Pirate sword

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:12 pm

Here's some pirate sword I made for fun.
Most of the textures are from the TES cd, and this is my first attempt to make a sword, so I guess it's not that good.

Feedback welcome.

Vegor · Post by **Vegor** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:16 pm

LoL I tried modelling the same thing a few weeks back. I stopped however, modelling is not my favorite thing and I'm not good enough at it. I just thought I'd mention it, cause it looks so similar.

It looks as though the blade isn't sharp but very very blunt, almost not getting any sharper to the front. The textures also need work, the blade looks a bit blurry and the upperside of the hilt is stretched out (I had the same problems). Other than that it looks very nice, especially for a first. A little work and it'll be great.

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:18 pm

Thanks! I'll see if I can make it a bit sharper, and thinner.

prometheus · Post by **prometheus** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:35 pm

i think is very good...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:37 pm

I love the jewel in the hilt, very nice. Yea the blade kneeds a bit of work but ill be watching this one, nice work Teli

Eraser · Post by **Eraser** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:51 pm

Actually its very nice, would be perfect as a steel scimitar thats on the to do list. please send the final version to me so i can add it in(when i get the time)

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:53 pm

I'm having some trouble with fixing the textures.

They suck and I can't make good textures either, so I would really appreciate if someone could do them for me or help me with them. I will try and see if I can come up with something, but it would really be nice with help.

Post by **Haplo** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:41 pm

the textures are fine, we have people that can do that if you have trouble here, but try smoothing the front a bit, so it doesnt have points every few inches, and so its on continuous curve

av01d · Post by **av01d** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:20 pm

the edge thing wont be noticeable in game.

and when u smooth the blade. assign two different groups for the top side and the bottom side. this way, the edge will be sharp instead of being rounded out.
maybe u could give different Specular level for the sharpened part and the rest of the blade. this way the polished part will look shinnier

Earl · Post by **Earl** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:30 am

Reminds me of one of the swords in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Man, did that game rule.

Xerox · Post by **Xerox** » Fri May 14, 2004 9:08 am

cool blade wish I was good at modeling.

Maklir · Post by **Maklir** » Fri May 14, 2004 11:28 am

This is just nice sword, good work. I'm thinking about learning to model some swords and stuff, but what program do I use? Is it this 3DMax (or something) I should use, and where could I get such program?

Stalker · Post by **Stalker** » Fri May 14, 2004 12:14 pm

Nice sword. it needs good textures but the model is nice indeed.

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:33 pm

Here's an update:
I've fixed a few things like changing the guard texture and making it thinner, but it looks very grey and dull in the CS. Dunno why.

@av01d: Eh...

I didn't quite understand the smooth thing. I'm pretty new to modeling and the only smooth i've used is meshsmooth. I tried applying a smooth modifier and tweaking with it, but I didn't get a result.
EDIT: I found out of it now.

Stalker · Post by **Stalker** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:47 pm

Can't see a thing on that screenie...exept a really bad made Redguard of course

A close look screenie (like the first one) may help.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:12 pm

Teli wrote:Here's an update:
I've fixed a few things like changing the guard texture and making it thinner, but it looks very grey and dull in the CS. Dunno why.

@av01d: Eh... I didn't quite understand the smooth thing. I'm pretty new to modeling and the only smooth i've used is meshsmooth. I tried applying a smooth modifier and tweaking with it, but I didn't get a result.

When you meshsmooth you can select the vertices you want to smooth instead of all

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:46 pm

Whoops! I thought he meant the smooth modifier.
Here's a new pic.

Stalker · Post by **Stalker** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:08 pm

Niiice.

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:26 pm

Thanks!
And here's a pic of it in the CS.

Sniper4 · Post by **Sniper4** » Sat May 15, 2004 3:03 am

Beautiful work my friend. That looks Bethesda quality.

Post by **Haplo** » Sat May 15, 2004 3:23 am

of course it's bethesda quality, it's pommelstone is messed up! lol im jk, but the pommelstone looks bent in comparison to the rest of the blade.

also, make sure the hand closes completely around the hilt, because it looks like the redguard barely has his hand on it.

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Sat May 15, 2004 11:40 am

Ok. I've adjusted the pommel, and the hilt a bit.
Is it better now?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat May 15, 2004 11:51 am

Much, i already really like this sword, nice work

Assassinace · Post by **Assassinace** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:33 pm

Overall it looks good. However the transition between the pommel stone and the handle is a bit rough. Is there any way you can smooth it.

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:48 pm

Ok. I've smoothed it a bit out.

Assassinace · Post by **Assassinace** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:57 pm

Looks good to me.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat May 15, 2004 2:02 pm

Yes now thats much better, wonderful work, really hope to see it in the game...

Stalker · Post by **Stalker** » Sat May 15, 2004 2:17 pm

Looks good indeed.

Post by **Haplo** » Sat May 15, 2004 4:13 pm

thats perfect 8)

Teli · Post by **Teli** » Sat May 15, 2004 4:33 pm

Thanks for all the feedback!

I'll send it to Eraser.