paradymx Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Taking a break from my portfolio (well...... I've just been rendering for a week straight now) and I decided to have some fun and try to model for a change. and here's the result.... First Tsurugi For those of you not into Video Games or Anime (I like to hope were all at least into animation here at least ) This is the sword Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7 uses in the CG movie Advent Children. (picture from the movie) Thought it would be something cool to model. I rigged it to work just like the sword in the movie. Six swords combining into one. I posted a quick demo just to give you an idea how the model works. tsword.mov Two questions though. I picked up some where that using reflection maps as aposed to actual reflectivity is suppose to save render time. I tested both ways and saw no difference. Is render time really saved? I set up the rig with nulls as targets for the placement of the sword when the need to animate it locking into place. I want them to be visible but not able to be manipulated. I made a constraint that limited all manipulators to off but if I am working in the Choregraphy I still can select them. Is the pose constraint the wrong way to go? My splinemanship needs work I know; any suggestions are always wanted along with the regular C&C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted April 5, 2008 Hash Fellow Share Posted April 5, 2008 I know nothing of the story behind it but that's an interesting gizmo you got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradymx Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 I know nothing of the story behind it but that's an interesting gizmo you got there. Yeah I love most of Square Enix's concept and character designs. the hard part was making everything fit. I had to cheat in some areas of the design so its not an exact replica. I wish I could get the wireframes and turnarounds from the actual movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylemb Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 that is f****** awsome . now just make cloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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