Twin Fang Katana

AdamJKnight_3D

Dual bladed katana design, with a red and black colour scheme, this model was made in maya and zbrush, with the texturing/baking done in substance painter. Crits would be lovely if you have the time XD

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3dReaper

Overall it looks great. The pommel looks excellent.

However, you could push it further. The largest issues I have with the piece are the following:

Scabbard/saya has some killer seams at the top and bottom as well as the end.
Scabbard pattern looks odd and not easy to read, was there concept or an image of your reference?
Blade looks very, very blunt.
Blade is lacking the signature folding patterns, hada.
Blade is also missing the highly polished hardened edge with the wavy pattern, nioi. (There are katanas without the typical wavy edge.)

Something like this:


Could you render some more shots?

Edit: Scratches are a bit too severe I think as well. Katanas if they are of high quality are super strong and resilient to small damages. Maybe tone them down, less deep more shallow.

AdamJKnight_3D

Thanks for your input, yeah im not really happy with it myself, was a very quick model, im going to add lots too it, i will definitely add a wavy pattern to the blade. thanks for your great crit!

billakosama

You could add peg holes in the handle, they are visible usually.
EDIT: sorry I didn't notice it because it's only visible from one side, I think it should be visible from both? Not sure.
Furthermore, the wrapping pattern is alternating which means the knot on one side is where a gap is on the opposite side. And the wrap is one piece (I'm not sure how authentic you want this to be so if this is irrelevant and you just wanted a fantasy handle design as with the blade, disregard this).

AdamJKnight_3D

BILLAKOSAMA thanks for your input man, i didnt really use reference for this it was just a fantasy project. That's probably why there are authenticity errors.  haha XD