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Fan Area => Fan Art => Topic started by: FredrikH on April 20, 2004, 07:26:09 pm

Title: Longsword
Post by: FredrikH on April 20, 2004, 07:26:09 pm

after about 20 min of modeling i made this but i still have the uv mapping to do and later on the texture :)
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword01.jpg)
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Post by: Kithplana on April 20, 2004, 08:37:17 pm

Oooh, good start. I look forward to seeing the finished product.

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Post by: Elegrand on April 20, 2004, 09:31:43 pm

Looks good, real longsword-like.

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Post by: Quwaar on April 20, 2004, 10:47:52 pm

looks pretty neat :D I like it, cant wait to see more

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Post by: Icefalcon on April 21, 2004, 04:13:39 am

Simple, but thats good if you want it in-game :D  Once its done and has some awesome textures on it, submit it to LLW, maybe it will be used in-game 8)

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Post by: FredrikH on April 21, 2004, 10:17:08 am

did some work on the blade yesterday it probobly still need more work.
 im not to certain on what to do with the handle tough :(
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/Longsword02.jpg)

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Post by: Typies on April 21, 2004, 12:36:58 pm

That looks great i love it. PLz make more after you\'ve finnished that one.

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Post by: Xelex on April 21, 2004, 12:46:44 pm

I think you should have like rune letters imprinted along the handle.

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Post by: FredrikH on April 21, 2004, 01:31:56 pm

thanks for the idea but i think i like the runes to go on the blade instead as for the hilt.
i will do some patterns there after i get back from school.

progress pic
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword03.JPG)
i just signed the blade :)

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Post by: Xalthar on April 21, 2004, 03:26:39 pm

ornate swords carved with runes are kinda viking\'ish, and that\'s how I like \'em :P Good work :D

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Post by: Kithplana on April 21, 2004, 06:05:31 pm

Wow, nice work. Watching this thread for more :)

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Post by: Kintall on April 21, 2004, 07:28:02 pm

I like the runes, and the sword in general, kinda makes the grip seem a little \"left out\" still very nice though... shiny :)

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Post by: Xelex on April 21, 2004, 08:54:05 pm

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Originally posted by Xalthar
ornate swords carved with runes are kinda viking\'ish, and that\'s how I like \'em :P Good work :D

Actually runes were created by ancient germanic people during the 3rd-13th century. It was sometimes beleived to have magic powers. It was, however, later introduced to the vikings betwenn the 8th and the 11th century. The ancient germans had attached runes to their weapons of combats a couple centurys before that. So next time you thing of a sword with runes think...Germany.
(http://ew2.lysator.liu.se/loth/f/r/freese/sword.jpg)

sorry i just thing some people deserve credit for cool ideas. (:

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Post by: Icefalcon on April 22, 2004, 04:06:00 am

For the hilt, you could browse the web for free leather textures if you want...

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Post by: Cirque on April 22, 2004, 06:26:03 am

I also think a leather handle would look impressive. Maybe you could also add something to the circle on the bottom of the handle to. Like a precious stone set into it.

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Post by: Kintall on April 22, 2004, 07:02:57 am

it might look a bit more balanced of you detailed up the round bit on the bottom of the sword beef beef :)

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Post by: Abemore on April 22, 2004, 08:33:15 am

The first picture I thought looked like crap :) (no offense) :)

But then as you detailed the blade, it looked amazing.
Can\'t wait \'til you detail the rest of it.

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Post by: Cirque on April 22, 2004, 11:10:41 am

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Originally posted by Kintall
now thats an Idea, get a shirt that says \"if your a Goth, where were you when we sacked rome?\"

on a more on topic note: it might look a bit more balanced of you detailed up the round bit on the bottom of the sword beef beef :)

Snaked...

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Post by: FredrikH on April 22, 2004, 12:42:11 pm

ok progress has gone a little slow yesterday i just cant come up with the design for the engraving ad for the handle i will probobly do something like the dagger
here is how it looks now plus a bone version ;)
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword04.jpg)

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Post by: Xalthar on April 22, 2004, 05:09:59 pm

looks awesome Fredrik! :D

ps, thanks to whatever dev decided to delete my post about the origin of runes, making me look rather ignorant :P

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Post by: Icefalcon on April 23, 2004, 01:47:56 am

I would comment, but I cant see the pics X(

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Post by: FredrikH on April 23, 2004, 07:06:48 am

it seams like the server crashed but now it should work :)

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Post by: Abemore on April 23, 2004, 08:06:04 am

After a google search I\'ve determined that the most recently modified portion of the sword is call the \"cross\".
That said, I like the version with the steel cross as the bone cross version doesn\'t match the blade.  Still, I can\'t wait for the handle and pommel to be detailed.  Looking great so far.  What a time consuming process.

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Post by: FredrikH on April 23, 2004, 12:15:20 pm

actually it is called a cross-guard.
my brother said that the shape looked almost like a bone so i coun\'t ressist making it like that :) . but i will go with steel for the final.
did some experimenting with the pommel
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword05.jpg)
i will probobly do the leather after i have gotten something to eat.

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Post by: sekhmet on April 23, 2004, 01:21:38 pm

Excellent work, keep it up. May try to replace that yellow cross with something like a couple of gems that form a cross together? Or just one plain gem.

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Post by: Xalthar on April 23, 2004, 02:07:39 pm

A pommel jewel would be awesome :)

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Post by: FredrikH on April 23, 2004, 05:03:46 pm

now its only the pommel and the cross-guard left :)
but i can\'t make up my mind if those nails that are holding the leather in place should be there or not
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword06.jpg)

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Post by: Kintall on April 23, 2004, 05:57:48 pm

firstly, I love what youve done with the sword and as far as the nails go: I say keeep the nails, in fact make them about 3-4 times bigger, itl give the grip some much needed detail and balance the image up nicely. or you know it could just be me...

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Post by: FredrikH on April 24, 2004, 12:00:06 am

did some sketching on how the pommel should look its only layer effects at the moment so it looks a little strange but i will paint it tomorrow :)
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword07.jpg)

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Post by: Typies on April 24, 2004, 02:00:25 am

OMFG that lookss......WOW...... what more can i say??
Words cant describe it.

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Post by: Icefalcon on April 24, 2004, 02:54:12 am

No kidding, that is amazing UV Mapping...amazing....truely amazing. It makes me want to model more :]  If only I had the time... :(

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Post by: Kintall on April 24, 2004, 07:34:57 am

Tiz indeed a very nice traditional looking sword, once finished it will be something to hang high and be proud of, good job eth :)

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Post by: orogor on April 24, 2004, 02:58:07 pm

The problem i see in you sword is that the handle texture is surely a really nice job , well , the mesh looks also very good , it doesn t seems to have tons of polys and still looks very nice.

But if you plane to use it ingame , i dont think than anyone will see it once it will be in their hand , also the the texture seems too good to be a 256x256 one. Exept this , for being used not for realtime/ingame purpose , it looks very nice , but if it s the case , you might want to add even more polys.

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Post by: FredrikH on April 24, 2004, 03:25:24 pm

yes your right the texture is a bit big 512x1024 but that is just my work size.
here i did some scaling so you can se it in 128x256 what i can see is that the text gets to blurry so i guess it have to go :(
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword08.jpg)
and the texture
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longswordtexture.jpg)

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Post by: FredrikH on April 25, 2004, 04:38:31 pm

update
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword09.jpg)

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Post by: sekhmet on April 25, 2004, 06:28:56 pm

Two thumbs up! Looks finished to me.

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Post by: FredrikH on April 27, 2004, 10:21:28 pm

removed the gems and adding some color variations
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword11.jpg)

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Post by: Taurenthefirst on April 28, 2004, 10:21:42 pm

hmm, i think it looked better with the gems.

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Post by: FredrikH on April 29, 2004, 11:12:00 pm

made some progress in the last hour have been occopied by some programming will hopefully finish this tomorrow
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword12.jpg)

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Post by: Icefalcon on April 30, 2004, 02:49:26 am

That looks great. It looks better without the gems, or maybe you could just put 1 gem in... but it looks great now 8)

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Post by: Typies on April 30, 2004, 06:22:55 am

whats a sword without a gem? anyway it looks great with or without gem.

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Post by: FredrikH on April 30, 2004, 02:51:31 pm

ok ok i get it ill keep some of the gems but it was to much before
ok how about this design on the crossguard then
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword13.jpg)

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Post by: Moogie on April 30, 2004, 03:40:55 pm

Picture doesn\'t work. :( And ya I\'ve tried copying the address into the url bar.

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Post by: Savion on April 30, 2004, 04:42:56 pm

Savion sees it fine and it looks great.

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Post by: elscouta on April 30, 2004, 05:17:33 pm

i confirm Savion\'s post. I can see it and it looks ...really... great.

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Post by: Kintall on April 30, 2004, 06:02:07 pm

very nice, it looked a bit gawdy before, now it looks lovely,  so what can we expect to see next hmmm...?

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Post by: FredrikH on April 30, 2004, 08:31:58 pm

feels like it is done now :D
as for next hmmm maybe a nice katana or i might try to make a scabbard for this sword first
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword14.JPG)
[edit]
brought out some more contrast
(http://silverwolf.zapto.org/silverwolf/wip/longsword16.jpg)

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Post by: MajinBojin on April 30, 2004, 11:53:57 pm

looks real great that is for the first pics on the first page, wasnt able to see the other ones that is :S

greets and good luck on the moddeling

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Post by: Icefalcon on May 01, 2004, 03:17:18 am

That is the best texturing job I have seen from a Planeshift fan, submit it to LLW, and make more! ;)

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Post by: Niber on May 03, 2004, 05:46:48 pm

Fredrik H,
Your sword is good quality indeed.
Is the texture on the handle seemless all around? If so good job..
The UV map is alittle unbalanced though, that\'s why the carvings in your blade is blurry in lowres.
The UV map pieceses should be in proportion unless you absolotuly want more detail on some part.

You could also use photo textures overlay on your texture to make it look more real.

I\'d say you are ready to model\\texture stuff for PlaneShift if you want to.

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Post by: Skizzik on May 03, 2004, 07:28:42 pm

Ooooh you made that sword in a very short period of time, excellent work too! How could I not have seen this earlier...
Keep up the good work, it would be ?berkewl if you would become a contributor to the PS project.