Leather Casket

Hi Guys! Very excited to share my recent project with you all.

I have created this realistic casket prop used by aristocrats in the 14th century to store personal items. These boxes typically consist of wood core that is covered with embossed leather material.
The lid of the box shows a couple with banderoles inscribed in old French with expressions of mutual love. On the front of the casket, the man, holding a heart, appeared again and said some beautiful words to the lady.
To keep the look more realistic all the details are hand sculpted. The original casket [took reference from Pinterest] was highly detailed so I took some inspiration from that and created more of a working model in that era.

I have used 2*4096 Texture maps to show the details of the asset. Used Zbrush to sculpt the details and textured inside the substance painter to achieve realism. These are real-time rendered inside an unreal engine. Getting good quality renders in unreal turned out to be a very challenging part, but I took help from my good friend Ravi Iyer. He guided me to get the scene lighting right and enhance the mood and overall quality of the scene.
I have used two sets of lighting : One was done using a studio lighting setup where the goal was to show the details of the asset and the second scene was to show how it will interact in the familiar surroundings.

Hope you guys will like it!
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You can find here the amazing work of my friend:
- Ravi Iyer ( Environment artist):
https://www.artstation.com/raviiyer