Starfang Greatsword

After Vigilance's release, I had a request for Starfang from Dragon Age: Origins - Warden's Keep DLC. So, I made it. Instead of taking 35 days like Vigilance, it only took 9. I'm not sure what to make of that yet. Vigilance was a lot more involved and had a lot of details I turned into actual geometry instead of relying on normal maps. I also lost a lot of time trying to get normal maps to render correctly (tip: check for anomalies if you used MeshSmooth to create your high poly model).

Anyways, I decided to take screenshots documenting its creation instead of making numerous blog posts. Without further ado, here they are:

Starting out. Using Iron Claymore as size reference

Made reference card using Dragon Age wiki image

Eyeballing shape

Basic Detailing

Starting UV unwrapping

Starting the texture

Seeing how the texture lines up on the model

Adding more base colors

Smile!

The interior of the sword reminded me of the Normandy from Mass Effect

Adding details to the texture

Baking AO to give some shading to the texture

Adding the fuller

Reshaping and realigning texture

Adding glow

Glow Set

Ingame shot