Vajra Bell WIP

Khalamea

Hey,
Starting up a new project for a class assignment. This one's of a vajra inspired bell. Reference image below:



I've started the high poly work. I haven't mirrored any of the repeated pieces yet as it tends to kill my computer. I'll build out the shape after projecting the normals onto the low poly.

ZacD

Whats the tri/texture limit?

Khalamea

ZacD - We weren't given limits for the assignment, but my model is currently at 3849 tris with a 1024x1024 texture



Low poly w/ normal map update. I'm aware of the seam from the normal map on the bell part and will be fixing that in the next update. Also fixed some fisheye camera issues

man_o_mule

that ref is pretty slick looking. I think yours is looking ncie but the normal seems pretty weak to me. all the edges on the normal look so soft.

Khalamea

man_o_mule - Mmm yeah looking back, I tend to agree. I did it all in layers in zBrush so I can probably just bump up the intensities, will see how that goes! Thanks

Khalamea

First texture pass on the handle, starting the bell

sltrOlsson

Dude! Please don't say that's crazybumps "oscclusion". That normalmap can give so much more, try adjusting the levels of the blue channel to give some more deph for starters!

Khalamea

It was crazybump's specular output, but I'm mostly using it as a starting point to indicate where the details are when I actually paint the textures on the bell part, haven't gotten to it yet. I'll try what you suggested with the blue channel though

Khalamea

Max render, I have a better Unreal version with orangey specular, but I'm unable to take screenshots as I use Vista on a Macbook. Will post those tomorrow from school

sltrOlsson

Ok i see Looks pretty nice, maybe the diffuse for the "bell" part could be a bit lighter? I really think a nice specular will bring this to life! Good luck (:

Khalamea

Thanks sltrOlsson I made a lighter version of the bell, as well as a darker. I like the way the dark bell look on its own, but as a whole, I think the lighter value works better with the handle.. not too sure though.

P442

fix texture seam on the bell