Low Poly Sword Blender Tutorial For Beginners!

In this tutorial you are going to learn how to create a low poly sword in blender in a few simple steps.
I'm new in doing tutorials, so please give me feedback in the comments. If you have any questions you can ask them in the comments.
Thanks for watching!
How to enable LoopTools: www.reddit.com/r/TenTech/comments/1eyn858/how_to_enable_looptools/
Download Blender: www.blender.org/
Music by: www.youtube.com/@Infraction
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[@tengertechnologies]

As some of you have problems with enabling LoopTools, I've made a reddit post to hopefully clarify things. Check the description for the link.

[@afrancis7475]

Some feedback: Please show how to enable Loop Tools first! Also mention the changes between the three buttons next to the "Edit mode" dropdown in the top left corner. There are moments when you switch between the Select Modes and you don't mention them. After the two minute mark, my sword ended up very crooked, I probably did something wrong of course but as a complete beginner it's really important that I can follow every step. Apart from that, it was an interesting tutorial, and I might try again some other time when I feel less defeated.

[@possiblyzslot838]

Yes, I'm not a complete beginner so I understood how to do stuff that wasn't shown or mentioned, but this isn't really a "beginner's" tutorial. Interesting nonetheless.

[@truehamlet3136]

For those who are stuck: Preferences > Add-ons and then search Mesh: Loop Tools to enable!

[@tengertechnologies]

Thank you for your feedback!

[@tengertechnologies]

Exactly, thank you for helping the others!

[@tengertechnologies]

As I wrote in the other comment, I will try to do it better next time :)

[@GlacialPeakEntertainment]

This is the only beginner tutorial that actually works for me thanks you also gained a new sub! btw could you do a flanged mace tutorial sometime?

[@tengertechnologies]

Thank you for the feedback and for subscribing!

[@tengertechnologies]

It‘s uploaded :D

[@nightwizard4168]

This tutorial is amazing, thank you so much! You have a very calm and clear way of teaching, thank you :)

[@tengertechnologies]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@Troevan]

i really like this thank you

[@tengertechnologies]

Thank you for the feedback

[@brycepues6147]

I’m new to blender when I press w to insert the circle face it doesn’t do anything makes my curser Change

[@tengertechnologies]

If you're default selection key is LMB, you should be able to open the menu with your RMB. Let me know if this worked. So we can troubleshoot if it didn't.

[@brycepues6147]

@@tengertechnologies what do you mean what do I do with the pop up menu from RMB

[@tengertechnologies]

Now you need to choose "LoopTools" and then "Circle". If the option "LoopTools" isn't available, you have to enable the addon. You can do that if you go to "Edit->Preferences->Add-ons" (In the menu on top), then search for "LoopTools" and then enable it.

[@brycepues6147]

Thank you I have made it past it now I have learned a lot of new tools from this video I Apreciate the fast responses

[@tengertechnologies]

Nice, thank you for watching! I wish you all the best on your journey with Blender!

[@1972SCOTCH]

A very nice tutorial. I currently use Blender 3.6.2 The Loop tool was not displayed to me in the menu (RMB or W). I was able to activate this via the AddOn menu (Menu: Edit -> Preferences - AddOn) then Search for Loop tool.

[@tengertechnologies]

Thank you for your feedback! Yeah thats exactly how you supposed to do that. I should've mentioned it more clearly.

[@jacobspradling5567]

that is awesome!

[@jacobspradling5567]

The video was super helpful to me

[@notmalicious]

underrated video

[@tengertechnologies]

Thank you!

[@patrickcolgan6301]

When I try to follow this and use the bevel tool it does not react in the same way as it does here, This is also my first time ever hearing about an edge loop but whenever I try it the bevel created a gap between the handle and edge trying to be bevelled. it looks on his one as if it makes new vertices when doing it where as mine does not.

[@tengertechnologies]

It's a little bit difficult to understand what happens without any images/videos. Today I made a reddit community for my subscribers to discuss problems more effectively. Feel free to share some images on r/TenTech, and we can try to solve your issue :)

[@Shade12572]

im having a problem with loop tools circle option it doesn't make a perfect hexagon like yours it makes a super stretched out one and is hard to model what do you suggest i do to fix it?

[@tengertechnologies]

I‘m not at my pc right now so I can‘t try it out. But I think it could fix your problem if you go into „object mode“ and the press „ctrl+A“ and choose „apply“ and then „scale“. An then try again. If you scale a model in object mode, it can mess up some things like forexample the bevel. I‘m not sure if it messes with loop tools to but I guess it‘s worth a try. Let me know if it worked. Otherwise we can troubleshoot further. I will try it out when I‘m on my computer.

[@Shade12572]

@@tengertechnologies i tried doing as you said but it didn't work do you have a discord for easier troubleshooting?

[@tengertechnologies]

I don‘t have a discord server but I have made a subreddit to troubleshoot. It‘s linked on the channel.

[@ExileChildGaming]

When I press "I" to inset them it insets them separate from each other centered on each cut of the cube. How do I fix that?

[@tengertechnologies]

Simply press “I“ again. You can toggle between individual on or off by pressing it while insetting.

[@Bowganian456]

2:47 by extruding along the normals, the sides seperates from each other over here (using blender 4.1 if that makes a difference), instead of staying together, am i doing something wrong?

[@tengertechnologies]

Could it be, that you accidentally chose "individual faces" instead of "along normals"? It's located in the same menu. (Checked with Blender 4.1)

[@violajohnrussell5224]

I know this is an old video, but how do I change and remove those dots that connect the edges and make it like yours? So I can do the right click thing to edit it and select the whole sruface or shape.

[@tengertechnologies]

Hi, you can use the numbers 1,2,3 to change the select mode. (Those above the character section, not the numpad. The numpad numbers are to change the view angle)

[@violajohnrussell5224]

@@tengertechnologies TYSM!!! I'm following your steps in doing my own for school purposes! Thankyou.

[@tengertechnologies]

That's very nice to hear! I wish you happy learning!

[@shrimp381]

Great little guide, the key info in the corner was a nice touch. Keep it up!

[@tengertechnologies]

Thank you! :D

[@MrDanielsvk]

cannot find loop tools and in preferences-add ons i dont have loop tools here...even search option cannot find it :(

[@tengertechnologies]

In the addons tab you have the option to filter "Official" or "Community" addons. Make sure to have "Community" as active filter. And make sure that the "Enabled Add-on Only" checkbox is unchecked. Then it's called "Mesh: LoopTools", you should find it by only searching for "loop"

[@MrDanielsvk]

@@tengertechnologies i dont have this option here :(

[@Omar_Jaber]

When i press g and z and moving it up there a edge down

[@keningerlaszlo9876]

When u pushed the Z key and clicked, a little window will pop up "move" in that window click "Proportional Editing"

[@vincent4087]

Tsym bro

[@gameswitheli]

When I press ctrl + R it didnt cut? I call bull?

[@tengertechnologies]

A different way to do it would be, using the loopcut tool in the toolbar on the left. You can check which one it is by hovering over it. It's hard to say what the problem is. You could check your keymap settings, for that go to "Edit->Preferences->Keymap" and search for "Loopcut". If it is set to ctrl+R, there could be another program on your pc that causes the problem. I've read about people who had this problem because the had a vpn installed, which uses the shortcut too. Hope this helps:)

[@gameswitheli]

Its apparently set to ctrl r but I dont have a vpn and nothing else is used for ctrl r so I think blender just hates me@@tengertechnologies

[@gameswitheli]

I am so sorry.. I forgot to press tab LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO@@tengertechnologies

[@tengertechnologies]

@@gameswitheli Hahaha no problem. It happens to the best desingers sometimes I think.

[@glitchprem1x29]

For some reason when I try to select the 2 bottom faces on the cube it doesn't work?

[@tengertechnologies]

You have to hold the shift key and select the two faces with rightclick or leftclick, depending on what you selection key is. Let me know, whether it worked or not.

[@mmkn11]

great video my friend! 🤝

[@tengertechnologies]

Thank you!

[@somecheese1318]

It doesn't show me loop tools when i press W and shows me select button, what can I do here?

[@somecheese1318]

im on blender 4.0, does that change anything?

[@tengertechnologies]

If you are using the default keymap, you should be able to open the context menu with right click. (I have set my keymap to the old default where you select with right click, this changed in Blender 2.8 to be default to select with left click) If you are able to open the menu and Looptools doesn‘t show up, make sure that the plugin is enabled in Edit>Preferences>Addons

[@somecheese1318]

@@tengertechnologies thanks man

[@gengax9458]

When I click w I can't see loop section can you help?

[@tengertechnologies]

You have to enable the addon „Looptools“. It‘s located at Edit>Preferences>Addons

[@gengax9458]

@@tengertechnologies tysm

[@jepeen]

when i do the the inset I thing it tweaks out

[@tengertechnologies]

I'm not sure what you mean with "it tweaks out", but maybe it has to do with what your inset is set to. If you press "i" twice you can switch between individual on or off. This means that you can either inset all selected faces separately or all together. I hope this helps. Otherwise feel free to ask again.

[@normangayden]

thank you

[@tengertechnologies]

You‘re welcome, thanks for watching!:D

[@ppok123y2]

Can you teach me how to make a sickle to harvest rice? (using google translate)

[@tengertechnologies]

Sure, I‘ll add it to my list

[@_reffrain8959]

how to make the sword tip sharp?

[@hollowtongue]

you could click the 2 vertices hit M (for merge) then at center and it will make them a point. the same goes for the blade as well

[@snowey-dv6hj]

why cant i export with colour?

[@tengertechnologies]

Which export format do you need?

[@ynfra]

S and then Y scales the whole damn thiung for me D:

[@tengertechnologies]

Did you press them at the same time or one after the other? One after the other would be the correct way. I can't think of a different problem here. Maybe you can check wether your keymap is default or not. Let me know if you got it to work, otherwise we can try to troubleshoot.

[@ynfra]

@@tengertechnologies i pressed O before, so yeah problem fixed, thanks for the support man :D

[@tengertechnologies]

Glad you figured it out! As an explanation: If you press O, you turn on proportional editing. This means that everything you do gets proportionally done on everything in the area of influence. The area of influence is the circle that appears on your screen and you can control the size of it with the mousewheel.

[@DocinatorOfficial]

when i press W it does not work 0:50

[@tengertechnologies]

If the menu doesn't show up, try using you right mous button instead. If the menu shows up, but there is no Loop Tools section, you have to enable the addon under "edit>preferences>addons" and then search for looptools.

[@viktorsenyk8295]

shift+ Right Mouse doesnt work

[@tengertechnologies]

Have you tried shift+ left mouse already?

[@viktorsenyk8295]

@tengertechnologies I tried that, but I found a way out. I just had the dot mode (top left) turned on, so it didn't highlight. thanks for the tutorial

[@tengertechnologies]

Glad you figured it out! Thank you for watching!