Judgement - Medieval Sword [WIP]

Borx25 · Mar 2017

latest:

A new sword i'm working on. Critiques and comments very welcome, thanks in advance.
Highpoly (the materials are just to get an idea, not final by any means)

Borx25 · Mar 2017

Finally got time to finish the lowpoly and bake it. Polycount is a bit high (too much?) 6k tris are just for those braids on the scabbard but not sure how to further optimize that, tried first just baking them to the base scabbard mesh and it looked too flat.

Critique highly appreciated, thanks in advance.

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Caiterade · Mar 2017

I really feel like you don't need to give the fluers or cross geo, they could probably just bake on.

Borx25 · Mar 2017

I thought about it, main reason to have them separate is i'll get the sword in skyrim, where specular color (and cubemap) is a setting on the mesh, so the cross and fleur need to be separate mesh chunk than the chape, though the whole upper part of the scabbard could be on the bronze mesh...

The fleurs do have some volume but the cross is pretty flat:

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Borx25 · Mar 2017

I've een working on some materials (not all for this project) : bronze, gold, silver steel and leather. Focusing on weathering, damage, tarnishing, etc.

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Borx25 · Mar 2017

Started texturing the sword, critiques welcome

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Bek · Mar 2017

Nice work; the materials are great. Maybe you could have lighter scratches on the scabbard that go to a lighter red tone than all the way to yellow, just for a bit of extra detail.

Borx25 · Mar 2017

@Bek Thanks a lot, nice idea, will do.

Borx25 · Mar 2017

Finished the sword and made some renders, critiques welcome. Is that a good background color btw?

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Macebo · Mar 2017

You simply nailed everything. Amazing job!

Borx25 · Mar 2017

@Macebo Thanks a lot

lildragn · Mar 2017

Awesome materials man, nice job! Are you planning on releasing them? And as Macebo said, you pretty much nailed the design and look

Borx25 · Mar 2017

@lildragn Thanks, haven't thought about releasing them to be honest. I'll think about once i've worked on them some more.

Macebo · Mar 2017

I agree with @lildragn. Once you are satisfied with them, put them on Substance Share or gumroad etc. and get your name out there. People love to see free stuff on Artstation. There's nothing to lose

Judgement - Medieval Sword [WIP]

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