[Dota 2] - Slardar - Royal Slithereen Guard

KICKER

Well, I screwed up and picked a character that's not on "the list" so here is a similar iteration for Slardar. The idea is he's been outfitted with guard gear from the "Sunken Treasury" to defend his under water realm from subaqueous thieves.





I included my previous concept as well just for reference.

Update 10/30 - Final? - 01

Just have to put together a nice presentation sheet!

Collection - Slithereen Royal Guard



Weapon - Abyssal Axe of The Ancients



Head - Helm of The Deep



Arms - Gauntlets of The Gorge






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Update 10/23 - concept - 01

tjallen8

I quite like the concept, but I'm not sure that the colour scheme works with Slardar. I would have thought something grey or bluey-green would work better. Without trying to sound rude, have you read the Dota 2 guide to colour schemes?

KICKER

Yes, I've read it. This armor set I've come up with is split complimentary.

shanks37

overall i think the colour works fine but it does need to be a bit more subdued. maybe try a tarnished silver since that works with the sunken treasure idea anyway.

KICKER

Yeah, good idea. I'll definitely lower the saturation.

KICKER

hi-poly model in progress...

It looks like for this model I don't get a bind pose that's very good, so I'll have to paint some weights for the arms and the back if I decide to tackle that

foeffa

thumbs up

KICKER

The armor and weapon are pretty much done, but I'm going to revisit the gauntlet before start retopo. Any C&C out there?

ACap

Great job, man. I would fill those empty area on the weapon. Good job so far - Keep it up!

KICKER

Ooh, nice! I think filling that negative space would be a nice touch. Thanks for the crit!

KICKER

Does anyone know where the weapon bone is in the Slardar file? I can't seem to find it. I'm looking in the maya file. Do I need to import the SMD or .FBX files?

KICKER

Update 10/29 - wip - 03




SO Slardar needs his weapon attached to right wrist.

Today was baking and experimenting with the mask1 and mask2 textures. I'd like to know how to get a better glow effect. I have that alpha channel whited out in some areas without any perceptable glow.

I'm going to tweak these maps until I get what I'm looking for then crank through the other two pieces and add a 4th if I have time.

beryllium

Just came to say thanks for tackling my favorite hero. If the armor winds up matching the color scheme of what you've done on the weapon I think this will be an awesome set. Keep up the great work.

KICKER

Quick update on helm. I'm taking a slightly different direction in the colors and upping the texture resolution in game definitely helps!

BrontoThunder

That looks sick, can't wait to see the whole set finished.

BrontoThunder

Also, regarding your question about shaders - check out this post:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1696009&postcount=2342

KICKER

Wow thanks! I'll be sure to hook that up tonight.

Man, that's crazy. I worked with that guy at SOE...or at least he was a contractor there as we worked on the same PlanetSide2 assets. Small world.

KICKER

Update 10/30 - Final? - 01

Just have to put together a nice presentation sheet!

Collection - Slithereen Royal Guard



Weapon - Abyssal Axe of The Ancients



Head - Helm of The Deep



Arms - Gauntlets of The Gorge

Anuxinamoon

Wow that turned out really nice!!! goodluck!!!

KICKER

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

D4V1DC

Looks real nice, I like the gradients in the helmet.

FrostBite

Very cool stuff, love the color's.

Futashia

unique!

KICKER

Thanks!

OtrickP

Sick! One of my favorites, Great work!

Clyptic

Amazing texture work!