LPC #05 - DerDude - shadow of the colossus

DerDude

i just asked myself what i can model, so many cool characters already in progress, so i thought about the shadow of the colossus and start modeling half an hour. I realize now that i need less segments for arms and legs compared to other stuff i see. Anyway, here is my start. I didn´t play the game but i like the look

DerDude

just playing with some tris, still some left. I never done a model with 500 tris

Japhir

cool idea, and the basic shape is there, but the club doesn't make sense to me, it looks waaay too high for 150 tris, and i think you could round it out a lot by simply removing some vertical edges and adding them horizontally. i'm looking forward to the texture!

DerDude

thanks Hm, i know you´re right, but at least i got 150 tris for his weapon and the club is not rounded at the ends, so i could do it with 40 tris, but i want to use most of the polycount. Hm, i will lower the club

DerDude

i´m not shure about my mapping, i have no ds experience with so tiny textures, i´m going to see how good i work with small stone-pattern. I´m in nijmegen this weekend

hawken

nice game, and nice model. But it's not "next gen", as it was released on the ps2.

Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I'll lock this thread.

Snowfly

That game blurred the lines between gens. they had a lot of effects going on like faked HDR, volume fur, full screen and selective motion blur, and the collosi were like 20,000 triangles. Basically pulling a lot of tricks in software that machines do now in hardware. So technically it's not next gen, "but"

uh, post 1000! hope it counts!

uk_resistant

id have to agree with Snowfly, whilst not next gen in terms of being last gen hardware, the visual techniques are very much next gen styled. I also think in the interest of encouraging artists to create great art it should be allowed.

aesir

The fur alone makes that more next gen than most normal mapped models.

DerDude

hey, i´m not shure if my model is at least next gen, i thought so because here is already god of war stuff, anyway, i play a bit, just testing colours, to smurfy

Wells

if you had the budget, i would have left the club as you originally had it.

texture looks awfully saturated compared to the screen you posted.

Mtg_kirin

hey starting to look good. Though he looks greener and greyer then ur texture so far. But its early so im sure it will look good.

DerDude

i just played a bit wth the texture, at least it need more conrast, but at this stage its ok for me. At the moment i´m a bit stressed, but i finish the giant
perhapts i spend some polys at the bottom, muscles are just blocked

DerDude

found some time at work
It went a bit to a wow style, but i thought to give the texture an more striking look with armour, the playstationlook is way to detailed... still on it

Michael Knubben

The way you texture dhim makes it seem like you're relying on in-engine lighting to shade him. I'd darken up the undersides of his arms and the insides of his legs considerably, as well as maybe having a gradient go from the bottom to the top (or the other way around if you're going for the large scale?)

DerDude

oh, thanks for the feedback, ill stick some time about blocking textures and forgot almost the lighting at this stage. Took some time at work i´m still unhappy with the arms. But i have some days till the contest ends, anyway mop win