[Alt Helmet] - Volt - Relay

DespicablCheese

Hey guys! I'm a bit late to the party, thought I'd give it a shot to make an alternate helmet for volt. Here's my concept from an amalgamation of sketches, I'm really trying to get the style correct, so it feels organic and techy enough to fit into the universe, but also satisfying to look at. What do you guys think? I've seen lots of great content for the contest; I'm glad I can take part




I'll hop onto sculpting this soon, but in the meantime, any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!

Phet

Good looking concept. But the thing on the front reminds me a big nose.
Edit: Maybe moving the "nose" higher and lowering the eyes a bit would help.

DespicablCheese

Hey, thanks for the feedback! I took it into zbrush and altered some forms so hopefully it's looking better/more satisfying than the concept. Next steps will be small improvements and get into defining all the details and forms.
I'm not really sure about the nose, hopefully changing the eye position has made it less prominent

VarunaTide

Holy crap. That looks amazing! Looking forward to how you're going to develop this!

raymond dela cruz

Got to be careful with the paper thin parts.

DespicablCheese

Thanks guys, after I posted I too thought the nose and horns were too thin, ill work on it soon

DespicablCheese

Update: I'm still trying to decide on the silhouette and the forms of the helmet, but I'm pretty happy with where the helmet is heading. Hopefully I've grasped the warframe's style well enough Still plenty of work to go, but hope you guys like it so far. As always, open to suggestions and critique.

VarunaTide

The nose looks a lot better! But I don't really think cutting out the horns on the top was a good idea. They made the front view of the silhouette a lot nicer and balanced the top and the bottom of the helm. The 'flaps' on the upper sides of the helm, if pulled out horizontally, would make a a good set of horns while adding a neat bit of layering to the helm.

I would also highly suggest posting them on the WF forums. You'll get a lot more feedback there than here.

DespicablCheese

Thanks man, I'll work on putting the horns back in or try and adjust what I have. And good idea, I'll upload there when I have something more substantial to show

DespicablCheese

Started on the detail passes for highpoly, making good progress, still trying to nail down the style for the smaller details. Hopefully looking promising

VarunaTide

You've got an amazing outline going on. I love how it's in Volt's style but different enough to warrant buying it. The only improvement that I COULD think of would be to trim away the fiber stuff under the top set of horns (not all of it though; maybe around 1/4 - 1/3 of it so it's more of a horn. Keep enough of it to notice from the sides though: from the front it just looks a bit blocky.

DespicablCheese

Thanks man, glad you like it. Ill try to make it more curved underneath the horns. Ill also upload later on the warframe forums, try to get some more critique.

DespicablCheese

Heya, finally finished the presentation images for the submission hope you guys like the result! Had a lot of fun with that and seen some great work, thanks to DE for creating the contest.

Workshop Page: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=565180799&searchtext=

VarunaTide

Good job! I'd be very disappointed and surprised if this doesn't make it into the game! You might want to look at the other submissions for ideas for better presentation pictures though. Such as putting it on the Regular volt body with the various colors and angles.

DespicablCheese

Thanks Varunatide! You've been a great help throughout the competition, its really helped I've created some new images and uploaded them to the workshop too, so hopefully they help to give people a better idea of the helmet.

Arsenal

I love the look and well executed, congrats on finishing!

DespicablCheese

Thanks man, you too!

VarunaTide

Glad I could help.

VarunaTide

Congrats on making it in! It was amazing to be a part of the creative process of this helm. Hope you make other things for Warframe in the near future!