[DS2] Hammer, fabian roldan
polycounter lvl 6
Latest update:Just starting my thread for this competition, it will be a hammer from the kingdom of the dead. I have 4 concepts, my favourites are 1 or 2. Maybe number 1 have some demonic theme look, so i may change the theme in case i make that one. what do you guys think? i`ll post the comparison image with the character too, cheers.
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However 4 is much more bulky and I get the sense it's Darksiders material. Besides the man above me says 4 and you should follow
Man you got a point there, i just can`t debate that haha thnx a lot!
Cheers!!
You be pancaked.
I`ll post more progress tomorrow
Also, had a quick thought that if you defined the spikes as being embedded into the cylinder shape, that might help them seem more robust. I dunno.
I think it might be that right now the cylinder shape is coming across to me as more of a stone, and that contributes to the weak feel of the spikes.
pseudoBug. thnx, i agree, the spikes looked terrible, y made them as a separate subtool and didn`t deform them, now they look stronger i think, what do you think? :poly121:
I changed the skull at the center, made changes here and there based on sugestions, and simplified the pommel. i just need to polish some areas. Please let me know what you think. Cheers.
suburbbum: Nice image! :poly124:
Now i`ll proceed with the low poly, any more crits will be apreciated.
I think you may need to tweak the skulls a bit, give the brows a lot more meat, and think more about shapes and planes that will pick up light.
Here's a crappy paintover to show general direction I'd try to head.
The end skull in particular seems to have a bit more of a comical look to him. The eyes remind me a little bit of triangle clown eyes, or happy jack-o-lantern eyes.
Watch bobo's scull and weapon vid again to get a better idea of shapes. Right now you have a lot of thin edges sticking out, but not a much in the way of planes, or overall skull shape, imho.
- BoBo
Bobo, thnx man glad you liked it.
Here`s the progress
I think the change changes on the cylinder might be fighting the chunkyness like you mentioned. What I was trying to describe was more of indicating how each individual spike was embedded into the main piece. For example, was it driven in, causing a mushrooming out of the material surrounding it? Was it cast in? Things like that. I don't have an answer for what makes sense and would look good though.
Keep goin, this thing is looking killer. :thumbup:
Some minor changes, just pushed the skulls a bit more, and other details, i`ll start with the low poly tomorrow or i won`t finish this on time lol
I hope the colors and textures pump up this thing a little bit. Thanks everyone for the feedback
I meant to suggest this before, but have you thought of using some rings or straps to hold the bones into place? I've always thought that the way the float there is a little odd.(forgot to mention that).
The one on the left feels like it would smash and poke you, the one on the right feels more like it would just smash.
I think the straps make it feel more like it's not quite as solid? Like. . .it's got these straps on to hold it together?
...pretty sure that's the entire point. It looks secure.
Something only needs straps applied to it if it's at risk of coming apart. That's what I was getting at. Sometimes adding straps to something can actually make it seem less solid. Reinforcement can actually be a sign of previous failure, and can actually hint at weakness. All depends on how it's implemented.
Another way to look at it it would be: Do you want this to feel that it's been made in such a way that straps are holding it together, or that more of an unearthly evil carved it out of a solid block of whatever material it's made of. Does it need patching or reinforcement, or is it such a well made weapon that it smashes through hordes of bad guys without really taking a structural beating?
Maybe that's going too far, but that's the way I'd approach it.
pseudoBug: Yep, just as Clyptic said, the intention of the bones was to hold the hammer head to the main piece, but you`re absolutely right, they just look like floating there lol, thanx again for the paint over, you`re awsome! and i agree, the ring straps make it detail busy as you mentioned.
I think i`ll stick to the metal straps, i like the poke function the bones give, but kinda feel they affect the silhouette in a really negative way, another reason is the metal straps will save me some triangles in the low poly, i`m a little bit concerned about that right now. Once again thnx for your feed back :cool:
ZacD: I tried it, and kinda liked it!! but it looks empty there, thnx for your advice man!!
AimBiZ: yeah, now that you mention it, i think i may change the theme for darksiders core and take the safe route, those bandages i added to the handle don`t belong to KOTD that much either, i hope bobo can enlighten me here. Thnx for the feedback man.
Rapante: Thnx man!!
More changes, deformed the metal straps to match better the KOTD...but i think i`ll change to DC anyways. And changed the handle transition once again, that thing is giving me a hedache lol
- BoBo