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Published: 2013-11-19 20:58:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 3654; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 31
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A re-envisioning of Kain of the Legacy of Kain games.ΒRelated content
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Hmm, not gonna lie I would love to see this as a miniature. And give kain another 'evolution' and I could see it similar to this
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the re-envisioning of kain is fine but the reaver shoud always remain the same it's design wasΒ perfect it's to iconic to change plus i'm really not feeling this two waves look you got going here
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Any chance we'll be seeing this in a finalized state at any point? Barring the sword, I really like how you've handled the character.
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Really amazing work. I love seeing new interpretations of my favourite character
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Really amazing! A cool version of Kain's and the Soul Reaver's aspects.
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May I ask a question, your work is very good and this model looks like it's pretty high poly or not.But can you desimate a very high poly model and then retopologise it to get rid of the triangles.Because if you desimate a model and then devide it it gets deformed , in zbrush .Any thoughts on this matter ?
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yeah man no problem-- you CAN decimate it down, but I only do it if the topology gets too high for my machine to work with-- then you don't even really need to worry about retopologizing the object or zRemeshing-- I ONLY do this as a last resort or if I WONT need to sculpt on the mesh any longer-- Something I also do, to make my meshes more efficient is, for instance, if I start a mesh out as a dynamesh (and the geo starts to get really high from sub-divisions and starts to create ugly topology) I Shift + Ctrl + D, turn that subtool down to is lowest subdivision, and then use my ZRemesher guides, and zRemesh it to low-poly quaded geo, then use your project feature.Β Start at the lowest subD, project, Ctrl + D, project again, repeat til about 5 or 6 subDs or whatever your usual max is
after I'm completely done with the sculpting part, I save out a separate tool file, usually modelname_decimated, then decimate each piece, one by one.. then I will send it over to 3D Coat for retopo, or Keyshot for presentation shots
Hope this helps
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Thank you for the detailed feedback. I will give them a try .I really want to start animation when this model is done.And high poly count doesn't work well with 3dsmax.Thank again and keep up the good work.
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OMG!!! this is amazing!!
love his new outfit!! and the twin soul reaver blade!!
is he in werebat mode? amazing!
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hehe thanks man 
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very nice. so its a mix of both bat and wolf. Β a nice twist on his evoled form.
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I absolutely love this rendering of Kain. <3 This is amazing i hope that when they come out with a new LOK game that they take your render and make this the new Kain outcome.
Do you have anymore renders for any other LOK characters? I would love to see your take on the future outcome of the LOK characters. Would you consider something like that for a future project?
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yes for sure!Β I would love to redesign the whole crew-- Raziel and the other generals, Mobius, Vorador, Ariel.. future projects for sure-- I just had a youtube marathon of the entire play-through cutscenes of all the games
www.youtube.com/watch?v=faO5nlβ¦
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I certainly look forward to such a project. I will be waiting to see more to come.
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This is a very interesting redesign, I love how Kain's facial appearance looks more Lion than anything plus the perked up ears are a nice feature. This redesign works I think for a new game. Amazing work, if anything if new production on a new LOK comes along in the future make yourself known with this design because this is incredible.Β
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thanks so much
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Wow this is fantastic - I really love your reboot Kain - he looks awesome and so could imagine him in a game looking like that!
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thanks so much man
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oop.. excuse me, miss.Β I should have looked at your page before I posted.Β I really dig your Ariel Halloween costume.Β I bet that evening of trick-or-treatery was the jam.
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Nice one! Love the details. And actually the Soul Reaver is pretty interesting looking IMO. One I would say is that with the feet and ears he feels more like a werewolf than a vampire. Also, the shoulder plates being ribbed leather makes them feel a bit less crafted than the pants or forearm armor. It tends to make him feel like a soldier more than a ruler. Β If there was more inlay in it with a pattern like the skirt, I think it would match up better.Β
Great job on it though.. he looks cool.
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ah thanks very much dude.Β about the feet and the ears-- while I was designing him, I really wanted to make a shape on his head that looks like the crown he has in much of the other art we see, but I thought I would twist it w/ movable appendages that he could flare out like bat wings.Β The feet-- yeah I designed them to feel more beast-like to further enhance his fierceness.Β I thought it might be a cool addition to his metamorphosis-- on top of it, his toes (and fingers) are sculpted to look fused together as they became more talon-like over time.Β Good call on the shoulder armor.Β While I was working on them, I didn't have a great plan going into them, but I wanted to carry some of the ribbed shapes up from the kilt, but after that, I think what I was doing was trying not to make certain areas too busy and be fairly functional looking.. perhaps some of the triangular balance runes, or a patch of the clan emblem could help it..Β Thanks for the crits man.. much appreciated
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Love the look of Kain and the armor, particularly the working of his sigil into it. Β Quite nice. I must confess though, I do not like the blade.Β
Β I would recommend something a tad more recognizable as the Soul Reaver and strongly strongly urge for a single blade rather than two. Β If you are wedded to the idea of two blades, might I suggest making them pronged, ala a viper or a vampires fangs? Sweep/curve out at the bottom then come closer together at the mid point and beyond.
Thank you sharing this with us on deviant art!
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thanks for the solid critique.. much appreciated-- I will visit the blade again for sure-- been getting some feedback that it could use some work, and I might like tone it back to the original shape to make it more recognizable, than to completely redesign it.. I'd like to add the boney bat-wing looking guard to it, perhaps add some rune shapes in the blade itself.. we'll see what happens-- I've got other work ahead of me right now that needs to take priority, but I've started the retopology on Kain's body-- still time to go back to the blade and clean it up a bit.. thanks man
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thanks dude
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I like your take on Kain, always one of my fave characters and you completely redid him, and in a very cool way to.
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thanks very much
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holy crap! this is awesome! i think i like your vision of kain than the actual creators version! xD
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hehe thanks a lot
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yeah, i like that you made him a little bit bulkier. i never really digged the skinny vamp thing he had goin. i like that he actually gives off a badass atmosphere with your twists rather than just the creepy vamp feel lol. if you get what im sayin.
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I honestly wished they would have hired you for the game.Β
You took something we all know and love and remade it into something new and amazing, and we can still tell who it is.
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thanks man for sure.. I really wish this game get picked up again--- my dream would be for a Skyrim sized Nosgoth, with all the known locations and hot spots to travel to.. but alas.. all we can do right now is dream and make cool art about it
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Most indeed my friend, most indeed.
as for Skyrim, there is a mod where your character is Kain.
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oh shoot! that's cool.. bah.. I really need to re-buy Skyrim for my PC.. have the PS3 version.. but I'm about ready to just do it because I haven't played through any of the expansions yet 
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I found a vid, but I dont know where to get the mod :/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0LLEYβ¦
enjoy
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That Soul Reaver looks VERY impractical... but I love his armor design.
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ah word-- yeah.. I changed the shape around a little bit, but it's got no guard and i'm sure the double blades are a little over the top.. just trying to keep that swervy blade shape but doe soemthing new w/ it-- I may retouch it before I take it to low poly and textures
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The Soul Reaver is actually based off a real type of sword called a "flamberge" or "flame-branded sword." That's why it looks the way it does. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame-blβ¦
I do like the sword's design. It reminds me a lot of the wraith blade and the double-blades reflect its dual nature. Like I said, it just seems very impractical as a weapon.
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hehe all good yo.Β yeah I'm familiar w/ the flamberge-- but funny thing is that I've never really thought about it while playing the game that the reaver was a flamberge..Β always thought about it like it was just a physical form of the wrath blade, and that's the reason for it's winding shape.-- As for the double blades.. I'm just yuckin around-- definitely impractical, off balanced.. went more for coolness factor than functionality.. It's a video game.. the side of me that enjoys over-the-top weapons and armor.. like in WoW or GoW..
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thanks man.. been out for a spell-- how you been?
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Instantly recognisable yet with its unique look, like any good Re-imagining.Β
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thanks man
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its insanely good and you know that but the lack of cuirass itself makes it look strange. At least some plate must present because , you know, thats what armor always was about - protecting chest and organs and only after that limbs.
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