Shark-tooth Maori Knife

Schnittbrot · Mar 2017

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

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

3. Geo on top of reference

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4.Material Sheet

Schnittbrot · Mar 2017

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

Schnittbrot · Mar 2017

Day 3 Improved Edgeflow and hole accuracy

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

Meloncov · Mar 2017

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

Shark-tooth Maori Knife

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