detail and value shifts on the amour sections are bound to look awesome in game.