Hey PolyCount!
First weapon sculp there with reference, just wanted to get some feedback and criticism during the process because I want this to look as good as it can, i'm planning on using it as my first portfolio piece (i'm currently in College in the UK and just stared second year).
Also feel like I should mention this was my first try at the blades, I had a LOT of trouble getting it to look the way I wanted unil a user pointed out Shadowbox for me, and after that I just started messing around with it, I plan to add more variation to the blade such as in the reference where it almost looks like rock.
Reference:
I did stray as much as I could from the reference because I didn't want my first portfolio piece to be a carbon copy of a reference image.
Any information, techniques, tips etc are all welcome and very appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
EDIT: Here's what it currently looks like without the 'blades', I almost prefer it this way, I may just extend it and turn it into a staff maybe, again any feedback is appreciated.
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Gave it another try and it seemed to work, I just went for a more stone look though instead, looks slightly odd though and I don't know why... I prefer it over the first definately.