I haven't posted on this page in a while, seeing as how I don't really need to any more, but I'd like to start posting previews of some of my work before its actually released so that people can give opinions and get acquainted with changes and stuff before it suddenly comes out and their whole aesthetic is ruined or something.
So: Lately I've been really pushing myself to learn how to fully create an armor set from beginning to end, as I'm pretty unacquainted with making armor pieces from start to finish. I've dabbled in making armor before, mostly with gloves, boots and helmets, but I tend to stay away from body armor as weight painting and rigging is really not fun. Even so, I've forced myself through this as to work on my shortcomings.
The armor set I created was designed directly from Goblin Slayer's armor from Goblin Slayer, in which Goblin Slayer slays goblins in the anime Goblin Slayer. Get it?
I wanted to use an established set of armor because I thought it would be easier to create from that rather than trying to make an entirely new set of armor from scratch. My next armor set will most likely be entirely from scratch as to get comfortable with making entire sets of armor.
I started from the bottom and worked my way upwards by making the boots first, then the body armor and then the helmet. In total, these three models combined took around 14 hours from start to finish. I tried to get all pieces as accurate as possible to the source material, so I spent extra time on the details. If I'm being totally honest, the body armor wasn't the hardest part - it was the helmet. That helmet's general shape and weirdly shaped layered plates really fucked me up for a solid two hours trying to figure out how to fit it around the bascinet. I've never been super great at texturing, which is in part due to my (continued) usage of paint.net in stubborn refusal to relearn everything in Photoshop even though I know the program is better, and this model made me feel a little better about that. I'm really proud of how this model turned out, and if you don't feel the same that's fine too.
This is a warning to all those who currently use the juggernaut house craftable body armor: it is most likely getting replaced by this set. Seeing as how Juggernaut needs a full house craftable armor set and a replacement for the current body armor's lackluster model, I am most likely going to give it to Juggernaut, even if the armor itself isn't super heavy armored and protective. I want to dedicate more time to filling gaps in hero class items and otherwise, and I feel like this is a strong start.
https://sketchfab.com/models/483acab0694...b11ba9f615
Note: The black around the plume of the helmet and around the fur in the neck area of the armor does not appear in-game.
Speaking of those hero class gaps, I've started working on a house craftable and personal craftable tower shields that will also be placeable like the Tower Shield. Pavise got the short end of the stick when all of the items were shifted, and hopefully the class will be much more accessible after the two shields are added. I've only finished one so far, the personal crafted one. I will post the house crafted one here when I finish it. Here it is (sorry, but it's pictures this time around (ignore the yellow dot in the center)):
![[Image: O3N4ACN.png]](https://i.imgur.com/O3N4ACN.png)
![[Image: QfYKDIE.png]](https://i.imgur.com/QfYKDIE.png)
I've been thinking of creating a house-crafted Sniper-locked one handed sword. I don't think it's currently an item, as I don't really care to check, but if it isn't one I'd like there to be. There's a personal crafted one (Steel Reaver) and a legendary one (Wulfsbane). In terms of visual style, I was thinking something thin, medium length and fancy, so I'm thinking something like a schiavona, which is I believe a basket-hilt sword. They have some really sick looking guards / handles and I think a weapon like that would be cool for an archer to have on their hip.
As an aside, I'm also thinking of remodeling Wulfsbane. I don't want to completely turn the weapon into something else, but keep it in the same style it is, just with way better texture quality and a cleaner / better looking / fancier model.
That's pretty much it. I haven't had a ton of time to work on models in the past couple of months, as I have just finished my first semester of college, but I have some free time inbetween now and when the new semester starts so I hope to get a considerable amount of work done then. Most of my work might go unseen for a while, however, as it is being put into a huge project that for the time being is not supposed to be revealed. Maybe someone can guess what it is? Thanks.
Edit: Also, looking into Tracker Gloves.
So: Lately I've been really pushing myself to learn how to fully create an armor set from beginning to end, as I'm pretty unacquainted with making armor pieces from start to finish. I've dabbled in making armor before, mostly with gloves, boots and helmets, but I tend to stay away from body armor as weight painting and rigging is really not fun. Even so, I've forced myself through this as to work on my shortcomings.
The armor set I created was designed directly from Goblin Slayer's armor from Goblin Slayer, in which Goblin Slayer slays goblins in the anime Goblin Slayer. Get it?
I wanted to use an established set of armor because I thought it would be easier to create from that rather than trying to make an entirely new set of armor from scratch. My next armor set will most likely be entirely from scratch as to get comfortable with making entire sets of armor.
I started from the bottom and worked my way upwards by making the boots first, then the body armor and then the helmet. In total, these three models combined took around 14 hours from start to finish. I tried to get all pieces as accurate as possible to the source material, so I spent extra time on the details. If I'm being totally honest, the body armor wasn't the hardest part - it was the helmet. That helmet's general shape and weirdly shaped layered plates really fucked me up for a solid two hours trying to figure out how to fit it around the bascinet. I've never been super great at texturing, which is in part due to my (continued) usage of paint.net in stubborn refusal to relearn everything in Photoshop even though I know the program is better, and this model made me feel a little better about that. I'm really proud of how this model turned out, and if you don't feel the same that's fine too.
This is a warning to all those who currently use the juggernaut house craftable body armor: it is most likely getting replaced by this set. Seeing as how Juggernaut needs a full house craftable armor set and a replacement for the current body armor's lackluster model, I am most likely going to give it to Juggernaut, even if the armor itself isn't super heavy armored and protective. I want to dedicate more time to filling gaps in hero class items and otherwise, and I feel like this is a strong start.
https://sketchfab.com/models/483acab0694...b11ba9f615
Note: The black around the plume of the helmet and around the fur in the neck area of the armor does not appear in-game.
Speaking of those hero class gaps, I've started working on a house craftable and personal craftable tower shields that will also be placeable like the Tower Shield. Pavise got the short end of the stick when all of the items were shifted, and hopefully the class will be much more accessible after the two shields are added. I've only finished one so far, the personal crafted one. I will post the house crafted one here when I finish it. Here it is (sorry, but it's pictures this time around (ignore the yellow dot in the center)):
I've been thinking of creating a house-crafted Sniper-locked one handed sword. I don't think it's currently an item, as I don't really care to check, but if it isn't one I'd like there to be. There's a personal crafted one (Steel Reaver) and a legendary one (Wulfsbane). In terms of visual style, I was thinking something thin, medium length and fancy, so I'm thinking something like a schiavona, which is I believe a basket-hilt sword. They have some really sick looking guards / handles and I think a weapon like that would be cool for an archer to have on their hip.
As an aside, I'm also thinking of remodeling Wulfsbane. I don't want to completely turn the weapon into something else, but keep it in the same style it is, just with way better texture quality and a cleaner / better looking / fancier model.
That's pretty much it. I haven't had a ton of time to work on models in the past couple of months, as I have just finished my first semester of college, but I have some free time inbetween now and when the new semester starts so I hope to get a considerable amount of work done then. Most of my work might go unseen for a while, however, as it is being put into a huge project that for the time being is not supposed to be revealed. Maybe someone can guess what it is? Thanks.
Edit: Also, looking into Tracker Gloves.
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