--Starcraft 2 - Protoss - Pylon

[M0rbid]

Somehow I got interested in creating a Protoss Pylon like in Starcraft 2.
I mostly aim to convert it in a decent quality to Warcraft 3, hopefully without any major quality loss. Maybe even with none at all...
However so far I am not very happy with the early WiPs, so, whatever...

Here is this WiP:

 

[Nasrudin]

The crystal looks like a hologram, I suggest not using an additive filtermode in this case. It needs to look more solid, and you could always try to give it a glow with billboarded planes. The rest of the model is nice.

 

[Hawkwing]

Very nice. Aside from what Nasrudin said, my only concern is that the ring around the crystal might be too large. I think it should hug the crystal a bit more.

 

[M0rbid]

Thank you for the feedback you two.
I realised that the ring is too large aswell and this WILL be fixed, thank you for pointing that out
About the crystal itself. I currently use "Add alpha" and end up with this, so I assume I need to finalize the texture to get it to work better. Except this to happen - if I can get it done. Glow will hopefully added aswell. Just felt like finishing off the main mesh first.
Also I will try to enlarge those decorations on the right and left a bit and reshape them.

Any other comments?

 

[Hawkwing]

In the image attached below, the area that I have outlined with red appears to have its wrap warped a bit. You could try working on that. The piece I have outlined in blue appears very bland. Maybe strengthen the highlights or add some sort of design in there to make it more complex. Maybe even both?

 

[M0rbid]

Oh yeah, the blue part is not yet textured at all So this WILL be fixed.
Regarding the other thing, I will have to see wether I will be able to fix that, I hope so, but I am not entirely sure.
Also another thing I am not totally sure of is wether I shall stick to my own colour palette or try to aim for the sc2 protoss gold more.
Also, the front decoration is a bit thicker than the original, I will see, wether I will adapt that aswell or stick to my version.

Here is a direct comparison of what I have now:

 

[Xian]

Oh yeah, the blue part is not yet textured at all So this WILL be fixed.
Regarding the other thing, I will have to see wether I will be able to fix that, I hope so, but I am not entirely sure.
Also another thing I am not totally sure of is wether I shall stick to my own colour palette or try to aim for the sc2 protoss gold more.
Also, the front decoration is a bit thicker than the original, I will see, wether I will adapt that aswell or stick to my version.

Here is a direct comparison of what I have now:

Big Pic

Ohhh God,thats beautiful M0rbid,A good model +rep

 

[Hawkwing]

It's looking great! My concerns with the wrap aren't a huge deal so if it's too much of a struggle then don't rip your hair out trying to fix it. As for the gold colour, in Warcraft III, I'd prefer how you have it right now.

 

[GhostThruster]

Wow, quite accurate and beautiful! Only thing is those two pillar thingys need to be a bit thicker.

Would be cool if you made the whole protoss building set