(DS2) Axe, yahya_no_1gamer

Yahya_no_1gamer

Alright this is my first time in a 3D contest let alone desiging weapons as complex as this, so please.....be gentle


So for my design I decided to go for an Axe, with a Cerberus design to go with it.

Chose the Kingdom of the dead Theme(Cerberus ....underworld.....dead stuff lool)

I first started with this silhouette:



But I couldn't fit the 3rd head without it looking wierd, so I ended up with this:



So this is what I dead so far:




Yah, I am behind schedule and got like 3 more days to finish , trying to pull through, hopefully I can do it


I am worried I might be getting out of theme, suggestion are WELCOME!......... plz lol

vikk0

Hey man! You have an interesting idea, although yes, you are kinda out of theme. Maybe you should check some Darksiders II references (http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95334) or at the Contest main page
Other good options is to watch their teasers, gameplay videos, and see if your design fits on their conceptual guideline.
Good luck!

Habboi

If we're gentle, how will you learn to be a good boy /spank

No but seriously I think someone else is doing Cerberus and I'm not 100% sure it was supported because that sort of thing isn't in the game. Also you have chains at the bottom, that's a "no no" according to the game devs.

Don't let this get you down, push out some new designs fast and post them here so we can give you fierce brutal feedback. /spank

jmt

Bobo said in a previous thread that Cerberus heads don't match anything in the game. Keep that in mind, but carry on with this design if you want to. There isn't that much time left.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1539562&postcount=38

Yahya_no_1gamer

Alright, thanks for feed back , back to the drawing boards I guess lol, maybe I'll keep the same shape but change the design

Yahya_no_1gamer

OK finally got around doing something, so here is my silhouettes



And basic 3D shape of the Axe:



Blades in the middle didn't work so I took them of

Next step is ti try to draw a design in mudboox, gonna try to make the blades on the right wings, with a death face on the left(or maybe another death related creature), or I might change that, i'll see how things go, hopefully I can come up with a good design in mudbox, then later on bake it into 3DS max

Habboi

I'd remove the hanging chain. We're not allowed any sort of physics so it'd look weird having a static chain.

Yahya_no_1gamer

oh that sucks , wanted to stretching chain part of the design(I know we wont animate but a noob can dream big can't he lol)

Thanks for the reply Habbo, I really do need those spanked after all..... /spanked

Yahya_no_1gamer

OK progression shot:



Took a whole day just getting my OBJ to work on Mudbox , was really frustrating to do

Not happy with my progress as i am definitely falling behind at this point I might not make it, but I barley finding the time to work on this.

Trying to see how I can make a death face on the left side and still looks good, so much going in my head, can't come up wit ha good death design on the spot
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On a related note, I read that the dead line is on the 26th, at 11 am, so i need to submit everything before 11 in the morning? right? just trying to get some things on my head clear out

Yahya_no_1gamer

MudBox result, ended up with this:



I know its a bit much, but needed to come up with a design ASAP and 3 heads is monsters is all I can think of :S

I will use retopology and hopefully will end up somewhere close to the Mudbox as much as I can, while still in the 1500 tri limit

No sleep for me I guess

Evanescfan

I sleep now. goodnight.

Yahya_no_1gamer

Dude I still say you should have posted ur work


Anyway, here is the low poly:



Its as closes as i can get while staying with the tri limit

If I am able to finish texture in the next hour and half might post it, other wise, I couldn't make it

Yahya_no_1gamer

Thats how far I went, looks like I didn't make it

If I understand correctly the time limit is 11 am so yah, its 10:30 am here and have miles to go.

Was fun though, Can't wait for another contest I can compete and improve my skills with /optimizam of a noob..........lol