[Hervé]

MMM lemme see... maybe the leather a bit thicker (right now it would look more like fabric).. and maybe a little bit more "loose"..

what da ya think..?

[Maximus3D]

Hervé: Thicker leather hm, i'll look into that today. But it should fit like a glove around the handle. I mean i constructed knifes like this myself for real many many years ago and the leather is intentionally stiff and made so it wraps tightly around the knife handle, it's kinda what keeps the knife in place so it won't fall out.

I'll be back during the day with another update, probably the last one on these basemeshes.

/ Max

[simmsimaging]

Looking good Max.

b

[Hervé]

ok I get you... but then maybe a little ticker.

btw, when you say "I constructed knives"... you also forged the blades..? or just assemby...? do you still have some..

[Mr Whippy]

Mmm nice knife

Dave

[Hervé]

you missed the "be back later" Max....

[Maximus3D]

Brett: Thank you

Hervé: I think i sorted out the thickness issue now, but i'll post a update once i added some more stuff. There's to little to show yet. About constructing knifes, when i were younger and went to school we all students has to produce our own knifes, it was something we all kids had to do back then to get good grades in the woodshop classes. However the blades were premade, it requires far more talent and experience to craft the blades manually. Altough that would also be interesting to try.. i'm not sure now where i got the knife i made, it could still be somewhere in a box with all my other stuff.

Whippy: Thanks

Hervé: Yeap i missed it, but i have a reason. I weren't feeling to well yesterday and today so i have to postpone all planned work on it until tomorrow and see if i'm better then so i can resume work and finish it on time.

/ Max

[Hervé]

take care Max... a good soup, pyjama, and hop in Bed for 8 good hours.. then you'll be fine..

jeeez, Now I want to see the knife YOU did at school..

[Maximus3D]

Cheers Hervé i can't sleep even when sick, gotta do something but it'll be mostly slacking and talking to friends online now. No creative stuff will be done today. Btw i already had fish'n'potato today, good stuff!

The knife i made in school (in those days i were very young) so it's obviously not very well made, to be honest it looks like crap compared to my 3d version which kinda looks like a knife.

/ Max

[Maximus3D]

Been collecting power during the day to punch out these 3 testrenders of the model with a dummy brass shader i made earler on just to test the imported knife model with Maxwell. It's a bit on the lowpoly side and needs more subdivisions next time, but as a test this will do fine. Btw, obviously the final renderings won't look anything like this.









/ Max

[m-Que]

OMG, Max! It looks so...real!
Already looking very good! And I love that material, too!
Can't wait to see the final renders!!!

[bunkiojo]

Ditto! For a 'test', both the model and the material look great! I wish my 'finals' looked like your 'test'.

[Hervé]

this is going to rock big timezzzz.... Max, you become dangerous... hehe

[Maximus3D]

m-Que: thank you! and if you think those look real, well.. just wait a while until i done more work on this. If it turns out the way i pictured it in my mind you will also think these tests were poor. but i also like that brass material, it's nice'n'smooth and a lil bit scratchy.

bunkiojo: Thanks! i'm pretty sure your final creations look even better. You know what i did for these renderings, no magic really. I had this old studiosetup done months ago, i dropped the model in there, ditched the lightplanes and added a hdr to supply with the light, reflections and enviroment. And then i rendered it with multilight. That's all!

Hervé: Hehe, i do hope so Hervé. If i can get my idea from the brain to the computer without much trouble then i'd be a happy puppy. btw, becoming dangerous ? i always been dangerous, just a lurker in the shadows.

I guess it's time to start the UV unwrapping now, oh the joy of doing that.. to be honest i hate it but it has to be done. Sigh..

/ Max

[Hervé]

he he... Dangerous in a good way Max.... hehe..
(finally upgraded to Modo301.. hehe.. rocking the house..)

BTW, these should be a piece of cake to do with the unwrap tool..