Kuraete Katana Saber Hilt

[71M]

I just finished modeling a Japanese Long Sword, or Katana for JKA. This is probably a very heavily chosen weapon to create now with JKA's saber system, but i wanted to try anyway.

 

Because of the limitations of the Hiragana font I used, the only name I could come up with at the time was "Kuraete", which probabaly doesn't mean anything in Japanese (Yes, I can read Hiragana and can speak Japanese on a moderately okay scale. )

 

Here are some screens:

 

 

 

 

I'm thinking the blade may need to be a bit smaller, but then again, this is supposed to be a long sword.

 

What do you think?

 

-TiM

[Covax]

Pretty cool. Not sure if that's a skin or a shader but the way the tip of the sword (I know there's a name for it but can't remember) stands out.

 

Is that supposed to be some kind of writing on the tsuba?

[71M]

Yes, it's a specular shader. It's showing up at the tip because of the angle I took the pic at.

 

And yes, that is writing on the tsuba (The sword guard for those who don't know). I was originally going to write something in Japanese like "Jyei-kei-ei ha kakkokute tanshii geemu da to omoimasu" (I Think JKA is a cool and fun game. ) but the hiragana font I used didn't allow that, so I put down some random symbols, hoping no one who spoke Japanese came along and looked at it.

 

Hmm, the braided part might need some more color depth too...

 

-TiM