Texturing Contest #24 - Diablo

[Apheraz Lucent]

Contest poll specifically stated that any of Diablo franchise characters are allowed, which means I, II, III and all the expansions included.
Why people hold grudge against D3 (me included too) is our own thing, but do not let that merge with your judging of things, and perception. What one chooses to draw is one's own choice, and if you're an idiot who's judging the person's choice rather than the person's work, you deserve nothing more than a high five in your face with a frying pan.

I personally might not like what they did to D3, but I'd do a Demon Huntress skin any day, if there wasn't a great one already done. D2 and D1 have only 50x50 pixels (and less) of characters to base your skins upon, where D3 has gone HQ, and therefore is a more logical choice.

D1/D2 skins will need to find a way to replicate a character in such a way, that it's detailed to fit in Wc3, but not standing away too much from references.
D3 skins will need to find a way to mimic appearances of a character, but to give it a fresh approach, and also something to make it unique from all the artworks out there.
That said, I hope you'll bring your arguments about D2/D3 choices over to your private messages. There were times to complain about the theme, which was both theme discussion and theme poll, and if you failed to reach out in time, you've got absolutely no right to rage in the contest itself. If you don't like it, wait for the next texturing contest, simple as that.

And on a side note, as last words, if I ever see one of you trying to talk someone out (passively subliminal or directly) of the contest just because you're a whiny little bitch with no actual things to do in life, you're going to face me. And THAT is going to hurt. A lot. I support constructive criticism, but being just straight offensive offends me and other people too.

Now. Back to the contest
I started to draw the face up, just to figure out the concept while I do so. Chances are very high that I'll change her skin tone to a more darker shade, to resemble that Indian ethnicity appearance. Oh and yes, it's a Diablo II Sorc.

 

[morbent]

Anyways,

I was searching for 3d renders of the Gargantuan Beast but found nothing. So in my quest to understand what the fuck his face looks like underneath his eyes, I got too close and zoomed in too much.

Reveal the truth only if you are willing to sacrifice the awesome image of the Gargantuan Beast

Gargantuan Beast right? You know, just looking pretty awesome and all... but then

Proceed hero into terror's lair. Or don't. It will destroy the Gargantuan Beast image for you...

I cannot unsee this. The image of his awesome skull face is totally ruined. I lost determination in creating this skin. Why.

I'm thinking of going back to the Anub'Arak model for Duriel or just creating a new face for the wendigo. Why? He had such an awesome skull structure, just.. WHY?! I should not have entered this contest. Now the truth cannot be unseen...

 

[The_Silent]

...

Ahh, those are the eye brows, thought it were eye slits or something, haha.

 

[A Void]

This is how he looks like:

I'm guessing this is an early render from Diablo 2 before they were made into 2D.

 

[morbent]

Yes me too The Silent ;________;
Can we just pretend this never happened? And have them as bad ass eye slits? And not as an ugly motherfucker, but as the bad ass skull face we all know and love?

A Void, interesting render, I couldn't find this one, although it does seem a bit different and less bulkier (if you can find me a Baal render, seeing as you are pretty resourceful, that'd be great xD (I just want to add it to my collection of D2 3d renders)).

 

[A Void]

Yes me too The Silent ;________;
Can we just pretend this never happened? And have them as bad ass eye slits? And not as an ugly motherfucker, but as the bad ass skull face we all know and love?

A Void, interesting render, I couldn't find this one, although it does seem a bit different and less bulkier (if you can find me a Baal render, seeing as you are pretty resourceful, that'd be great xD (I just want to add it to my collection of D2 3d renders)).

Baal render? It's on the cinematic intro for Lord of Destruction expansion pack.

Image

You can even see an older version of baal model used in Diablo II LoD Teaser Trailer.

 

[morbent]

Did they use the cinematic model? It doesn't look the same... You know, for Mephisto they didn't use the Cinematic model (it was a lot different), so I have my doubts about the Baal model.
(Oh and I think Diablo uses a different one as well - https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u...D_render2.jpg/301px-Diablo_3D_render2.jpg&f=1)

 

[A Void]

Did they use the cinematic model? It doesn't look the same... You know, for Mephisto they didn't use the Cinematic model (it was a lot different), so I have my doubts about the Baal model.
(Oh and I think Diablo uses a different one as well - https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u...D_render2.jpg/301px-Diablo_3D_render2.jpg&f=1)

Sorry I couldn't find Baal.

 

[Just_Spectating]

Anyways,

I was searching for 3d renders of the Gargantuan Beast but found nothing. So in my quest to understand what the fuck his face looks like underneath his eyes, I got too close and zoomed in too much.

Reveal the truth only if you are willing to sacrifice the awesome image of the Gargantuan Beast

Gargantuan Beast right? You know, just looking pretty awesome and all... but then

Proceed hero into terror's lair. Or don't. It will destroy the Gargantuan Beast image for you...

I cannot unsee this. The image of his awesome skull face is totally ruined. I lost determination in creating this skin. Why.

I'm thinking of going back to the Anub'Arak model for Duriel or just creating a new face for the wendigo. Why? He had such an awesome skull structure, just.. WHY?! I should not have entered this contest. Now the truth cannot be unseen...

That is so interesting! I never knew what his face looked like either until now

 

[Legal_Ease]

My apologies for the double post, but I got great feedback from the first one and wanted to say thank you. Right after that the thread turned pretty sour, but hey, it happens. Anyhow, I wanted to show my progress and see if anyoe had more ideas. One of my problems is that this character is fairly simple. She doesn't have much for flashy armor or a shield or anything.Is there some way I can add more detail while staying true to the Rogue's image?

new WIP

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

You don't need to do it as 100% appearance of the character of the game. I did mention, if anyone bothered to read:

D1/D2 skins will need to find a way to replicate a character in such a way, that it's detailed to fit in Wc3, but not standing away too much from references.
D3 skins will need to find a way to mimic appearances of a character, but to give it a fresh approach, and also something to make it unique from all the artworks out there.

On a side note, the dangling thingy on her undies samples texture from the back right part of her leg, if you want to remove it. I removed it from my silver rose skin and nobody ever noticed a missing chunk of her leg.
You could make her armor more detailed, such as adding a hard-leather breastplate to add some details while still keeping same theme and colors in mind. Also, could you take a portrait shot? Wonder how she looks.

 

[morbent]

Well, the Wendigo is just texture work as well so I guess you don't really need to add more stuff, just perfect what you currently have - add leathery texture, better the colors, lighting, you know. Etc.

I personally wouldn't recommend adding too many new stuff, but hey, that's just me. You could add the strapped dagger to her leg (from D1). But.. I suppose she'll have 2 daggers then. Eh, still might look better.
Anyways, if I were you I'd work on perfecting the face as this is the most interesting left part of the character. Instead of adding new stuff.

Also, her boots still seem a bit short, they go over the knee in Diablo, but I suppose it might look a bit weird on the Warcraft 3 model as it doesn't really have long legs.

 

[A Void]

Here are some suggestions about the rogue texture;

1. In Diablo 2 she has a collar thing with a necklace.
2. The strap on her chest should be diagonal not horizontal as in Diablo 2.
3. The leather boots should also be longer.

Example

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Also, nice skin. Not sure how I missed it trough my review.

 

[Blood Raven]

New WiP- new legs
I need to remake hands and shoulders. Back, head and wings still remain, and they will be a pain (except for the back maybe).

Damn, a lot has happened in this thread since I last posted...

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

He sure didn't skip the leg day.

Progress: pretty much finished the face up (for now). I have yet to decide do I want her to have a darker skin tone. The eyebrow earring happened by accident, but it gave me an idea to actually make one

 

[morbent]

You know, she doesn't have such a dark tone in Diablo II actually. Maybe just a bit. Check her sprite in game - her legs are a bit yellowish ingame, but not really dark. It's darker in the character creation screen, but I suppose it's cuz of the darkness there.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Well now that I've opened D2 and took another look, she actually is just a bit darker than other characters. But I guess I could just make her tan instead.

 

[Legal_Ease]

Here are some suggestions about the rogue texture;

1. In Diablo 2 she has a collar thing with a necklace.
2. The strap on her chest should be diagonal not horizontal as in Diablo 2.
3. The leather boots should also be longer.

Example

,

Also, nice skin. Not sure how I missed it trough my review.

1. Got it. Thanks. I thought about it but I guess I needed some one to say it before I moved on it.

2. Do you mean the belt? I wish I could but it is mirrored so it won't go diagnal.

3. Again, good call. I will move them up to the knees.

But, what about details? Any ideas for paterns or designs and where to place them?

On a side note, the dangling thingy on her undies samples texture from the back right part of her leg, if you want to remove it. I removed it from my silver rose skin and nobody ever noticed a missing chunk of her leg.
You could make her armor more detailed, such as adding a hard-leather breastplate to add some details while still keeping same theme and colors in mind. Also, could you take a portrait shot? Wonder how she looks.

I played around with the dangling thing (sorry about the phrasing) but decided to leave it in because the Diablo character has something of a skirt there and the hole in the leg isn't the best, though it does hide well.

Here's the portrait:

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Ooo, that looks cool so far. And it totally looks like Diablo II Rogue too.

Slight update: some tinkering with cloak. It's got odd case of texture sampling, but I think I managed to make something unique out of it. For the body armor, I ain't sure how to make a skirt ._.
But we'll see.

 

[grunt]

I'll enter this one !!
and go for mephisto hope no one already choose to make him

some wip

but the result isn't that good

 

[Moy]

Looks really cool ! <3

 

[Chen]

Mephisto

That's how I intended to do him. I tried but gave up on the TC and animations lol. I'm pretty interested seeing the animations, and how did you remove the TC?

 

[grunt]

That's how I intended to do him. I tried but gave up on the TC and animations lol. I'm pretty interested seeing the animations, and how did you remove the TC?

you intended to make him ? sorry didn't notice it, is it ok that I continu with this one ?
about the TC I just released that it's a big problem and I have to find a solution
and for the animations I completly forgot it it's true that it doesn't fit well with mephisto

progress so far

the portrait is horrible

 

[Chen]

Well, It's okay, I'm continuing my Fallen anyway.

 

[Misha]

totally look-alike-ish mephisto out of the naga siren? you are encouraged to continue

 

[Blood Raven]

you intended to make him ? sorry didn't notice it, is it ok that I continu with this one ?
about the TC I just released that it's a big problem and I have to find a solution
and for the animations I completly forgot it it's true that it doesn't fit well with mephisto

progress so far
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the portrait is horrible

With a cloud of white fart where his legs are supposed to be, the tail and animations will look more legit I hope. Too bad texturing contests don't allow attachments, but you can add one when releasing him. Looks really awesome

 

[Heinvers]

Well, It's okay, I'm continuing my Fallen anyway.

Pictures or it didn't happen.

you intended to make him ? Sorry didn't notice it, is it ok that I continue with this one?

That's not really an issue. The contest rules do not forbid another contestant to make the same character/creature as another.


That reminds me, Archian....

 

[Legal_Ease]

I'll enter this one !!
and go for mephisto hope no one already choose to make him

but the result isn't that good

Looks pretty good. I would blur it more and then turn up the contrast. This will smooth it out and give more depth at the same time. It looks pretty good to me. And very creative choice of subject and model.

 

[Misha]

it still needs to look like a warcraft3 skin to some degree, blurring is not always the best thing.. smoothing and contrasting highlights is

 

[Heinvers]

I would blur it more

Why, that's the question hanging from the cliff. Generally, we want our texture to turn out as clear as possible to avoid undefined works that would otherwise look quite crammed and fuzzy.

it still needs to look like a warcraft3 skin to some degree

Kind of. Not to the point at which it kills the personal creativity though.

 

[morbent]

Omg, that's genius. It looks perfect for Mephisto.. I actually searched high and low for a model to really fit with Meph (as he's my favouritte character) but didn't find anything accurate. Probably, as you guys point out, the animations will fuck it up a bit, but not too much I hope.

Apheraz, I was thinking you could try alphaing out the cloak, just to see if it looks ok.

 

[Blood Raven]

I'm done with the tail. It's too bad the model didn't allow me to make his signature spiked tail, but that works too I guess...

Actually sometimes I fear my skin will be too warcraft-ish. I might tweak saturation and other things when I'm done...

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Body parts indeed could use just a tiny bit less of saturation/contrast.

@morbent, on Jaina model, entire staff, cloak and shoulder-pads have team color, so you can't alpha them out unfortunately. But I figured my way around.

Slight update on face construction, and added team color on cloak. Also, finished up the staff, and started working on her body now. It wasn't until this point until she started to resemble a D2 sorceress lol, cape really screwed me over, but there ain't a better model and I'm lazy to swap

 

[Legal_Ease]

Why, that's the question hanging from the cliff. Generally, we want our texture to turn out as clear as possible to avoid undefined works that would otherwise look quite crammed and fuzzy.

Well, if you look at the image he had, it has obvious brush lines all over it and it is supposed to look like skinless flesh. It should look mashed together and not so sketched looking. However, his line work is correct, it just needs blurring (or smoothing as Misha calls it). Then it needs more contrast (deeper dark colors and richer light colors). Either way, I think it is a great start.

 

[Moy]

^ Because it is still a WIP.

@Apheraz, you could slightly shade the TC as it stand out too much. I really love the cape tho. <3

EDIT:
I am almost finished with my skin. I am still thinking on what I can do with the sword.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Ah, right, thanks.

Can't make a wooden staff out of it?

 

[Moy]

I had, but it looks so weird.

 

[Blood Raven]

^ Because it is still a WIP.

@Apheraz, you could slightly shade the TC as it stand out too much. I really love the cape tho. <3

EDIT:
I am almost finished with my skin. I am still thinking on what I can do with the sword.

It is really easier to give advice for your skin if we actually see it
But it sounds promising, screenie please?

 

[Moy]

I decided to change it into this:

 

[aeman]

nice bo staff

 

[Misha]

I decided to change it into this:

you sure this is not a good weapon as well?

 

[Moy]

I tried making that weapon, and I failed. XD

 

[Heinvers]

I tried making that weapon, and I failed. XD

Have you tried to make the ends into some kind of scepter crystals? It could actually work if it'd be given enough monk thematic like red scheme colors and some wrappings around those.

Just think about this suggestion.

 

[morbent]

Oh yea Apheraz, I forgot. Always forget Team colors, I hate how they can't be alphaed out :\

 

[Blood Raven]

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I decided to change it into this:
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Actually it would be better if you alphaed out the sword altoghether, because monks fight with their fists (I guess) and that way you can attach a staff that will look more legit (not in the contest though )

 

[Moy]

They have weapons called Daibo and Fist weapons. But I guess alpha-ing the weapon with those default animations suck. But I'll let time decide XD

 

[Misha]

guys, blademaster's weapon cannot be erased fully via just texture '~'

 

[morbent]

A slight update:

Wendigo

Sigh, I wish this had more hard edges and stuff to paint xD Fur is not my thing.

 

[Moy]

Really nice, it seems that the fur is stretched or I might be wrong XD

 

[morbent]

Oh believe me it is. And I have nothing to do about it, or not much really. Unless I go figuring out pixel by pixel where there is a stretch so that I can counter compress it... yea... that ain't happening see, I did it for the straps on my previous revenant skin, for the face of the wendigo here, but for fur? This is a mess.