[Riot Art Contest] - Luchador Braum

JoanSantus

Hello,
This is my entry idea for a Braum's skin.
He is going to use a chair as shield and hit people with it.

Oniram

great idea for a skin. the shield i feel should be just more than a chair though, as thats not very interesting overall.

JoanSantus

It's the only thing I could think of that matches the luchador idea, but I'm open to other ideas though. The chair of course would be modified, not just a simple chair.

Seantking

Do it! Sounds amazing!

DiegoTeran

im making a lumberjack Braum and this was actually my first idea, and i couldnt come up with anything as a shield so i scrapped it

DiegoTeran

IDEA! how about you make a trophy with a Poro on top OR!!!! make the shield the front part of the wrestling championship belt.

https://image-cdn.zap2it.com/images/cy-young-award-2013-wwe-championship.jpg


make something like the center because it has the shape of a shield but make it about Poro.

JoanSantus

I started doing some block out. I'll be adding him a cape. I noticed braum has a big shoulder pad on his right arm, I might make the cape bigger on that side or something like that.

I like your idea Turista, I also need to make a poro with a lucha libre mask too, since braum always come with a poro.

JoanSantus

A very small update. I think I have a better idea of what to use as a shield... a poro! this is my blockout so far. I'll start detailing soon. What do you think?

JoanSantus

Started adding some basic colors to get the feeling of a real luchador.

JoanSantus

This is how the shield is looking. These are overall the colors for the shield. The poro's hairs are supposed to be made from wood. I'll detail them on the diffuse map. They are going to have some brown colors on them.
CC welcome. I'll start working on the poro luchador and then jump to the low polygon.

JoanSantus

Luchador Poro

JoanSantus

Sorry I haven't updated this. I detailed the models a little more. C&C welcome.

JoanSantus

And here is the Luchador Poro.

chayruby

Hey!

I think that your concept is very interesting. You have a great opportunity with the isometric viewing angle of the game to incorporate a design on the back of his cape. Perhaps taking something from sugar skull imagery mixed with the Poro?

It's coming along really well! I'm excited to see the next update.

JoanSantus

Thank you for the idea chayruby. I might try that once I'm texturing the low polygon. My design skills aren't very good so I'll take me a couple of tries though. I'll try to update this faster so you can check it out!

Noctaelius

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2014/12/129-pbe-update.html i think that they took your idea for braum

JoanSantus

Here is another update. I backed the AO and fixed some of the errors that appear. There were a lot of errors! I'm still refining the AO but I feel it's starting to look good and wanted to share it. C & C welcome.

JoanSantus

Just saw the new skin for braum in youtube. He's a wrestler with a chair.. damm. Still I'll finish this guy who's giving the impression of a nicer guy/super hero like the wrestlers in mexico are supposed to be.

JoanSantus

More progress on Luchador Braum's diffuse.

KukenPollo

Nice job

JoanSantus

Another texture update. I think I'm ready to pose these guys and place them on summoner rift

JoanSantus

Pose preview. I need to fix some things in the texture and I'll be ready to go.

JoanSantus

Here it's how it looks over summoner rift.

JoanSantus

Here are my images for my submission. Hope you like it guys. I learned a lot during this contest. C&C are always welcomed.

Tickwomp

Congrats on finishing! You have a decent base for the textures, but I notice your shadows are all grey which makes it look less "alive". I'd recommend using colored shadows (I typically colorize my AO to a blueish purple) so it helps add some depth to his form.

Also, his value and saturation all over the character look too similar. You can try baking out what Valve calls a "point light map" and use that on overlay or softlight or something, to direct the focus around his head and chest area. You can do it by hand too using a 3D paint program, or just eyeing it via photoshop.

http://www.fumper.com/uploads/2xbuvbe7yt-PointLightMap.jpg

JoanSantus

Thank you for the feedback Tickwomp. I actually made a layer and colored the shadows, I guess I needed to add more saturated colors.
This might sound like a dumb question, How do you bake a point light map? I tried using mudbox to paint my lowpoly but it doesn't run well on my computer. Zbrush runs fine but mudbox keeps having lag and freezes.

cesardca93

I cant see the pictures, what can i do to solve this ?

JoanSantus

Hey cesardca93, the images are attached. You might need to double click the files to open them on another tab. I don't know how to post them without attaching them, sorry :S

Tickwomp

Ahh sorry, missed your message, this might help:

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=183672148

If you search polycount for "point light map" i think there are some threads about how people set one up; usually it's baked out in Max but I'm sure there are other ways. I know you can paint in Zbrush but I don't do it; a little too weird for me. Maybe 3D Coat or Substance Painter?

JoanSantus

Thank you Tickwomp, I really appreciate it.

I think I'll download 3Dsmax and practice this then.

I have 3D coat, I'll practice 3D painting in it too.