Wooden knife WIP

Youngy798

Hey everyone, I am working on a wooden knife so that I can get some practice baking high poly models down to a low poly.
So far I have worked mainly on the basic shapes of the model, I need some advice for working on the rest of the more detailed areas. I managed to crew some screws that I think look good, but I am lost on how to create indented screws.

Here is my model so far:



Here is a wireframe view:



Here are some of my references:







How would you go about doing the small rounded screws? Also, how would I go about doing the inward curve of the knife. I laid out some lines where the inward parts should be, but im not sure how to get it to work properly. Should I just try adding 2 loops around the border of the where I want the inward curve to end, and then scale the edges on the outside so they come inwards?

This is my first real attempt at a high poly weapon, so please tell me if it looks like I have messed something up

Millenia

for the rounded screws just use a squished quad sphere (box -> turbosmooth 1-2 iters -> scale -> turbosmooth)

Soldier63

Maybe this tutorial will help you! I'm currently aiming for doing the same model in maya!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0b2SUjhtU

B_Korth

I'm doing this knife following the same tutorial. Decided to do something a little simpler. I'm at the normal map baking section and it is not going so well...

Youngy798

Your image isn't working :-) the model I am doing has a large amount of details on the sides which will make it less simple for me. I gguess a challenge is good sometimes

Youngy798

I actually was inspired to start this by that tutorial video I found the knife I am modelling while I was trying to find something interesting to make. I found that wooden objects always look good imo, so I decided to pick one with a wooden handle

Youngy798

I finished up the screws:



Now I have to finish up the inwards curve on the blade, then add in the detail around the edge of the handle

Joost

Try working on your presentation a bit, even for WIPS. Pick a darker material with some spec at least, it makes it easier to judge the high poly. Like this http://i.imgur.com/eAtyvKL.jpg

It's looking good so far, some of the edges are a bit too tight. Also you probably didn't pick the most interesting knife shape as reference to begin with.

Send me a PM if you want some more detailed feedback

Youngy798

Thanks for the feedback, ill try out some screenshots like that. What edges do you think are too tight? I possibly need to add a bit more of a bevel to the handle.