Just getting back into the groove of things

z_2

Hello all,

As title suggested, I'm just getting back to the groove of making models again. I wanted to get an opinion from everyone on my work in progress I've got so far.

Also I have a question in regards to making the sharpen part of the blade, I've used the arrows to indicate the 2 large plane changes on the concept art that I'm pulling from. My question is, what is the best way to go around doing that in zbrush, which tool/workflow rotation should I use without getting too much of the lumpy/soft claw result. As you can see, my current results are giving me quiet a bit of hard time getting that clean cut look. Any pointers here would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!

z_2

going to make a selfish bump. I really don't know how to make the edges more crisp and the side planes more flat/crisp as well. If anyone can demonstrate that for me, that'd be great.

ZacD

Typically you want to just model the blade and the sharpness of it in a normal 3d app like max or maya and add details like dents, cuts, and notches in zbrush, it'd be quicker and cleaner.

Calabi

Yeah just use smoothing groups, hard edges or whatever in your program of choice.

CKohl

Pretty good recreation thus far. I agree that for the edge you would just want to do that in your modeling package.

z_2

Hey guys, I had to put this off for a bit until I had the time to work on it again. So far, I've retopoed the original mesh, and fixed the edges inside of maya for an sharper look. I still need to thicken the blade, so it doesn't look paper thin in comparison to the rest. Any comment/critique would be great. My next goal is to do a quick preview render in zbrush, potentially take this as an attempt to poly paint/texture, then more zbrush render before making lowpoly/bake.