[DS2] Hammer, R0gu3

R0gu3

Well after a long shitty night of nothing working I won't be able to enter the contest my low poly turned to shit and I can't get anything close, heres what I have and its at about 17k tris, I had a low poly mesh but I couldn't get textures to bake properly








And a vid of it in mudbox

http://youtu.be/YPXIjU8uJK8

R0gu3

Past posts
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/Render_CrowAx_Start.jpeg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/Crow_Axe_full2-1.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/Crow_Axe_full2.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/Crow_Axe_full.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/Ideas.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/Ideas_roughModel.jpg

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Okay, so Maybe rolling with the crow axe made some tweaks and more of a full sketch up

C&C welcome and encouraged

R0gu3

Mmk, Since I seem to be updating for my own amusement, I've rearranged some bits of my forum posts here, as always C&C is most welcome!

R0gu3

going to start modeling probably today or tomorrow for the first full axe design, I think I may do something different with the crow bust on the bottom maybe turn it to a profile view?

Dimfist

Hey Rogu3, if you go with that crow ax, maybe exaggerate the angles on the skull a bit more. I think it could lend to a more exciting piece.

R0gu3

mmk, I'll play with it some thanks for the input

Rabbid_Cheeze

No need to reserve posts like that, just make new posts as you get further into the project and update the first post with what ever is new when you want. No one reserves posts like that here.

Also your images are way too big given the amount of detail in them, The Maya screens are blurry too. Scale them down by about half.

When painting, don't use a pure white background if you intend to add any color to your piece as it is liable to throw your sense of contrast off, plus its harder on the eyes. You might also want to check out some concepting tutorials like the one Murph did for 3DMotive, or just check out ctrl+Paint.

R0gu3

Hey, thanks I appreciate the tips! Sorry I'm a bit new to all of this- Most of the reserved stuff just needs to be deleted...

R0gu3

Mmk, so not a major update, just some additional ideas for the pommel, and a better Idea of whats going on from the front and top of the ax

Clyptic

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like this wouldn't be very sturdy. Maybe you should modify or add to the attachment from the handle to the skull. It appears as if there is just a spear jammed through it which would come lose when hacking at things.

R0gu3

Hey thanks for the reply, I've been trying to figure out a solution for that Clyptic, because I agree completely, I kinda have a metal plate at the entry point between the vertebrae, maybe just add some melted metal at the exit between the spear head? any thoughts?

R0gu3

Small update
I think I may begin modeling this, I also have an idea I have for an Angelic Mace, but I havn't drawn it digitally yet

R0gu3

Mmmk so started modeling this is what I've got so far, I know something wonky is goin down in my mesh messing up my renders etc, trying to figure that out now, and I need to figure out the best way to do the Eye sockets etc, any tips or advice would be apreciated.

R0gu3

Hey guys need some help, tying to figure out what is going to be the best way to do the Eye sockets etc, should I do that in mudbox or find a way to do it maya Effectively also anyideas as to whats going on with that grayish splotchyness goin on?

Clyptic

It's personal preference really, since in the end the cavity's will just be normal mapped anyway. I personal prefer to sculpt out those type of things in zbrush or mudbox. As far as the grey geometry I don't know what would be causing it other than faulty geometry. If u have multiple saves u could just try importing another version of it.

R0gu3

Ah okay thanks Clypitc Probably will begin sculpting today then, after I fix what ever is causing that geometry issue

JamesWarren

Looks like z-fighting to me. Two planes that are basically facing the same direction that are intersecting. Probably the fastest thing to do from here would be to retopologize on top of the area object that is having those problems then subdivide it. That would probably help make it look less blobby too. If you have a way of selecting the planes behind the one in front you could try expanding the selection and deleting those as well.

R0gu3

Hey thanks for the advice James, I figured it out, for some reason I had multiple faces all hitting in the same spot but it's fixed now

R0gu3

Just a quick update
Think ima start to sculpt!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/To_sculpt1.jpeg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/To_sculpt2.jpeg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/To_sculpt3.jpeg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53492856/To_sculpt4.jpeg

R0gu3

Update, Game over

R0gu3

Gunna go ahead and make a final update, show off my high poly sculpt and paint.

Dimfist

Glad you kept going! Every bit helps man.