kendmd's Concepts

kendmd

Hey Polycounters!

This is my first official thread at Polycount and I'd love to collaborate with the talented people here to make some items for the Dota 2 workshop.

As a start, here's a wand for Rubick. I'm open for feedback and suggestions!

vlad_the_implyer

i suggest i model it right nao!

kendmd

Sure thing!

vlad_the_implyer

How peculiar!



You want the "worm" a bit fatter, or how i did it is okay?

kendmd

Dude, that is amazing! I think the spiral looks fine, but the top crystal can be lighter (more glow?).

ScarPe

does it rotate?
if not, is may should be

vlad_the_implyer

kendmd wrote: »

Dude, that is amazing! I think the spiral looks fine, but the top crystal can be lighter (more glow?).

Yeah, i can def add more glow, but the blobbing stuff is kinda obscuring it. Anyway, add me on steam fo run time (actually, just revenue sharing) http://steamcommunity.com/id/workshophatemachine/

Vayne4800

Vlad, stop making modeling look so easy and fast >.>

Neox

lol man, it is so easy and fast

vlad, very nice job! maybe add a bit of yellow to the specular parts? i guess a bit of colorvariation will look great on it.

vlad_the_implyer

Neox wrote: »

lol man, it is so easy and fast

vlad, very nice job! maybe add a bit of yellow to the specular parts? i guess a bit of colorvariation will look great on it.

That depends!

We're working on that, polishing and stuff.

vlad_the_implyer

Upvote here

Neox

nice!

My Fault

Fantastic!

Andyk125

Looking great!

kendmd

Next weapon is for Lion!

vlad_the_implyer

I feel like it's missing the point of interest.

kendmd

Hey Vlad! Do you mind elaborating what you mean by that?

Vextrakt

I think hes saying it needs a focal point. Kinda like the crystal inside the spiral in your rubick design.

Thnk

Hey, i've been wanting to make a weapon or something for lion for a while now, would love to make that weapon if it's not taken already. Or if you're planning on making changes to the concept as vlad suggested i could wait for that.

kendmd

@Vextrakt Yup! I talked to him on Steam and I've been trying to get a better design since.

@Thnk yeah, currently I'm still trying to improve the design, which you can see below.


Can I get more feedback on the current design?

Thnk

I like what you did with handle section. And I guess the point of interest issue is technically fixed but something about the top section feels a little bland to me. Maybe adding a little more complexity to the 3 thorns could help. Kind of like how on the original you have the two bigger ones and 1 smaller one and they're longer/less chunky. Those shapes looked a bit more interesting to me. Might be just me though

kendmd

Maybe something like this where the skeleton like base has "spikes" going through the rock.



EDIT: I made a set for Leshrac. Feedback?

mrpresident

kendmd wrote: »

Maybe something like this where the skeleton like base has "spikes" going through the rock.

I'll grab this if no one else has already.

Thnk

I believe I had dibs on it se

mrpresident

Thnk wrote: »

I believe I had dibs on it se

kendmd

@Thnk Go for it! I think I'm done with the design.

kendmd

Made a weapon for Necrolyte:



Can I also get some feedback for this Leshrac set?

Quinnjdq

That necro scythe is the sexiest thing ever! I would totally grab it if I felt I could do it justice but I don't at the moment. The leshrack set is looking awesome but I feel it needs a bit more deviation from the original model as it looks a tad too blended in imo.

kendmd

Thanks for the feedback!

I made some changes to the set:

vlad_the_implyer

That. Rock. Sticking out of his ass ._.

Neox

hey ken, is that scythe already taken?

kendmd

ಠ_ಠ ugh vlad, I wasn't even thinking of that!

EDIT: Okay, how does this one look?

kendmd

Working on a Spectre set, can I get critiques? Right now I'm trying to make the set look less armory and more organic, but I thought it'd be a good idea to get early feedback too.

Spudnik

I really like the shape language you have going on in the shoulder and the helmet. The two things I'm not really sold on yet are the weapon - it seems to belong to another set because it seems to stand apart from the other items in terms of shape language. The other thing would be the back of the helmet, check out in the original how hunched over her posture is and how she animates, by having the piece that comes upward from her neck, I think you cover up a lot of the cool helm design from the game camera. Instead, I think it'd be cool to have something closer to the original in terms of how the shapes flow for the back piece but with the unique shape language you've established. Hope that wasn't too rambly.

kendmd

Hey Spud! Thanks for your feedback! Yeah, I agree with you on both points, but her weapon is really just a placeholder right now because I feel that showing the set without some kind of weapon is weird. I'll figure something out!

kendmd

Update

Spudnik

^just copy pasted the one you posted in the workshop thread for easy comparison

Hm, I'm liking the previous version better I think. The latest one is losing a bit of the complexity that really struck me about the original. I also really liked the helmet part in the original since it really became the centerpiece - all of the attention was drawn there since the low, forward pointing horns created a really strong point of contrast shapewise, therefore drawing focus there. I feel like with the current one, the 'hotspot' is on the top of the head which I think isn't as interesting as your first idea. I also think it'd be really helpful for you to have a quick silhouette sketch from the back or from a game camera angle since with Spectre, more than any other hero, it's a major part of her design.

The polygon budgets for spectre are pretty huge so the more complex shapes of the earlier version should be quite doable.

So to sum it up, I really liked what you did with the original and I think that if you continue what you have in the front there to the back, it'll look really cool! Hope that helps!

kendmd

What do you think of this Spud?

kendmd

Spectre set, just waiting for Spudnik's feedback now.

Vayne4800

It looks a lot better now!

kendmd

Thanks! Gonna try and figure out the colors now.

kendmd

I think this is kinda final.. Spudnik and I like it. Any last minute feedback I can get?

Neox

yeah cool!

Vayne4800

It looks even more awesome ingame. This will be one of the sets I will def purchase. Consider that a huge compliment since I only bought one and it was for my main hero

kendmd

Something for Earthshaker!

Zipfinator

The hair makes him look a bit too emo I think. People are already getting angry that when they updated his model they made his face look angrier so I can only imagine that hair would cause them to poop their pants even more.

Neox

yeah but i think removing the 3 middle strands should solve that issue, also i think colorwise his horns should be brighter so a better contrast to his body gets established

kendmd

but the emo look is what makes a highland cattle a highland cattle

Neox

but he is no cow!!! hate hate hate!

mcteapot

the hair makes Earthshake look like Pruge.

hopgood

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