[Alt Helmet] - Excalibur - Kabutomushi

Skella

Basing the design of my Excalibur alternate off of Japanese Rhinoceros Beetles. I've always liked beetles because they simultaneously look like they're organic and robotic. That crossover of organic and robotic is something I wanted to bring to this head.



Think I'm finished my paintover. Next up is the rough shaping of a sculpt.



Started up on sculpting. Tweaking the design a little bit. Also, the default head was longer than I thought.



Smoothed out some shapes to see if I still like them.





Much more detail, and I think a finalized design. I might noodle around a little more, but this should be what the final looks like more or less.



Probably done now. Lopoly is up next.






God I am so bad at retopo. I'll likely be finishing this up, then pulling it into another 3D program to tidy it up.







Made some mistakes, had to re-retopo, and re-sculpt. Added some new details. Hopefully, this is the last sculpt and I can bake, and adjust before the weekend hits.


Textures are done! Huge thanks to Actually Hex (on Steam) for their texturing help and additional support!

And there they all are on the head, and in the Tennogen tool! Couldn't figure out how to get the tintmask to actually change colors in that tool, (for anything mind you, not just my head) But this is it! Last post before I submit.

Lyu_Tod

It looks like an awesome idea. Looking forward to see how it works out in 3D. Good luck.

Skella

Thanks man! I've got some other concepts brewing as well, just need to boil down the pot until I find another I like.

kary

Like the inspiration.  Tenno is definitely a combination of organic, tech and elegance, can get all three with this.

Skella

Thank you very much! I intend to pump some more organic detail in before finishing, so we'll see how that turns out.

novabjorn

This is an awesome concept. I'd like to see you balance the plating with some more organic inset sections. Right now i'm reading the jaw and two small sections at the back of the head being 'organic' and I feel like you need more or to increase their size.

Screamheart

I really need to know how you get your lines and shapes so clean and perfect. My helmet looks like poo, and I've spent hours trying smooth 1 part alone. xD

Skella

Novabjorn - Totally fair, there are aspects that I don't want to overshadow that currently exist, but I'll certainly take a look at where I can get some more organic detail.

Screamheart - I sculpt with ZBrush using mechcut brushes for my lines, orbs cracks is good too, but I favor mechcut. As for smoothing I get rid of any big bumps or divets with the trimDynamic brush and then really get a smooth surface by using the hardPolish brush and just using a bit of regular smoothing. Be sure you use brush strokes when using trim and polish brushes otherwise it sorta ends up looking like it only tried to flatten from the starting angle.

LuckyCharm

I would buy this in a heartbeat. -Nyxnyxnyxnyx- I honestly cannot see a thing I would change and can't wait until it's textured. ^-^ I think my favourite part has to be the sinewy part just behind the face plate. Like a true void child

Skella

Hey thanks man, that's very nice of you!

Skella

Not looking forward to UVing this, I hate UVing...

Danskheart

This is far and away my favorite Excal helm so far.  Keep it up!  Would love to see this in-game!

Danskheart

Not sure if you can still change your submission  - but if you can, I would add a couple recolors to it so people can see the tint regions.  Other than that, I LOVE the design!

Skella

I do HAVE tintmasks, which are what allow you to control that stuff in engine. But the simulator they have for testing things out won't actually let me recolor things. It just applies color to the thing as a whole. I'm trying to sort the issue out, so if I can, I'll update.

Skella

I got it to work!