Curved Sword WIP

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# 1 08-02-2003 , 06:43 AM

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No more watermark for me.

Here is a curved blade. I didn't follow any particular design, just threw it together. Comments welcome.

The blade is made from lofted NURBS circles and the rest of it are polygons.

I have no idea how I am going to texture this thing though.

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# 2 08-02-2003 , 09:54 AM

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very nice shape!! looking crisp ..nice lines!

great start

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# 3 08-02-2003 , 06:14 PM

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Looks very nice. Lots of swords in the WIP recently, someone should get some other medieval weapons up there e.g. maces and axes! user added image

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# 4 08-02-2003 , 11:40 PM

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Thanks for the comments, guys.

Going to tweak it a bit more, then take a stab (Ha!) at texturing.

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# 5 09-02-2003 , 05:43 PM

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what is the scale of it? cannot really make out if it is a short or long sword, a one or two hander. if it is a short sword, one handed, then the blade is maybe too short, and the grip is too thin. if it is supposed to be a two hander, the blade might be a bit more wide, or you break the blade as you have a lot of power with 2 hands.

just my $0.02

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# 6 09-02-2003 , 07:08 PM

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Hmm...hadn't really thought about that when I was putting it together. I guess it would be a two-handed sword.

It is thicker at the spine, and since it's curved, it would be designed for slicing so it wouldn't matter how wide the blade is.

I guess it's a mutant variation on the katana...

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