Burgonet Helmet
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Hello polycount!
With the semester ending I finally have time to devote to a complex model, and I have just the right one. I saw an image of this helmet a while ago, I think on polycount, and immediately loved it. So I'm gonna model it
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A little history on the helmet, it is called a Burgonet Helmet, this particular one was made by the Italian armorer Filippo Negroli. It is made of steel and damascened with gold, and was made in the 1500s. History lesson over, lets get to the model!
I have collected pictures of the helmet from various angles, and did a draw over to try and find all the major forms. I've then taken those pictures and projected them onto a helmet base. I did this so that I can build right on top of the helmet base. I think that's enough of me talking, lets see some pictures.
Here's a collage of the images that I've found
and here is my current progress. Right now I'm working inside of Zbrush, just to get the more organic parts of the helmet done. I plan to do the more intricate stuff (the floral designs on the sides) inside of Maya to practice some complex hard surface modeling.
With the semester ending I finally have time to devote to a complex model, and I have just the right one. I saw an image of this helmet a while ago, I think on polycount, and immediately loved it. So I'm gonna model it
!A little history on the helmet, it is called a Burgonet Helmet, this particular one was made by the Italian armorer Filippo Negroli. It is made of steel and damascened with gold, and was made in the 1500s. History lesson over, lets get to the model!
I have collected pictures of the helmet from various angles, and did a draw over to try and find all the major forms. I've then taken those pictures and projected them onto a helmet base. I did this so that I can build right on top of the helmet base. I think that's enough of me talking, lets see some pictures.
Here's a collage of the images that I've found
and here is my current progress. Right now I'm working inside of Zbrush, just to get the more organic parts of the helmet done. I plan to do the more intricate stuff (the floral designs on the sides) inside of Maya to practice some complex hard surface modeling.
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After trying to do the detail inside of maya I decided that it would be more work than it's worth. So I've instead decided to sculpt everything in Zbrush and then retopo it in Maya. I think that will give me a better result, and it is a lot faster. With that being said, here is the current progress that I have made in putting all the details in.
I'm going to fix the cupid type guy on the side and then bring it into Maya to begin the retopo.
What are your plans for this piece? what kind of retopology and textures will we see?
This is really just a study in complex hard surface modeling for me. I hadn't done a lot of hard surface stuff recently and felt like I needed some practice, but didn't want to do a car or mech.
As for what type of retopology and textures Im gonna do. Right now I'm planing to go really highrez with the polycount, think cinematic quality. I might make a low rez, around 2k polys, but haven't really put much thought into it yet. The textures are going to depend on if I do a low rez version. Right now I'm just focusing on modeling a really solid piece.
Looks hawt! Any particular brushes that you're using?
I made two quick tutorials on how I did the side detail and the faces. The mermaid was done by bringing in a model that was A-posed and then using Transpose master and dynamesh to put it into position.