Braum, Ruined King fan art, stylized character leaning on his ornate wooden shield
All work

Braum

A real budget, painted by hand.

Type Fan art | Ruined King, League of Legends
Budget 17K tris character / 18K shield
Engine Unreal Engine 5
Concept Hicham Habchi

The project

A game-ready, hand-painted character with all lighting and detail baked into the albedo. Built for strong silhouettes and a painterly look, optimized for Unreal Engine 5.

Working from Hicham Habchi's Ruined King concept, I wanted to build this one the way a stylized game actually ships a character. No dynamic-lighting safety net; when the light and form are painted into the texture, the painting has to be right from raw color alone.

The character came in at 17,000 triangles, the shield at 18,000, on a hand-painted 4K albedo pipeline.

Braum full-body front view leaning on his shield, final render
Final render | Unreal Engine 5
Braum side profile view showing hand-painted textures
Side profile
Braum three-quarter view showing armor and belt detail
Three-quarter view
Braum close-up facial detail with stylized hand-painted shading
Facial detail | painted shading
Braum back view showing cape and silhouette readability
Back view | silhouette check
Braum and shield 4K albedo texture flats, hand-painted with baked lighting
Texture flats | 4K hand-painted albedo, character & shield
Shield breakdown: high-poly ZBrush sculpt beside the textured game mesh with wireframe
Process | sculpt to game mesh, wireframe on

In motion

Showcase | Braum

Under the hood

17,000

Character triangles

18,000

Shield triangles

Single

UV set

4K albedo

Baked lighting, hand-painted

  • ZBrush
  • Maya
  • Blender
  • Marmoset Toolbag
  • Substance Painter
  • 3DCoat
  • Unreal Engine 5
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