Hexcalibur (for DRAKELOT) by Azr1el

Vue • Fantasy • posted on Aug 04, 2006

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I'd like to dedicate this to Antonio (DRAKELOT). He's a wonderful artist and friend... and his stunning modeling skills have inspired me to keep trying to learn modeling :) The above image is showing my attempt at modeling a sword in Hexagon 2.1... my own "Hexcalibur" ;) I haven't learned UV mapping yet, so this was rendered in Vue with one of the metallic textures I found there. To create the above sword, I used a sphere for the pommel (the ball at the back of the handle) and a single cylinder for the rest: hilt, guard and blade... I mostly used the "extrude" and "bridge" tools to get the above results. I basically need the skills to be able to create custom objects for my "Burning Citadels" series (coming back very soon! ;), as well as for "The Kingdoms of Hayr" RPG, which btw will now be a Free standalone game, running on an 'open source' game engine. Intrigued? We have just created a forum where we will report our progress: Kingdoms of Hayr Forum. *** If you'd like to join in or simply contribute with a bit of modeling, bump mapping, texture creation, etc, feel free to drop us a line! :) *** If you have Hexgaxon, give it a try, it's a very rewarding software and the learning curve isn't as steep as some other 3D modeling software :) Plus, you get a fantastic buzz from creating your own 3D objects! Many thanks for viewing "Hexcalibur", I hope you like it :) To you all - Have a greaaaat weekend! :)

Comments (18)

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evinrude

5:46AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Excellent weapons, and a worth dedication to Drakelot. Well done!

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ChristineG

6:25AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

oh this is great.... what is UVmapping??? i just got max3d yesteday.. and i already see that expretion alot of time in tutorials... would sure love to know what it is ???

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Azr1el

6:35AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Chris, UV Mapping refers to the process of mapping a texture to a 3D object - as in telling your 3D modeling software (in your case, that could be 3D Studio max) which bit of texture goes here, which bit goes there, etc. :)

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GSGALAXY

7:01AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Cool modeled swords - good job ! And you're right, Hex 2.1 is a cool modeler software, right, i just need to exercise with it more ;-)

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rixster

7:21AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Superb work - like the natural shapes you have used, it gives a more polished overall feel!!! Great texture too!!!

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jif3d

8:39AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Kool modelling Sabine, I think the texture on the blade itself should be toned down and stretched in the Z axis, at the moment it looks like a stone or granite tex, maybe a bump map for some notches and scratches ? just a suggestion...LOL & Cheers

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Azr1el

8:45AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Thanks a mil, Jeff, and Excellent suggestion! I will give it a try - it does look a bit like granite - lol! :)

ThePinkus

9:54AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Shock and Awe -- I'm impressed! This is an amazing model! And just from two basic figures! Wonderful work Sabine! PS some times ago I stumbled into a link to a tut by Stonemason on texturing (rather advanced, from my POV, but outstanding), maybe You'd like to give it a look? It was on CGSociety, but there's a link in a thread in the Cinema4D forum here at 'Rosity. I could look for it eventually.

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DRAKELOT

11:05AM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Oh, Sabine this model is just awesome ... !!! Thanks a mill for the image and fantastic sword !!! You know to my video (glad I have this one now ), wall and Rendo fav !!! ... Antonio.

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Krid

7:52AM | Sat, 05 August 2006

looks very realistic

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Burpee

1:25PM | Sat, 05 August 2006

Excellent! Thanks for sharing how you did it too. I still have not created anything in my program...sigh..I really should. This looks like fun!!

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Danceswithroos

11:14PM | Sat, 05 August 2006

This is impressive! Love the aged look you have achieved. Keep up the brilliant work!

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GRiMAge

3:35AM | Tue, 08 August 2006

Darn it - this is awesome sweetie!! now you just have to model a rock to plug it into and you're done! LOL! ;) I tried playing with hex a bit, but looks like i just can't remember anything anymore about modelling! LOL! Glad to see you are doing fairly nicely about it! ;) I also tried to join the game forum (so i could bug you there too, of course! 8) ), but i put my old mail address! LOL! Tree cheers for trollish mind! :D

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