[DOTA2] - Riki - Royal Armour

refraction

I have an idea to give Riki some heavier armour, since as a stealth character his is pretty light.

I have two ideas, one set to reflect his royal history, but I also wanted to change his horns and make him appear transformed, like an akuma -> shin akuma kind of thing, the theme there being more "Revenge Riki", where he's taken over by his desire for revenge.

Items are submitted! http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198068961138/myworkshopfiles?appid=570

refraction

Working out some ideas..

oDD

I'm also working on Riki Set. I'm Really digging the horns! good luck

refraction

oDD - Thanks man! I really like the concept work you're doing for your riki set, very inspiring

Some concepting of my own..

refraction

Not 100% which arm piece I'll go with yet, I like the repeating shapes throughout the set though.

Probably going to overlap the UVs for all the shoulderpads, will probably have to buff out some of those knicks so it doesn't look super obvious. From above it doesn't look as bad though.

Mongrelman

If you're wanting to rework the horns and reflect more on his royal heritage perhaps twisting them into a sort of crown shape might work?

agentfx

looks good. but I wouldn't do crown shaped horns. Maybe ornate rings on them something a bit more subtle to the royalness then make the horns something that draws attention to them as something different, but matches the armor. idk looks good so far.

refraction

I do want to make the horns more interesting. I like the style of horns he has now and want to work with that.. but those are good suggestions! I'll sketch some ideas of armor plates or decorations on the horns.

At first I tried to make realistic horns, but they lost too much of the game's style. I like what I've got now

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Deciding which arm-guard style to go with, and need to re-make some LoD1 pieces but getting there..

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Super minor update to the arm piece (going to be on both arms). I've been doing the low rez versions and textures, still have to make the masks and then it's almost done and I can have fun trying to upload

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In game versions, screenshots from marmoset. Next is getting the masks done and I guess some rigging(?) then that's it!

Head


Shoulders


Arms

refraction

Wait what =(

No idea why the geo is floating off of him.. going to take some messing around..

refraction

omg omg haha, First item is in!

I'll make sure to explain how I got past this problem in the main workshop thread tomorrow!

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Shoulders are in.

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And the arms. All the pieces are in!



This was a really fun contest for me, I've never made anything for source before.. I kept my entry pretty simple, and I still like it.. hopefully DOTA2 fans like it too

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Some final images.. Really enjoyed this, mainly the design and concepting. I'll be working on personal concept/illustration projects for a while after this

Also! Here's a link to my items on steam: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198068961138/myworkshopfiles?appid=570

Anuxinamoon

Grats on the finish dude!