"Badger" Helicopter - Twin Stick Shooter Protagonist

UnfamiliarMox · Feb 2019

Starting up a new project in UE4 - a flight-based twin-stick shooter.

After getting the game up and running mechanically, it's time to start bringing in some art to flesh things out!

First up is the player character, a combat helicopter dubbed the "Badger."

Still finishing up the highpoly, but I'm happy with the direction it's going so far.

Image: https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/015/644/104/large/alexander-leich-b0c346ff978a691766f5ac9fa805448b.jpg?1549078896

UnfamiliarMox · Feb 2019

UnfamiliarMox · Feb 2019

Finished up the rotors and some fine details like rivets. Ended up removing the fuel prod, just stuck out too much.

I think I'm calling the highpoly just about done, and moving on to the lowpoly!

Image: https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/015/705/931/large/alexander-leich-208ac424ca805c4311b68969aa8d7ce9.jpg?1549324022

Image: https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/015/705/924/large/alexander-leich-b7902bd67bb9b290a90749d191e9ed4d.jpg?1549324012

UnfamiliarMox · Feb 2019

The rotor linkages were particularly fun to do. Hopefully it's not too much wasted effort, given that you won't see them too clearly while they're in motion, but it's something that'll look really nice while the heli is parked!

Image: https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/015/705/926/large/alexander-leich-d191a539bf97481157a5e46c9dbe2f8c.jpg?1549324015

UnfamiliarMox · Feb 2019

Got everything baked out and did a first pass in Substance Painter.

I decided to split the rotors into their own texture sheet, so I'll come back and do those later.

Image: https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/015/767/504/large/alexander-leich-72f2c21b8474de2c6a01237cb67986f2.jpg?1549559041

Image: https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/015/767/501/large/alexander-leich-f0e226fdadecd591bc6cc8ae55ef1c2a.jpg?1549559084

UnfamiliarMox · Mar 2019

Jumped ahead a bit- got a second pass down in Substance and crushed everything into one 2048 map. (Previously the rotors and body were split).

Also got some animations going for it- here's the idle/hover animation up close and from the "game world" view:

https://i.gyazo.com/9de987ff688daf71b46850a3dd74e2ae.mp4

https://i.gyazo.com/ca324a3e95ff5bbde95f61e2f780e591.mp4

UnfamiliarMox · Mar 2019

And a shot of the "final" textures with all the lighting niceness inside UE4:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/zm/9blz408tnqpa.jpg

Carabiner · Mar 2019

Materials are looking very nice! Really like this style. One thing that sticks out to me is this edge/panel line is looking a little faceted, maybe add in another edge loop here?

Wheels also have some faceting too, could up the edge count on those as well.

UnfamiliarMox · Mar 2019

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback.

Doing the final vert count was a hard one- for most of the game the heli is teeny-tiny on the screen- seems like it'd be a waste to put too many verts or too much detail into it.

"Badger" Helicopter - Twin Stick Shooter Protagonist

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