Messer (Long knife)

CougarJo

Hi

I wanted to do a fast asset during the process of repairing my big rig :poly122:

So here is a Messer, I love this kind of blade, looks mean!

The model is 1248 tris, with a 1024/512 (Albedo, microsurface, reflectivity, normal)

Joltya

Cool stuff! Love the wooden base you have in the first image.

It feels too new to me right now. It could use a little bit more wear and dirt. You have a little, but you could push it further.

Hayden Zammit

I think this looks amazing. Could you show us your maps? I'm working on a sword at the moment myself and it'd help tremendously.

CougarJo

Joltya Thanks Oh the wooden base is not from me, it's already in Marmoset toolbag 2

For once I wanted to to an asset not too damaged, but I think I'll try it inside substance painter and play around with it for an alternative render


Hayden Zammit Thank you! And voila the maps

nickcomeau

I like it so far the only thing I would comment on is that the metal looks a bit soft. It may be because of how rounded some of the edges are? But not all of the metal, just the blade itself. I would maybe flatten your surfaces and/or harden your edges. Right now it just looks like it wouldn't really cut through much.

The wooden handle texture is looking pretty nice

vezinav

Good job! looking good

CougarJo

nickcomeau : Huuum I think you're right. It's my high poly I guess when I look at it, the edge is a little too wide. I think that for a blade I can make it thinner, I'll try to redo the bake of the blade! Thank for pointing this out


vezinav : Thank you

Hayden Zammit

Thanks for the maps. Much appreciated. I agree that the blade isn't looking very sharp at the moment as well. Just needs a bit more of an edge to it.

Patrick Cundiff

This looks amazing! I feel like the sharpness comes across in the second image, you can see that the blade starts at a point leading to its dull side. I really like your texturing work on it as well.

Patrick Cundiff

This looks amazing! I agree it is hard to tell if the blade is sharp or not, but I feel like that might just be the angle of the screen shots. The texturing on this is fantastic. Keep it up!

Shrike

Messer is no term for anything special tho, it simply says "Knife" in German, usually reffered to
eating utensil knifes, so this is the same if you would name a AK74 as "Weapon"

Looks nice, it seems to be floating on the first pic tho

Kaine123

@shrike: If I remember correctly, the weapon was called a "knife" because it was designed to be like a knife so common men could carry a large blade for self defense without technically violating the laws of the land. (I might be wrong tho.)


It looks like the scratches have been incorporated into the normal map, which I think ends up making the metal look like tinfoil almost. The damage for the metal should only be in the roughness/spec maps

CougarJo

Sharpened the blade a little, and tone down the weathering's normal map Thanks guys!

Shrike : I can be wrong , just watched a couple of videos where this kind of sword are called ''Messer'', or ''Long messer'' if it's two handed.

Oh and wireframe too