[Dota2] – Crystal Maiden – Ice Queen

artquest

Hi all!! I'm a bit late to the party but it looked like too much fun not to join in

I'm not 100% sure on my hero pick but so far I had an idea I liked for Crystal Maiden so here's the first concept.

After being trained by the ice wizard for years and left to guard his glacier while he sleeps... she has proclaimed herself queen of the realm and decided to spread her icy powers beyond the glacier itself.

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First Post:

Clyptic

It's a good start, I like the crown and collar but I think the shoulders could be more than just fluff/fur. Though they should still retain some to accent the rest of her.

dproeder

Maybe continue with the Gold material from the staff to accentuate the fur shoulders?

artquest

Thanks for the suggestions gentz! They helped get some ideas going quite a bit Here's my round 2.

dproeder

Atta Boy! Feeling that the Bracers need some gold love too to balance out the yellowish color progression downwards.

Clyptic

Much better!

artquest

Weapons and more brainstorming....

Managor

1,2 and 4 have a good design in them. The hair in 3 is taking it too far though.
As for the staff designs, they're all nice. Maybe stiffen them up a bit so they don't seem that fragile.

dproeder

They Body of 3 with the head of 2. maybe push the circlet a little more.

artquest

dproeder wrote: »

They Body of 3 with the head of 2. maybe push the circlet a little more.

I'm a bit confused. 2 and 3 have the same body... I only changed the hair between 2, 3 and 4.

JGcount

I REALLY like nr1. Specifically the shoulders/collar thing. The others just look very generic compared to it. Also, it reminds me of the icequeen from Narnia...I think thats a good thing.

Trakesh

I think number 2 fits her more as a character than any of the others. But I also like design number 1.

I don't think a crown fits her in any case, but the slightly changed hairstyle in 4 is pretty neat. I'd actually love to see 2 with the hair of 4 and the circlet of 2.

artquest

JGcount wrote: »

I REALLY like nr1. Specifically the shoulders/collar thing. The others just look very generic compared to it. Also, it reminds me of the icequeen from Narnia...I think thats a good thing.

That's good :)I like number 1 the most as well so far. I Think I'm almost ready to start modeling tonight If anyone has any reference images of royal scepters or cool fancy clothing then feel free to post it. I feel like I haven't found the right staff yet so I'll have to sketch up some more quick concepts for it.

Futashia

1 is the best so far, i'd definitely buy that. The whole coat thing is badass! Imo 2,3,4 are also very good but what I'm afraid of is the silhouette starting to bleed into Invoker territory, personal opinion but I just feel like sticking with 1 (not only your best option imo) is probably your safest option as well

ACap

Very strong concepts. I like staff #4 and hair #3 I think they will look perfectly together.

Clyptic

I really like staff #2, it's fierce yet elegant at the same time. For the armor, I like #2.

Okoo

Staff : #2
Set : #1

D-TiMeR

Set: #2
Staff: #1 #2 #3 #4! xD

Fingus

Set number 1 with staff number 3. A nice symmetry to the general forms with her head being wrapped around by the round shape.

artquest

3D Has begun!

dproeder

artquest wrote: »

I'm a bit confused. 2 and 3 have the same body... I only changed the hair between 2, 3 and 4.

LOL oh. Then I guess Set Number 2...which seems to have been the consensus anyways.

artquest

After blocking in some 3D stuff I just plain didn't like the design. So I did another pass on the concept stage. I've updated first post with the new concepts.

Let me know your thoughts!

Does anyone know how easy it is to hook up dynamics to a part of a character? I know Templar assassin's long sleeve is dynamic but I'm not sure if I can do the same if I model long sleeves for CM.

artquest

Getting very close to a final I think! I need to jump into modeling asap.

artquest

Got my block in done tonight! Here's a Zbrush render -- Mat cap courtesy of Hazardous.

D4V1DC

She's looking elegant very nice work.

agentfx

its come a long way! Looking fantastic!

artquest

Here's an update, trying to decide which cape to go with

Okoo

The right one! =D

Pina

Agree with Okoo

artquest

Doing some cleanup work... Still got a little pinching to fix on the shoulder topology but I may just sculpt it instead for time's sake.

agentfx

did you solve your in game scaling issue? Often times its translation on the geo before rigging that does things like that for me.

artquest

I de-compiled the SMD from the game itself and here's the result LOL:

agentfx

interesting, huh. Stinks you had to do it the hard way, but cool you figured it out.

artquest

Updates on page 1!

Anuxinamoon

Looking MUCH better Joel!!!! Hurry up

artquest

W00t!! The extension on the dota 2 contest means more time for questioning design decisions that I was initially locked in to. we'll see where this goes from here.