{"id":1250,"date":"2009-11-03T08:20:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T06:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2009-11-11T09:43:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T07:43:24","slug":"making-a-sword-i-cheetah3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"Making a sword i Cheetah3D"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’ve got a secret to share, I’ve upgraded to Cheetah3D<\/a> 5.0. And have been playing with it a little. It got some nice stuff, like nice metal textures built in, a new Bend<\/strong> modification and a bunch of other stuff. So, today we’re making a sword.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"sw01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We do not start with a cube today, but with a multi-side polygon frame, that we set to 4 sides.<\/p>\n

\"sw02\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We size it like this, and then we extrude it.<\/p>\n

\"sw03\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After extruding the blade, it looks like above.<\/p>\n

\"sw04\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, we use a modification tool to shape the tip.<\/p>\n

\"sw05\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, time for the hilt, ah, the familiar cube we all know and love.<\/p>\n

\"sw06\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We shape it like this, set a low polygon count, then use the catmul subdivision to give it this smooth shape.<\/p>\n

\"sw07\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, we create a torus, but change the values so it becomes square and sharp instead of soft and round.<\/p>\n

\"sw08\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Using the boolean operation to remove the toruses from the hilt piece will give us a nice decorative line.<\/p>\n

\"sw09\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now for the \u00a0handle, we make a cylinder, rotate it and size it.<\/p>\n

\"sw10\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For the handle, we render a nice leather texture in FilterForge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here it is, but as you see, the flat blade didn’t come out so well in the renderer.<\/p>\n

\"sw11\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So, a quick change, remake the blade using\u00a0a cylinder, we get this result instead:<\/p>\n

\"sw12\"<\/a><\/p>\n

OK, Maybe the blade is a little too large, but OK for a first try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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