SMC M#01 - divi - Legendary Weapon - High Elve Sword

[divi]

Hi,

I'm kind of late to the party, but well...
Always wanted to do one of those nice High Elve weapon concepts from Warhammer Online and this was a good occasion.
Decided on this one:
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/images/conceptart/CnAT100712.jpg

Here are some WIP renders taken every 20 minutes

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9248/processp.jpg

a clay

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3368/clay01.jpg

something with a bit of spec to better show the details.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2036/comp01.jpg

and a rather useless wire.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9391/wire01.jpg

I'll post wires of the individual parts and do some materials/textures tomorrow.

[divi]

well, sadly no textures due to lack of time...
so this will be my final shot, nothing fancy.

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9997/finaldy.jpg

and two more wires

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9391/wire01.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8294/wire02.jpg

[D-Chap]

Wow you really nailed it. It looks fantastic! I think it looks just fine in the specular render without textures.

[m4d3]

Very nice and clean model! Could have been used by Legolas ;) one of my favorites so far

[divi]

thanks guys :)

[Potatis]

This sword is truly amazing! I am trying to find tutorials that show how to sculpt detail like in your handle, in 3ds Max, but have had no luck.

How did you learn to sculpt that awesome detail? Or did you just figure it out yourself? I'm really inspired by what you have created here! Bravo!