[WIP] Man at Arms - Reforged Lightsaber Katana

[AshuraDX]

Hello everybody , you might have seen my recent status update allready but incase you didn't :
I just stumbled across this :

 
I really like that design and decided to start modeling it, quality wise I'm aiming for the same level of detail as with my ahsoka hilt
while still trieing to stay as low as possible with the vertex count, the hardest piece to create, without wasting a shitload of vertices and tris on while maintaining a smooth, rounded look, is the tsuba , which I just finished

 

 

 

I'll probably release 2 versions , one with the katana blade and the other with a regular lightsaber blade in place

Edited August 14, 2014 by AshuraDX
had to fix something ;P

[AshuraDX]

blade might appear too long , but it should match the default lightsaberblade length from Jedi Academy (about 4 times the hilt)

if it really is too long I'll shorten it later, as that's not too much work

[therfiles]

Woah...you are so fast! Really nice work! One thing I think the designers of the hilt should have done is color the actual blade. The hilt could keep that cool silver and black, but I think it would be really cool if the blade was like a deep red, but still had a metallic feel to it. I think that would be awesome!

[AshuraDX]

hm... i'll try that red blade thing

[minilogoguy18]

Damn, wonder if it's usable and available to buy.

[AshuraDX]

Damn, wonder if it's usable and available to buy.

 

it's usable, atleast all of the Man at arms weapons have been so far, but they are not for sale - sadly

[Omicron]

Could you make a 3rd version that has the blade as the actual size they made it?

 

Also ,great work so far!

[AshuraDX]

finished texturing it

 

EDIT :

Imgur gallery with more pics

also showing the highpoly model

https://jkhub.org/albums/5M4At

[AshuraDX]

Finished

https://jkhub.org/files/file/2029-lightsaber-katana-man-at-arms-style/

and published, hope you guys like it

@@therfiles I made the blade red temporarily and didn't like it that much , if you really want a version with a red blade let me know and I'll get crackin at it

@@Omicron the blade length doesn't look so odd ingame, but if more requests for that come up I'll do it

[Omicron]

The resource cannot be found apparently ;_;

 

Looks superb, when the link works I'll go download it

 

EDIT: Nvm, links seems to be working now

[AshuraDX]

The resource cannot be found apparently ;_;

 

Looks superb, when the link works I'll go download it

whoops, had a typo in there, thanks !

forgot to check the link before submitting

it works now

[Omicron]

Just had a quick try with it ingame, really awesome work man, might go replace a base hilt with it now so I can use it on servers

[therfiles]

Woah! Nice work! Don't worry about it too much. If you didn't think it looked good, then it probably didn't.

[Zappa_0]

very nice, didnt expect this to be released so soon. will have to try it out later!

[AshuraDX]

Woah! Nice work! Don't worry about it too much. If you didn't think it looked good, then it probably didn't.

Allright, feel free to reskin it if you wish though

Currently thinking of modeling a few swords from Metal Gear Rising, if you want a red blade you'll probably like one of them

http://www.enizr.com/media/52982/Metal%20Gear%20Rising%20Revengeance%20Samuel%20Concept%20Art%20(3).jpg

[Omicron]

Allright, feel free to reskin it if you wish though

Currently thinking of modeling a few swords from Metal Gear Rising, if you want a red blade you'll probably like one of them

http://www.enizr.com/media/52982/Metal%20Gear%20Rising%20Revengeance%20Samuel%20Concept%20Art%20(3).jpg

YES. That would be sick to have ingame