Buffout Char
polycounter lvl 18
(Updated pics further down the thread.)
I wanted to make something that would fit the fallout universe. It has about 5000 tris and some more for weapons etc. Its a screengrab from the max viewport.
I wanted to make something that would fit the fallout universe. It has about 5000 tris and some more for weapons etc. Its a screengrab from the max viewport.
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However I think the diffuse and specular could be pushed a lot further - for example there's no subtle shadow from a lot of those normal-mapped elements (for example the straps over her shoulder are very "flat", there seems to be nearly no diffuse/specular detail or highlights/shadows to really make those areas pop out), also the separate geometry like the pouches on her hip, aren't casting any shadow (maybe bake some subtle AO in to the skirt since it looks like it's uniquely mapped).
I think partly the lighting setup isn't helping much though, no cast shadows at all, also her neck seems to be pretty broken in that pose.
I'd also suggest trying to get more contrast/saturation from the purple parts, maybe even change the colour to make it more striking next to the flesh/dark leather colours.
Also I'd probably skin-weight those 9 verts around the belt buckle geometry to a single joint (probably pelvis) just so that the geometry doesn't distort and make the buckle look stretchy like it does in the 2nd pose there.
Cool stuff though, I think it just needs a fairly quick pass over the diffuse/specular maps to really make the texture "pop" and look deeper, and also some quick fixes to the skin weighting to avoid distortion and the broken neck.
Keep it up!
edit: also it looks like you're going to great lengths to get poses that hide her hair
(EDIT: damn mop.. thats too much critic in a row
i like this model a lot.. but (and i´ve seen this on your other models too) your textures are laking some important things
- first you´re working very monochromatic.. thats not categoricaly bad but you hardly realy need it... even for this fallout-mood
for my taste there is too much metallic-blue-grey stuff everywhere going on .. you can easily fix this with just applying some subtle colours of different values (whatchout colour harmonics) here and there .. and still you will have some black dressed person
- 2nd, your textures are lacking of small detail stuff.. scratches, down-wearing, coloured shadows or dirt-in-the-corners aso. there are only some big dirt spots here and there (whats not bad for itself but a bit little)
- and your spec-map - if you use one - is not representing the different materials very good.. all in all it looks very waxy.. no texture, no contrast in specularity ...
don´t get me wrong.. i realy like your stuff and the only reason i´m writing this is bc i think they would look even better with some more texture blingbling**
greetz
I often get a bit lazy when my chars are almost done,.=D You just want to get it over with and start something new.^^
this just screams fallout even before i read the info on it.
I fixed that sorting issue now. Thx 00Zero.
No. But thx for the tip. (im new at this riging thing).