Borderlands style Hook Block

On this project my aim was to match the borderlands 3 style with this hook block. Through the lifetime of the project I found that the modeling could be done relatively fast, and that allowed me to spend extra time on the texture work, and all of its subtle complexities. I began by creating a base outline of what each of the pieces would be textured like, and started building up by adding noise, gradients, Ben-Day dots, inking, and adding highlights in order to completely capture the feel of patchwork metal and wear that the borderland series is known for. After the orange hook block was finished, I set out to make a variant that would fit in a boss room. In this case the boss room was that of “Mouthpiece” I added additional geo, and radically changed the texture to better suit the music centric boos-room while keeping the tri count relatively the same as the base hook.

The tri count is as follows:

Orange hook 4k

Purple Hook 4k