WH40k Space Marine

DVL

Hey everyone,

I've been roaming around here for a while without ever really posting anything, but thought I'd finally start sharing some of my stuff with the community to get some of your feedback.

I've been doodling on this one for some time. This is still only 3dsmax work, I do intend on ZBrushing it all soon but I really want to make most of my first pass in Max.

I'm still working on the design, I want to add as much custom pieces as I can so I'm looking here and there for some references (Any suggestions are welcome of course!)

Most of this is still Work In Progress, so if you see weird stuff it's simply because it's unfinished. Once everything is completed, my intention is to bake it as a next-gen video game model and texture it. I'm also attaching the Bolter, which is still WIP as well.

All critics are most welcome!

DVL

Update on the Bolter, I'm pretty much done with the 3dsmax part, I'll take it into zbrush to dent it a little, add some wear&tear and then I'll begin texturing it.

Dazz3r

Dang, really good matey, better than mine I started a few weeks ago and havent got round to finishing. WH40K

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DVL

Haha, glad I've found someone who shares a similar passion

here's an update, ZBrushed some dents and tiny details on the Bolter!

DVL

Texture pass on the Bolter, I'm still unsatisfied with the metal though, feels a bit too boring. I'll be tweaking it some more soon.

DVL

New update, I'm beginning to get the hang of Marmoset Toolbag! First time I'm using it and so far it's going great.

I've been messing around with some displacement/tesselation tests in my last update, I've included a side by side comparison as well.

I've also decided to add a purity seal on the weapon(Still WIP), to try and break the symmetry a little. I'll also be applying a few decals here and there I believe.

This is not far from being finished, but there's still a few things I want to tweak.

Nosslak

You should make the diffuse color of the metal darker (close to black) as that will make the metal parts read better as metal, because right now it kind of looks like stone or something. Other than that I really like it. Good job!

chudork

sweet looking bolter, love the textures, been also planning to make a space marine , maybe one of the lesser known chapters(raven guard or black dragons), just a question regarding whats underneath the huge shoulder pads, how did you do it? or have you seen any references regarding the arm looks like underneath?

DVL

Thanks for the input on the material, you were correct it was indeed a little confusing.

concerning the shoulders, don't worry about it too much I'd say. The reason you're having a hard time finding refs is simply because you hardly ever see that part on a space marine. I've seen some refs where there's like a smaller shoulderpad underneath, you could probably try that too.

I've attached a screenshot of what I've got for my shoulder so far, definitely not final but you should get the idea.

silkroadgame

Model's clean and textures used are good!