I know this is not JO/JA related, but i wanted to know how it looks, i made the original lightsaber hilt for a movie I did, so I decided to model and render it in maya, please let me know what you think












[This message has been edited by tasmic (edited March 18, 2004).]

Hey, it doesn't have to be JK/JA related -- heck, doesn't even have to be SW related, which this is.

Anywhos, my only suggestion would be maybe to not make the head-part of the hilt as noticably different in size as the rest of the hilt, judging from the reference pic. Otherwise, looks very nice.

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thanks for the compliment, i know the head might look too big, and in the original picture it doesn't, the maya one is proportional, only reason the original looks smaller was b/c of the angle i took the picture from, i actually compared both, and both were proportional when you actualy look at the original from the front side to the rendered one from the front side, they are the same

[This message has been edited by tasmic (edited March 18, 2004).]

Well, the model isn't that complex, so I can't say it's hugely impressive. maybe with some appropriate bump maps and textures, but not as is. And I believe the word you were looking for is "proportional", not "propositional" which would mean, "relating to making a proposition", or something along those lines.

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It's a simple model, but it gets the job done! Good job.

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Honestly, its not bad, the maya render looks more like a game model than serious movie render.

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Is it a lightside jedi's lightsaber? It really loks like it.

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very cool, and very nice

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Well when I made the lightsaber hilt for a movie, i did it based more on the Original Trilogy looking lightsabers then the Prequal Lightsabers, but it is my own design, and it fits very good into my hands

Oh i may have forgotten to say this earlier, but i thought i'd let everyone know, when I modelled the saber, the hardest part was making the Belt Clip

heh, as the first pic was downloading, I was thinking... Dang.. That's some good modeling.

Then I realized that was the actual picture. Anyway, not bad though.

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Here's another Render I did, this time with a wooden floor, so you can see it reflecting both the shadow and the saber itself, let me know what you think



[This message has been edited by tasmic (edited March 23, 2004).]

The model's okay, but the actual thing reminds me of just a normal pipe with a cap screwed on the top. Usually the lightsaber is more graceful in design, but whatever floats your boat; Jedi made their lightsabers to match their styles and personalities.
Oh yeah, and the model looks pretty cool on that wood flooring. Now test it on a real wood floor to see how it looks.

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is it just me, or do those walls and that floor look very much too see-through? other than that, awesome job!

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Hm. Needs textures, and try it in another third party renderer maybe? or get it rendered by someone.

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OUCH!, it's my first modelling and rendering job in maya, i'm sorry if it doesn't look all that great

holy crap at first i thought the first pic is a photo... then i read the thread text.

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You didn't really read it, because the first image is a photo. ;p