WOW Pandaria Substance Experiement

OranButtons

Working on a small environment piece based on Pandaria in World of Warcraft. It is a small stone walled, bamboo roofed ramen house.

Below is the model I have thus far. I was going to take it into Zbrush for normal maps and then finish in Substance. The plan is a weird mash up of WOW like models and colors but with a more realistic feel to the material. I am not using the Warcraft movie as a reference.



This is a test for me to learn Substance and experiment with an idea I had. I'm debating if I want to bring this into Zbrush at all or just go straight to Substance.

Any critiques, feedback or tips are gladly welcome. 

gfelton

If you're going to try to learn substance why not just go straight into substance and do your baking there? 

OranButtons

gfelton said:

If you're going to try to learn substance why not just go straight into substance and do your baking there? 

Makes sense. That's why I was thinking of skipping Zbrush. Thanks

OranButtons

Hey Look! It's a barrel! I know it's not amazing, but it's a start!

OranButtons

Sorry for the slow updates. I need to work on some of the coloring a bit but I'm on the right track for my vision.

Please let me know what you think.

OranButtons

Whoops forgot to post here. Having some render priority issues. Going to go back and try combining some more of the maps to save more space and should solve my problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPmHPlcUjRI

Brian "Panda" Choi

None of the textures reading World of Warcraft art style, atm.  The wood especially lacks the chunky highlights and thick lines from existing WoW art.

Unless you were aiming to make realistic textures?

OranButtons

It was an experiment and learning experience for me. I was trying to keep the WoW feel but with more realistic textures. I should probably go back and add some exaggeration to some of the details to fit the WoW style better (like the wood you mention).
I do plan to keep working on this more. Been a little busy with moving, but I want to add a stone floor inside, worn grass spots under the chairs, and some more assets to bring it to life more.