[DOTA 2] Axe Entry

3DArtwork

EDIT: Please note this thread title was changed in here after posting and was not updated in the listing.

Off to a bit of a rough start, I didn't see the big list of allowed heroes and just picked one from the link they provided above the list. My choices are Spirit Breaker, Huskar, Faceless Void, Disruptor, and Beastmaster. I am going to model the 2 axes that are circled below as well as the "mace lantern." I am not familiar with DOTA2 enough to know if the axes and offhand lantern mace would fit any of them. However I would guess Spirit Breaker would though he had a flail in the FBX model. None of these actually wield axes in the models I downloaded, but I'm going to do it until someone tells me not to. I feel out of all the possible weapons, I feel the most comfortable and confident modeling such weapons. Here is the preliminary sketches I did last night.

3DArtwork

Drew one of the axes in larger format for clarity. There's an inner blade inside the outer blade that is exposed at the gaps. Thinking of maybe making the edges of the inner blade have the teeth of a saw blade.

EDIT: I think I'm going to make the inner blade with teeth so the outer blade slices well and the inner blade chews to assure the wound doesn't heal.

agentfx

you're going to be bummed like I was, Axe isn't on the list of choosable characters.
http://www.polycount.com/dota2polycountcontest

3DArtwork

This is the type of blade teeth I mentioned in the previous post. This will be on the inner blade. Something to really bite into the flesh and bone.

3DArtwork

agentfx wrote: »

you're going to be bummed like I was, Axe isn't on the list of choosable characters.
http://www.polycount.com/dota2polycountcontest

OH I already fixed that. I caught myself just after I submitted, and although I changed my title in this thread, it won't update on the Forum's list.

agentfx

ah right, I see that. Cool.

3DArtwork

Decided to do a semi-quick model of the axe I drew earlier today. I don't know really if it's going to work. The one thing I definitely can tell from this is that the outer blade really has to look more like chiseled stone with nicks and such along the blade's edge. The inner saw blade does not show very well as I would want the teeth to be more apparent. To solve this, the teeth need to be smaller.

I still am confident those in the gaming industry are going to win the contest over me, but I'm still enjoying it at the moment. I'm really an environmental artist, and an architectural one at that.

3DArtwork

Here's a 3D concept model of my Lantern Mace. I'm doing it all wrong by making weapons then trying to figure out which hero these would fit. But it's due to a lack of experience with DOTA 2. Anyway, I'm having fun.

3DArtwork

Hmmm. Just grabbed a random in-game image of a hero to scale it down. Obviously it's not the Hero I picked (or will pick). Of course, the scale is going to vary depending on your resolution and how zoomed in you are, I'd imagine

agentfx

my favorite thing is that you have what looks like a protective cover over the saw blades on your (axe?) weapon. So it'll hurt when he hits you with it but not AS bad as if the saw blades were unprotected!