I feel like I should do this kind of practice more often. It was a fun practice of very light geometry with minimal detailing. I also had a chance to work on a small collection of various building kits that were later used for populating 3d sets and also for some matte-painting shots of the city. My role on this asset for Starcraft: Heart of the Swarm - Intro and Ending cinematics included partial redesigning/refining the cockpit+front wings as well as adding extra surface details for additional scale and adding a more complex landing gear to the legs for new close-up shots. Viking cinematic model was originally made by Tyler Hunter based on Fausto De Martini’s design. VIKING model update: Cockpit refinement and Landing Gear ( Image credit: Jeff Chamberlain, Jonathan Berube, Ray Chih, Yong Hyun Kim, Kirti Pillai, Laurent Pierlot, Takuya Suzuki, Anthony Eftekhari, Fausto DeMartini, Chris Yang, Mike Kelleher, Sada Namaki, Shawn Liang, Jim Jiang, Seth Thompson, Bill LaBarge, Steven Chen)Īt some point I was experimenting with more rounded shapes and also made a version of the front-mid part of siege tank that looked like this. One of my favorite shots features 3 siege tanks ready to deploy in-to siege mode. So sometimes I would emphasize certain elements and would even render them separately as individual pieces when showing the updates like for example this brake disc:īeautiful textures were painted by Eddie Kim and awesome shaders were developed by Steven Chen and Fin Teo.Īlso make sure to check out Jonathan’s art-direction paintover on the siege tank’s thread block HERE Siege Tank’s stabilizing feet is an iconic element of the tank’s siege mode because of its importance in the game so it was crucial to get it right for close-up shot in the cinematics.
Working on this with both Fausto and Jonathan was a true privilege. Some of the original mechanical parts modeled by Fausto De Martini were also preserved in the final model/design. I was fortunate to collaborate on this design with Jonathan and also build the final 3d model. On the second installment of Starcraft2: Heart of the Swarm Jonathan Berube was art-directing the cinematic sequences and it was decided to revisit the design in order to make it fit in-to the more realistic style of the Opening cinematics as well as make it work mechanically for the required action sequence and camera work. The goal at the time was to take the original in-game design of the Starcraft 2 siege tank and modernize it as well as detail up the design so it can be shown in the in-game cinematics where it appeared later in the game. My first take on Siege Tank was a collaboration with Fausto De Martini who was art-directing the design on the first installment of Starcraft2: Wings Of Liberty. If you haven't watched it yet click the image below to see the cinematics on Youtube or to enjoy it in a better quality click HERE to watch it on Jonathan Berube's website who was the project's VFX Art Director.
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The main asset I was working on was the Siege Tank but I also had a chance to contribute a little bit to the design/model update of the Viking and also make some fun smaller environment props and a part of the kit-bash library for populating the environment sets.Īll pictures belong to Blizzard Entertainment. My role on the project included mechanical design and production 3d modeling. I used to play Starcraft: Broodwar a lot during my high school years so having the opportunity to work on Starcraft 2 cinematics was a huge honor and a fun challenge!! Opening cinematics for Starcraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm was one of the most fun projects I was fortunate to work on at Blizzard also because I had a chance to collaborate with such incredibly talented artists/designers as Jonathan Berube, Fausto De Martini, Joe Peterson and many others and learn so much from them.
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