Kah'Xix Dagger [WIP]

THEONLYraider

Hey guys! First post here. I am working on a piece for my portfolio. I made it up my self, and wanted some critiques on the form. I plan on using purple, pink, and gold as the colors. Purple and gold for the handle and pink for the blade.I want to do the blade similar to how Kha'Xix's blades are.

Darkleopard

Kha'Zix is a neat character, one of my favorite in LoL.

If you are looking for crits i would say (assuming you are basing it close to Kha'Zix's blades, that your dagger lacks the length and curve in your ref material. His blades are meant for long sweep attacks, not stabs, which is why they are shaped more like a sword then a dagger such as this http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/17381.jpg

Your weapon seems to be very different from his as its to short to be effective in a sweeping attack and would be more suited to short stabs.

When you make a weapon you really need to understand why its built the way it is, then you can make variations at will and still keep the form and purpose of the weapon the same.

It also looks a little odd to hold

Looking forward to seeing how it turns out

THEONLYraider

Actually I was referring to the color on the blade, rather than the form and shape of the blades. I see my weapon being used to rip and shred, when it is used. It would be held from the back end of the curve. Right where the knot is, and the hand protector is.

THEONLYraider

Changed the blade similar to what Darkleopard was suggesting. I still wanted it to counter the bottom handle, so I made it curve the other way. Decided to mirror the side. Handle looks too chunky. Need to re-size that, and maybe the blade.

THEONLYraider

http://www.justin.tv/theonlyraider#/w/4772420048/2

Streaming while painting. Critiques welcome Still pretty new to hand painting textures.

Johan3043

Think you need to make the handle a bit longer, i dont see how a person would be able to hold that right now haha ^^ Other's than that it's a neat design!

THEONLYraider

Thanks for the advice! I feel the same way.

Steve Schulze

Looks like a Gurkha's Kukri. That might be a good reference for adding a nicer sweeping shape to the blade

Add3r

Jackablade wrote: »

Looks like a Gurkha's Kukri. That might be a good reference for adding a nicer sweeping shape to the blade

Beat me too it. Look up Kukris, perfect reference, the exact same blade shape you are going for. Some of the best all around melee weapons of all time for sure. If you have ever held/used one before (I have, and am talking from experience, after using many sidearms that my grandfather owns and being able to hold a cold steel Kukri), they are easily the most balanced, heavily striking, and evenly striking blades to date. They rival a Katana in cutting power. Definitely an awesome blade shape if you are going for slashing, ripping, or straight up just cutting in half with a flick of your wrist.

Love the style. You plan on sculpting? or straight to hand painted?

THEONLYraider

Thanks guys! Will take a look at Kukris for some inspiration.wish I could have seen your post sooner before changing the blade last night.lol Thanks! Glad you like it! I plan on just going into hand painting it.

My color Platte. not sure if I want to use the gold color yet. But I am going to use the bright teal for the highlights.










I had originally gotten work done on the blade and some other parts. But later decided to change the form of the blade to better fit the "bug" theme. Didn't have enough time to actually paint the color last night. So I just filled in the parts with the color I plan to use.

I know it looks really solid right now with he purple. But I am hoping that the teal will really make it pop and give it that variety.

game_student

I think its looking good. But i wanna see some shadow values with the darker purple.

THEONLYraider

Thanks! I will take that into consideration when I paint it.

THEONLYraider

Okay, So i'm having a bit of trouble trying to get this part look right


Here is what I have

Its the part that connects the sword to the handle of the blade and the back of it.

Here is it on the model


I cannot get it to look even close to right. Anybody have any ideas on how I can improve my texture??

THEONLYraider

Okay guys, Going to bed for tonight. Got a lot done for painting. From here just have to do details, fixes, and final polish and i'm done. Here is what i ended up with tonight.






Things I know I have to fix:
1. Fix some of the lights hitting the weapon ( could use a little help with this)
2. Fix the knob at the end of the handle(Still not sure what to do)
3. Finish the part I was having trouble with in the last post.
4. Add in the teal and green colors to make it have that bug type of reflection( Teal for highlights and green to shadows)
5. Whole blade needs detailing.

That is all I have on my list for now. If you guys can see any red flags or something else wrong that isn't on my list, let me know! Other than that, going to go back at it tomorrow night and see where I get. Hopefully I can finish it tomorrow....hopefully.

You can also check out my channel and see my methods to my work, if ya want
http://www.justin.tv/theonlyraider

Night guys!

THEONLYraider

Okay Guys, finally had time to work on this again. Fixed some of the problems with the lights and made the muscle part a little better. Still think it looks weak though. Added in the teal and green for the highlights and shadows. Then did an over all contrast change for it to make it darker and make some things pop better. Also put the electric waves on the blade. Here is what I have:











Alright, that is it. I think I will be doing some little fixes and such. But other than that I am done with this for now. If you guys can spot anything major that you think I should fix I will. But other than that on to the next one.

Thanks for following, and for the support guys!