Overwatch - Efi

theStoff

Hey guys! Thought it might be fun to model Efi from the Overwatch Lore. Only have blurry images to go from but here's where I'm at. Obviously super rough but posting helps motivate me . Hopefully I'm hitting the style this time haha.



Latest:

Caiterade

Love the face so far! Keep going

RocketBryan

Oh super cool! I think you're already REALLY close with her adorable facial features. Looking forward to seeing more of her. 

Mateus

Hey, it's looking nice!

Tectonic

oooo this gunna be good

theStoff

Hey! Thanks a bunch for all the encouragement guys . Well I'm keepin on with this so here's progress:

lotet

Really nice, I think her neck is looking a tad short though, and the legs might be a bit skinny.

theStoff

Thanks @lotet ! Those are good points. For the neck though, after playing around with it, I found the longer neck felt a little awkward. Not sure what it was but didn't feel quite right. Instead I made it a bit thinner and lowered the shoulders a tad. I also thickened the legs a bit around the ankles. I agree they were a bit too thin but I still want her to feel lanky based off the images I saw. With that here's an update

Tectonic

right now you have the cloth that's wrapped around her waist hanging more in the back, but in these images it looks like it hangs over the side of her leg more.


otherwise your sculpt is looking really spot on!

slosh

This is looking great so far man!  Can't wait to see more!

theStoff

@Tectonic Thanks for the refs! You do make a good point. I found that the position varied between a lot of images. I played around with it and decided to follow these ones:

  
@slosh Thank you I will keep posting!

I've gotten to the low poly and textures at last. Also here's the latest sculpt

lotet

oh, glad to see your still working on this

Tectonic

model is looking excellent!

Generic_Human

i'm looking forward to see this finished, good progress so far!

theStoff

@lotet I'm not one to bail

@Tectonic Thanks!

@Generic_Human Well you can be sure the result will be here!

And texture update:

RocketBryan

Neato, man, she's definitely coming along great. That change in the skirt was definitely a good move. You could perhaps bring it even lower slightly if you'd like - makes for a strong anchoring element from both the front and back.

theStoff

Thanks @RocketBrian!

Here's an update:

Leon_Raven

Looking very nice! 

May I suggest you switch the weight of the character on one of the leg for the final pose? Although the torso and arm feel ok, the lowe part of the body still feels a bit stiff. Nothing to say about the modelling and texturing! It looks very nice! 

Magihat

Great work, modelling is stellar and you really captured her well. I don't know if it is the lighting setup, rendering or textures but she is coming across a bit flat, especially with the skin so here is some suggestions:

It's quite heavy handed and sloppily made but hopefully you get the point I am trying to illustrate.

lotet

gotta agree with @Magihat, she is looking a bit flat.
would love to see some more spec here and there, also try to differentiate the the leather and her skin a bit, they are both looking a bit gray and blending together a bit to much. 

theStoff

Darn it why must you all always make good points! Alright here's an update. I think I'll leave the pose but I played with the lighting, spec, textures and such.

Mateus

Looking great. IMO she perfectly fits in the OW style.

MisterWolfen

So awesome, adapted what art they released of her really well

Akskii

I really love this and you've definitely nailed the style! Just a suggestion, but since she's an inventor/engineer, it might be cool if her gloves were a little dirty from grease, seeing as they're a fairly light colour, or even slightly tattered

theStoff

Woops I realized I never replied. Thanks @Mateus @MisterWolfen @Akskii !

I've gone back and made updates. I could really use some extra eyes since mine are now dull from staring I could use pose feedback too. It feels kinda stiff and awkward to me.

Chidambhar_Swaroop

Amazing work...

Torsoaril

Loving it. Looks awesome so far

lotet

I feel the facial expression is looking really awkward, other then that I like the overall pose.
looking at your renders I also feel like you could push the roughness map contrast a bit more, basically have more gloss variations, everything is a bit muted down at the moment.

Michael Knubben

I agree with @lotet about the facial expression. I also think the materials (and lighting) could all use some more love.
Here are some things that jump out at me:
-That golden crown/hat for instance doesn't really feel like any material I know.
-The metal rings feel more like porcelain,
-The uniform velvety fresnel effect,
-Black AO shading that's still highly reflective (for instance on the gloves)
-light inside the nostrils
-There's little variation in roughness/gloss overall.

theStoff

Glad you guys like it @Chidambhar_Swaroop and @Torsoaril !

I agree with the expression @lotet . Was playing around with it last night.

Mind if I get some clarification @Michael Knubben ?
By metal rings do you mean the ones on the side of her head? They're meant to be plastic. Is it the discoloration that makes them seem like they should be metal? As for fresnel are you saying everything looks like it has a fresnel on it? It might be the backlight I'll look into that. For the AO do you mean the surface should be less reflective in those areas? Finally for the nostrils I assume you mean the should be more occluded right?

Thanks for the input guys it helps a lot.

Michael Knubben

The ones I'm talking about are on her ankles, and around her neck. And yeah, areas that are textured as if they're occluded should be less reflective, including the inside of the nostrils. The textures and lighting will go hand in hand, as in: some problems might be due to lighting rather than textures, but you won't know until you check in a neutral lighting setup.

theStoff

Thanks for the clarification @Michael Knubben ! You've been a great help

I'm not sure how much more I want to change so I'm not calling this done but here's an update.


I'm also thinking the folds on the gloves are a bit too messy for the overwatch style so I was playing around with a cleaner version

lotet

Id really try bumping up the gloss on the skin, black people usually have more visible shine on their skin. because of the overall contrast of the spec and the skins albedo colour it pops a lot more then on pale skin for example.

take a look at this for example.
or this one.

Tectonic

looking better and better! I think the gold metal material you have on her anklets n things would look good a bit more saturated, they kind of look faded/tarnished