This competition didnt have many entries, but the ones that were entered were nicely done.
@Nick Igoe, I liked your shield too, but I think it needs more hints of use. Right now it looks like CG. You show wood on the back, but what is the front? Steel? If your connecting two materials, you should show a connection like a rounded bolt head. If the front is wood too, you should show the same wood coming through to the front (making it seem like the front was painted). Also better than seeing the texture map would have been to show other views.. I can not see what the backside looks like.
I was torn between Morduun's and RiverRatt's shield.
@morduun, your shield is very nicely done. Your texture job came out very nice, however the issues I have with it is the texture on the back doesnt go well with the texture on the front. Seems the texture on the backside had a little less care, and Also I would have liked to see some kind of connection between the straps to the shield (I.e. welded, riveted)
The winner of this competition is RiverRatt.
The reasons for my choosing RiverRatt are:
1) Creative thinking (african shield)
2) Enthusiastic (created 3 shields)
3) Created a shield that is memorable (african shield) That will stick with me for a long time.
My favorite of all the shields is the African Shield by RiverRatt. I think the sytlistic look (texture and form) were a success and would be a memorable shield in a game. I think it has character and an inherent history. The connections were nice. Only thing I think could have been improved upon would be to show a structure of how that animal hide is actually held up, since the bamboo looking stick in the center definately wouldnt manage that.
@Nick Igoe, I liked your shield too, but I think it needs more hints of use. Right now it looks like CG. You show wood on the back, but what is the front? Steel? If your connecting two materials, you should show a connection like a rounded bolt head. If the front is wood too, you should show the same wood coming through to the front (making it seem like the front was painted). Also better than seeing the texture map would have been to show other views.. I can not see what the backside looks like.
I was torn between Morduun's and RiverRatt's shield.
@morduun, your shield is very nicely done. Your texture job came out very nice, however the issues I have with it is the texture on the back doesnt go well with the texture on the front. Seems the texture on the backside had a little less care, and Also I would have liked to see some kind of connection between the straps to the shield (I.e. welded, riveted)
The winner of this competition is RiverRatt.
The reasons for my choosing RiverRatt are:
1) Creative thinking (african shield)
2) Enthusiastic (created 3 shields)
3) Created a shield that is memorable (african shield) That will stick with me for a long time.
My favorite of all the shields is the African Shield by RiverRatt. I think the sytlistic look (texture and form) were a success and would be a memorable shield in a game. I think it has character and an inherent history. The connections were nice. Only thing I think could have been improved upon would be to show a structure of how that animal hide is actually held up, since the bamboo looking stick in the center definately wouldnt manage that.