Shark-tooth Maori Knife

Schnittbrot

In the coming days I will model a wooden Maori knife lined with broadnose and tiger shark teeth.
This weapon is meant as a portfolio piece as part of a Maori series I am starting today.

The workflow I intend to follow is: Model in Maya -> UV Layout -> Substance Painter -> Unreal 4

The awesome reference images were taken from: http://objects.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/PRMUID25383.html

Day 1 Rough Blockout in Maya + Reference
-So far I have roughly matched the geo to the knives wooden shape, the structural height differences will be incorporated tomorrow
-Started to prepare edges in the flaxen and haliotis shell areas for extrusion

                         1.   Rough blockout in Maya + Reference                                                                          2. Smoothed geo preview                  


                                                        
                                                                                                    3. Geo on top of reference

                                                                                                                    4.Material Sheet

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Day 2 Continued Blockout + Started Breaking Up Blobby Shapes
-Added blockout geo for flax fittings
-Changed hole shapes and altered edgeflow to better match the knifes mid-section


                              1. Unsmoothed Geo + Wireframe                                                            2. Smoothed Geo + Wireframe

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Day 3 Improved Edgeflow and hole accuracy


                    1. Unsmoothed Geo + Wireframe                                                                              2. Smoothed Geo + Wireframe

Meloncov

Why aren't you using ZBrush/Mudbox for this? I think that would make your life a lot easier.