Taffer Art *Post thy works Here*

Hamadriyad on 29/4/2012 at 10:21

There are amazing arts here. Well, not as good as they are but hope you like my gas crtystal. :)

Inline Image:

http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv107/Hamadriyad/Comp10000000.jpg

jtr7 on 29/4/2012 at 10:37

Ah! Did you just recently make that, or did you do it back when you made the other crystals and potions? :thumb:

Hamadriyad on 29/4/2012 at 10:42

I made it recently. :)

jtr7 on 29/4/2012 at 10:53

I can't believe it's been over two years since the first images you made! Looks good!

Hamadriyad on 29/4/2012 at 10:58

It's been two years? Wow. :) Thanks, I am glad you like it.
I haven't touch 3ds max for a long time actually. . But I am working on it again and I won't leave it this time. (hopefully.)

jtr7 on 29/4/2012 at 11:11

I'd love to see more.

P.S. If you were to model Constantine's sword, like Plat' suggested at Eidos, it'd be a lot easier to go by the actual game art. The shape of the guard isn't like bat-wings, for example, and you could get a good look at the texture of the grip, which actually would be a challenge, but is very different than Plat's. Funnily enough, there's a black metal alloy called Constantine, and the coppery-gold down the center of the blade and whorled on the grip looks a bit like electrum.

Hamadriyad on 29/4/2012 at 11:28

I'd love to make more. :)

Yes, I want to model it. I am trying actually but I have problems with blade, sharp edges is hard. (and I am sure If I manage to make the blade, then I will have problems with the grip and so on. :))
Is there any high-res game art?
By the way, do you know the city where I live? Istanbul, which is originally Constantinapolis. :)

Boxsmith on 29/4/2012 at 11:32

What kind of trouble are you having with those sharp edges?

Hamadriyad on 29/4/2012 at 11:38

Hmm, making them sharp. :)
I tried this: I began with the tip of the blade, so I created a pyramid. Inset it, wield the edges. I am planning to extrude it for rest of the blade. It looks good in viewport but in rendered scene its geometry kinda broken.

(http://s674.photobucket.com/albums/vv107/Hamadriyad/?action=view&current=broken.jpg)
I don't know why it looks like that.

jtr7 on 30/4/2012 at 00:12

Here's an image that was made for the first cutscene following The Sword, before it was animated in Adobe After Effects. Obviously, the sword detail is quite different from the other versions, especially the in-game version, but it might inspire your own version:
(http://www.great-thief.fatal.ru/gallery/images/tdp/dark_project_2_themetal_age_aw18.jpg)

Here's the sword as shown in-game, and in the briefing for The Sword, where Plat' seems to have gotten his inspiration, and also, I've included the actual textures used on the in-game model (scaled up in size, rotated, flipped):

Inline Image:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/jtr7/ConstantinesSwordStudy.jpg

Note that the whorls of the in-game model's grip are on the cutscene sword image's guard. Also, the blade does not reach all the way to the guard, as seen in both the briefing and cutscene images.

Quote Posted by Hamadriyad

By the way, do you know the city where I live? Istanbul, which is originally Constantinapolis. :)

I knew of the name change of the city, but did not know you hailed from there. :thumb: