Morroblivion

Don't start a flame mxzero11.

OK, well hopefully we can rig it to a skeleton and we can move it around for a few poses. In f ct there are 8 different instances of the statue, so having a different position for each one will add that extra edge to seeing each one in the game.

Going forward I'd like everyone doing statues to model around skeletons for this reason.

Now the other thing is that these statues are huge. Yes that is an NPC smaller than his head...no not that kind, the one on his noggin. So make sure you use 4096 texture.

Also because this is the first statue, we have the chance to make sure that we get a visual consistency with the textures.

So I'd really like 3d artist to give advice here. How do we use the same technique to bake all the textures for the daedric princes? Especially as they feature in the same rooms together sometimes. Literally carved from the same stone.

Below is the skyrim mehrunes, which is about the same size as Molag Bal. We want this quality at least :)

I would be wary of reposing rock/metal statues after baking, as it tends to create warped UVs, but u can help this by relaxing the vertices in the joints.

The mehrunes model was sculpted to a simple level, and all the rock detail was overlayed in photoshop.
we can reuse that rock overlay for each one.
however I would suggest using a variety of rock textures/colours depending on what area the rock is cut in.

Ideally we need all the pieces in one model (teeth, body, etc) and we need slightly less polygons, more like 10k. Do what u can.
remember we can overlay rock textures later. or, is this made of metal?

If the statue is still in zbrush, you can just use transpose to get it into a pose, then you only need to run it through max to export as nif. You can skip the whole skinning process that way.

I know that there was quite a bit of discussion over whether or not Molag Bal should have a loin cloth or not, is it too late to suggest using that belt buckle but with a tongue sticking out? Kind of like the "forbidden tickle" on the daedric mask concepts?

I really like the belt buckle that Niflhelm has already made, I was just making a suggestion to possibly bring together a couple of ideas. (I'd rather not associate GWAR with this game because a I don't like GWAR but I guess that's just my opinion)

looking super good!

Hey there random guy that thinks this statue is frigin sweet here, have you thougth of a pose yet? if you use the pose from oblivion statue but with the spade of his tail placed in front of the torso while he has his tongue hanging out of his mouth and curling up at the tip, it all gives of a very rapey feel. sorry just an idea, good luck.

HappyChappy wrote:

Remember this model? Yeah it never got handed in, big surprise...not. Shame back to the drawing board.

Wow... why do people do that?

Looks amazing, really liking the new head, looks similar to both the old and the new interpretations.