Pre-final before painting

Some linework and updated composition

Here are my initial composition sketches for the client

Current WIPs in UDK

Textures

Sculpts

http://www.polycount.com/darksiders-ii-create-a-weapon-contest/

Wish me luck.

3/24/11: Messed with specularity map some more and made my submission image

3/23/11: ZING!

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3/20/12: Updated sculpt based off of new concept and a baked low-poly render along with the initial diffuse map

3/19/12: Updated concept a bit more, wanted to get a bit more of the initial concept back with some of my other design mixed in

3/14/12: Sculpt pass 2; might get rid of the shapes on the blades, distracting…

I figured I’d start with what I am best at, concepts and painting.  Once I finish those… I’ll move on to a sculpt and texturing.

Final render

Final Render with UI (in process)

Quick mood/color concept comps

Rough

Now that this rough is done, the next step will be to rough model it in 3d, then paint over the underlying geometry.

Ok, so this ISN’T the Gladius… this came out more like an air-car of sorts.  Going back to doing some concepts and silhouettes for the Gladius then taking another stab at a 3d model.

Current update DONE(unless in need of revision)

Image resizes when clicked to your browser window, so bigger window is better.  View the link in a new tab for a full view.  Large versions of each creature and dev sketches after the break.

Initial roughs

Background text ahead

Outsider: A fully manifested Outsider is truly a horrific thing to behold, they send minds reeling in shock, their wild pulsating eyes sending any they look upon into horrified seizures and driving others insane.  While they have no defined form, many outsiders seem to prefer hooding themselves with torn flesh or bones, their eyes only visible within their darkened cowls.  Tendrils studded with life sucking orifices hang down from what could scarcely be called their face.  Their arms, sinew and muscle, perhaps multiple sets, generally end in razor sharp taloned digits, and their legs, if they even have any, are lost in tattered robes of shadow.  Their mastery of the Galefire is unsurpassed, allowing them to skim across the ground or teleport at will, all while unleashing devastating magick upon their victims.  In the past, an entire squad of Order Sect warriors were always dispatched when an Outsider broke through the veil, but the veil must be weakening, for more Outsiders manifest every day, and there are scarcely enough warriors to combat them.

The Wretched: The Outsider plague affects humans differently than the Syllarians.  While they both share the weeping, cancerous bone masses; the Syllarians grow it more like armor, whilst humans infected appear to be twisted and reshaped in the most agonizing manner.  The Outsiders seem to take vile pleasure in their infection of human forms, distorting them into horrific, pustule ridden fleshy masses, their limbs broken and reformed to the whims of their infector.  Weak compared to the Tainted Syllarians, they are still more than capable of cornering and tearing apart their victims with sheer numbers… every time making even more.  The tide of infected within Cenrea is ever-growing, and the commanders containing this horrific tide are slowly being worn down.

Construct: Regarded as a mere curiosity of those who came before the humans on the artificial world, these winged statues are displayed on many walls and pedestals deep within their geometric labyrinths; and many areas that are still locked away from the Flame Sect.  One expedition saw a Flame Sect magus crack several of these steadfast locks.  His elation turned to terror as his escort of Order Sect warriors were turned into molten puddles by these statues that had come to life from the very walls.  They flitted silently, their stoic carved faces never changing, and swept their golden light across every warrior, then came to the Flame Sect magus.  There was little left of the magus besides his automatic familiar, and while the unlocking rites are now known, no one has ventured back to where the Constructs first made their power known.

Tainted Syllarian: While the Syllarians are deadly strong and highly resistant in their uncorrupt form, once the Outsider plague has taken hold of them, this increases ten-fold.  Their already toughened, ruddy hides spurt growths of cancerous bone, hard as steel and as sharp as any blade, added to this their physical mass increases substantially, leveraging their already massive strength. Their eyes burn with daemonic fire and lust for bloodshed and destruction, quite the opposite of how Outsiders tend to accord themselves or their servants, it is as if by inhabiting these creatures they take upon their most primal traits. The weapons these monsters take up seem to be crafted from the very same cancerous bone that infests their flesh, their edges rife with toxins. Each Syllarian that falls is a potential host, and those Syllarians who escaped their bondage from humanity may find themselves on the edge of extinction soon.

Dev sketches

Rest of the comps are here: http://galefire.com/2011/11/purge-the-outsiders-2-enviro/

Sculpt of the Sect Sword above

Rev 2.5

rev1

Slayde outside of the Tainted Syllarians corrupted lair.

Flame Sect Magus: A Magus of the highest echelons of the Flame Sect, he commands immense arcane power, but is also chiefly responsible for research and development of lost and new technologies, both mundane and magical; as well as combining the two.

Crimson: The elite guardians of the Brothers, each handpicked at birth and trained throughout their lives, these individuals are the most potent warriors within the Sects.  Wielding immense magical powers and the most advanced weaponry from the Flame Sect, they are easily capable of leading troops or clandestinely eliminating threats.

Irons Artificer: As varied as their usually superfluous names are different, the Artificers of Irons are in the business of uncovering and realizing lost technology, and dissecting the wealth of knowledge left behind on the artificial world.  While most make their homes in Irons, they take no real side and will generally sell to the highest bidder.  While this has not been an issue in the past, the growing tensions between the Sects and Irons may make their neutral standing more difficult to maintain.

Syllarian Shaman: While most Syllarians are not gifted with the ability to touch the Galefire, those that can are generally revered and looked upon for wisdom within their respective clans.  Their wisdom belies their great power in battle, as the Sects and Irons have recently realized during the Syllarians rebellions.

Also here are some roughs to show my process a bit (not shown are my scribbles on sticky-notepad)

dev sketches