Forum: Carrara

Subject: Another next project (light sabers)

Kixum opened this issue on Aug 26, 2016 · 29 posts

Kixum posted Fri, 26 August 2016 at 1:19 AM

Well, a few of you might have seen Obi Wan Kenobi's light saber I put into the gallery. I made that in about three hours.

I have decided to make a collection of them. They take between one to four hours.

Stay tuned!

-Kix

Kixum posted Fri, 26 August 2016 at 1:20 AM

Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber.

-Kix

Kixum posted Fri, 26 August 2016 at 1:20 AM

Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber (the first lightsaber given to Luke by Obi Wan).

-Kix

radioham posted Fri, 26 August 2016 at 7:14 AM

They do look well look forwards to the collection

Lobo3433 posted Fri, 26 August 2016 at 9:16 AM Forum Moderator

Really some great work

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dr_bernie posted Fri, 26 August 2016 at 5:28 PM

Very nice creations, but the handles are awkward to hold in a real sword fight.

Steve K. posted Fri, 26 August 2016 at 5:37 PM

Very nice, very convincing.

Kixum posted Sat, 27 August 2016 at 1:55 AM

Darth Vader This completes all the lightsabers from episodes 4, 5, and 6.

-Kix

Kixum posted Sun, 28 August 2016 at 2:04 AM

Kenobi's first light saber from episode 1 (he lost it in the battle with Darth Maul). I will be away from my computer for a week so stay tuned for more lightsabers during a brief pause.

-Kix

Kixum posted Tue, 30 August 2016 at 10:51 PM

Just a quick update, I will be making qui gon jin, Darth Maul, Yoda, Dooku, Palpatine, And Mace Windu.

Once I am done, would anybody like me to put them up in the freebie section here at rendo?

-Kix

CHK2033 posted Wed, 31 August 2016 at 9:03 PM

nice modelling

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DustRider posted Fri, 02 September 2016 at 11:28 PM

Kixum posted at 10:27PM Fri, 02 September 2016 - #4281617

Just a quick update, I will be making qui gon jin, Darth Maul, Yoda, Dooku, Palpatine, And Mace Windu.

Once I am done, would anybody like me to put them up in the freebie section here at rendo?

Definitely!! Outstanding models, I find your work very interesting!

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Kixum posted Sat, 03 September 2016 at 7:54 PM

Here is Qui Gon Jinn.

Darth Maul is next!

-Kix

Kixum posted Sun, 04 September 2016 at 12:03 AM

Darth Maul!

This concludes all episode 1 lightsabers.

Next, Anakin's first lightsber from episode 2.

-Kix

DUDU.car posted Sun, 04 September 2016 at 11:54 AM

Very impressive work, bravo ! What are your render settings ?

cjd posted Sun, 04 September 2016 at 12:02 PM

Looks like you have broken some of the sharp edges with a small chamfer/fillet. Or, are you using the bevel in Shaders Plus?

Kixum posted Sun, 04 September 2016 at 2:44 PM

Hello Dudu, here are my render settings.

-Kix

Kixum posted Sun, 04 September 2016 at 2:46 PM

Hello cjd. I am using bevel in shaders plus. This render tool works really well when it works and can suffer at other times. Almost everything in these models is setup using vertex meshes to control the meshing, keep it clean and improve the bevel shader performance. It does not work 100% of the time but it is a lot easier than actually modeling in the bevels.

-Kix

Kixum posted Sun, 04 September 2016 at 7:53 PM

Anakin's lightsaber from episode 2.

Next, Mace Windu.

-Kix

Kixum posted Mon, 05 September 2016 at 12:50 AM

Here is Mace Windu.

I think I will make Yoda next although I should make Dooku. Dooku is going to be a big challenge that I don't know I can manage!

-Kix

Kixum posted Mon, 05 September 2016 at 4:44 PM

Yoda.

Now it's either Palpatine or Dooku. Not sure yet. Starting to get tired of this project a little bit.

-Kix

Kixum posted Tue, 06 September 2016 at 12:18 AM

And now Dooku! A challenging model.

Next, and last, Palpatine.

-Kix

de3an posted Tue, 06 September 2016 at 2:39 PM

These are all pretty neat!

Are they accurate to the actual movie props?

What are you using for reference material?

Kixum posted Wed, 07 September 2016 at 1:38 AM

And finally, Palpatine. I must confess that this model is not complete. There are 5 notches that should be along the side that I did not put in because I just didn't want to take the time to figure it out.

So, are these accurate? That's a good question. I have done some research on each one on the internet plus, I have several of the Hasbro higher end light sabers which are excellent references.

In a coupe of days, I will post a file here at Rendo in the Freebie stuff for all of these models (Carrara models only). These models also use some plug-ins in the textures.