Naga Siren sword

Kawaii Catgirl

So I've been working on this sword (so far I've called it "The Slithereen's Thorn") but I'm pretty stuck on what to do here.




I am by no means a great modeler. I'm only just a beginner, however I really want to finish this sword and see it in the workshop one day.

I'm quite happy with the blade, but the handle is something I'm still working on. I'm accepting any and all constructive criticism and I would be more than happy to send the file to someone for help.

If anyone wants to collaborate with me on this, I would greatly appreciate it.

rory

It's a good start. I like the general curve that is formed with the blade and handle. Hard to give a crit with just wire base. Do you have a concept for it?

salmojuan

hey, we're both beginner and I find this cool. keep it up! I hope to see your works published one day.

Kawaii Catgirl

rory wrote: »

It's a good start. I like the general curve that is formed with the blade and handle. Hard to give a crit with just wire base. Do you have a concept for it?

This was the final concept drawing I came up with, if that's what you're asking for.

rory

Yeah that helps. I think right now the handle feels like it would be flimsy with the angle the blade would attach into it. I'd suggest bumping up the width of the hilt near the blade or lessening the angle slightly. Perhaps having the hilt wrap around the front of the blade. Hope that helps.

Kawaii Catgirl

How's this?

Kawaii Catgirl

About 280 polys. I want to add a little tail-thingy at the end to try and bump up the poly count a bit, but I'm not sure what I should put there.

vlad_the_implyer

Your left side topology doesn't match up to the right side, not sure it that's because of the shape it's supposed to be. Anyway, you can cut down in bunch of places and keep the slhouette intact:


Are you going to bring it into the sculpting software later?
Is it going to be asymmetrical?

Basically you can go for mirrored model and get bigger texture res because of that, or you can go for the unusual design and compensate the loss of texture density for more geometry.

Kawaii Catgirl

Thank you for the reply! The only asymmetrical part is that top middle area. I might go back and re-do that part because it is a little sloppy.

3ds Max and PhotoShop are the only two things I have. I could always download a trial version of something though.

CrucifiX

You can try Blender for sculpting, if you want. Not too great or anything, but then again, in DotA, how much details will you want to add? You can even bake AO/Normal, etc. maps in it.

Kawaii Catgirl

I guess I'm just a little afraid that it will be under-detailed. But I think most of the detailing will come from texturing it.

I drew out a design for that middle area to make it symmetrical, so I'll try to get to that later tonight and see how it looks (or how well I can pull it off lol)

Kawaii Catgirl

How's this?



It's completely symmetrical now.

Kawaii Catgirl

Hi, me again.

I would like to request some aid in unwrapping this thing. I'm having a terrible time trying to do it by myself, and it seems too complex for me to do as a beginner.

If anyone is experienced in this sort of thing, send me a message and I'll send the file over to you. I would like to do the actual texturing myself though. I just need help creating the UV map for it.