Spring 2014 Spirit Breaker

Noors

Ok lets see if i can finish a "contest" for once :[
Hopefuly it's on my holydays this time.
So just laying down ideas tonite, will make a wee 3d model before going further.

darkdeathknight

This looks great, but the Colour Scheme would probably not be allowed.

Chaos Prophet

Its great!

Noors

oh yeah i had no really color scheme, eventhough he has a bit of red and pink so might play with those a little.

bleh

Noors

i let down "multi layered" shoulder armor because of too much interpenetration with arms :[

Lozanov

Looking great, Noors, just in case you don't know the color scheme for the Spirit Breaker is in the DotA 2 Art style/Texture creation pdf @ the technical requirements page so you're in luck
Unlike me who went the captain obvious way with Luna

Noors

Thanks ! Yeah i remember looking at that for the previous Polycount thingy. I'll recheck then :]
Ok i start to be happy with the shape, will start retopo. I tried to stay on the global shape of the original model, not very permissive.

Noors

I had no access to a computer so i've made a less crappy concept with pen and paper.

heboltz3

Noors! That concept is beautiful. Really awesome stuff! But I'm sure its got something to do with that insane sculpt too

Keep it up

D-TiMeR

Nice one!

Chaos Prophet

Need chinese lamp on weapon.

Sumers

you still can't break color scheme, so be careful

Noors

Thanks guys !
Yeah i'll make something like this at the end of the flail

pior

Paper forever ! I think it's much smoother to use than the computer in many cases.
Good luck with the set, looking good so far !

DotaFX

Sick Sick Sick Sick! AWESOME! love this bara! ttly looking forward to seeing this in game! Keep up the AWESOME work!

Noors

Thanks !
Flail on its way. I've made it 4 sides and not six, so i could put a little more details. I have an issue with the skin on the chain, not sure why because it works in max. Made some kind of beads instead of chain. It probably looks less solid but more chinese and different from other skins so idno.

soulhacker

I like the lamp and the shoulder pads. You can also probably swap this lamp to warlock and maybe add perhaps some horse patterns/textures on it for the Chinese new year theme that valve wants.

Noors

yeah horses aren't easy to place

Noors

Shoulder thingy didn't come as i want (design isn't great, probably not enough readable from distance, also i'm kinda new to sculpting) so i stopped wasting time on it and started the flail. Color aren't def, i'll tweak the maps with the ingame model hopefuly tomorrow.
Happy new year btw !

Chaos Prophet

Goooood work!

Xajai

I like where this is going, im not sure i can read the shape correctly, but does it have holes in the circles? cause the particles from SB would look nice if they were inside the weapon.

ShorkGamer

Make the colour sheme match the hero or valve wont accept it, I guess.

marul

ShorkGamer wrote: »

Make the colour sheme match the hero or valve wont accept it, I guess.

That's not true at all. There are many examples out there.

Noors

Not really holes, i was thinking more of rice paper thingy on the window. I had an extrusion tho, on lod0 but i had to squeeze that for the 600 tris limit (im actually at 598 ). Note that valve model is 754 tris, unfair !
But yeah i'd like particles emission, so i don't really know what to do. Looks like i can't export a mesh for particles tho.

I had to let dow the beads on the chain too, because obviously valve has edited bones position in the qc, and it makes a big hole between links (or awfull stretch) no matter what i do. So, yeah had to make the same type of chain.

As for color, well, there's blue and gold from SB. I like the red, i think it would lose smthing if i change that. Her's what it looks like now, i havent set all the masks.
Can't believe it took me so much time to do it, and i still have issue with the chain

Chaos Prophet

valve sucks

heboltz3

Noors, I absolutely love the red and yellow. Even if it isn't spirits default colors, I think that it's aleast worth a shot, and if the quality is there it will get the attention it deserves. Honestly I think this might be my favorite CNY piece, and the most "New Years" themed one I've seen, and the color makes a huge part of that pop.

He just feels like a huge fun parade haha.

Worst case, you can always just make a variant texture and do what you need to to get it in game, but I am all for this piece being as badass as you want to make it


EDIT:

Just noticed the top of the lantern is similar to spirits default color scheme. Brilliant way to bring the character back into the vibrant color scheme. I think this really brings the whole set together.

Noors

Haha well that's a nice comment, thanks !

Noors

Draggy Tail !

BladeofEvilsBane

Wow, I really love that tail. The subtle red in there is just enough to fit his color scheme and not be jarring.

Noors

Where i am now


But the belt looks shit with the texture resolution. I shouldn't have go away from valves shape once again *sigh*

The only thing i'm happy with is the gauntlet, which was the fastest thing to do.
And holidays are over !

Noors

yay low poly bracer. I think i got a little more the dota style on this. I'll probably tweak the color again tomorrow, not satisfied. Maybe make the inlay bit glowy.

Noors

I've edited the handle because the dragon head was barely visible so i prefered something that actually change the silhouette. Also made an emissive mask.
To be tweaked...

MagnoHusein

Yeah the belt got a bit muddy, it's pretty much because of the small dots. Try to remove then or find a better readable element