Shield Concept Art and Discussion

[landryx 36]

awesome works here

[Diego il Catanico Jr 29]

On 8/6/2018 at 6:17 PM, Diego il Catanico Jr said:

Couldn't we render all the models from the textures like almost minecraft item does and then add the handle or the leather strips, instead of making a separate model for every shield?

We could have 2 textures for every shield, one for the interior and one for the exterior... the model would be generated by the interior  and the front of the shield will have another texture, or viceversa.

By the way, eagle i like your textures but i dont think we need stripes of metal everywhere, an umbo should be enough for most shieds

 

Here is how the overlay textures would actually look:  (they will be 16x32 for this shield of course).

I was thinking... we could still put banners in the front face of the shield, covering the wood. Of course the umbo and other metal parts would cover the banner but a lot of decoration options would still be there.

[Diego il Catanico Jr 29]

Wait I have done more accurate designs. I'm not that good with metal textures so you can use these any way you want.

Now, black is metal overlay and white is wood (or banner). Red is invisible overlay.

Wood:   Exterior    Interior    (Yes it is identical)

Copper:   Exterior    Interior 

Bronze:   Exterior    Interior 

Bismuth Bronze:   Exterior    Interior 

Black Bronze:   Exterior    Interior 

Wrought Iron:   Exterior    Interior    (We already have it thanks to @eagleyes005)

Steel:   Exterior    Interior    (Identical too)

Black Steel:   Exterior    Interior 

Blue Steel:   Exterior    Interior 

Red Steel 1:   Exterior    Interior            Still               sure                    red

Red Steel 2:   Exterior    Interior                     not                 about               steel

 

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Edited 9 Jun 2018 by Diego il Catanico Jr

[eagleyes005 14]

I totally agree whit you.

We can usa large shields as you said and make small ones (like bucklers) made entire of metal.

I will be doing more textures for each of these shields.

[Pyr0mrcow 11]

My one complaint is that the Blue Steel design looks a slightly more carrot-like amalgamation of the regular Steel and Black Steel designs, while Red Steel looks amazing and unique.
What about something more diamond-shaped and sturdy looking, like the center of the armor?
Could also take functionality into account for design ideas. The original Red Steel armor specializes in blocking slashing damage, and both of the current Red Steel shapes look good for catching/moving a blade slash.
Blue Steel is meant to block Pirecing damage.

Given my aesthetic, Blue Steel tends to be my main armor end-game.

[Diego il Catanico Jr 29]

28 minutes ago, Pyr0mrcow said:

My one complaint is that the Blue Steel design looks a slightly more carrot-like amalgamation of the regular Steel and Black Steel designs, while Red Steel looks amazing and unique.

Well that was the point when i designed them, i think it's intentional...

29 minutes ago, Pyr0mrcow said:

The original Red Steel armor specializes in blocking slashing damage, and both of the current Red Steel shapes look good for catching/moving a blade slash.
Blue Steel is meant to block Pirecing damage.

Well i didn't remember this but, actually i got it luckly right: to me the blue steel looks appropriate for blocking piercing (a large, well defined surface) while the second alternative of red steel looks perfect to block slashing.