TF2 - Post Polypack - Lozenger

Lozenger

I know i'm too late for the polycount pack update so I don't know if I should be posting here, but I need some more practice in 3Ds Max and thought I might as well start making some items for TF2.

Kinda new to this so bear with me....i'll be beginning with a knife replacement for the Spy. It's most likely to be some form of Sai, and i'm hoping to incorporate some kind of loop or coil around the handle so I can get some spinning/flipping animations going later on.

Got a couple of initial sketches done, which styles would look the best?



Also got a very basic sketch of how one of them might look in-game:



Any feedback/criticism would be greatly appreciated to get me started

moke

Keep it within the TF2 style. That means that this sai is not going to look like any sai you've seen before; TF2 is western, this has to conform. It can't be elaborate or decorated (see Frontier Justice 'engraving'). If it's at all possible aim for a utilitarian look, pseudo-modernized.

Look at this trench knife: http://www.iamanangelchaser.com/files/dirty_tricks/trench_knife.jpg

Black, mass produced aura, dirty - entirely function. Apply these elements to your sai. I like the idea of a sai like number 2, that's why I'm posting. But it has to be a TF2 sai.

All that having been said, 2 or 6 looks like your best bet.

Gigglez

Agreed with above post, it can't be too fancy but it still has to fit the spy. I like 3, but it might look better with the side-blade thing of 2 or 5.