WIP skyrim inspired Mass Effect Armor

eazy

hi guys, I'm still pretty new around here, and so this is my very first wip thread here at polycount. I'm designing a set of Skyrim inspired armor that would fit into the Mass Effect universe. I'm not very experienced in dealing with hard surface stuff, so I figured this would be a good challenge for me. And I really love Mass Effect and Skyrim. Comments and critiques welcome. Thanks for looking!

Yup, everything looks good here. 90-95% done.

And here's some of my reference:

chrisCPO

do a general block out then break apart the model in to as many smaller chucks as you fell work. take this chunks and start high poly modeling them with edge control loops and what not.

not sure if you were looking for help with a work flow buts thats how I would approach the model.

cool idea keep it up.

eazy

chris, that's exactly the feedback i need. cheers!

Seirei

This is such a cool idea! I loved the Dragon Age bonus armor for Mass Effect 2 with it's medieval look in the sci-fi setting, I'm interested to see how it'll be in reverse.

eazy

Here's some updates. Next step will be getting the armor pieces into zbrush and adding all the hi-poly details! I probably spent too much time tweaking all the verts in the block-out stage, but hopefully it'll be worth it down the road. C&C welcome!





PS don't mind the clipping you see around the feet/leg area. it's not my fault; Maya just does that sometimes...

dirigible

re: the clipping, you can fix it by adjusting your camera's near clipping plane. The near clipping plane value should be as high as you can make it without it becoming a problem.

eazy

sup daniel! ya, I tried playing with the near clip plane, but it seems just when the camera is zoomed out that I get the penetration/clipping happening. When I zoom in and check the geo, it doesn't have any issues, so I think it should be all right. those images were just screen-caps of my default viewport.

thanks for the heads up, tho!

rawrsie

if it's on a gigantic scale you also have to adjust the far clip inversely

Alberto Rdrgz

wheres the butt cheek protection?

allaze-eroler

Alberto Rdrgz wrote: »

wheres the butt cheek protection?

lol... that comment is totally priceless XD i was thinking like this : ohhh sweet ! that is an easy spot *POW*

the warrior : OW! MY POOR SWEET BUTT IS TOTALLY RUINED !

so yes, he DOES need the butt cheek protection

just a side note : i was joking around so, don't take it too seriously ^^;

Jungsik

DAT ASS

eazy

lulz! sup peeps and thanks for the good laughs! I've finally got some progress to show, sorry for being lazy and slow and just an all-around bum.

I've developed new-found respect for anyone who does hi-poly hard-surface modeling. keeping those edges crisp and the planes even is TOUGH.