Model Gandalf's sword in Blender

Learn how to create Gandalf's sword, Glamdring, in Blender 3. Watch step by step how to make a fantasy sword fit for any of your latest fan art pieces and take the skills you learn with you the next time you need a sword for your 3D scene. Beginners and intermediate Blender artist will all learn something here, whether it's the basics of hard surface modeling or creating PBR materials, there is something for everyone.
I mention a few websites for free 3d and texture assets throughout this Blender tutorial that are useful here as well as in any scene.
3dAssets.one 3dassets.one/
PolyHaven polyhaven.com/
The normal map used to create the runes of the inscription can be found here.
drive.google.com/file/d/1NriZ...
Chapter List.
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:41 Setup
0:01:51 Model the Guard
0:20:32 Model the Grip
0:36:04 Model the Pommel
0:46:05 Model the Blade
1:04:18 Leather Material
1:09:04 Metal Material
1:14:53 Metal Variations
1:21:58 Render
1:31:40 Adding Runes
The introduction to Blender videos mentioned in the intro.
Learn Blender as an Absolute Beginner: Part 1 • Introduction to Blende...
Learn Blender as an Absolute Beginner: Part 2 • Introduction to Blende...
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[@terryperehinec]

That sword is amazing! The handle is awesome. Glad I found this channel. Content is great for beginners like me!

[@BlenderForge]

Awesome! I'm glad I can help out. I'd love to see anything you can make from following these!

[@terryperehinec]

@@BlenderForge once I'm happy with the project, I'd definately let you know!

[@EmvyBeats]

Thats an attractive sword! I see why Gandalf was into it.

[@BlenderForge]

The guys at Weta really made some cool props for those films.

[@primitivefish5167]

Beautiful tutorial. Thank you for putting this one up.

[@BlenderForge]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@EsKDee19]

I'm learning a lot with this video, thank you so much.

[@BlenderForge]

Wonderful! You're welcome! I'm glad it's helping you.

[@battlereadysaints]

Very nice!

[@BlenderForge]

Thank you!

[@Thiccron]

great walkthrough on this, thanks!

[@BlenderForge]

You're welcome!

[@SoNic-nl7wn]

Thank you so much for tutorial! That was brillant

[@BlenderForge]

Wonderful! I'm glad you liked it. You're very welcome 😁😁

[@emmanuelmaterne5021]

Just finished this, thank you much. I tagged you on FB too.

[@BlenderForge]

Awesome! I made sure to comment 🙂

[@ayomideadejumo2068]

Top tier 🎉 subscribed!!!

[@BlenderForge]

Thank you!

[@TheMrSnurt]

Thanks alot :)

[@BlenderForge]

You're most welcome :)

[@musashimiyamoto1792]

bruh this is epic reminds me of a tutorial by Rafael Grassetti but for Aragorn's sword

[@BlenderForge]

I'm glad you like it. I have to go look that other one up.

[@khs7825]

Thank you so much...!! beginner best tutorial !!!45:34 = alt+s

[@BlenderForge]

I'm so glad it was useful to you! Yes, alt+s would work for that operation at 45:34 as well. There are usually a dozen ways to do anything in Blender 🙂

[@rc20gamer25]

Can a beginner also follow this video

[@BlenderForge]

A beginner should be able to follow just fine. One of the reasons the video is so long is because I explain a whole lot about what I'm doing. Give it a try!

[@meneldilelranyar2895]

How mark edges (blue lines)? 42:41 Sorry, I don't have enough time to notice this action.

[@BlenderForge]

Hello. The blue indicate the bevel amount. Select the edges that need to be beveled and set the bevel amount in the viewport's right side panel to 100%. If you don't see the panel, press N.

[@meneldilelranyar2895]

@@BlenderForge , thank You very much!

[@BlenderForge]

@@meneldilelranyar2895 no problem 🙂

[@primitivefish5167]

Perhaps I am too much of a beginner. I cannot seem to follow along, especially with the keystrokes being cut off on the screen. This is one I will come back to as I gain more experience, I suppose.

[@BlenderForge]

No worries. I definitely don't cover every step in detail in this one!

[@primitivefish5167]

I am using version 3.4.1. When I go merge those verts at about 5:05, I right click on the vert and get a menu that let's me merge vertices. However, I don't get the choices you show. I only have At Center, At Cursor, Collapse. Am missing something? At 5:10 it looks as if you extrude the point upwards. Then it looks as if you do a Loop Cut but I cannot get my perspective Loop Cut to lean to the left.as in 5:21. The video is cut off opn the edges so it is hard to follow along with your key strokes.

[@BlenderForge]

The M key is what you want to hit to get the merge options menu. You can always hit your search key which is F3 or space (depending what you have set) and type merge and pick the result you need.

[@primitivefish5167]

@@BlenderForge I am still not getting the options At First and At Last. Only the first three. ALso, if I can ask, how are you making that triangle on the top at 5:20 after you extrude that top point and, it looks like, insert a loop cut?

[@BlenderForge]

@@primitivefish5167 Merge at first and at last are only available if you select one vert and then shift box select the rest, or box select and shift click the last respectively. If you just box select all of the intended verts in one action there is no first or last vert in your selection. Make sense? That top triangle (while not the only way to do it) was made by extruding one vertex, box selecting three vertices including the newly extruded one, and hitting F for fill. This is like the P key for the create polygon command in Modo if you have ever had the misfortune of using that program. I added the additional vertex to that triangle by selecting an edge, right-clicking, and tapping S. You could also click Subdivide after the right click to do the same thing.

[@primitivefish5167]

There was an explanation to my question here that seems to have been deleted. What happened?

[@BlenderForge]

@@primitivefish5167 I see two replies from me above. Do you need to expand them?

[@emmanuelmaterne5021]

How did you make the merging at 49:12 happen?! I tried ml as it shows on your screen.

[@BlenderForge]

That was kind of quick, wasn't it?! 🙂 That would be M for the merge menu, followed by L for merge to last. Last meaning the last selected vertex.

[@emmanuelmaterne5021]

@@BlenderForge Thank, I saw the ML, it just didn't work on mine. I dragged and auto merged, but I'll look into it.

[@TheSmiths2023]

how did you create the ruins for the normal map?

[@BlenderForge]

I don't remember what I used in this case but lately I like to use NormalMap Online cpetry.github.io/NormalMap-Online/ Just upload a gray scale image that you want to be a normal. Ideally the gray scale would be something that works as a bump or displacement.