Initial Vault sketches.

First-pass vault concepts. The tall vault in this concept was built and served as the only vault in the game for quite a while.

These are early sketches of the epic vault. Our level designer at the time consistently placed statuary and torches near our early placeholder epic vaults, so I worked those elements into the vault itself.

Second-pass vaults. When it came time to build more variations of the vaults, I decided to go with a simpler form. To expedite the readability of the status of the vaults, I added a bright glow between the door panels which disappears upon looting.

Small Vault hipoly sculpt.

Rune Vault hipoly sculpt.

Tall Vault hipoly sculpt.

Epic Vault hipoly sculpt.

Vault in-game topology.

In-game vault models. The subtle undulation of the glow inbetween the door panels was created in the Material Editor combining a simple glow mask and animating noise textures and intensity.