The Ruinous Power

Dmellott · Apr 2019

Hey All!

I've been noodling on a collab piece with my buddy Ryoma.

Basically gonna share the images from Blockout til now. Please let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions!

Cheers,

-Dyl

Dmellott · Apr 2019

Original concept by Ryoma

Image: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/508750352514810016/545456500802322432/Capture.JPG?width=310&height=585

First pass blockout

Dmellott · Apr 2019

Image: https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/53725133_609882756124216_881716052398964736_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_eui2=AeHuf9feFv8wCoJKQKMl6TOHstIHPTkW9GY0YbqYEOsqZO_cHkCcp0CuTxAs8Ethk9tf9Cuvbjbw0suJqoUyXLsfaaP3h8c9ePCkfuexYsTKeg&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=ce9ef86751599da0df6b121e47af16fd&oe=5D44BE4D

Shape refinement and HP pass

Dmellott · Apr 2019

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Buffing out some smoothing and adding some wear in Zbrush

Dmellott · Apr 2019

I really wanted to start doing some R&D on how this "spectral / corrupted" energy was gonna work. So I did a quick UV and bake for the blade only and toyed around with materials in Marmoset.

Dmellott · Apr 2019

Refinement on that pass, this is where it currently stands while I tackle the HP sculpt.

Dmellott · Apr 2019

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HP sculpt update, tackling the cloth. Got some feedback to reduce the noise and up the scale of the straps.

Dmellott · Apr 2019

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ni/dy0tbzq1ti7q.jpg

Current HP, simplified the wraps and now gonna take a pass on added some sharpness and edge-work to the cloth. Right now it's feeling too soft and I want some sharpness to mirror the edges throughout the rest of the mesh.

Let me know if you have any close sculpting tips you swear by!

Polygoblin · Apr 2019

This is coming along great so far!! I think simplifying the wraps was a good idea. reads better now without the higher frequency detail.

LouisPhilippe · Apr 2019

Looking good my dude, the shader is looking crisp👌

Aydhe · Apr 2019

really nice sword so far. i like the super smooth surfacing.

Dmellott · Apr 2019

@Polygoblin
Really appreciate it! Thanks for stopping by and having a look, I'm excited to take this one through!

@LouisPhilippe
Thank you! I've been having a lot of fun tinkering around with that part.

@Aydhe
Thanks! I appreciate you taking a look!

Dmellott · Apr 2019

Here is a preview of the VFX that will be emanating from the center of the crystal. It's a little compressed and the effect itself is probably too strong but I will refine this as I go. I had a lot of fun with this part.

Dmellott · Apr 2019

Here is the final concept as well, wanted to link it as a ref point.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/7r/eu9adx1oedhd.jpg

Dmellott · Apr 2019

Doing some bake testing right now and getting closer to texturing! Got just a bit of cleanup on the bakes and then should be good-to-go!
I may end up reworking the center crystal if I can't get the faceting to read how I'd like.

Dmellott · May 2019

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/i1/mowq0rz5zyfz.gif

Little more lookdev for the crystal. I want to have this super distinct iris in the center but right now I'm using a high poly mesh as a placeholder to visualize.

Dmellott · May 2019

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/at/htsxlnju92mm.gif

Little bit more here, bringing in some of the blade. I've been using some hacked together texture maps from google images and I think I'm at the point now where I need to start texturing and authoring some custom maps. The ones I'm using right now are pretty low res but they were pretty helpful up to this point with establishing a baseline for the materials.

Definitely let me know if anyone has any tips to get more depth from this kind of asset or if anyone has feedback to push it!