Ida Lahti - Game Character: Bardbarian

I made this 3D character during the end of my first year, for our second project called Song of the Bardbarians. The game is an isometric action game similar to the Diablo-franchise. 

The character with purple hair is the player character in the game. Remaining variations of the character are her companions, who are placed at the end of the game for the player to reach and win the game.

Normal Map Only

The character is 8623 triangles in total.

I had main responsibility for the character concept, recieving help from classmate Cecilia Jonsson who made 2D sketches.

In the game's world, they are a band of bardbarians who play rock music, which is forbidden by a mighty Orchestra of orcs and goblins. The Orchestra kidnaps all bandmembers except the guitarist with purple hair. She wields an axe that doubles as an electric guitar. In the game, one plays as this guitarist who swings her axe and plays music to power up and save her band.

We wanted to have a strong-looking female lead, so I made her muscular.  As an elf bardbarian it was important to give her fantasy-style, lightweight armor that is easy to move in.  Furthermore, the spikes, colors and makeup were designed to give a tough, rocker type of impression.