The King's Chair

jowalker

Hello Everyone!

A breif story behind this project

I have always been a Maya person until I encountered 3ds Max. For some people, the transition from Maya to 3ds Max comes quicker. For me, it was a slow process. For 5 months, I was determined to make a project using 3ds Max, pushing the boundaries within myself, and go more in depth in the program.
I'll be quite honest, I now like 3ds Max more than I did in Maya:)

Anyway, I am pleased to present my first project done on 3ds Max "The Kings Chair"
In my opinion, this is the best project I ever done thus so far!

Hope you guys like it!:) I'm always up for constructive Criticism.

Poly Count: 2246, 2902 Verts

Process

Original Concept (note: this is not my photo)

Rendered Images

There will be another post that shows the UVs and Bump Maps

achillesian

look like rgb bump maps, might want to get used to tangent space as it's the industry standard i think.

jowalker

Hey Guys, I want to addressed to everyone that I'm new to the polycount website so I apologize if I posted more than one thread. But yeah, I'll remember next time to update my original forum only.

P442

I agree that it looks like you're using bump maps

jowalker

Thanks for the feedback! and yes they are bumps maps. its a nice attempt for this project, but yeah I have to agree with more usage of tangent space normal maps.

makecg

"Serious Comment time !"
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I like it overall.. Looking at the concept
You need to actually model some of the LION to bring it out more.
Not just put a bump on it. I can't even tell if it's a Lion face in your low poly model.

you need to model alot more of the chair to actually bring the stuff out to make it look more like the concept.

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gsokol

Tone down the bump map...that is wayyyy too strong.

The chair looks ok..the lions on the arm rests don't read well as lions..just looks like noise.

jimmypopali

Quick question, the highlights on the back of the chair, are they textured in, or is that a spec map?

jowalker

The lion on the Armrest support was my least favorite. I had a hard time capturing the face of the lion to make it recognizable. I would of model or sculpted the whole chair, however, I did not have the patients nor the time to do custom lion faces and most of everything else. Especially since this project lingered on too long, I just want to be over with it and move on to something else. However, there's always room for improvement overtime.

jowalker

jimmypopali wrote: »

Quick question, the highlights on the back of the chair, are they textured in, or is that a spec map?

Yes there are texture on the back of the chair. But there are no Spec maps I put in. There is not much to see in the back which is why most of the concentration is the front.

snake85027

the overall scale looks good. I agree with other people you need more polygons in the model. Define the face more of that lion.

jimmypopali

jowalker wrote: »

Yes there are texture on the back of the chair. But there are no Spec maps I put in. There is not much to see in the back which is why most of the concentration is the front.

I meant the red cushion on the back, where you lean on - but thanks for clearing that up:poly121: