[Dota2] – Sand King – Wrath of Qaldin

Kamikaze Mikey

Hey there guys!

So here is my entry to this epic DOTA 2 item comp! Figured id go for Sand King and take the whole "make his exoskeleton armor more epic" approach.

Zambash

Nice concepts, makes a good strong silhouette. You might try and go for a little more detail on the claws and legs though to make it a sharper contrast with the original.

ike_ike

from the side i think you might be lurching a biiit too much into nyx assassin's silhouette

Kamikaze Mikey

Cheers for the feedback so far guys!

Yeah im hoping that once I take things into Zbrush I can not only add those finer details and stuff to the feet and claws but also push and pull the general shape around to make things differ from the nyx assassin silhouette. But yeah the Nyx assassin deal is definitely in the back of my head atm... Pretty sure a major bit of that is the damn horn.... But maaaaan... horns on bugs just seem so right hahaha

Spudnik

Could you post wireframes? It's kinda hard to see everything that's going on.

Kamikaze Mikey

Sure thing Spudnik, here are the wireframes for the model so far. None of the armor sets are optimized for polycount budgets at the moment. Just using them as a base for takin them into Zbrush but heres hopin it might make things easier to read XD

Frut

Love playing sand king, so I'll keep an eye on this thread.:) Very nice start btw!

Kamikaze Mikey

Sup guys! Here is the current progress so far on sculpting up some stuff on the head for this guy

kageko

looking good, loving the spider eyes, whats the plan for the rest? or are you improvising the sculpt as you go?

Spudnik

I don't know if you're aware of this but some of the stuff you have in your current mesh is not gonna be visible when your item is equipped. For reference, here's the Sand King base model without any items:



The point being that for your polybudget, remember to include the parts of the original items that you're using in your calculations.

Kamikaze Mikey

Cheers for the feedback guys!

Kageko: Cheers dude! Im pretty much for the most part just winging it as far as the sculpt goes. Ill prolly do a little more work on the head and then perhaps let it sit for awhile before moving onto the back or something and then come back to the head later.

Spudnik: Cheers for the heads up man! I had a feeling that was going to be the case which is all good and ive kept that in mind.

Clyptic

Really nice looking helm. Couldn't really tell where you were going with this before.

cakeypigdog

Looking great so far. I like the helmet shape a lot.

Okoo

Spudnik wrote: »

I don't know if you're aware of this but some of the stuff you have in your current mesh is not gonna be visible when your item is equipped. For reference, here's the Sand King base model without any items:



The point being that for your polybudget, remember to include the parts of the original items that you're using in your calculations.

yep, you right. But its nice

Kamikaze Mikey

Hey guys! Heres some work on the back armor stuff.... Not quite happy with it yet though. Think im going to keep messing with shapes and forms with the other armor pieces and come back to things as new inspiration hits me hahaha

Naso

Love the zbushing so far, can't wait to see some textures and masks on it when it's done and in game

Kamikaze Mikey

Hey there guys!

Heres the latest update. Ive also changed up his current back armor. Im still blocking out most of the forms and havent really gotten into the finer details yet but at this point I just want to get the main shapes out.

Kamikaze Mikey

Sup guys!

Heres some current WIP on the claws for this guy!

ACap

Looks fantastic man. Good shapes. with proper textures it will shine. Keep it up!

Kamikaze Mikey

Sup Guys!

Its been a while since my last update. Ive been busy trying to make sure that I wont run into any more issues with the exporting like the whole "back" means "tail" fiasco i kinda ran into hahaha. Ive made a few changes to the sculpt lately in order to actually create somin that fits within the tri count limits. Ive also dropped down some base colors for the textures. I got a couple days to polish this up however... 2moro is the 1st of December... Which where i come from means Crate Day XD... Much beer shall be consumed and very little work shall be accomplished hahaha

Kamikaze Mikey

Well im cuttin it close but i think ill submit this guy here and now XD

ACap

Great job, man. love your colors. Your set is so huge) It is so massive) Good luck!