[DS2] Axe, KennyMcB

KennyMcB · Mar 2012

Hello Polypeeps!

I loved Darksiders and beat the shiznid out of that game. Also weapons are way cool...I'm in.

Here are two ideas I came up with as of now. I really like the left one, but felt I should attempt another idea so I could choose. I played around a lot with various shapes and such and ended with these two as rough ideas. I'll probably do a rough color pass after some critiques on what I've got before I jump into 3D. The current colors are just to help distinguish shapes.

EDIT: LOW MESH and INITIAL BAKES

EDIT: LATEST SCULPT

EDIT: MOST RECENT CONCEPT

ORIGIONAL: INITIAL CONCEPT

Skyerzz · Mar 2012

Gotta say I'm thinking A but with the left side of the blade from B.

Dan! · Mar 2012

awwwwwwwwwwwww shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit:D

i dig A but the pummel of B

jmt · Mar 2012

These are great. I can't decide which I like more. Maybe it's just me, but the blades of A look a little squished horizontally compared to the swooping form of B.

KennyMcB · Mar 2012

Thanks for the input everyone. I decided to meld the two ideas together since I too liked bits from both.

I kind of loose the silhouette that I wanted from the front in this concept, but ill work that out in 3D.

The colors are a rough idea and can change when I get to texturing. Suggestions would be awesome!

Ziggy · Mar 2012

looking sweet! Keep it up!

Spug · Mar 2012

Do it up brotha! Im stoked to see how you attack this : )

BoBo_the_seal · Mar 2012

very nice!

Coridium · Mar 2012

nice concept, like the colours and the design.

KennyMcB · Mar 2012

Almost done blocking out my zbrush mesh. Its getting late, so here is a progress shot. I'm tweaking out the horn shapes as I model it, so it looks good from multiple angles. Should be up and sculpting tomorrow night.

KennyMcB · Mar 2012

Posting tonight's progress.

Started roughing out the general shapes with claybuildup and damstandard for the bone and horns. I've the general feel, I just want to tweak it a bit, get some sharper shapes and more sharp bone-like surfaces. Might do more elaborate ribbing on the horns. Well see...

Spug · Mar 2012

Hell yeah! Loving it so far! Keep going!

Daven · Mar 2012

It's looking super clean so far. Keep this up!

abitterfarewell · Mar 2012

this looks really good. very clean and i really like how the blade comes down a bit further than usual. detail is looking really good too. keep up the good work

LeoJr · Mar 2012

Looking awesome! I WANT ONE

KennyMcB · Mar 2012

Thanks everyone.

I'm a little stressed for time. I'l be out of town starting this Friday, so I'm seeing if I have enough time to finish before then. Kind of a tight squeeze....

Anyways, here is tonight's update. I'm kind of concerned about polycount due to all the external shapes, but I'll make it work.

Ged · Mar 2012

great update, I hope the bake catches all those neat little details!

KennyMcB · Mar 2012

Tonight's update...

Got the low mesh made. Its exactly 1500 tris. So far this is just a simple AO and normal bake thrown on.

jeebs · Mar 2012

very good bakes

Ged · Mar 2012

is there something odd going on with the phong shading on those normals? the edges of the blades have like gradient shadows in places.

[DS2] Axe, KennyMcB

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