Delicate Raven (Death Prophet Set WIP)

yowkenjie

Hey all, this is my first time making a Dota 2 item.

Atm I'm half way through working on a DP set, would love some feedback!

P/S : Normal maps not activated in the screenshots below. =/

Here is the concept art :



Some progress shots :







Will be moving towards the headgear and belt. If you're interested in how I got to the concept / indepth WIP, you can visit my blog : http://yowkenjie.blogspot.sg/2013/12/death-prophet-dota-2-workshop.html

Artypi

As somebody fond of victorian era fashion, i absolutely LOVE this design. The texturing on the feathers and ruffles are gorgeous and I hope you continue to add some interesting distressed detail.

I suppose my only thoughts are if the gold waist piece is big enough to be layered over other things without clipping through? But i don't know much of anything about that.

Lovely work!

yowkenjie

Artypi : Thanks for the feedback! Will be going through all the textures again after its done. For the belt I might just overhaul the whole thing to something else, we'll see.


Anyway, an update on the headgear, just left with the hair.





I need some help with the rigging of the hair though, do I just bind it to the joint above the head or do I make a new one? Also will the new one register in game? Appreciate any advices.

quockhanhlk

Great work so far, but i really think you should reconsider about those small feather details, cause the final texture size is pretty small, you dont want your details end up being noises in the game.

yowkenjie

quockhanhlk : Oh wow, I didn't thought about that, luckily they are all in layers, I can turn them off if need be. =P

kendmd

Hey, I love the concept of this set Can't wait to see it modeled.

yowkenjie

kendmd : Thanks, me too. Haha.

Another update mainly for the hair.

yowkenjie

Hi guys, another update on the texturing, I guess it is pretty much finalized at this point, just that I need to import them in game to further refine.




Edit : Managed to get it into the game, here are some screenies!

yowkenjie

Hey all, the set is currently on the Steam workshop here : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=220060312






Trying to import the ghost in though(model and animation), but it keeps failing. Not too sure what I am doing wrong. =/

kendmd

Reposting from the workshop thread

My only suggestion is to have more of the top-down gradient thing. Right now the forms of each item slot isn't very recognizable from the in-game camera.

Snowstorm

Wish you'd gone with bigger details, especially on the headpiece. Even in the in-game portrait view the details completely disappear, I suppose because the texture doesn't have enough resolution to show them all. The masks are a little odd on the hair as well.

The other pieces are quite decent though!

blossomalex

Hi,
How did you rigged the hair to the head (witch bones)?
I tried with every bone related to the hair (head, neck 1, hair 1,2,3) but the model doesn't show when i import it to Dota 2.:(

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you !