Help with color on my chainsaw

Death-a-Matron

Hey guys, I could really use some help. I got this concept even though it was one color, modeled it high and low, but now when I'm going to texture it, I cant figure out a color scheme that works. I tried coloring a render of my high poly, but it doesn't seem right. I was hoping someone could give me any kind of direction to take this. I could using a color scheme, a rough paint-over, anything really. I need some kind of direction. Any help would be appreciated.

Concept



Render:


Crappy color, need help

Mike Yevin

I don't see much color, just greyscale and a red trigger?

Do 3-7 paintovers, all with different color schemes and give yourself some options. Experiment with really wacky combos as well as realistic ones to give it a nice spread. I'm sure the community would love to give their opinion if they had some options to choose from.

Death-a-Matron

That's the thing I'm having trouble with. I'm usually just following concepts. I'm generally lost when it comes to determining what color goes where.

PhattyEwok

Check out google images of some real world examples and go from there.

doeseph

Hey,

you did a good job with the model, it looks like you read the concept well considering it's a bit hazy in certain areas. I think it may be beneficial for you to do a paintover yourself and go through many different color schemes until you find one you're pleased with. If you're persistent I'm sure you'll find something you like.

Here's a paint over I did in photoshop, it may not be the best but hopefully you find it useful in some way. If not, I'm sure a more talented member can give you some suggestions!

seven

I agree with the above posts... you should try some additional color schemes but I did a quick paint over with a more saturated scheme than doeseph but it's pretty similar.

Death-a-Matron

I like that saturated look. I tried to do something based off both of yours. Let me know what you think. Brutal honesty please.

Oniram

brutal honesty? :P i dont like the oversaturated red. i really like seven's idea of the stripes on the front of the saw, but i like the colors doeseph went with.

Ghostscape

I took a quick shot at it as well, it's a bit rough but here you go:



my PSD is available here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2JAJ9IMS


I don't think my color/materials are anywhere close to perfect but I didn't want to spend a bunch of time tweaking your render to look like plastic/metal/etc.

Death-a-Matron

@Ghostscape yeah don't worry about any of the materials or anything, I just need a direction to go with in terms of color. I really like the part in the back with the three holes, how it has the color around it. I think that works very well.

Paragon

I was thinking something like this with the hazard strips on it



btw i'm a sucker for glowy bits

Death-a-Matron

Another compilation from you guys. Is this looking like a possibility?

Ghostscape

Death-a-Matron wrote: »

Another compilation from you guys. Is this looking like a possibility?

that's kind of a sickly yellow, I'd move it a bit more towards orange/red, right now it's got some blue/green in it.

I'd do the fatter, more angled caution stripes that seven used versus yours, but I like your most recent color comp (probably cuz it's based on mine )

MasteroftheFork

Seven's has my vote.

makecg

i like the brown colors most.

jeremiah_bigley

MasteroftheFork wrote: »

Seven's has my vote.

+1

I don't know if I agree with the hazard color scheme... seems a bit cliche/overdone.

n88tr

need it in hellokitty pink

seven

lulz

Oniram

n88tr wrote: »

need it in hellokitty pink

for once in your life can you please say something useful?


death-a-matron: do NOT do hello kitty pink.

megalmn2000

Maybe not clean, it would break the mood and the intensity of the weapon. Something epic like Gears of War?

OrganizedChaos

Hazard stripes are totally 40k - so are chainswords, so I support this I'd go with something like that but this definitely could use some wear and tear. Try to think of the areas that would wear down when you do it- right now you've got the hazard stripes wearing down very evenly. I agree with Ghostscape in that it could benefit from being less of a green yellow and more toward the orange if you go that route.

Snader

I'd like to mention that your teeth are a bit too wildly varying. I get you're going for damaged and used, but if you look at the top/front 2 you see that one tooth is much much thinner than the other. IMO that's much more than you'd get in actual use (even with some exaggeration).

Also, I see no reason why the rear shape of any of the teeth should change. <- )\)\)\ <- is the direction in which the saw moves, right? In that case only the ) should deform, and the \ should be relatively unharmed.

Lastly, that ring near the trigger seems like a huge snagging risk (it looks like it would get stuck in the teeth).

As for color, I'm thinking it might be cool to combine Death-a-Matron's version with some stickering/permanent-marker/graffiti to make it look a bit like a hornet. You could nickname it the buzzsaw (yes I know that's the round one).

Rodpower

I didn't really get a chance to make all the scratches in most edges, but Im pretty sure u get the idea. Golden, dark reds, dark blues and black are pretty much it. Also, if the saw blades were wasted metal it would add to the different shapes you got there.

I know adding the dry blood as a texture is kinda dumb, but if you're going to present it as a piece of work, why not?

and hopefully you find that the pink idea is a waste of time, unless you're into that stuff...

cupsster

I get that circle in front of handle annoying.. Do full blood teeth and if you slice meat with it.. blood should cove 3/4 of it maybe? It's wet fun..

Wiktor

I like Seven's first suggestion the most. The one in post #6

seven

the pink was a joke btw. :P

SHEPEIRO

sevens has a nice colour tone to it... (first one...though im all for a hello kitty chainsaw)
using something like this can really help if your struggling...

sevens stripes were better aswell as they were thicker and suited the detail frequency already in the model

biggest thing i would do is make the painted sections/areas/scratches stick out materially...ATM your just dying metal...this isnt very common...you want it to look like paint and that needs a more plastic specular

Death-a-Matron

Well I combined Seven's with bits from Rodpower. Is this looking better?

Piesandbombs

I'm liking it now ~ Glad to see the blood gone.

OrganizedChaos

It's looking better but I really think you should think a bit more about where the wear would be. The area around the blades would definitely be chipped up a bit more, and around the handle. Imagine it as if this was actually being used. Like, you've got a lot of wear under- to the left of the spherical shape, that area seems like it'd be harder to get to and scratch up. The wear you've got on the edge of the blade (the scratches on the metal itself- not the hazard stripes) looks very even, like someone took a rock and dragged it down the edge there. Just something to think about.

P.S. I'm also glad you got rid of the blood- it was a bit too tacked on. As well as the glow and lettering :P