[Dota2] - Crystal Maiden - Wayfarer's Winter Companion

sadies

latest update:


first post:
Hi all, hoping to end up with something cool for the Crystal Maiden. Rough sketch of what I'm going for! Still gotta concept the arm and weapon slots, but gonna try and test some of the other elements in 3d first :icon60:

danidem

That wolf is the best thing for maiden I've seen so far!!

Can't wait to see moar!

Futashia

you put that cute little adorable animal on her shoulders and you've got yourself a customer!

I'm not big on that circlet you put on her head though Hair is nice!

Clyptic

Love the arctic fox? skin, awesome idea. I would probably make the area around her neck a bit smaller in the actually model because I don't just the animals fur alone would be that thick. It also makes her look a little top heavy. Unless it's alive...in which case disregard what I said lol.

sadies

danidem-- Haha thanks dude
Futashia-- Thanks! Yeah, I was unsure about circlet as well, maybe a little too conan-y
Clyptic-- Thanks Clyptic. Yep it's aliiive! (although it was initially dead ha)

Here's an update of my concept (after some good crit from danidem & hntrluc). I'm aiming for a 3 piece set (head, shoulders, back) as I'm getting short on time and really need to move on. If time allows, I might still tackle the arm slot and weapon.

likeafox

oo I like it.

Clyptic

Looks good.

artquest

Hey, I want to give you a heads up, the model provided from valve is not the same size as the one in the game. When I tried to import my models things were a lot larger. I did not however have any issues with omni-knight so I believe it's an issue with the files provided by valve.

Spudnik

The safest route is to use the .SMDs directly decompiled from the game itself.

kageko

whoa, havent noticed that problem before, luckily none of the models ive worked with have had this problem. Have you checked which units the fbx-exporter is using?

Looking seriously awesome btw! Think this can be a contender to win

artquest

Here's an update on my issue. I decompiled the smd from the game and I've found the version provided on the steam workshop is about 20% larger than it is in the game.

If anyone wants the model with the correct size feel free to PM me and I'll send u the maya file with the model.

sadies

Whoa thanks for the nice words guys!

artquest- Hey thanks for the heads up, your maiden is looking pretty great

Here's my zbrush block in-- changed the cape, gonna try and tie it in more to the striped fox tail theme. Got lots of work to do heh..

sadies

Tested out the shoulders in-game and it didn't look off scale but I'll have to check it out again with my other pieces.

Here's some progress on the hood, back and fox. Got lots of work to do!

I also settled on a new set name, more fitting to the design I ended up going with-- more of a rougher, hermity Crystal Maiden, training and travelling around Icewrack.

dale22x

the fur looks nice =D

sadies

heh thanks dale

a mostly-done fox update!

HntrLuc

Looking sweet! Keep going and get a weapon done too!!

D4V1DC

Whoa very nice I love it!
Hurry

Farfarer

Really nice idea, hope you get this finished

demondance

Great work, i am really impress with your fox and hair... look like a lady from the North Land....

Damn, keep it up. I am looking forward to your weapon.

sadies

Thanks for the comments! Posting a quick update, I'm working on retopo and uv'ing, vainly hoping to bake tonight as well ahhh

$!nz - thanks glad you like it !
Farfarer - haha thanks, you and me both!!
demondance - thanks so much-- I really hope I can miraculously finish a weapon as well
hntrluc - how bout $50 to make a weapon for me :smokin:

Final Head, Shoulders, and Back sculpts --

ENODMI

Hey, nice sculpt, spot on to your concept:)

Clyptic

That sculpt looks really good! Hope you get it finished.

Meister

Do you plan to finish this set standalone and submit it to the workshop?

It's so exceptionally cute and (so far) wonderfully modeled! This set will be a shoe-in to enter the game when you finish it.

Keep up the amazing work, you're great!

danidem

Looking awesome, keep it up!!!

Naso

That fox is so cute, good job, I really like what you have done!

OrganizedChaos

Hey wow, I missed this one. Looking good so far !

Anuxinamoon

Nice sculpt ! PLease finish so I can have poofy foxy wherever I go

sadies

Wow, thanks for all of the kind comments!

Really pushed hard to try and get it done for the contest but in the end, I needed more time and wasn't happy with my rigging & textures. Definitely would like to finish her as soon as possible!

I have time now to add a hunter's knife and pouch or potions bottle to the her side (will be included in the back slot) since I have quite a bit of extra triangles there. Also can get a weapon done as well as bracers or gloves of some kind for a full set

Thanks again you guys, really glad there's some love for this, definitely motivates me to finish her up asap !

D-TiMeR

looking awesome! I 'd love to see this ingame!

classy

Amazing, wonderful work!!!
Any update on your progress? I hope you haven't given up on it!
If you upload this to the workshop, its guaranteed to make it into the game (I would bet money on it!!!)

Anyway, good luck

sadies

Wow thanks classy !! It's been put on the backburner as I need to finish animating Hunter's llama courier asap but I will pick back up on CM soon hopefully. Glad you like it!!

Neox

please finish it