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Zbrush axe blade, how do I make dat shape?

JamesLarden
JamesLarden
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Really struggling to figure out how to make the shape of this axe blade in Zbrush, any help is appreciated greatly.

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To clarify i'm mainly struggling with geting the basic block out down, and then I have no idea how I would uniformly apply a sharpened bevel effect to the edges, very confusing.
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  • nyx702
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    I would probably do something like that with Shadowbox. Apply this image to the box and mask out the shape. Then mask the other side of the shadowbox the max thickness of the ax blade. Then I would take something like the Clay brush and Hpolish with Y(?) symmetry on to carve out the bevel. To prevent overlapping faces on the edge I would probably just get close to an edge and then run the pinch brush over it to finish it off and make a really crisp edge. Since its not a uniform bevel thruout the blade like a normal ax you will probably have to do it all by hand.
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  • JamesLarden
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    JamesLarden polycounter lvl 3
    Wow, I never knew about shadowbox, thanks!
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