[Dota2] – Skeleton King – Maelvolence

Futashia

Got frustrated with PA set not turning out so well so I'm going to do Skeleton king!! My second favorite hero!!! This is my concept so far, going to upload some hipoly and stuff later on when I'm not so sleepy

edit: OMG I typo'd my damn thread... is there a way to change it? Ugh....

foeffa

Looks like a promising Leo set

Futashia

Updated color scheme I made it less gold all over

Futashia

updated, sword design finished!

cerberusd

one of the best ive seen so far.

ACap

Oh, that man looks Great, But why not phantom asassin( you did a lot of job and I think it should be completed. Anyway - it is your choice and I will be eagerly waiting for your progress on that big guy)

Strange

Looks like a great concept. The abundance of gold is a novelty and a boon. I would maintain a bit of red highlights in key places for a more menacing look. Additionally, It seems that his cape is replaced by a second shoulder guard; this looks good but without the cape he is missing a critical piece of his back armour. If you continued to have some sort of armoured wrap around or a golden/metal/whatever cape, then the concept would be complete. As is, it reminds me of Megatron - which is awesome.

Futashia

Low poly mesh for armor done, sword is done too, will post later, as soon as I get all my high poly done

@Strange I totally agree! So I managed to manage my poly budget and keep the cape!

Strange

I'm glad I could be helpful at all! THe model looks outstanding now. The twin pauldrons makes this set from the base model and is starkly unique among the other Skeleton King contest entries.

Just keep in mind the cape has high visibility and really defines almost half his model. I can't wait to see the textures for the cape and the rest of the model.

I'm also highly curious about what your final ideas are for his broadsword and the contrast potential there.

Cheers! Keep it up and strong!

Futashia

I want to change the name of my set, is there anyway I can do that on the thread?

Strange

Usually, in BBcode, you can go click "Go Advanced" after initiating the editing of the first post and change the Title and Description of the Thread as stated in the forum listings. I hope that works!

Futashia

Thank you again for your most welcome help, it worked!

Futashia

Shoulderpads done so far. Might go back to it later to change some technical stuff with the texture

Futashia

came up with a second sword for him, going to make that instead (left)

Strange

Now this is epic. The modeling with the shoulders looks outright superb. It can only get better with your texturing attention.

Also, that new should definitely seals the deal; fantastic and unique silhouette that continues the symmetry of the armor set.

Bravo. Looks like this is finally coming full circle - and what a glorious circle it is! Only thing left to see is the helm and the cape.

Futashia

@stranger many thanks again! I will definitely try to improve the textures in what way I can

Also for anyone else reading, do you guys know how valve made SK's cape double sided?

phazeddl

Futashia wrote: »

Also for anyone else reading, do you guys know how valve made SK's cape double sided?

I am not sure, as i think i've read dota 2 engine doesn't support double sided materials (might be wrong).

Btw, this concept of SK is my favourite so far, awesome helmet and shoulders!

Futashia

@phazeddl many thanks! I hope to have your continued support even after I upload the remaining pieces!! Also you're right, dota doesn't support double sided materials. From what I see it looks like valve just stuck 2 capes together and inverted the faces of the other one, think it might be that? Just a wild guess though

Gareth_Thomas

If you check SK's model in maya you'll see that there are two sets of "cape" polygons on top of each other. The new sword is looking cool BTW.

Futashia

thanks gareth!

Futashia

was designing helmets for SK then suddenly I made Wario-stache helmet. I'm going with the middle one btw

ACap

Fantastic. Those sharp edjes really looks good. Greaat progress. Keep it up!

Futashia

sword is done

BrontoThunder

That sword looks cooooool!

kageko

the sword looks really good, you should think about enhancing the normalmap though, as right now it doesnt show up too much in the image, just duplicate it and set it to overlay and you should see alot more of it ingame

iStanislav

Amazing work! How much Triangles is it?