The Plum Blossom Warrior by pixeltek
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
The final update. Some of you animee lovers may notice something here.
Comments (8)
pixeltek
Based on the old plum blossom tsuba (shown at my website), I carried the theme all the way through menpo and kabuto. I used lots of reference photos to get some historical accuracy established, even though it is essentially a unique creation. Sas_lite was used for the horse-hair mustache. Many of the war masks (menpo) had such hair included in varying lenghts. The rings on the side of the menpo were used to fasten the mask to the kabuto (helmet). Typically, there would be also some small neck protection plates at the bottom of the menpo, but that would have made this particular composition very awkward, so I didn't bother to include them. The little brass fastener midway up the helmet is one of four that hold the helmet liner. The helmet decoration is one of a number of possibles. Some even had animals (rabbits) and dragons mounted on them, or had actual stag horns inplace of the brass device. Hope you enjoy it.
VOID
Just excellent!!! I hope you will continue with this and am eager to see a complete set of armor in this style.
petes
great work! try killing teh ambient light though. and turn the sopt light into an area light it'll look more dramatic with better shadows!
pixeltek
Thanks, I have three area lights in this picture and one point light, as filler. Ambient intensity is off. More dramatic shadows, with the metal as dark as it is, makes the whole thing almost unrecognizable (see menpo, which is why I added light # 4). VOID, this may be all I want to do with this topic for now. This is a hobby, after all, and I had planned to do this particular still life with all the detail I could manage. It turns out, I am pretty happy with it as it is.
Moebius87
Superb! Your work, and all the research you put into it, is incredible. Your attention to detail and historical accuracy (without compromising your own artistic integrity) has my admiration. Very well done, sir!
Darksamurai326
I see it Reverse Blade Sword, Rurouni Kenshin. I love the picture. Not the purple tho.
jerr3d
Great textures and the model is fantastic!
pixeltek
Sorry DS326. I like Kenshin too. Great story, but this one has the hamon where it belongs, on the curved side of the sword. Look at the letters on the brass helmet decoration. Those go with Inuyasha. Another great animee yarn.