@TtraG13 - damn dude, that's pretty slick. I do have 1 piece of feedback. within the sword blade's detail, there is a square line. that doesn't really fit the flow of the blade. I recommend keeping nice curvature lines. Just my opinion. Please, let me know what you think.
Sooo, i finally, finally finished the hi poly version of the sword, kind of, I'm still missing the hilt, but I'm working on it, i think it didn't came out as good as i wanted it to, but, i'll have to roll with this as i think I'm running out of time, so for now, off i go to finish the rest of my sculpting.
HI I'm new here and wanted to know more about the competition. Do we have to make items for every hero in the theme or just 1 item of a hero of our choosing. I would very much love to join
HI I'm new here and wanted to know more about the competition. Do we have to make items for every hero in the theme or just 1 item of a hero of our choosing. I would very much love to join
How is everyone else getting on some great stuff here,looking forward to seeing all the final images
please offer any remarks toward mine, im not easily offended so feel free to let me know how i could improve my models and painting
thank you
Thanks for the reply. For me the 3d model is a bit crude but the texture is great but a little light, maybe darken it a bit. For the 3d model I think it needs more flare
yeah i see what your saying,the actual model is less light in game i tried to draw attention more to the helmet by making it a little lighter for the images
Thanks for the reply. For me the 3d model is a bit crude but the texture is great but a little light, maybe darken it a bit. For the 3d model I think it needs more flare
Alright, got the painting and masks done but the spec is WAY too high on the stone. Firt particle mesh too. Only have about 12-14verts, might need a few more, this shot doesn't show well.
game res has a little blurring on the handle and some stretching on the low. Could have fixed the stretch by not having the extra loop in the handle for the high. But it's all under hand anyway. Was stoked to leave the uv's in one island and use the entire space
@spacemonsky, don't forget the title and your name/link. Could get you disq
looks pretty good though I think you could bump up saturation a bit. dk IS PREETY BRIGHT AND CLAEN.
@gamediv, the helmet is pretty sick. no complaints but the load image needs action, even a raised sword behind him would add a lot imo. cloak is probably on back.
@RNG, preety cool concept i think it fits him well.
Skuld, sculpt is looking good, colors too.
Qro, maybe too busy. half as many scales might read better in game.
Ttrag, Looks good. The art deco thing is cool, maybe too small to read well though.
Paskie, nice. can the dragon head be bigger though? in game it wont show.
Tectonic, really cool helmet design, wanna see it finished.
Aitnar, I think the red needs to be red, looks kindof pink.
Sukotto, sick as usual.
...so many competitors this month I'll try to ocment on all but interwebz time is limited..
So after all my hard work, i rendered the item using the blender shader i shared here the other day, the item looks ... ok i guess, i don't know, its most certainly not what i had in mind.
But then i said to myself, "hey, maybe it will look better in game" to which i replay "sure, why not", and after importing my item into the game this happen :
i don't know thats going on, but there are no details, at all, normals where baked properly, and everything seems to be in order, so i really don't know what I'm missing here, yeah sure, my game render quality, its set to 40%, but still you can clearly appreciate lots of details on DK stock items, but 0 detail on mine, why is this happening? : <, please help. Must add that, even tho I'm not planning on working on this particular item anymore (it being such a failure and all) i feel frustrated and kind of scared of working on a new one just to encounter this same problem in the future, would really appreciate any help, thanks in advance.
PS: i read some common about the spikes and how it would be better to have less but bigger, intend of what i actually have, and i can see what you meant now that i have sent eh time in game, i'll take that into account for future reference.
@Q-ro, had the same problem before, in my case I did not set the TGA files for the mask1 and mask2 to 32-bit. Reviewing the shader mask tutorial might help, it did for me.
Evento mask 1 looks all black, the alpha has a 2 big white pixels, that i though would help the eyes looking as if they where glowing, as can be seen in the following image:
Either way, i decided to save me some headaches (and seen how there is barely any tome to create something for this contest) and decided to approach the same concept but wit extremely simple geometry and stuff that i can see worked in my a last attempt, so here is the new concept, will model like a ninja, and have this coloured by sunrise .
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wait a second, after uploading the mask del here, there is something that look really really wrong with mask 2, i don't get it, thats not how it looks on my preview image, nor inside photoshop
Download the original weapon from the character you are doing and compare the maps to yours you'll see straight away
Red channel mask 2 I know shouldn't be black ,it's spec
Another thing , it looks like you've uv'd the hole sword,no need just uv half then mirror over the other half you get better resolution
I do have a problem I uploaded my model to dota and for some reason my tags are showing as unknown and if I look through the new content it's not showing
Is there anyway of adding or changing tags
Abaddon is listed as Unknown Hero, not sure if its a workshop bug or what, but its been like that since he's been added.
As for peoples stuff not showing up in the workshop, make sure you fill out the tax info and finalize the revenue share. Once those are completed then it will show up.
1- Illumination doesn't show in the previewer, I just found that out with my sword. Though it does show in game. So check it there.
2- Not sure what you think is wrong with your mask_2. The lines are brighter? is that just on the thumbnail or actual image?
Insects sounds cool but maybe instead of just bows it should just be archers. Like all comps it gives a choice of items for character. Bows could limit the people who join.
Trying to wrap this up today as tomorrow is the last day I'll have internet access to upload.
it wont let me complete the tax document on the final page its asking for email when i input that email it still stays greyed out saying its not the registered email and i know it is
Download the original weapon from the character you are doing and compare the maps to yours you'll see straight away
Red channel mask 2 I know shouldn't be black ,it's spec
Another thing , it looks like you've uv'd the hole sword,no need just uv half then mirror over the other half you get better resolution
well, I'm dumb, thanks, that should be it, as for the mirror UV part, I'm just really having troubles with that, can't seem to figure out how to do that in blender, i have read some people saying like "delete half your mesh and apply a mirror modifier" and i guess i'll give that a try and see how it goes.
nice to see some great feedback on the items, you guys are doing a great job in helping each other =]
time to start thinking on the next month, we had some nice ideas last month like insects (brood, nyx, weaver, sand) but we dont need to stick with it if you guys prefer another one.
hey
As I said last month I think limiting the heroes will make the competition less diverse and less fun
I think either selecting a theme for items (not for heroes) or choosing a slot (weapon, shield, etc) will make it more fun
just my opinion
and if you guys think it's fine to just go on with heroes theme I suggest something that has more choices, such as "invisible heroes" which will be:
it can also include heroes that are anti-invisibility:
1.bounty
2.slardar
3.crystal maiden
4.bloodseeker
5.faceless void
6.zeus
7.treant
One more thing I'd like to mention is about the prize. well since this is just a community competition and it's also not sponsored, why don't the community members raise a prize using dota 2's currency, Random Rare. so if anyone who attends the competition or is a part of polycount just gives 2-3 random rares by the end of the month we will have a good amount of items which can be given to the first 4-5 winners
If everyone agrees to this idea, we can think about collecting the items and distributing it later
@q-ro I would leave the mirroring to the next comp,because it's alot more work to get that done and you'll have to re bake all your maps ,I'll help you out on the next one
@RNGesus.is.love nice man looks good can't wait to see the final
As for next months I'm easy I'll go with the crowd
Annnd its done!, the time its already on the shop, I'm lazy/dont know how create a marketing image so i just took a screen shot of the item in game image, i think it look ok :
i ended up scraping the sculpting part entirely and generated the normals from my texture file, even tho i know the end result may have come a little bit better should i have used a High poly mesh to bake the normals from, i actually feel proud of myself as the texture image looks really good in my humble opinion, still, i feel like it was a little bit of a waste as many of the details i put on the image are not really that visible on the final product, but oh well, i guess that my lesson to be learned for future works.
Also, as i was looking into ways of making this whole process easier for me (kind of like, figuring out a workflow that works better for me) i stubble upon the modo steam edition and was actually curious about it ¿ has any of you actually use it? ¿do you think it may be worth it to invest on getting it ?.
RNG. the model looks pretty good but tex is flat, you really need some good bright highlights on the edges. Will make it pop a lot more. Seems like you painted that in more on the icon.
Reyne, looks good but it seems like you could get much smoother grooves in the blade by modelling instead of sculpting them. Also the front bottom curve of the hilt looks concave in the concept but convex in the model, the concave looks better imo.
I think riders could be a pretty cool theme, would open up mounts for anyone wanting a bigger challenge, but leaves the typical pieces of armor/weap in place too.
Replies
Work in progress!
I've wanted to do one for some time, so here's my first try.
Made a quick concept
and here´s the sculpt
Some great stuff. Love abbadon helm.
Decided tp joon in.
Abb sword.sculpt.high.low done.
*Edit
Head of a hammer concept for Omni
WIP
hope to finish it before the deadline
its just 1 item,you choose a character from the list on page one and create one item for that character
please offer any remarks toward mine, im not easily offended so feel free to let me know how i could improve my models and painting
thank you
Thanks for the reply. For me the 3d model is a bit crude but the texture is great but a little light, maybe darken it a bit. For the 3d model I think it needs more flare
Shield of the Dragon's Inner Fire by Spacemonsky
game res has a little blurring on the handle and some stretching on the low. Could have fixed the stretch by not having the extra loop in the handle for the high. But it's all under hand anyway. Was stoked to leave the uv's in one island and use the entire space
looks pretty good though I think you could bump up saturation a bit. dk IS PREETY BRIGHT AND CLAEN.
@gamediv, the helmet is pretty sick. no complaints but the load image needs action, even a raised sword behind him would add a lot imo. cloak is probably on back.
@RNG, preety cool concept i think it fits him well.
Skuld, sculpt is looking good, colors too.
Qro, maybe too busy. half as many scales might read better in game.
Ttrag, Looks good. The art deco thing is cool, maybe too small to read well though.
Paskie, nice. can the dragon head be bigger though? in game it wont show.
Tectonic, really cool helmet design, wanna see it finished.
Aitnar, I think the red needs to be red, looks kindof pink.
Sukotto, sick as usual.
...so many competitors this month
Much appreciated will work on it now
Here´s the lowpoly for the sword
But then i said to myself, "hey, maybe it will look better in game" to which i replay "sure, why not", and after importing my item into the game this happen :
i don't know thats going on, but there are no details, at all, normals where baked properly, and everything seems to be in order, so i really don't know what I'm missing here, yeah sure, my game render quality, its set to 40%, but still you can clearly appreciate lots of details on DK stock items, but 0 detail on mine, why is this happening? : <, please help. Must add that, even tho I'm not planning on working on this particular item anymore (it being such a failure and all) i feel frustrated and kind of scared of working on a new one just to encounter this same problem in the future, would really appreciate any help, thanks in advance.
PS: i read some common about the spikes and how it would be better to have less but bigger, intend of what i actually have, and i can see what you meant now that i have sent eh time in game, i'll take that into account for future reference.
Alwsys good to test in game.try settingd on hi.his armor looks bad too. But yeah.too many small details for sure.
Wider blade.very few large scale n spike read best
Did your add an alpha channel to both masks
_mask1.tga
_mask2.tga
_normal.tga
Evento mask 1 looks all black, the alpha has a 2 big white pixels, that i though would help the eyes looking as if they where glowing, as can be seen in the following image:
Either way, i decided to save me some headaches (and seen how there is barely any tome to create something for this contest) and decided to approach the same concept but wit extremely simple geometry and stuff that i can see worked in my a last attempt, so here is the new concept, will model like a ninja, and have this coloured by sunrise
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EDIT
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wait a second, after uploading the mask del here, there is something that look really really wrong with mask 2, i don't get it, thats not how it looks on my preview image, nor inside photoshop
Again, what am i missing here ?
Thought I'd get the conversation started for next months category.
Some ideas
- Insects (Broodmother, Nyx, Weaver etc...)
- Bows and Arrows (only bow's allowed, any hero with bow)
- Guns and explosives (gyrocopter, clockwerk, sniper, etc.. )
Red channel mask 2 I know shouldn't be black ,it's spec
Another thing , it looks like you've uv'd the hole sword,no need just uv half then mirror over the other half you get better resolution
Is there anyway of adding or changing tags
Thanks
As for peoples stuff not showing up in the workshop, make sure you fill out the tax info and finalize the revenue share. Once those are completed then it will show up.
1- Illumination doesn't show in the previewer, I just found that out with my sword. Though it does show in game. So check it there.
2- Not sure what you think is wrong with your mask_2. The lines are brighter? is that just on the thumbnail or actual image?
Insects sounds cool but maybe instead of just bows it should just be archers. Like all comps it gives a choice of items for character. Bows could limit the people who join.
Trying to wrap this up today as tomorrow is the last day I'll have internet access to upload.
well, I'm dumb, thanks, that should be it, as for the mirror UV part, I'm just really having troubles with that, can't seem to figure out how to do that in blender, i have read some people saying like "delete half your mesh and apply a mirror modifier" and i guess i'll give that a try and see how it goes.
time to start thinking on the next month, we had some nice ideas last month like insects (brood, nyx, weaver, sand) but we dont need to stick with it if you guys prefer another one.
Just throw yours ideas here and we can decide
Will post the textures later~
As I said last month I think limiting the heroes will make the competition less diverse and less fun
I think either selecting a theme for items (not for heroes) or choosing a slot (weapon, shield, etc) will make it more fun
just my opinion
and if you guys think it's fine to just go on with heroes theme I suggest something that has more choices, such as "invisible heroes" which will be:
1.riki
2.bounty
3.brood
4.clinkz
5.nyx
7.weaver?
8.treant?
9.mirana?
10.slark?
11.lycan?
12.Templar assassin?
13.invoker?
14.sandking?
15.Beastmaster?
it can also include heroes that are anti-invisibility:
1.bounty
2.slardar
3.crystal maiden
4.bloodseeker
5.faceless void
6.zeus
7.treant
One more thing I'd like to mention is about the prize. well since this is just a community competition and it's also not sponsored, why don't the community members raise a prize using dota 2's currency, Random Rare. so if anyone who attends the competition or is a part of polycount just gives 2-3 random rares by the end of the month we will have a good amount of items which can be given to the first 4-5 winners
If everyone agrees to this idea, we can think about collecting the items and distributing it later
@q-ro I would leave the mirroring to the next comp,because it's alot more work to get that done and you'll have to re bake all your maps ,I'll help you out on the next one
@RNGesus.is.love nice man looks good can't wait to see the final
As for next months I'm easy I'll go with the crowd
I like Bows/Arrows and Guns/explosives!
- riding heroes: chen, mirana, batrider, abbadon, luna, *gyro*, alchi lol, ck, disrupter, kotl, *timber*
- nature elements: tiny, treant, morph, earthshaker - maybe also add heros that use those elements without beeing it itself would also work.
- ice and fire: lina, cm, clinkz, drow, dk, emberspirit, huskar, lich, ogremage, tusk
next theme is more dota-game addicted one:
- hardlane heroes: darkseer, clockwerk, bountyhunter, windrunner, mirana, weaver, furion
- high tech heroes (compared to the others): gyro, sniper, clock, TECHIES, (tinker), timbersaw
I havnt done guns before. I haven't even modeled a barrel. those "tech" heroes would be a challenge. Personally, I like helmets.
I reworked the concept and have developed the model up to the texturing stage.
i ended up scraping the sculpting part entirely and generated the normals from my texture file, even tho i know the end result may have come a little bit better should i have used a High poly mesh to bake the normals from, i actually feel proud of myself as the texture image looks really good in my humble opinion, still, i feel like it was a little bit of a waste as many of the details i put on the image are not really that visible on the final product, but oh well, i guess that my lesson to be learned for future works.
Also, as i was looking into ways of making this whole process easier for me (kind of like, figuring out a workflow that works better for me) i stubble upon the modo steam edition and was actually curious about it ¿ has any of you actually use it? ¿do you think it may be worth it to invest on getting it ?.
finished mine.
EDIT- Changed the pic
I suggest when you do promo's, it's better to have a diagonal view of the item. It gives more information of the item you're trying to "sell".
Reyne, looks good but it seems like you could get much smoother grooves in the blade by modelling instead of sculpting them. Also the front bottom curve of the hilt looks concave in the concept but convex in the model, the concave looks better imo.
I think riders could be a pretty cool theme, would open up mounts for anyone wanting a bigger challenge, but leaves the typical pieces of armor/weap in place too.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=307279493
Shard of Avernus by Baddcog [aka Voodoo]