Sword and a kama

Animunculi · Post by **Animunculi** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:01 pm

I drew up some concept and started modelling a new set of weapons. Here is what I have got so far:
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/weaponset.jpg]Concept[/url]

[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/sword.jpg]Long sword[/url]
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/hilt.jpg]Hilt[/url]
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/ingame.jpg]Ingame[/url]
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/ingame1.jpg]Ingame1[/url]
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/ingame2.jpg]Ingame2[/url]
The textures are VERY basic, though I spent ages on them. I still have a lot to learn of Paintshop. So what do you think?

Edit: I changed the title to something more informative and posted pictures of a kama I recently modeled in Max 5. Also I started working on the old sword again.

Garriath · Post by **Garriath** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:08 pm

I think it could use some more color variation, so we can actually see the texture; it's a little too dark as is.

Apart from that, though, it's a nice model. Good job.

Animunculi · Post by **Animunculi** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:57 am

I usually have my monitor brightness at 100, so maybe that is why it seems a bit dark to you.
Try turning up your monitor's brightness to see them better.
How do the blade textures look? I tried making them look more metallic but I think it didn't turn out so well as I expected.
The hilt texture is combined from silver longswords grip, a texture of daedric door and daedric metal texture. I tried to find a suitable emblem from the stock textures, but I couldn't find any. Any ideas about that?

Constructive criticism is more than welcome!

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:19 am

I think he means you should actually brighten the textures themselves. 100% monitor brightness sounds like a lot. :) I try to calibrate my monitor once a week. Go to Windows Control Panel, find the 'Adobe Gamma' applet that comes with Photoshop and go through the onscreen instructions. That should give you good monitor settings, and keeps things standard between various texture artists.

Nice model, anyway.

Animunculi · Post by **Animunculi** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:15 am

I used the gamma correction function of Paintshop Pro and [url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/before_after.jpg]this[/url] and also [url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/CS_before_after.jpg]that[/url] is what I got. Is it better?

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:35 am

Looks like it. :)

ThorFluff · Post by **ThorFluff** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:01 am

I suggest you contact the maker of "Dun akafell" and start writing a quest for that sword right away, nothing ÃƒÂ¼ber, but a desent sword that truly fits that enviroment!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:55 am

Grate idea, but...

-the model need some major improvment, like most player created weapons, the model is lacking detail.

-as they said, the texture needs to have some color variations, somthing that will hilight a detail somewere, wich in turn, will brighten the overall look of the weapon/s.

-Need to start posting Quest ideas, or at least have people start sujesting quests allready in the making.

Animunculi · Post by **Animunculi** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:07 pm

I recently modeled a kama for Morrowind. Here are some pictures:
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/b61af1fd.jpg]1[/url]
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/eb909aae.jpg]2[/url]
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/74448b28.jpg]3[/url]
[url=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/Animunculi/Max/kamarender.jpg]Max render[/url]
I am using the stock textures for it right now, but before I try to improve them, could anyone say if kamas are lore-wise?

Btw: I have also started working on the sword again and could anyone tell me where are all of TR's stances?