[DS2] Mace, Echronos

Echronos

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Hey guys, here is my concept for a Darksiders Core Mace. I'm not very good with concepts, so I'll try to do my best with the 3D. Critiques are wellcome and I hope you like it.

pulyx

Looking real good dude. Color scheme fits perfectly and sillhouette is awesome.

hannes d

nice
i only wonder what is the thing in his mouth?

njc6425

love it

afisher

This looks promising. I like the direction your heading. I know it's just a rough concept, but maybe break up the purples a bit with some other hues. Just a thought.

BrendtheCow

This is looking good so far! The silhouette looks good, and the color scheme fits the core style really well.

r4ptur3

nice work, real slick ( ^_^)b

Echronos

Hey, thanks guys

hannes d: its is like a ring with some runes, that passes through the skulls mouths
afisher: thanks man! I'll try another colors when I start the texture.

So, here's what I got right now. Its is only the base mesh. Details will come with the scult.


Here's the famous in game shot

Crymsix

Nice work! What programs are you using for this?

Echronos

I used only blender and zbrush till now

Baj Singh

Great bulk on the weapon. Looks visceral : ).

Shendoo

Very cool, keep up the good work!

naruSol

As they are now, those little spikes seem to distract from the design more than contribute to it. Thicker or more deliberate would be my suggestion for an otherwise very strong form.

pulyx

It could be Chunkier specially on the handlebar.

But i like those thorns on the skull. See if they work better by making them bigger, more twisted. The macehead itself is awesome.

Echronos

Hey guys, thanks for the sugestions. I'll try some different things with those spikes to see if it gets better

Here is the sculpt in the mace. I won't show entire parts because, as it has 3 sides, I worked only on one side. Here you can see some details:



(I still have to work on the spikes)

Daven

Hey man, nice work. Keep in mind that a lot of those tiny dings and dents won't show up in the final texture. If you're going to keep any details, make them large and obvious

Big, deep cuts and nice sharp edges. Right now stuff's starting to look a bit mushy.

Echronos

Ya, you are right man. I zoomed in alot to sculp, so the details looked bigger. I'll make some bigger details this time. Thanks

Xenier

I would try to sharpen up that sculpt and make it a little more planar to better fit the style

dmightyone

hey alvaro awesome work so far man. one thing you could try though is to make everything more edgy and sharper, instead of the curvy look, especially on the skull, in order to match with the style of the game. great work so far dude, keep it coming! good luck!

chemotoledo

I like the concepts. Looks going to semthing good. Keep goin! =D

Echronos

Thanks for the tips guys! I think the model is sharper now

Grampz

I'm really a fan of what you did with the handle; how you tapered the middle and gave it a different texture/material. That alone gives it so much more pop as a silhouette. Jealous I didn't think of it first!

Also like the alteration with the skull. It looks better chunky and sharp!

Great work

Echronos

Hey guys, I'm having a problem with my normals. Here is a picture to show whats happening:



As you can see in the left, the normals are very weird. I used a mirrored texture, and the UVs are overlaped. In the right, there is the normal map as a diffuse map, and every thing looks fine. Do you guys know whats happening? How can I fix it? I'm rendering in marmoset toolbag.

Thnaks

Kraken

Cool mace, it looks very orcish

Vectorius

Good work and nice concept Echronos. for your normals problem, can you post a screen of your texture ? But when i look at your right screen, i can't understand what happened... your NM seems correct, maybe check the geometrie/smoothing group, maybe 2 vertex are not welded...don't know.With such pb i just try everything on the geometry(vertex weld, reset xform,...).
Good luck.

Echronos

Hey, thanks for the help Vectorius. I fixed it by following the workflow for mirrored normal maps I found at polycount

So, after some bakes, thats what I got:



I have to work a lot yet, but I liked the result with basic textures. The weapon has 1677 tris. I hope you like it

Habboi

Came out great dude, good work!

Echronos

Thanks Habboi!

So, I started working on the textures. At first, I was following the concept color, but it wasn't good. Then I decided to try a lot of different combinations. Here are my options:


(the last one looks better because it is the texture I started working on before trying another colors)

So, what do you guys think? Which is the best color combination?

Thanks

Echronos

Here is what I got before going to bed:



Lot of work to do yet

Habboi

It's a good choice. I was going to say either that one or 10.

Echronos

Thanks Habboi


I finally finished my mace. Here is the final result:



Here is how it looks like with Death:



All I have to do now it to make the final image. Hope you guys like it and good lucky to everyone

Roy

really nice!!

Echronos

Thanks Roy

Final Image:

pulyx

Amazing job bro.