Thanks guys :) Miyavi: Honestly, that's an older piece and my technique has probably changes since then - but - it's nothing more than standard and trim dynamic. I'll build up the surface using clay, use trim to make a harder edge and standard to make the seams and stuff.
Clip Curve and Trim Curve are two options if you want them to be really straight. Trim will actually cut into and replace the topology of the model, while Clip will just push existing vertices in. Either one should be fine if you're still in a dynameshing stage.
Hey YakZ thanks for the feedback :) I scaled up the crystals and exaggerated some of the edge trims and beveled the corners of the railing and bottom platforms. I also worked on the rock texture (or floating ground texture) and added a little more color to the edges and trims.
@Ged: Thanks Ged! I know right? Sooooo much money would come out of my pocket for that game.... @Shendoo: Thanks man! @JamesWild: Hey James, He does have a spec, but one that I cranked out in like 10 min. Right now I am working on a base for him and I will spend some good time on getting it right. He's my favorite so I…
sampson: haha, cheers mayne :P fabio: good point on the neck dude, got a bit more proportions tweaking to do still i think DKK: cool stuff, i've tried warping this head so much it's gettin really crazy, redo coming up asap (gettin lost in the cloth stuff atm :P) Anux: haha, really wanted to go with the pantaloons but…
yea if you want to make a game ready char you'll need to think about animation. I think you'll find that there are a lot of places that will clip if you animate this. red = spikes or areas that will definitely clip. green = areas that need sculptural detail that indicates that it can articulate and move, or needs more…
Made a bunch of dungeon-like textures to experiment with the techniques shown on this talk: Video: http://gdcvault.com/play/1022323/The-Ultimate-Trim-Texturing-Techniques (requires login) Slides: http://gdcvault.com/play/1022324/The-Ultimate-Trim-Texturing-Techniques (free) 100% procedural :)
A world beyond the windows now exists! The trims sheet still needs to be refined but I won't need to touch the UV's as much now. After polishing the trim sheet I am going to make some dirt masks/decals so everything doesn't look so new.
You could also use a trim sheet. You can look over this GDC presentation for Sunset Overdrive for an in depth explanation of how they used their trim sheets. You could also combine this with tiling textures, by using a second UV set, and get some nice material variety.
I'd watch your colors a bit. The gold trim on the door doesn't quite match the support pillars. The trim on the door is leaning towards orange - where the support pillars are leaning more yellow. (My personal preference would be to use the door's color palette throughout the entire piece)