Butterfly Sword

3D ModelNoAI

Original Artwork by Moniek Schilder: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9mG6my

I saw this beautiful sword design by Moniek Schilder here on Artstation and felt immediately drawn to it. I knew I wanted to try a modeling a weapon while still exploring a stylized texturing technique. I hope I did Moniek’s design justice!

There are multiple things I’m pleased with on this project and multiple things I hope to resolve better in the future. One thing I’m particularly proud of is the damaged portion of the flat part of the blade, which I actually “painted” the normals for in Substance Painter! My dear friend Weston (https://www.artstation.com/westontjones) suggested I try that when I realized I forgot to sculpt the damage in Zbrush. Something I hope to learn from is the lighting issue on the handle, which is related to how I UV’d this piece. Overall, I am pleased with my growth in the past two projects!

Verts: 4296 Faces: 3718 Tris: 7404 Blender: Lo Poly Zbrush: Hi Poly Substance Painter: Texture Unreal: Render