S.T.A.L.K.E.R knife [beginner]

sasu665 · Jun 2014

I'm trying modeling for few years but my skills is on level beginner (I think so)
I'm big fan of S.T.A.L.K.E.R and i made a knife model from game. Please - rate it and tell me what's wrong

JamesTKirk · Jun 2014

Well the blade shape looks a bit weird. You should probably stick closer to reference.

Nosslak · Jun 2014

It would be easier to see problems if you were to render it with a darker and glossier material. Right now the bevels look like they're too small, but right now it's hard to tell from your renders.

I've played a lot of Stalker, but they're old games and the weapons weren't very iconic so I don't remember what they looked like, so it'd also be a good idea to post a picture of what you're going for as well.

sasu665 · Jun 2014

I fixed the blade. It's more straight now (I think it's better). Please, if you see some wrong things or parts on it, tell me. I hope it will be my best model so i wanna do it perfect. I need to spend a lot of time on watching tutorials of texturing :poly122:
stalker1kopia_zps28c66eac.jpg~original

Here's my reference image. (I'm doing 3rd)

Gheromo · Jun 2014

Looks good. Are you trying to make it high poly? If yes you should smooth your mesh either with turbosmooth in 3dsmax or with SubD in Maya or equivalents in other 3d apps.

pes · Jun 2014

would you show the wireframe?

sasu665 · Jun 2014

It's hard to do perfect model in Anim8or so sorry about quality. Renders is in Blender. I can't use smooth cause it looks ugly and I don't know why. I'm still learning so i will try to use your evry advice.

KnechtRuprecht · Jun 2014

Work closer to your reference. This part here is wrong:

Compare it to other Bayonets.
You can Smooth thinks in Blender correctly by using the Edgesplit Modifier from the Modifier panel. Just select it and hit "Smooth" at the left hand side in the Tools directory.

RobeOmega · Jun 2014

KnechtRuprecht wrote: »

Work closer to your reference. This part here is wrong:

Compare it to other Bayonets.
You can Smooth thinks in Blender correctly by using the Edgesplit Modifier from the Modifier panel. Just select it and hit "Smooth" at the left hand side in the Tools directory.

Or just use the new split functions in blender

sasu665 · Jun 2014

i've added smooth and i can't see difference. Maybe grip is ugly. I will add new images with fixed blade, because i have week PC and rendering is very long.
Thanks for any tips

sasu665 · Jul 2014

I've made new grip. It's hard to modeling on my PC. I saw Blue Screen of Death three times today. It sucks as my modeling skills :poly141:. Thanks again for spending time on commenting my hardships. You are awesome

Please, if you see some wrong things or parts on it, tell me.
7_zps0b549b85.jpg~original

sasu665 · Jul 2014

Here is wireframe with new grip. Three pictures was rendered in half hour. It's slow i know:).
w1_zps6ca8b22e.jpg~original

Thanks for support.

sasu665 · Jul 2014

Thanks for advice ProjectEagleeye

And again i've made new grip and again i think it's better. I've rendered wireframe too and as you can see it isn't as dark pinch as before
st2_zps2dc1a05b.jpg~original

And what do you think about knife. I mean what do you think about entire model. And one more question: Is it good idea to texture it?

P.S.
sorry about my language. I'm from Poland and my English isn't good :poly136:

ivanzu · Jul 2014

You don't have to render in that high resolution,1280x1024 would be fine and would cut down render times by half.
Looking nice,waiting for low poly.

sasu665 · Jul 2014

At the moment i don't know what to do with it, cause i can't texturing

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Maybe I will do another model. Any ideas? But no character:poly124:

billymcguffin · Jul 2014

Do you want to learn to texture? If you do, you might as well start now. The modern PBR workflow is pretty new so it can be hard to find tutorials for it, but this is a great resource for learning it:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136390

Here's a more traditional workflow that's pretty good. It goes through the whole creation process and I think it'd be quite valuable to see:
http://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/next-gen-weapon-creation-part-1-the-high-poly-model--cg-782

The texturing in this tutorial is not PBR, but I think it gives a good idea of what's involved; combined with the PBR bible, you should get the hang of things nicely I think.

If you want to move on to modelling a new project, I would highly recommend that you move completely into Blender for modelling if you haven't yet. Anim8or is so far behind blender in every aspect as far as I know, so it's just holding you back. https://blendercookie.com has some great intro to modeling tutorials for blender if you'd like to get started there.

Good Luck!

sasu665 · Jul 2014

Whats better? Blender or 3ds Max 2009? And of course what's easier?

billymcguffin · Jul 2014

I prefer Blender, but that's what I've always used. Max is pretty industry standard, although 2009 is a bit outdated.

sasu665 · Aug 2014

Hey there!
Much time has passed. I was training my skills in Blender and i had an accident:(

I've made a sabre model and texture it. I think it isn't bad. What do you think about it? I wanna do knife from S.T.A.L.K.E.R again. I will texture it and i hope it will be great:)

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R knife [beginner]

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