A Work in Progress: Gladiator Helmet



This guide was made for entry:
Gladiator Helmet
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helmets


step 1 of 10

Edited a Sphere to get the general shape I wanted for the helmet.

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 1

step 2 of 10

Added a floor and a tube for additional detailing.

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 2

step 3 of 10

Added further details on the helmet

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 3

step 4 of 10

Added Nose piece and left and right cheek pieces. These were modified cubes

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 4

step 5 of 10

Applied a Matrix extrude to the helmets ridge piece and hyper nurbs.

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 5

step 6 of 10

Added smaller less complex matrix extrudes to the top and bottom rings for detail.

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 6

step 7 of 10

Experimented with textures to find suitable ones. In the end I went with aluminium for the main body, and concrete and metal mixtures for the rings, spikes and front guards.

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 7

step 8 of 10

I decided it would look better elevated off the ground and with a reflection underneath showing the inside of the helmet so created a wooden stand, a cylinder, cube and sphere were used.

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 8

step 9 of 10

Added light sources, the final render had 3 light sources, within the helmet, up and above as can be seen here and over to the left also.

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 9

step 10 of 10

Experimented with different viewing angels, moving the lights around a little and kept checking by rendering. And that was me finished :-)

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Step 10

Final result

Creation of Gladiator Helmet: Final Result

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