Scimitar

Lawrence760

Closeup of the grip and hilt



Critiques welcome. It was supposed to be a plain scimitar but I found a katana texture I loved so now it is much more flashy.
231 faces


Lower Poly version 120 faces

Bek

Heh, I'm making a scimitar at the moment too and my crossguard bears some similarity to yours. Could you spend more verts making the curve of the blade smoother, or the Pommel rounder?

Lawrence760

I was trying to be as efficient as possible making it but sure I will make a slightly higher poly version

Lawrence760

Twice as many polys now but the hilt and blade look much nicer.

Jack Ryan

Try and make a version that disregards (for the most part) poly / tri counts that you can use for a normal map which will increase your low poly at little extra resources. Solid start though

Lawrence760

So do you mean I should create a low poly model and rely on the normal for details? That is basically what I am doing for this model now. I can't afford zbrush so I don't even really have a specific normal for this model.

Bek

You could still use a high poly version to get normals to make the low poly look smoother, or for other small details. On my scimitar I've used half a tube along the blade, which bakes out to make a blood groove. The high poly model's handle is also a lot smoother so the normal map captures that and helps a little there.