Scale armor has almost never been used in Europe, brigandines were but it's not really scale armor, I think scale armor was somewhat popular Japan or India, but they adopted mail too as it is more flexible and offers better protection, you'd just have to stab underneath the scales to injure the wearer. You mostly see it in…
This is probably a "who the hell is that guy" post. Anyhow, I wanted to say thanks to r13 for hooking me up with the rest of you that were there wednesday night. I had a great time at that place we went for drinks, enough to not remember exactly where it was, but still managed to stumble back to my hotel downtown. For…
Ok, I just finished the Hedge Knight Novellas (prequel stories for A Song of Ice and Fire) after reading A Dance With Dragons and am still hungry for more!!!! So what should I check out next to keep me occupied until the 6th Book of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series comes out? Fantasy Books/Series I've read and really…
Hey guys I meant to do this earlier but I'm doing a little weekly side project to both help myself as an artist and also teach other people too. I'm starting a article series called Game Art for Gamers and I've completed 4 articles with a 5th in progress. I'm looking for input from some of the great and more experienced…
Here now in Polycoun Recap fashion are a look at some of the standout WORK-IN-PROGRESS entries so far for the BRAWL tournament coming out of Street Fighter. Get your Forum Thread Subscription's emptied out - after these early-looks you'll be filling that list up pretty quick! The Brawl Tournament is a 3D videogame art…
Hello Ladies and Gents :) I haven't been around on the boards here for a couple of years and really haven't done much art in that time... but things are a-changin' :D This one I did over a 3 day period for a GuildWarsGuru forum contest. I won 5th place in the category (I came in behind some Gawd-Awful 3D piece :( ). It was…
Crows Cool Cuttin-thingys and stuff *dazzle* I'm a 2D animator who dabbles in 3D from time to time, but remain forever a n00b (even though I'm bloody studying it in college). Really got into Dota 2 a while back, and I finally decided to gut up and course my creative endeavours a bit towards making items (not gonna lie, I'm…
Hey guys! Here is the project I presented for my 5th-year game art graduation exam, my goal here was to create an environment from A to Z because I want to work as an Environment or a Lighting Artist in the video game industry. For this project, I mainly focused on modular assets and I wanted to improve my foliage creation…
I have tried to model a gun so many times whether it would be a pistol or an assault rifle or any other I have never been able to get it right or even finish it.... What is the right way to model weapons what parts should be attached and what shouldn't like should the buttstock be extruded out or separately modelled etc?…
If you don't wanna spend money then what you've got will serve you just fine. Just a reminder that student versions of Maya and Mudbox are non-commercial. When you're ready to invest into your process: Zbrush for sculpting and even texture painting: http://pixologic.com/ Quixel products like ddo,and ndo are awesome for…