Yet another lightsaber (I call this one Rosebud)

Artwork Finished Projects
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Like the sled from Citizen Kane. I used a sith blade on this one because I had a rose in mind while I was modeling it and I wanted to capture that with the colors. This one took me all night, but it was definitely worth it. I’m still working with fairly simple meshes, but I sculpted these more rather than just leaving them as is. It’s mostly cylinders and cubes I skewed. A cross-section of the hilt reveals that it’s actually elliptical rather than round.

Hilt:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w116/StreetMage/rosebudhilt1.jpg
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http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w116/StreetMage/rosebudhilt2-1.jpg
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Fire it up!

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w116/StreetMage/rosebudbladeperspective.jpg
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http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w116/StreetMage/rosebudhiltlightjpg-1.jpg
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I can’t wait to start messing with animations, but right now I’m just trying to get the hang of sculpting. Any comments?

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Well done! You should mess around with materials, with ray mirror you can make cool reflective metals. The background can look better if you texture it.

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Right now I’m just trying to keep it basic and get the fundamentals of sculpting and interacting with Blender down. Once I get the hang of that I’ll start playing around with textures and the like. I’ve got a .pdf textbook that I’m planning to work through this summer.