King Arthur's Crown - The Legend of King Arthur Challenge
Crown Beauty 16:9

Crown Beauty 16:9

Crown Beauty 4:5

Crown Beauty 4:5

Video WIP

Crown Beauty 9:16

Crown Beauty 9:16

Crown Beauty without Stand

Crown Beauty without Stand

Crown Beauty on reflective surface

Crown Beauty on reflective surface

Crown Overall Clay Render

Crown Overall Clay Render

Crown Overall Wireframe Render

Crown Overall Wireframe Render

WIP Sheet

WIP Sheet

Primary Crown Texture Set

Primary Crown Texture Set

Fabric Hat + Gemstone Texture Set

Fabric Hat + Gemstone Texture Set

Secondary Gold + Silver Texture Set

Secondary Gold + Silver Texture Set

Concept by: Angelina Andreas https://www.artstation.com/angelinaandreas

Concept by: Angelina Andreas https://www.artstation.com/angelinaandreas

King Arthur's Crown - The Legend of King Arthur Challenge

One of three props I made for the Legend of King Arthur Challenge.

Concept by Angelina Andreas:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/EV463N

I modeled this using Maya and sculpted high detail in ZBrush. There are three unique sets of structural and decorative gold pieces that are duplicated around the circumference of the crown for maximum believably + UV efficiency. While developing believable 24 carat gold using Arnold, what ended up being a bit of a breakthrough was figuring out that Arnold's preset gold material uses an incorrect refraction number. I was able to maintain the original base mesh from Maya because the crown only has minor surface corrosion.

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