Dragon Slayer Sword

Here is my latest model made as to the first project on my MA degree. I chose to do a sword based on a theme chosen by a set of Dixit cards the theme being a dragon and a knight. So I decided to combine the two initially exploring the idea of a dragon-themed weapon of sorts however after some mind mapping I ended up opting for a dragon-themed sword instead.

Starting this project off I initially created the basic block out of the sword and started to add some basic generic details once I had the base of it down. Going into this I already knew the shape of the sword in my head so I modelled that first. When it came to adding in the extra details for the dragons head and wings I used Mudbox after getting a base sculptable shape with good topology. Once I had done this I created two versions of the sword, one of them being low poly the other being high poly and exported them both (Low poly as an OBJ and high poly as an FBX).

After this, I started work texturing seeing how this sword was somewhat inspired by Skyrim I decided to go for quite a dark feel with the textures only using the darker shades of colours throughout the model.