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In this 3D modeling tutorial I will show you how to model a Japanese Samurai sword.
Link to red velvet texture
http://gyazo.com/f8e5f664dd93923c143c93951f0f1cf5
Link to reference image
http://i.gyazo.com/7f3ce5f7cd96ee63da7c8c751c713b57.gif
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28 responses to “Maya tutorial: How to model a Samurai Sword”
Dude use layers and you wont haft to worry about maya slowing down as much but i did love watching you model wouldve love to c u decorate it
a technical question is this model could be used for animation ? I know it's a high poly model but maybe if u create two versions one is high for baking maps on zbruah or something and you will apply the maps on the other one with low poly I guess so what I said is possible or not with your model ? is this the correct way to model for animation ? or it's just for tutorial purposes ?
Great video. I just started with this program. But I use the 2016 version instead of the 2014 version you are using as far as I can tell. Could you make another tutorial about this katana but than with the 2016 version? I want to design my own katana in real and this is a very good way to try something and try to fit everything together. Thank you so much and keep up the posting of these amazing and incredible tutorials.
Thank you so much for the tutorial i learned a lot from this even tough i am a beginner a 3D modelling, I absolutely love katana swords 😀
thanks made me get good marks in school project
thank you so much for this helpful video!!!!!!!!
hahaha this is great video and all, but the polly count on this would be insane! this would definitely be impossible to UV unwrap ahahahaha!
10:06 i just wanted to make a sword cries …… continue watches cause its so damn cool…sobs
14:14 when i press shift+D it dosent add more in at differnt angles, just adds moore in at the same angle. help? @Mike Hermes
isn't there any alternatives to that highpoly handle fiber decorations? that looks bit too much
how can i find more image based lighting ? I think this has a great impact on the render.
I'm having problem trying to render the scene, it's just appears all blue, I tried to change many times the settings and nothing worked.. I tried to create a new scene just with a box, and it rendered normally, but in this scene, it's jus't a blue screen, what can I do to fix it? thanks 🙂
cant find mia_material_x on maya 2016 plz help
You got your techniques right, but you don't seem to understand the anatomy of a katana. You're missing the ray skin for the handle, the collar that connects the blade to the guard and the end cap. Those things make a katana stable. Anyway, good video! Also, there is usually no beveled top edge for a katana.(Source: me. I own a few battle-ready katanas.
mike can u a tutorial on modeling a ninja star?
When I double click at around 8:56 to select both edges and then use bevel, it doesn't select the whole sides, is there any reason for that? I did insert multiple edge loops before the tip of the blade , because I'm making a different, more curved katana.
Awesome but so damn heavy on polly count!!!!!
Thank you for the vids, the only maya tutorials i can find on the internet that an experienced modeller can watch and do along, normally its just watching 3x speed modelling videos zzzz
do you only use maya ?
talk louder please sir.
I'm sorry I can't find mia_material and stuff on maya 2015. Would you please point me to a source to import them ?
14:10 How did you do?
loved it, though I'm a bit of a neat freak and I'd need to use grid/vertice snapping for all the placements of parts.
thanks by the video mike, one question, how can render the models like your thumbnails? looks awesome that renders you make for your videos thumbs,
best regards thanks!
awesome video Mike
this is amazing mike,,fantastic….thank you for the awesome tutorial…i know you must have a lot of requests..but can you make a tutorial explaining how to model a group of mountains…i always struggle with making them detailed 🙂
realy cool always…
awesome video Mike 🙂
And here it is, the latest 3D modeling video on MH Tutorials