Dota 2 Fan Art: Axe

This model was made for a school project. The module did not require us to create an original character design, hence I decided to make a fan art of Dota2's Axe.
The changes I made for the character was the hair, facial hair, and the colors of his bottoms. Also instead of the blood red skin color I decided to go for a more orange/brown tone.

1) Reference Gathering
These are the references I gathered on the internet before proceeding to sculpt the character in Zbrush

2)Sculpting
this was the first time I sculpted Dota2's Axe, so it required me to find character's character sheet and also other references such as muscle parts so as to sculpt better.

3) Retopologize

4) Texturing
I textured the character in Substance Painter. As for the lighting in substance painter I used a HDRI from HDRI haven. The metal parts on this character were a little tricky to get it look right, whereas for the weapon the metal textures were slightly easier to get it look right.

5) Rendering
Finally I rendered the character in Marmoset Toolbag. As it is realtime rendering, it was much convenient. 
Posed the character using 3Ds Max's rig.
The Video was edited in Adobe's After Effects.

Credits
Concept & Character Design by Dota2 
Music in video by www.purple-planet.com