Harvester WIP
polycounter lvl 8
Death's Scythe 'Harvester' from Darksiders game. Just some a practice piece might use it in a UDK mod i'm working on with some friends. Just started working on the mats. Keep running into issues with xnormal normals not looking right. Might have to bake them in 3ds Max. 
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Only crit from me its that the screaming skull should be wider than you have it now. Take a little peek at this image.
But I digress, with a good texture and remove most of the unneeded geo on it it would be a good piece.
...everything i could say has been said, like lowering the polycount and separating the blade. Perhaps a shot of it from other angles could open it up to new crits?
But hey awesome stuff. I do really enjoy the Darksiders art style!
The form and flow of the original follows a more winding curve and yours limits itself to a much straighter contour. You've eliminated the curve from the long part of the handle and the ornate top part as well.
Another thing is your material definition. A lot of the original texture seems to have a more hand painted feel. In this way, the metals are much darker and specular than what you're working with. Plus, it seems as though you've made it wooden instead, which doesn't match at all. At this point I think you need to really go back and observe the concept. The reference image you have is nice, but it's still skewed. If you're working from an actual model sheet, then great, but if not I'd suggest finding one or altering the perspective in photoshop and getting it as close as possible.
This has the potential to be a really nice piece, but I think you should take everyone else's crits about the tri count and function a little more to heart. Good luck
Thank you for the great feedback! I've never played the game but I really liked the concept piece I found and wanted to model a weapon. This is my first weapon as well. I will check into adjusting the spec on the blade. Still haven't quite got the hang of the spec settings in marmoset. Any suggestions on my spec map?
I think you're off to a nice start, but your "low" poly is about 4-5x too many. Try getting your tri count down to more like, 1,000-1,500 as that's a more realistic budget for this sort of thing.
Your sculpt is a little soft and blobby I think. You could maybe spend a little more time sharpening up your forms, and making things read better before you retopo & bake next time.
All in all tho, not too bad. I always love coming on Polycount and seeing the Darksiders fan art!
Also I haven't really painted anything in the 'hand painted' style before. I'd love if anyone had a link for that sort of thing. Once again thanks!
I have a few friends working over at vigil. I just graduated and trying to get my stuff up to spec, so maybe one day join the ranks.