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The French 74 Gun Ship
Poisk
#7
Poisk
#10
[left]After retopology, UVmapping, displace, normal map, baking. Geometry partly hidden.[/left]
[left]Displ/normal maps test[/left]
[left]Made in cooperation with Anastasia Fileva.[/left]
AlexSarakapudaff
#13
That is some crazy detailing on the saber. Are reliefs done via displacement? What did you use normal for? The head is also done very well, I like the eyes especially.
Poisk
#14
AlexSarakapudaff
Firstly I sculpted all in ZBrush, then I made retopology and baked some elements (patterns, leafs, flowers) in displ and normal. Normal map for noises on leather.
Head was started as lowpoly for character, but then it became a little bit more detailed.
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Poisk
#18
Thanks for your comments
What software did you use for the texturing?
Normal map baked in XNormal, displ map baked in Mudbox. I haven’t any diff map, only shader setting and mask. Usually I use Mari and Photoshop for texturing.
Martocticvs
#19
Incredible level of detail on the sword, and the character looks fantastic as well.
Superb work on the ship’s boats - have you made a start on the hull of the ship itself yet? I built a British 64 several years back; looks like you’re taking it to another level entirely! Looking forward to seeing this develop.
A couple of parts of the sword’s hilt details seem extremely dense though - are you planning on generating some normal maps from those and using lighter parts instead?
musashidan
#22
This is a mammoth project! 
Large-scale, highly detailed ship AND a realistic, highly detailed character. Hats off to you. Huge amount of work.
The sword is beautiful. Excellent modeling and incredible attention to detail.
Also, the admiral has real character already. He even looks French. 
Brilliant work.
AJ13
#26
Dude, this is all amazing work! The sword, boat, and face are all top notch.
Do you have any compositions to combine all three of them, or are they meant to be separate stand alone projects?
Some of the trim work on the ship looks too large, and it makes it look like a model. Its a subtle effect, but if your trying to make this thing look big, they're the kind of details that matter.
The gap between the planks looks too large. They were meant to be water tight, so they fit together pretty snugly. The planks on the bottom near and below the waterline were almost thicker than they are wide, while the ones near the top at the rails are like 1/3 as thick. They were cut on these giant horse/ox powered rotary saws, and were pretty sharp and evenly cut. If there would be any kind of noticeable joint between the planks, its should probably bulge out, rather than in. They hammered some kind of tar/hay based sealant in the joints.
Some of the decorative stuff was only a few inches deep. The trim work on the hull was carved out of hull planks, and was a little deeper, but a lot of the stuff on the stern was just a thin decorative veneer. The head rails on the bow were just thin decorative pieces as well.
Have a look at some real ships like HMS Victory, USS Constitution, HMS Surprise, or the Hermione, and try not to trust the models too much. A lot of the period ones were "ideal" versions presented to kings and admirals, with decorative trimmings and carvings exaggerated. The real ships apparently came out looking much flatter, as ship builders would cut down on excess weight and material usage.
[http://monkeysandmountains.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LHermione-French-frigate3.jpg](http://monkeysandmountains.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LHermione-French-frigate3.jpg)
[http://www.mbrochu.com/calif09_0609.jpg](http://www.mbrochu.com/calif09_0609.jpg)