WoW Warturtle Model

JoanSantus

Hello Guys,

I wanted to improve my portfolio and my painting skills and decided to do a 3D model only using hand painted textures. I noticed I'm very bad at it. I'm attaching a preview of what I've done so far. I've dedicated a lot of time on this model and I want it to look good. I know I won't be able to reach Blizzard's paint art style but as long as it looks good I'm happy.
Any advices or tips on how to paint or improve parts of the model? I've been using a soft brush with pen pressure on opacity and size.

Blizzard's concept art:
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20050512233541/wowwiki/images/0/05/Warturtle.jpg

The preview images are in maya with lights turned off. I'm aiming for 2 texture maps of 512x512.

Thank you for your time.

Joan Santus.

gekigengar5

First of all your model is lacking the same proportions as the concept. You can try tweaking your mesh with an FFD or Lattice. Pay attention to the head , it is much larger than your model.

You textures need more work, you have a good base going but you need to push it more. Add in medium and small details.

The textures are still looking flat. Paint in some AO, and really punch out your shadows and highlights to make it pop more.



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JoanSantus

Thank you a lot gekigengar5. I'll post the changes later today. I'm excited on how good it looks with just those shadows.

JoanSantus

I was able to add more shadows using the color blue. I think it's starting to look better. I also resized the head.
I'll continue working on this tomorrow when I get the chance.

What other things do you think need improvement?

Thank you for your time.

Joan Santus.

Dethling

- The front edges of the Balistas Main Body have to be highlightedinstead of black.
- Add more color variation to the wood
- Add more color variation to the metal, it's really flat at the moment

I would take a look at the present wow models (or the upcomming ones from WoD (good side for it: mmo-champion.com) and see where my model differ from them.
(eg. http://media.mmo-champion.com/images/news/2014/june/tier17ShamanHD.jpg for the metal on the shoulder parts)

Torsoaril

Textures is something I really struggle with. Gonna sub and watch and learn

gekigengar5

Would you be able to post your texturess?

JoanSantus

Yes, I'm attaching the textures. They're 2048 but I'm planning on reducing them to 512. Sorry about the outlines if they look too messy.
I'm going to try to paint the metal similar to the one in the WoW image. I'm not sure how to start though. I guess I'll look for a tutorial on youtube or just experiment.

gekigengar5

Downsizing to 512 from a 2048 will lose you A LOT of detail and i dont recommend it. At most you can downsize by 50% to 1024.

JoanSantus

I was able to do some work on the metal. I noticed a lot of colors in the metal in the WoW's armor sets. I'm not sure if I'm applying them correctly. I've been adding greens and blues and mixing layers. Should I go to a grayer color?

How do I show the image instead of the attachment btw?

gekigengar5

You upload the image to another website, I personally like imgur.com
Use the insert image button to put in the post.

Dimfist

Really push those color variations. You said there are a lot of blues and reds, push them into the metal more. It helps with the hand painted look.
ref Tyson Murphy for technique. All in all you want 3 distinct shades. Hi, mid and low and then a lot of variation in between so it doesn't look flat.