[Chivalry] - Longsword - Ranger’s Longsword

ArtbyV

I love medieval weapons so I'm going to make this my first contest. Not a huge fan of the longsword, so I'm going to redo it. I'll post some sketches soon.

I did put together a super quick Toolbag 2 scene with all of the swords for reference. I didn't do anything fancy with the lighting or anything like that as I just wanted to get all of the weapons in there so I can compare them to each other.



Here's the link.

Noth

Thanks for sharing that! I made some sheets showing different designs for helms too.

http://imgur.com/os7Lwgt

Slipstream

Thanks guys! Those are awesome references. Maybe we can get this submitted to a sticky thread at the top of the forum for everyone's reference?

ArtbyV

I want the sword to be simple and functional, but embellished with filigree around the hilt and on the blade. Still noodling around with the hilt and I have to add a pommel, but it's getting there.

ArtbyV

@Noth these are great. Thanks!

@Slipstream great idea! Having a centralized reference thread would be good. I don't have the game and haven't received a response on my email asking for a key. I have some ideas on doing a helmet, but I'm not sure if it'll translate well. I was thinking of doing a Ranger's hood with a face mask, but not sure if that would work.

ArtbyV

Wasn't happy with the blade so I dug up the following reference.



Here is where I'm at now.



Starting to worry a bit about my tri count as I have a lot now and I just have a simple handle and pommel on here. Any comments or critiques?

donofdon

hello. you have a lot of polys doing nothing on the blade and guard section. Normal map for the fuller (inset part on blade)? i'd maybe beef the guard up a bit too and use spare polys on a more rounded pommel rather than just a cylinder?

ArtbyV

donofdon wrote: »

hello. you have a lot of polys doing nothing on the blade and guard section. Normal map for the fuller (inset part on blade)? i'd maybe beef the guard up a bit too and use spare polys on a more rounded pommel rather than just a cylinder?

Thanks for the critique. Actually most of the polys are helping with the shape, but I did cut a few out. I beefed up the guard a bit and did a proper pommel (the cylinder was just placeholder). This is my high poly, so hopefully I'll be able to cut down with normal maps and such. Here is where I'm at now.

Noth

Those hilt designs you posted are pretty cool. Are you doing to sculpt a face into yours?

ArtbyV

@Noth Thanks man. No, I want to keep it more simple. I'm going to add some filigree around the hilt and I'm trying to model the cross wrap on the grip from my reference, but I have no clue how to do it.

Nolt

I think I like the top most hilt design best. It just looks like a quick sword

ArtbyV

You mean the one with the down swept hilt? That's the official one from the game.

ArtbyV

Here's my sorry attempt at modeling the grip. I need to try redoing this with a torus or look a tuts on modeling a spring. It just isn't working right now.

Nolt

Whoop, had scrolled down too far. Yeah the one you have. For it's size it seems like it might be quick. I like the kind of horned hilt.

Nolt

ArtbyV wrote: »

Here's my sorry attempt at modeling the grip. I need to try redoing this with a torus or look a tuts on modeling a spring. It just isn't working right now.

This looks nice! I almost feel like a pearl handle would be cool!

ArtbyV

Thanks man. That's what I'm going for. The official longsword just isn't right. It would work as a rapier or dagger maybe, but not a longsword. The balance is just way off.

ArtbyV

I finally got the grip done and some simple textures dropped on in Maya. Thoughts?

Nolt

Is this the low poly? And I think I really liked the silver and white design that you had before rather than the brown leather. Just felt very elegant.

ArtbyV

9thKnight wrote: »

Is this the low poly? And I think I really liked the silver and white design that you had before rather than the brown leather. Just felt very elegant.

Low poly, yes. I think I'm switching to silver and leather as I'm not a fan of the gold. I like the white, but a pearl handle didn't really fit with this sword. I'll keep messing around and see what I come up with.