Replicating this texture in Unreal
Hi guys,
I'm currently looking to texture a character of mine, who I've concepted to have robotic arms with energy flowing through them. The kind of energy I had in mind is very similar to Algalon from World of Warcraft (linked below) which features a translucent, astral kind of texture.
http://www.wowwiki.com/File:Algalon.jpg
I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to execute this element of the texture, it looks like there will be some shader work involved, but I just don't know where to start.
If anyone has any tips or advice, I'd be hugely grateful!
I'm currently looking to texture a character of mine, who I've concepted to have robotic arms with energy flowing through them. The kind of energy I had in mind is very similar to Algalon from World of Warcraft (linked below) which features a translucent, astral kind of texture.
http://www.wowwiki.com/File:Algalon.jpg
I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to execute this element of the texture, it looks like there will be some shader work involved, but I just don't know where to start.
If anyone has any tips or advice, I'd be hugely grateful!
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For the construction of the character you could do something as simple as creating a geometry skeleton. The clothing could be actual mesh with really low additive transparency. Bloom postprocessing.
http://simonschreibt.de/gat/world-of-warcraft-balloon/
Some experimentation is required.
In terms of the hand design, the use of this shader would be on a flat plane as well as on the weapon she's carrying, the idea is to have the material in a similar fashion to what the green lantern has in terms of visuals. Here's a rough concept I did just to give you an idea. It's not much to look at, I'm not much of a drawer :P
http://i.imgur.com/yLwLyRh.jpg