Message edited on: 08/10/2004 22:44

Gotta love a full tange. Looks done.

awesome work :)

Hai Incarnadine san! Domo Arigato sensei!

awesome! and great render also: simple, clean but near to reality

Damn! Just cut my finger looking at this!

great modeling, only thing I'd change is the handle; it has a sort of Kitchen look to it (not that I could do as well..;) should be a simple fix.

Hoodoggies. I have a knife that I made thirty years ago that has that exact same handle. It is a really simple way to do handles, but if done right it lasts a really long time. I would love a copy. What app are you doing the modeling in?

Ooooo yes, it looks fantastic Incarnadine. 8)

The real one I modelled it from has that style of handle. It's one of the things I like about it as an indutrial grade weapon (I loathe wall-hangers), serious strength/durabilty and simplicity. The model (and the render) are done in Cinema4D. I have to break out a couple of the textures still as separate objects as they are currently assigned to polygon selections and bryce does not seem to handle multiple polygon texture selections in the same mesh. Should be ready to go by the weekend. IM me with your addy's (as I do not have a site to d/l from) - Groingrinder/Catlin - unless your's have changed I still have them.

oh..ok..no problem..I've just never seen something that simple, in a Zen sort of way..hey, it's great modeling, no matter what things south of the tang look like..keep with it..

If you have a good photo ref I can try to knock out an alternate grip in the future. Good excuse to try some hyperNurbs box modelling.

Aye, Incarnadine, I'm with you on the anti-toy sword sentiment. My tattoo-artist had a sword built from spring steel, you know, from a compressed leaf of a semi-truck's suspension? Not too pretty, but you could cut a car clean in half with the bastard. To hold it is to hold death, I love it... Yours looks beautiful and terribly functional, as well! If you post it, I'd love to toss it in a render as a tribute, someday...

"My tattoo-artist had a sword built from spring steel, you know, from a compressed leaf of a semi-truck's suspension? Not too pretty, but you could cut a car clean in half with the bastard. To hold it is to hold death, I love it..."

:o|

rotfl
edit to add - sorry, the way you put it just tickled my funny-bone!!

Message edited on: 08/14/2004 05:24

Aye, Pog, I've held nearly every weapon hold-able to mankind without the use of suspensors or tentacles, and I'm saying that Stone's (my tattoo-piercer friend) sword is the most deadly weapon I've ever touched... But to hold a weapon is also life. The only point to having a weapon is to safeguard the lives of those you love... Swords are made only to kill people, and thus are as honorless as guns. Spears are much cooler. But I still love me a good Katana! Thanks, Incarnadine, for sending it over. I think I'll put it on my desk scene that I've been slaving over...!

Incarnadine: How about a good two-handed battle sword as held by Roland the German knight?

That is what I am trying for here. although the proportions could work as a hand and a half bastard as well.

Got any images?

Sorry! My dad had some pics from when he worked in Germany. There's this humungus statue of the guy in a square in Breman....that's your first clue...LOL.

I have to rework the cross-guard but otherwise am pretty happy with it. Will put it up for offer when I am happy with it.

Wow, that would have some serious balance issues though, either that or be pushing 7-8 lbs! Yikes. Cool picture though.

I got the katana Incarnadine thank you mucho. 8) When I was in Edinburgh castle with Ang there were lots of claymore's around one of the halls and they are huge. I would say they're nearly the same height as a man and the blades, at the hilt end, are as wide as a womans hand. The actual handle is about 12 inches or 30 cm long. 8) Thus endeth the lesson for today. 8P Catlin

I would say they're nearly the same height as a man and the blades, at the hilt end, are as wide as a womans hand. But scotsmen are only 3' 6" high.......

At least that's what it seems the Scott's monument was built for... (grin) The one I am working on is scaled at about 54 in long overall. There are a class of swords called bearing swords that are used for purely ceremonial purposes and are huge (too large to fight with actually). If I remember right, these start at 5 -6 feet and may go up to 7. The model above has some strapping forward of the cross guard to allow for a small degree of choking up for closer quarters use. I believe I should probably extend this further along the blade to be in proper proportion. As to the 12 in hilt - on a two handed bastard the users hands are usually separated by several inches to allow for more force through a pivoting action around the forward hand. This has the advantage of meaning that you do not have to move the sword as far from the guard position to deliver a good blow thus lessening your exposure to attack/counter.