Sniper Elite 4: Scope
For a solid base and a good AO layer, I modelled a starting mesh combining the scope of a deactivated sniper rifle owned by the studio, with a bit of added detail for good measure!
Using the renders, vector layers were created to use as mask plates for the final parallax assets.
Once combined, multiple detail and texture passes were done to reach the final product!
Though the initial parallax layer count was higher, to be as performant as possible this was reduced down to five.
Final Preview
As one of the core gameplay pillars, I wanted to push the limits of what we could do with it whilst still working within the limitations of the system. As it would still be a purely 2D UI element, we decided to go for a 2.5D parallax implemtation to give a believable sense of depth and movement.