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Offline Durrahan

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[C+C]Stormtrooper

on: May 17, 2016, 07:41:18 pm
I've got a huge problem with the Blaster. It should resemble the DL-44, but I can't quite get it to work. Especially the muzzle.
When I'm looking at it as a whole, something feels off. Also I wasn't sure if I should use AA between black and white.



I used the Coverart of Blake Stone as reference. I didn't want to put so much emphasis on the torso angle.

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Re: [C+C]Stormtrooper

Reply #1 on: May 17, 2016, 08:37:30 pm
Looking at a reference, part of it might be color choice and the lack of perforations along the muzzle of it.

There's other differences here too, and it doesn't contrast particularly well from the stormtrooper's hand. I'd recommend playing around with the blacks and greys there to try and create a more visually clear distinction between them.
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Re: [C+C]Stormtrooper

Reply #2 on: May 18, 2016, 08:58:51 am


I increased the lighting a bit of the blaster. I hope it's more visible now. I struggled a bit with the perforations, what do you think?

I also added some lighting to the hands and applied some minor AA to the black parts of the helmet. I thought the torso was a bit thin, so a increased it a bit in width.

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I changed the posture a bit and added the end of the grip from the blaster.
« Last Edit: May 18, 2016, 01:40:24 pm by Durrahan »

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Re: [C+C]Stormtrooper

Reply #3 on: May 18, 2016, 04:59:46 pm
I think he looks great! (No expert here though)

I feel like the level of contrast should depend on size displayed. At the size initially displayed on my screen I would say to increase the contrast on the blaster even more. But when I blow up image/zoom in then the blaster contrast looks perfect!
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Re: [C+C]Stormtrooper

Reply #4 on: May 18, 2016, 08:17:38 pm

there, made the perforations a darker color and tweaked them a slight bit to wrap around the barrel.

The reworked lighting and colors look way better, so ace work there man!
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