Mason Knight - Bighorn's Breaker Set

Dmellott

Hello folks! I'll be making a helm and a maul. I'm using several different references and helmet styles but I'll be gearing my overall design towards the European Great Helm.

I'm super stoked for the contest, definitely going to be a lot of fun! Already seeing some awesome pieces!

I found a site that has a ton of info on medieval armor and helms specifically. It also lists the time period that some pieces were used in, what the piece is called, who wore it, etc! Great if you want to have another reference with historical info!

http://www.medievalwarfare.info/armour.htm

Good luck everyone!





For the weapon I'll be using this concept from Lazaro Reisis (LReisis)

http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=65478

Dmellott

Early blockout of the helm and very rough blockout of the maul. Going to change proportions on the maul as I feel it's kinda looking more like a one-handed weapon!

Magicspook

whoah! really like the helmet!

Nolt

How did you do the weaving on the hammer handle? It looks really nice

Dmellott

Hello folks!


Man have I been slackin'! Shame on me!

Here is an update of the finished high poly model. Moving on to game res and bakes now!

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Dmellott

Thank you 9thKnight! I made the leather wrapping by masking a cylinder with radial symmetry and making an extraction with just a little bit of thickness. Then I duplicate it and apply a Twist modifier and play with it from there until am in the ballpark of what I am looking for.

Dmellott

Hello everyone, little update of a very quick texture test pass. Going to refine my unwraps and my maps then on to the weapon!

Helm currently around 800 tris.


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Dmellott

This is lit with just a simple point light. I am hoping to get a bit of feedback regarding the overall color and readability as I think it might be blending together a bit too much.

Anyone have any thoughts on the matter? Going to be working on finalizing my maps and further testing using the Chivalry SDK so please feel free to drop me a line of feedback!

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zetheros

Hmm, it is a little blendy, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, although it would be a good idea to make the helmet identifiable as mason from a distance. Maybe add worn gold leaf to the helmet, or add different colors/materials to increase contrast, make the steel look more grimy and dark, or make your shadows and lights a bit sharper.

Does it have an ambient occlusion map yet? It'll add some nice shadows to the back of the helmet, below the horns, and then combine it with your diffuse map.

Dmellott

Thank you for the feedback zetheros. I am definitely going to play with different materials for a few pieces of the helmet, particularly for the piece that divides the horns and the band of metal above the eyes.

It does have an AO map on it but some parts are not reading particularly well. I will have to go through and edit this further.

Thank you again for the feedback! Very much appreciated!

Dmellott

Just posting some further testing. Finally got it up and running in the SDK. On to editing the maps!

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Dmellott

More updates!

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Dmellott

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zetheros

Looking good, Dmellott! A few more notes, I think it would be a good idea to add a slightly dark line to make the transition from gold to steel more apparent, and to give the gold section a little more depth.

Also, if you continue the middle crease down the z-axis of your helmet to the very back edge of your helmet, I think you'll find that it looks more solid.

Imperium101

Helmet: nice idea!

Weapon: looks way too fantasy for me I would consider reshaping the animal head so it looks less like a skull if you what I mean

Good luck,

TheMightyKnight

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140143

Dmellott

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Dmellott

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Dmellott

Going to call this one a wrap, pending any further critique or feedback of course!

Great note with the crease zetheros, definitely comes across as a more sturdy helm.

Going to try and get this weapon working before the deadline is up!

Dmellott

Hi everyone, been really trying to iterate on this hammer. The model would always end up looking too high-fantasy and just wouldn't feel right.

I think I am happy with the blockout for this now. Going to spend the next few days working on the high poly and getting my maps together. Going to try to bust this out out before the deadline!

Weapon Blockout:

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Dmellott

Dropping another update before signing off for today. Gonna crunch tomorrow and hopefully get this thing finished up and game ready!


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Magicspook

looks nice!

Frank the Fish

your submission is my favorite! really hope you win

Nolt

Hope you can get that finished! Good luck!