throwing knife

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i liked the shapes on this concept throwing knife by tipa_graphic so i decided to make it up as a firstperson quality deal

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lp - 2368 tris




still a viewport grab for now. low is one mesh with a lotta supports for a more transferable normal map + minimal uv islands

crits welcome - texture soon :poly142:

Urzaz

Looks REAL slick and sticks to the concept well, I think. Right now the only thing is it doesn't look sharp enough. I guess the point almost does, which is the important part, but the side edges are hard to distinguish as edges, probably because they're so thin. Do you think that'll be fixed with textures? I don't claim to know.

Right now it looks big and brutal rather than small and sharp, if that makes sense.

This_Is_Icarus

wow this looks awesome really good do you have any maps to show?

razz

Sweet work on the model. Ditto what Urzaz said about the sharpness. Looking forward to see it textured.

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Urzaz wrote: »

Looks REAL slick and sticks to the concept well, I think. Right now the only thing is it doesn't look sharp enough. I guess the point almost does, which is the important part, but the side edges are hard to distinguish as edges, probably because they're so thin. Do you think that'll be fixed with textures? I don't claim to know.

Right now it looks big and brutal rather than small and sharp, if that makes sense.

i hope it'll come out more in the textures i guess, if not I could probably widen the edges on the lp later on without too much stretching. this concept does have some weird proportions, i think all the very small screws and panels make it seem like the scale is quite large

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got time to try and dial in the base materials. i decided leather might be a more interesting grip material than the ambiguous polymer in the concept, but actually doing the leather was challenging and i'm not super happy with it, so i'm gonna have to get more reference and redo it i think.

Urzaz

Yeah I think the textures definitely help with the sharpness issue. I think the scale thing is still there a little bit, maybe if you made the bolts the same color as the dark steel they'd stand out less? Just a thought.

I like the leather as a texture, but it feels like it should stand out more from the grip, like those grooves need depth. I don't know if just generating a normal from the texture would fix that or not. I like the way it looks, though.

One quick thing about leather-- when I see it it gives me the feeling of being a luxury object, like the leather is on there to be admired and loved, like it's a something to treasure. Which doesn't make as much sense for a throwing knife since you'd have multiples and they could easily be lost. Just something it makes me think of-- no idea if anyone else would feel the same, and anyway, it looks good!

Amsterdam Hilton Hotel

yeah it probably is a little too gucci. pedro suggested to just do rubber, i think it's working out a little better

dpadam450

Definitely with/without texture, the edges are way too fat. I would suggest scaling the flat middle inward to the edges are bigger.

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may need to alter the hp a bit to soften up the edges on the rubber grips to sell it a little better

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dpadam450 wrote: »

Definitely with/without texture, the edges are way too fat. I would suggest scaling the flat middle inward to the edges are bigger.

the side ones? idk. its not a cutting knife. i may be misunderstanding what youre saying

Deets

Looks nice ^^ cool concept :P

JacqueChoi

Looks great. Rather than soften it, have you maybe thought of adding some kinda SSS?

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maybe... could probably fake some simple SSS by throwing a little tint in the gloss, but ive been keeping the gloss grayscale since so few engines support that. i guess i need to decide if this is going into an engine or staying in 3point shader.

not so much time to work on this today but it's moving forward

Urzaz

Excellent choice on the new handle material, it feels much more dangerous now.

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JacqueChoi

Textures!

I wanna see dem!

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unwrap's whatever. i tried 4:1 and it wouldnt have worked well, and could have uniqued some stuff or broken texel density to take up the rest of the space but whaaatever lol

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oops, called it too soon. turns out i was not doing a proper spec/gloss map for the way toolbag handles lighting. i've always wondered why my stuff tends to look odd in it.

Alphavader

Looking Great - where can i buy it ?

SARGIY576

Looks awesome)) good job

TheRealFroman

yo this looks absolutely awesome man

KartoonHead

I know you've already mentioned it but that UV layout is crazy wasteful

Pedro Amorim

This is pretty good.
Gotta give props to you for the excelent model/texture and to Marmoset guys for making an awesome 3d tool for artist.

I know the uv is a bit wastefull, BUT, I guess that is space that can be used later on if he decides to add some extra stuff to the model. Could happen :P

Anywho, great job!

Amsterdam Hilton Hotel

thanks for the feedback everyone!

as for the uv, i'm definitely not calling it a good example lol. as pedro says more stuff could be added to it, or the handle could be unmirrored. i did try 4:1 but that wouldn't have worked unfortunately

The final files are available here if anyone wants them, also threw in all the bakes I made in case anyone wants to use it for texturing practice.

Oniram

awesome job dude. really digging this. thanks for sharing the files. i used them as practice to work on presentation in marmoset.

opb12

can this knife be thrown as well?
looks cool... would love to have a fling out of it
i am researching throwing knives cuz its my new love... anybody interested can check out this site...
http://bestthrowingkniveshq.com/