[DS2] Axe, Forg3d

Forg3d

Hey Everyone!! I am super stoked about this contest. I work here at Vigil and it is awesome to see so many people getting excited about Darksiders 2. It is an awesome game, with some amazing talent. This is going to be sweet to see everyone making crazy awesome Darksiders weapons, and I can't keep from joining in on the fun.

Anyways, here is the WIP of my Maker Axe. Comments and Crits are always welcome.


UPDATE!
Here's the final!




Final Sculpt!!!!

Avanthera

A start, keep going fool.

tsabszy

great to see you guys in action! want more!

Jar3d

Lookin good. Very Makerish.

Forg3d

Thanks guys, here is an update on the concept. Now to the base mesh...

Avanthera

Ace colors! Looking forward to 3d!

Dan!

cool design could be a bit chunkier IMO- but cool as hell nonetheless

Forg3d

Thanks,

Ya, chunkier is always better. We're always telling each other "Keep it chunky!" in our office.

One of the guys here just gave me some real good crits, so I've got to rework some areas of my concept. Will post an update again soon!

Forg3d

Alright, so after a lot of reworking my first concept, I had the idea of doing more of an evil maker Construct Axe. So here it is. It is much more Darksiderish, I think, and I'm going to get to work on the 3d now.

Let me know what you think.

Avanthera

Gooood

lupi

The axe all the way, it looks brutal and effective weapon!

JamesWarren

That looks extremely cool man! It definitely has more of the chunky DS2 style than your previous concept. I like the idea of a more evil Maker weapon too.

Skyerzz

I think it would be better as a more crow temple style. Which is dark, with purples and runes, like you already have. But I like the new design a lot. I'm just worried about the mixing of themes going on right now.

Forg3d

Thanks guys.

@James - Ya, I really liked the idea of doing a construct boss kind of weapon. Pretty excited about it.

@Skyerzz - I get what you're saying about the colors, but I think it works, because most of the ref you are probably looking at it more "good" makers, whereas the construct stuff has some purples and also anything corrupted or evil has the oranges and yellows, which is what I'm going for. Check out this image which is a big part of the inspiration, only corrupted, not friendly.

Also, will be working on making the face more constructish... less lionish.

Forg3d

Here is an update with non lion face...

Skyerzz

I stand very corrected.

Forg3d

No worries! There isn't a lot of reference for what I'm talking about, so you were pretty right actually. I might change the orange glowies to blue like the construct in the image....

ScudzAlmighty

new one is awesome

BoBo_the_seal

Very cool idea. I would emphasize the primary axe blade a bit more. For an axe, I feel that it's being dominated by the decorative detail.

Looking forward to the sculpt!

- BoBo

Di$array

Yeah I agree with Bobo. By bring out the main blade you'll add more to the silhouette.

Forg3d

Alright, I do see what you're saying about the axe blade for sure. I did a small adjustment on the concept to bring the blade out a little. I think its definitely better, but do you guys think its enough?

Forg3d

Alright guys,

Small update here, but just wanted to post the final concept. Changed a few things. It now has a stone handle, the trinity symbol moved, made the face and axe blade bigger.

I'm working on the base mesh, and will post a 3d shot as soon as I have something to show.

Hang10

Cant wait to see the 3d

Skyerzz

I'm excited. You got a cool design going mon

POFFINGTON

Keep this going! I can't wait to see that glow

Impala88

very nice design. You did a good job on the golem face, it was the first thing that came to mind before i actually scrolled up and read the previous posts

Forg3d

Hey guys, here's a wip of the sculpt. Trying to find time here and there to work on it. I've still got quite a ways to go, but I thought I'd let you see where it's at now. I've kind of just been jumping around it working here and there. The blades are the closest to finished, but the rest still has a lot to be done.

Comments and crits welcome.

Daven

No real crits here. All of your forms are crisp, large, and well defined so far. Keep it up!

Avanthera

Gogo man!

Jar3d

Looking good Jesse. :santa::poly008::poly114::lock::thumbup:

Forg3d

Alright, I'm calling it a night. Made some good progress this weekend, so i thought i'd post it up. Im just about finished with the sculpt.

BlvdNights

Looks more Warhammer to me than Darksiders. Cool design though.

Stinkhorse

Looking good Forg3d! You might want to tighten up the divot in the construct's forehead. Right now it feels like a tongue hanging out of a mouth, and the three divots above are eyes. Aside from that the axe blade is looking good and mean and you did a good job capturing the orb down at the bottom.

Forg3d

Alright, here is the final sculpt. Only a few changes from the previous. Now I'll start working on the Low poly and then to textures.\

Avanthera

You know I think this is kick ass! Pump that low out!

BoBo_the_seal

Looking good!

Forg3d

Alright, after much tweaking, here's my final.

Jar3d

Turned out great dude!

BoBo_the_seal

Looks great!

Forg3d

Thanks guys! This was a super fun challenge for sure! Now I've just got to figure out what's next to sculpt...

PredatorGSR

Looks cool. If I had one crit is that the texture/small details are a bit noisy and the key focal points like the face/blade/pommel don't stand out enough as readable shapes.

Forg3d

Thanks. Ya, I think I got a little too carried away in doing small details... I was having fun with it. I was pretty happy with the end result, although I agree there were things I could still work on... I may work it a little more to try to fix a few things. We'll see. Kinda want to start a new project though.