This week I worked more towards finsihing the handle of my sword. This part was planned to be very detailed so I took time to make sure the progress is exactly how I envisioned it.
I made a ring which I then pressed 3 to give it a smoother apperance and to create a perfect round circle.
I then created two small poles to attach this to the other part of the handle created.
I then started to create the small dragon wings that would appear below the main wings I will be creating.
I did this by making a plane, and creating the dragon wing shape. I then created another plane at the other end of the ring so it would appear attached to the handle, and combined these. I then duplicated these and resized these, changed topology slighly for variation, and changed these to a smoother apperance again.
I then duplicated these and rotated them, then reversed the faces, so it would appear the same on the other side of the handle.
My next task was to create the orb. This was simple as it would just be a sphere polygon. I transformed this to be the correct size and right in the centre of the handle.
Next, I did my method of checking how these shapes looked extruded, and seeing if there was anything I needed to change. The extrusion worked which means I could move onto my next phase. I did however discover the wings looked better with shaper edges, so I selected 1 for them and decided to keep this.
I then decided to work on the dragon wings. With this part I did run into some topology issues. The shape was really complicated so creating faces with 4 sides, whilst also including all of the details for future indents and extrusion using edge loops, made the topology quite busy and messy. This may be an issue with UVs I am prepared to come back to.
I then duplicated this, rotated it and reversed the face again to create a symetrical handle. There is a final part to finish this model which will be the upper handle, and then I will be able to work on the details and texturing.