Create a Fantasy Sword: 3D Model in Maya 2020 (3/6)

Now that we completed the 3D base model of our fantasy sword, it's time to start adding the details. We will be using several tools to add details to our weapon, including quad draw, mirror, extrude and more.
There's lots to cover, so let's start creating!
Software Used: Maya 2020
Art Reference: Reference: Matthew "Alki" Alcantara mattalki408.wi...
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[@alanpierce6317]

you make the best videos, literally you've taught me soo soo much! I go to school for 3d modeling and I'm just learning the basics and you make it so easy to follow along and understand! Thank you so much!

[@basil9903]

You should start a Patreon! Your tutorials are really useful and I'd love to see more of them!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You think so? I haven't thought about it. I'll look into it. Thank you!

[@aakashnanavaty221]

Really liked the video, doing some complex things very easily. And the voice of Monica is like a treat to ears!!

[@eliberkowitz7454]

For figuring out which direction to scale in to flip something (x, y, or z) I like glancing down at the axis in the bottom-left corner, whichever is horizontal is usually the way to negative scale!

[@Gatz3D]

Great tutorial! Very helpful! It’s nice to see your perspective on the modeling process.Thank you for this!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you!!

[@jomonkaichira931]

All your tutorials are really awsome. They do help me a lot .... thank u ...

[@theroyalinspiration]

Hey Monica, Really good video. Helps me a lot. Thank u so much for it. Glad u finally completed (3/3) of them. 😌👍

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@HelionDark]

adding details with quad draw didn't crossed my mind thank awesome trick

[@artbybruno1734]

Great Stuff Monica. Thank you so much for these! Looking forward for the texturing vids...

[@Sincolas99]

you should probably explain each thing you do like how you grab the whole line edge after using quad draw (the second time using quad draw is what i mean) otherwise people will get lost int it trying to figure out you did that.

[@cliffhton3199]

Monica I have a question, where did you get that image of the sword with that quality? in the link that you shared us, it looks kinda pixelated :(

[@kanadniyogi9072]

fuck! i thought i was the only one getting the image pixalated

[@mauropoggi8871]

Nice video! But i have a question... making weapons like this, can I use them as assets in games? Or they have a lot of polys and verts? Thanks!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Yes, you can use this in a game. Maybe a bit high poly so I would create more details using textures. Hope that helps!

[@mauropoggi8871]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus thanks! i will try it

[@ronydey2696]

SO NEEDED CLASS THANKS PLEASE ALSO ON UVW MAPPING SESSION ON MAYA AND MAX PLEASE

[@TeddyBearOfDoomProductions]

love your videos! are you going to upload a texturing video to go along with this anytime soon?

[@therealKrak]

Thanks for the great tutorial again! I am new to 3D modeling so I have many questions... Like can you use this for a game? For a game shouldn't it be one single object? Aren't those too many vertices for a game?! (You may have noticed I am pretty interested in 3d modeling for games... actually I want to create some stuff for Warframe)

[@IshrakAbedin]

Your approach for modeling for a game would be slightly different. You would want a single object, but you can easily combine all the parts into a single mesh. Most inorganic objects are actually combination of multiple objects. This design was done to be used inside a discrete rendering system, not a game engine. That is why some designs are done keeping smoothing effect in mind. For game, those small designs that are attached to surface are generally done using normal map. If you think your weapon is very important and will get insanely close shots at some points, in that case, you will have multiple meshes and cycle through them based on render distance using something called LOD or Level of Detail. And generally a complete or partly retexturing is done within the game engine for the texture part. But mostly for most objects, actually multiple meshes are designed based on LOD level. I don't really know how Warframe take things from steam community, but they would themselves perform some modifications and retexturing to support the game logics, those changeable emission and energy colors, effects, rigging, blood smears and many other things. But in short, keep vertex and geometry count low, keep UV proper, put as much design as u can through normal maps.

[@W3Slots]

Amazing!

[@safisk1977]

you are the best >>>>thnx

[@deepmusic2456]

You r best of best

[@baharmohebzadeh2382]

Thanks for the great tutorial 👍 where did you get that image of the sword with that quality?

[@rutikbhusare9480]

12:01 i didn't understand that part plz explain me

[@AtharvaShekatkar]

Awesome tutorial! I want to ask however that how do we merge all the parts into a single object? like all the details using the quad draw and separate parts of the sword and everything

[@user-fp3le7mp3p]

my response over year late and might be better method or she explains it in one of next steps but my personal assumption is use this form a base then using quad draw would go over the whole thing to make one mesh.

[@tarialorehand]

how did your edges turn red instead of orange like mine do?

[@Akshaykumar-wh9fn]

Awesome....

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Many many thanks

[@joselouisf156]

awesome...

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks 😊

[@anshuvideo]

Please create a tutorial on shape editor and pose editor in maya. Really osm tutorial

[@anshuvideo]

Pls

[@SURENDHAR4]

How we can decide whether to use cube or a plane..

[@MouettePondeuse]

feeling, experience, i guess

[@mortparduolingo8777]

12:53

[@liamheffernan2006]

I am getting a bug in maya 2022 with the quad draw tool and can't use it properly with an image plane

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Ok, I just tried this: select the geo, and click on 'make like' (looks like a magnet at the top on Maya). Then click on quad draw and you'll be be to add dots. I hope that helps!

[@liamheffernan2006]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus I think its a bug where the new faces I create don't stay blue..only happens when i am using an image plane for some reason

[@liamheffernan2006]

when I hide the imagine plane it works perfect, but then I cant see the detail I need to copy

[@AkashSingh-oh9uw]

Give e me texture video for this