Maligula, Final Boss | Psychonauts 2
In-game footage animated by Alex Turner
Unreal Render Close-up painting details
Feel free to explore the game model: use the Model Inspector (bottom right) to view the wireframe and the textures.
Maligula animated by Alex Turner
In-game Render
Character Concept By Scott Campbell
Color Pass by Nathan Stapley ''Bagel''
ZBrush Sculpt
Character Concept By Scott Campbell
Material Call-out By Scott Campbell
Color Pass by Nathan Stapley ''Bagel''
Maligula, the main antagonist of Psychonauts 2, known as the Deluge of Grulovia, and the final boss of the game. A feared hydrokinetic who commands water and revels in her own power, she is as theatrical as she is dangerous.
Her outfit went through a lot of back and forth. We ended up using the fur shader for her, and the way I sculpted her in 3D directly affected how the fur looked in the game. We went back and forth many times with our VFX artist, Tazio, and I created several maps for him to use to test the result until we settled on the final version.
In the engine, the fur shader used several texture maps, normal maps, and scatter maps to create fur shells. It doesn't carry over here, so please refer to the renders and the in game footage for the final look.
Feel free to explore the game model: use the Model Inspector (bottom right) to view the wireframe and the textures.