Blade of Shintrao Deus Ex Bike

Thomas Clewley

Hey all, here is something I've been playing with between other projects. Its a concept bike from the Deus Ex world which you can find in game in Pritchards office.


Consept

Heres where i am so far.





I'm still very much in the high poly shaping stage. I'm still not happy with the shape of the lower body. As much as i'd like to keep toying with this I've set myself 4-6 week to get this fully finished since as everyone may know, other more important projects come up.

I've had to make a few tweaks to the original design to make more realistic as a bike. An example is where I've had to narrow the lower section of the body so as the bike leans it doesn't scratch the floor.

I would appreciate any feedback anyone may have as it would be a great help.

AsaNYC

This seems like a rounded form in the concept. Perhaps also applying that to the front of the block, while maintaining the hard edges in the hinged wheel supports could help the aesthetic balance between the hard feature lines and the curves?

Thomas Clewley

Thanks for the help AsaNYC, i agree with that corner being too sharp. I made the fix and i already thing it looks better. I think i've softened it enough.



It may be due to my lack of sleep and my lack of motorcycle knowledge but i'm unsure what you mean about the front of the block.

Thomas Clewley

Here another small update. A lot of small teaks all over the place made. I also completely re did the rear wheel arm since it geometry was pretty messy to the point where making changes were unrealistic. The new version is a lot cleaner and their for nicer to edit.

I've also added the front head light and some beveling to the front wheel suspension arm.

The plan for tomorrow is to make the front wheels main arm.




I've also got a question to for my fellow polycounters. I'm aiming this bike to be in game ready so What would be the typical normal map usage when it comes to bikes? I know i will need to use some normal maps on the tiers, seat and grips but what about the body of the bike?. Will it need the normal for would using simple geometry be best?

Thomas Clewley

That's the front arm looking done.

Thomas Clewley

I thought i'd add the kickstand, i found it a bit hard to see on the concept so my proportion might be a little off, let me know if it looks odd to anyone.

Thomas Clewley

Cheers Eageeye, i can see what you mean now you mention it. It doesn't look like it can support the weight right.

stephen_015

I like what I see, can't wait to see it textured!

Thomas Clewley

Here is a quick up date, the low poly now finally done. So i took a quick comparison shot with the low poly and high poly side by side.

My main focus with the low poly was to maintain the silhouette as much as possible, my reasoning was with a bike you generally view it mostly from the side, where a smooth silhouette is most important.

PeterK

You don't need 24k polys to define that shape. Challenge yourself.

Thomas Clewley

Cheers PeterK, what would you say a more reasonable target would be?
I'm currently at 12,600 polys with some work.

Thomas Clewley

Heres a quick normal test, seems to be looking good, still need to do those tiers.

Thomas Clewley

Here a quick texture test, just trying to ge the base pbr values down. Anyone mind help point out my mistakes. The the long i work on it the hard it gets to spot my errors.

Thomas Clewley

Heres what i have so far, its very nearly done if not anyone can spot out any error, feedback is always welcome.