[Dota 2] - Beastmaster - TBD

zephyri

Hey guys, myself and my modelling partner Aerashi are having a bash at this as big Valve fans all round. I'm a concept artist by trade and Aerashi is an environment and prop modeller most of the time. We've not actually played the game yet, but have spent a bit of time researching the various characters, their backgrounds and in-game abilities. Despite the Beastmaster title on the thread, I'm posting for the Beastmaster, Enchantress and Silencer here, as we're still in the process of deciding which to flesh out properly, and would welcome some community and player input! Beastmaster is being modelled first, but if we decide to take the silencer or enchantress further we'll create new threads. Thanks for looking all

EDIT: Cheers for the heads up about the images. Is this looking okay for people?

Beastmaster:


Enchantress:


Silencer:

Baj Singh

Hey Sam, your images are broken :poly142:

zephyri

Thanks for the heads up Baj... had so many issues trying to get them to work!

Anuxinamoon

Winter enchantress looks so cool (get it!?)

Looking forward to seeing which one you pick

Baj Singh

Really nice stuff there.

I think the Enchantress thumbs look the most interesting due to the seasonal changes in the costume (the colours really pop and I absolutely love the winter one). They all stand out really well. Perhaps you should consider just doing all four of those instead .

As for the Beastmaster and Silencer, I would say 3 and 4 respectively.

Good luck

zephyri

So we're going with the junglestalker for now, mostly as a way to get used to the workflow, so I tweaked a couple of the design elements and polished it out with a more 3/4 view, with game-esque colour settings to see how it worked. Figured it had more of a beastmaster feel with the teeth on the helm upturned instead.



Lore ideas: upon his travels, the beastmaster came into contact with a native jungle tribe who held his affinity with the native beasts as a near godlike ability. Awed, they bestowed the highest spiritual honor they could, adorning him with the jaguar's pelt and accoutrements, and naming him Junglestalker.

JGcount

I was hoping you would choose junglestalker. I like aztecs...

zephyri

Anuxinamoon: thank you, your own threads were inspirational!
JGcount: same here, and how could you not do ancient meso american with that red face paint?
Baj: Yeah if I could even think about modelling, I'd be well into the winter Enchantress myself Maybe a season set of 4 might be a future plan

Here's some thumbs for the axe weapon slot.

Some Jerk

7 and 8 manage to stand out the most to me.

Futashia

5 looks good, i dont know, but i really like the simplicity of it, sometimes you just need a good ol' reliable chopping axe. 9 is also cool because it's so weird looking. 1 has a sweet design on it

Some Jerk

Yes, the biggest problem with the axes in they all look too good in their own special ways.

Cymen

I like 2, 5 and especially 10 the most.

TeeStock

Can't wait to see the helmet and belt made. The designs are going to lend themselves so well to the texturing style of the game. Bring ' em on! For the axes, I imagine 8 with the blade markings of 7 , and the cloth bandages of 1.

Pina

Awesome designs dude!
Good choice with the aztec design, although I would like to see the bluebell enchantress made.

As foe the axes I think 10 is the one that fits better with the overall design.

D4V1DC

Weapon: 1 or 8, nice concepts.

danidem

I'm in love with the head, gj!