Ancient Sailing Boat

Ancient Sailing Boat is a high-quality hero asset designed for use in a game environment, created in a fantasy Viking style inspired by Nordic mythology.

The boat features a dragon head carving on the bow and a dragon tail on the stern, forming a strong mythological silhouette. Both the dragon’s eye and tail are set with luminous gemstones. The wooden hull is decorated with stylized Nordic carved ornaments, emphasizing fantasy aesthetics while maintaining believable materials suitable for real-time rendering.
Canoe-style side support elements add structural character and visual rhythm. Environmental storytelling details such as a fishing net filled with fish, wooden oars, and a cloth sail with a flag help the asset blend naturally into a fantasy game world.

Workflow
Concept Art & Blockout. I collected real world references and used them to inspire a base for Blockout and Midpoly Model.
Then i sculpted High-poly in ZBrush.
Sail and flag cloth simulation in Marvelous Designer
Retopology in Maya.
Mesh Maps was baked in Marmoset Toolbag.
Texturing in Substance 3D Painter. Metallness\Roughness workflow.
Game-ready asset was implemented in Unreal Engine 5

This asset was created with a focus on fantasy stylization, clear silhouette readability, and game-ready optimization, making it suitable for real-time fantasy environments and modern game engines.

Texel Density: 10.24
Texture Sets: 5
Texture Map Size: 4096