Chest for the God of War World
polycounter lvl 4
So im currently creating a small scene manily focused on the chest, Im trying to create a small scene that would fit within the world of God of War, I have some screenshots. Il be using this thread to post updates and recive feedback 
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- Your edges are now more crisp, but they're wobbly. There are areas of your pillar which are curved and round, but I would expect them to be jagged and rough.
- The indents you carved above and below the runes, I think those should have been done differently, not carved. A good way of doing this with the high poly is to mask rectangle the area's of the model you want indented, and then geometry > modify > expand (play with the settings) and shrink that area. Then you'll get a high quality indent in that area.
- You're still missing deep, sharp damage in the most damaged area of the pillar. Don't be afraid of turning up that brush strength.
- There is a ring around the bottom ledge which looks like a bake error, maybe it's ambient occlusion? Not sure.
- The runes aren't really carved in a straight line, and I feel anybody hired to carve this pillar is going to be an expert, and have their carvings straight. My workflow was to create the runes in photoshop, use this as an alpha on my mask, then carve away with a clay build up/square alpha.
- I wouldn't bevel the very bottom of your pillars. It gives a nice silhouette, but it's better to have them grounded with sharper edges. Damage down there is ok though. I regret beveling the corners and edges on the bottom of all the pillars I've created before.
Do you have any reference images you're going off of for your stone carvings?