This is the result:
Luckily I had modelled and unwrapped the model by about the halfway mark, which gave me enough time to bang out some decent textures. There are a few minor annoyances (like the line down the middle of the grip) but overall, I'm happy with how it came out. And I made it to work on time!
Naming it took up like 5 valuable minutes, though - I settled on "Ember" because of the colour. There's probably a sword on the Skyrim Nexus already called that, but meh.
I've also got another sword which has been modelled and unwrapped, but I can't be bothered texturing it. Maybe one day...
What's the design choice behind the floating crossguard? Is it going to be a magic sword?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was going to add some glowing particles to it, but haven't got around to it yet. I need a good vanilla mesh I can copy the particles from, but there aren't many suitable ones.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever considered trying to remake all the standard melee weapons in the Iron and/or Steel categories? It would be a long project, but a full Billyro Iron and Steel replacer would likely stand as the definitive weapon replacer for whatever category you might remake. Since your weapons are realistic it would go well with a mod such as Real Bows http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/64440/?
ReplyDeleteIt's too much work for too little result, I'm afraid. Also, I don't like inconsistencies between weapons and armour - that means I'd have to also redo the armour textures and that would be a massive pain.
ReplyDeleteI understand. Thank you for the response.
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