🛠️A Subtle Upgrade🛠️

I spent a few hours each day this week painting over the base model for my Praetorians, coming up with new variant designs to add a little more detail their armor. My goal was to work out the mechanics of the suit while improving the visual aesthetic to give my Praetorians more on an imposing presence while maintaining an easy to read silhouette. And while this likely isn't the final upgrade I will make on these Praetorians, I believe these subtle improvements are a big step toward a much more iconic design.

Technical Insights: Painting over my model before applying these changes in 3D was a HUGE help in streamlining the redesign process, as I had completely different ideas for mechanics and reworks that, in theory, would have looked great, but in reality, couldn't have worked. Had I tried to add those details in 3D from the start, I likely would have felt locked in to a design that would ultimately fail.

So, if you are ever unsure about a design you had planned on adding to your 3D model, try bringing your base model into Krita, or a 2D software of your choice, and paint your design ideas on top of the model to see if they will work. It saved me a ton of time, and I'm sure it might save you time as well, and help you come up with new and iconic upgrades!