Sword from NES classic "Demon Sword" - need C&C!

mobkon

Was playing a bit of NES yesterday and thought it would be cool to recreate a PBR version of the sword in the game 'Demon Sword'.

Here's the reference I based it off of:


Took a lot of reference pointers from old samurai swords and ended up with something a little different. Looking for some C&C if anyone sees anything that could use adjusting. Thanks! 

Maya/ZBrush/Painter. Rendered in Marmo.

daniellooartist

Looking like the real thing. I would study what surface detail looks like on sword metal. I see you have some dirt clouded on the hilt. Try to focus them on areas where they would realistically pool as well.

mobkon

daniellooartist said:

Looking like the real thing. I would study what surface detail looks like on sword metal. I see you have some dirt clouded on the hilt. Try to focus them on areas where they would realistically pool as well.

Thanks! Noted. I was going back and forth on whether I wanted a cleaner blade or an old, more worn blade with dirt etc. I ended up with something in the middle. Wasn't ever 100% sold on it. Will revisit that!

Daf57

Looks good, nice work!

mobkon

@Daf57 Thanks!

Made some changes today. Looked into how samurai blades wear over time and use and redid the whole blade texture. Also took away some of the thickness as samurai blades are fairly thin and my original seemed to be a bit heavy weight wise. And lastly, added some more dirt in places where it should be.