[DS2] Hammer, Dmightyone

dmightyone

hey guys, kind of a late start here but can't afford to miss this awesome challenge. After some doodling i came up with the final concept:



gonna make this cross shaped heaven hammer. C & C welcome

*final:

SgtNasty

Looks great! One problem down the line is that it might be hard to get the really small details into the 512x512 resolution, but w/e. Good work

Skyerzz

I think this is really cool, but I think it needs to be simplified a little. The texture space is only 512 so I worry that a lot of this would disappear. It would also be easier on the eye. I'm looking for to seeing my dev sketches of this guy.

Echronos

I agree with them. The concept is awesome but with such a small texture, the details wouldn't appear. If you keep this silhouette and make the details bigger, it would become a really cool model =p

Que bom que voc

dmightyone

hey guys, thanks for all the critics and comments. although i do plan on reducing the detail a bit, UV space doesn't really concern me much since pretty much everything on the weapon is symmetrical. what i'm most worried about is triangle count, but let's do it one step at a time. right now only had enough time to get started on the sculpting, blocking out the main shapes:

exphrasis

Looking good !
Becareful though how you manage the resolution spaces.
I mean, those angel wings look like they have very few polygons, and this may make your normal map suffer.

The design is sick though. Can't wait to see this one finished

EVIL

the reason to watch your detailing isnt only because of the texture space, but also because of the darksiders style. Everything should be chunky and comic book styled.

dmightyone

exphrasis thanks man. yeah i'll definitely keep that in mind when arranging the UVs

EVIL you got a point there. I agree with you so decided to not go too crazy with the details, so here's where's my sculpting looks like. just need a few minor tweaks and it's low-poly time

fabian roldan

You`re still having too much details here, this is not dark siders style, your sculpting skills are awsome, and either way it will look amazing that`s for sure, but following the game`s style is very important i think.

dmightyone

thanks man. Well right now it's a little late for me to change the design so i'm gonna have to stick with this one and we'll see how it goes.

AimBiZ

Second on Fabian there. Also I think you could enhance the sihlouette by removing those top arches to make the whole thing look like a cross and more hammer like as well.

dmightyone

ok, removed the arches not only for silhouette but also because i was having trouble with the 1500 tri limit with them. here;s a quick screen for the low poly with normals and AO:

Echronos

Great job man, the bakes are pretty clean. Can't wait to see the textures

Tamarin

This is my favourite entry.

dmightyone

thanks a lot alvaro and tamarin, really appreciate it. got some small update on the textures:

AimBiZ

Looks great! You managed to get the details big and chunky. Will fit the game well I think.

dmightyone

thanks man, yeah hopefully! anyways i think I'm done, changed the colors a bit to fit better with the angelic theme:

Tamarin

Great work on this piece. I really like the details and the layers of wings give it a unique shape/silhouette.

Di$array

Well that looks extremely elegant and I have to say the winged crest really adds to the piece as well.

Well done.