[Riot Art Contest] - Luchador Braum

JoanSantus · Oct 2014

Hello,
This is my entry idea for a Braum's skin.
He is going to use a chair as shield and hit people with it.

Oniram · Oct 2014

great idea for a skin. the shield i feel should be just more than a chair though, as thats not very interesting overall.

JoanSantus · Oct 2014

It's the only thing I could think of that matches the luchador idea, but I'm open to other ideas though. The chair of course would be modified, not just a simple chair.

Seantking · Oct 2014

Do it! Sounds amazing!

DiegoTeran · Oct 2014

im making a lumberjack Braum and this was actually my first idea, and i couldnt come up with anything as a shield so i scrapped it

DiegoTeran · Oct 2014

IDEA! how about you make a trophy with a Poro on top

OR!!!! make the shield the front part of the wrestling championship belt.

https://image-cdn.zap2it.com/images/cy-young-award-2013-wwe-championship.jpg

make something like the center because it has the shape of a shield but make it about Poro.

JoanSantus · Oct 2014

I started doing some block out. I'll be adding him a cape. I noticed braum has a big shoulder pad on his right arm, I might make the cape bigger on that side or something like that.

I like your idea Turista, I also need to make a poro with a lucha libre mask too, since braum always come with a poro.

JoanSantus · Nov 2014

A very small update. I think I have a better idea of what to use as a shield... a poro! this is my blockout so far. I'll start detailing soon. What do you think?

JoanSantus · Nov 2014

Started adding some basic colors to get the feeling of a real luchador.

JoanSantus · Nov 2014

This is how the shield is looking. These are overall the colors for the shield. The poro's hairs are supposed to be made from wood. I'll detail them on the diffuse map. They are going to have some brown colors on them.
CC welcome. I'll start working on the poro luchador and then jump to the low polygon.

JoanSantus · Nov 2014

Luchador Poro

JoanSantus · Nov 2014

Sorry I haven't updated this. I detailed the models a little more. C&C welcome.

JoanSantus · Nov 2014

And here is the Luchador Poro.

chayruby · Nov 2014

Hey!

I think that your concept is very interesting. You have a great opportunity with the isometric viewing angle of the game to incorporate a design on the back of his cape. Perhaps taking something from sugar skull imagery mixed with the Poro?

It's coming along really well! I'm excited to see the next update.

JoanSantus · Nov 2014

Thank you for the idea chayruby. I might try that once I'm texturing the low polygon. My design skills aren't very good so I'll take me a couple of tries though. I'll try to update this faster so you can check it out!

Noctaelius · Dec 2014

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2014/12/129-pbe-update.html i think that they took your idea for braum

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

Here is another update. I backed the AO and fixed some of the errors that appear. There were a lot of errors! I'm still refining the AO but I feel it's starting to look good and wanted to share it. C & C welcome.

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

Just saw the new skin for braum in youtube. He's a wrestler with a chair.. damm. Still I'll finish this guy who's giving the impression of a nicer guy/super hero like the wrestlers in mexico are supposed to be.

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

More progress on Luchador Braum's diffuse.

KukenPollo · Dec 2014

Nice job

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

Another texture update. I think I'm ready to pose these guys and place them on summoner rift

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

Pose preview. I need to fix some things in the texture and I'll be ready to go.

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

Here it's how it looks over summoner rift.

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

Here are my images for my submission. Hope you like it guys. I learned a lot during this contest. C&C are always welcomed.

Tickwomp · Dec 2014

Congrats on finishing! You have a decent base for the textures, but I notice your shadows are all grey which makes it look less "alive". I'd recommend using colored shadows (I typically colorize my AO to a blueish purple) so it helps add some depth to his form.

Also, his value and saturation all over the character look too similar. You can try baking out what Valve calls a "point light map" and use that on overlay or softlight or something, to direct the focus around his head and chest area. You can do it by hand too using a 3D paint program, or just eyeing it via photoshop.

http://www.fumper.com/uploads/2xbuvbe7yt-PointLightMap.jpg

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

Thank you for the feedback Tickwomp. I actually made a layer and colored the shadows, I guess I needed to add more saturated colors.
This might sound like a dumb question, How do you bake a point light map? I tried using mudbox to paint my lowpoly but it doesn't run well on my computer. Zbrush runs fine but mudbox keeps having lag and freezes.

cesardca93 · Dec 2014

I cant see the pictures, what can i do to solve this ?

JoanSantus · Dec 2014

Hey cesardca93, the images are attached. You might need to double click the files to open them on another tab. I don't know how to post them without attaching them, sorry :S

Tickwomp · Dec 2014

Ahh sorry, missed your message, this might help:

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=183672148

If you search polycount for "point light map" i think there are some threads about how people set one up; usually it's baked out in Max but I'm sure there are other ways. I know you can paint in Zbrush but I don't do it; a little too weird for me. Maybe 3D Coat or Substance Painter?

JoanSantus · Jan 2015

Thank you Tickwomp, I really appreciate it.

I think I'll download 3Dsmax and practice this then.

I have 3D coat, I'll practice 3D painting in it too.

[Riot Art Contest] - Luchador Braum

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