any CS work?

Carth Onasi

Nope =\. No new swords = no cs work.

well i can work on my mod for now then

Tyreil's MG Appentice Updater

Carth Onasi

Alright cool, I can work on mine too!

nice carth..........

i would like that mod.. i hate the mages guild companions..

arent there any more people with swords..??

who putted ricky the cat out??

If you both work on your mods and noobody else is suposed to model for this competition, then who's going to do the models?

When we see more swords, then we choose the best. Model it. Wait for more. Etc.

shadow is going to make the swords still since CS place and updateing things is a simple job for me it will only take me good 15 minites to add and place a twist quite simple really

my mod doesnt replace the MG Appentices it just changes there Class and Layout on

example would be "Mages Guild Madness Knight " which is a MG Appentice as a Knight class with Madness armour Leveled Item List i am going to get permisson to use certen mods for an Updater

the Madness Knight is a like a Berasker so they cant heal and they dont last long but they Respwan with the same layout as before

Carth Onasi

I have one. It's a longsword.

The sword is called Silversnake. It's a double edged sword with two spikes protruding from the side for a hilt. The pommel is a dark leathery texture while the hilt is a silvery texture. The blade is also a shining silver texture. But it really earns it's name due to a dark grey texture snake crafted onto the blade as if coiling around it. Higher up on the blade is the snake's head with it's mouth opened slightly, baring it's fangs. It's eyes are crafted from rubies.

Here's a (Bad) picture of it.



Like tyreil, I can do the CS work on my own. And don't be fooled by the (bad) picture. My art skills suck, the text description I gave is much more accurate.

is it a longsword shortsword Claymore? Dagger? it really does make life easier for shadow

Carth Onasi

Longsword, damn, I knew I was forgetting something.

Heyo, have an early concept for a sword(scimitar) I've always wanted made. Delora's Fire. Had to make it quick, thus their isn't a color scheme yet. If ya would like a more detailed drawing just holler . Well their is a color scheme. The general idea is the blade and the hand-guard be gold. with the handle being red.



I wasn't sure about the serrated edge, but it seemed to look good. The handle/hand-guard especially the pommel is drawn a bit too big as well, the sword should look more dexteritous. The blue part of the hand-guard should also have a fire design. Kind of like it's a small flame spiraling around the blade. And the runes are part of my lore for the sword. I wasn't sure if by lore, Cyrodiilic writing was english or not. Basically it's supposed to read "I Delora, Bestow upon the virtuous, the power to smite the vile, demonic and unjust". The pommel is a dragon claw gripping a gem, representing Akatosh empowering Delora's soul into the blade.

i like that but can you colour in the rest of it?

and i think shadow might havea little probelm with the runes but if you can get us a coloured in verson of it who knows but i love the idea

Carth Onasi

I like the idea too, get it colored how you want it. And I'll test my luck at making it.

I fourth the sword.

I love the soul gem being gripped by the dragon claw.

hmm i will do the enchantment it seems soultrap?

Carth Onasi

Alright I'm back and I'm redrawing right now, bigger shot for more detail. And as far as the soul trap, It's not called Delora's Fire for nothing .

"Delora's Fire came to be when Delora's flesh was corrupted by a powerful Lich. She prayed to
Akatosh to let her continue her quest against the undead hordes. Akatosh answered her plea,
time stood still for Delora and because her blood was so pure Akatosh would grant her one
wish, but she could not remain in her mortal form. And so she wished for her blood to
forever boil without her sword, while her spirit would remain within. Her blood was
enscribed onto the blade and her soul swiftly sank into the sword. From that moment on the
blade became the swift, powerful and shimmering tool of Akatosh known as Delora's Fire."

It should be a powerful fire enchanted sword with "undead" slaying qualities. Something only a good natured character could equip.

That's highly doable actually.

*Needs to learn how to draw so he can make a better picture of Silversnake.*

I'll try again. You've got the base view I suppose, now I guess I need to get it at an angle to where it shows the mouth open.

Wish me luck, my art skills suck really really badly.

Voila!




Left is the old one, right is the new sleeker design.

Honestly, I feel the proportions of the original picture were perfect (except for the finger-guard and pommel), the new blade is a tad bit too broad in some places and maybe a little too long. I couldn't think of what to do with the draping finger guard, so I'm leaving that up to you. And you may want to take some liberties with the fire design on the hand-guard, as I'm sure things get much more interesting in 3d hehe. I did the best I could using a mouse to draw a nice looking fire, the spiraling hand-guard doesn't look half bad, but the hilt isn't so hot. Forgot the runes on the spiral guard. I was thinking maybe the runes could just be english text, unless it might get too distracting.

I wasn't able to get the texture/color I wanted so I'm referencing this picture. The gold color for the blade and hilt is what i'm after



The hand-guard & blade being the same color on my concept may not look as decorative, but ya never know.

I have a minor problem with polys though soo. It might not look as good as your wanting.

I took a modeling class for a year, and honestly... I wouldn't know where to begin for the hilt. So do whatcha gotta do, simplicity isn't always a bad thing.

Haha modeling is hard.

so its going to be one handed or 2 handed?

Carth Onasi

One handed scimitar.

right thanks how long we talking?

Carth Onasi

Here's the sleeker version. The proportions are much better now. If you haven't started modeling yet I'd suggest working off of this picture.




Length... Well I'm not very familiar with vanilla oblivion anymore. The realistic in-game length would be around 1.04, 1.06 is the "real" length of the vanilla steel longsword. The .02 difference gives the longsword about a 2 inch advantage.

The weapon-length as set in the CS is a multiplier for the mesh's length for purposes of hitting opponents. That is to say, if a sword had a length of 3, it would be able to hit things three sword-lengths away from the attacker.

Ack, for the life of me I can't get the Silversnake drawing right.

Got any advice for someone who's drawing skills are worse than a five year old's? Lol.

Hey mate.., learning becomes harder with age.., But my advice is DRAW A LOT !!!!!

I'm willing to try a redesigne if you want me to.

If you first want to see more of my work see the 2nd page of this thread.

I always thought how that was applied in-game was odd. But I've tested it so many times, 1.06 seems to be the perfect number for the steel longsword. It was long tedious work but I tested the striking distance on all the weapons, making the reach longer if the weapon was centered in a unfeasible manner.



And Istari, I highly recommend outlining your weapon and it's details on paper and scan it or take a picture. Drawing stuff in paint/photoshop is a little tedious, I am kind of used to it thought since I've been drawing stuff by mouse for a good while . Some advice I can give is to draft your weapon on paper, the basic shape of it in your mind. Then slowly add the details, inch by inch (or mm by mm if you want it perfect). I forget who said it, but a great artist said "Every block of stone has a statue inside of it". Chip off the rough edges.

A simple trick is to draw it with a pencil first, then use a black marker to "ink" the finished shape, erase the pencil, scan it, clean up in photoshop - voila.

@ IHRE,

You're making the assumtion that he can draw with pensil.., I myself know to menny people that can't even draw a "stick figure" if there lifes would depend on it.

B.T.W.

How's the "DC" mod comming allong??




@ Istari,

I just couldn't help myself I've already made a "detail" sketch of the "Snake headed" tip of your sword...., I'll only upload if you whant me to.

hey people i been busy most of the day and finshed my mod take a look: http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=19126

@shadow how are the swords?

The swords haven't been started yet. My computer has been acting really crappy lately.

now you know how i feel haha still i got my mod done in one day im happy

Carth Onasi

I've been working on my texturing skills lately. I can make pretty good art, but I'm not so familiar with due process. I redid a texture I hated on a custom sword, sure enough it looks better, but now the whole sword has the shine of chrome. I saved the texture as dxt 3, could that be why? I was only wanting the blade to have that chrome reflection to it.

Umm...shouldn't textures be in .dds format?

Of course . I was talking about the compression you select in the process of saving a DDS (at least I think that's what that is). There is dxt 1, dxt 3, interpolation and no and so on.

Yes, yes, oh God YES! Upload it man! Let's see it!

ehhhh.., oké....,

(I so hope you're a Beautiful woman..., (but knowing my luck your an ugly old dude))

Well here it is:

Click to view attachment


If it's not up to you expectations, don't worry I bearly spend 10 minutes on it.

ectually, scanning and typing this post took me longer.

nice work Jroin

Carth Onasi

Oh SNAP! That's amazing. A lot better than what I could do.

=_= I'm a guy. Not an ugly old dude. I'm a teenager that looks like a cross between jock and nerd.

@ Tyreil and Istari,

Thanks for the compliment

I'm unsure if it showes clearly in the sketch, but the Fuller (a.k.a. "Blood groove") runns under the snakehead and becomes the forked tongue of a snake, perhaps the snake one the blade hase two heads and the tongues "fuse" at the tip..., it's just a idea.


@ Istari,

So.., you look like me.., only younger.., (6' 6" (1.96m) and 165 pound (75Kg))

im only 6.1 and if i didnt shave i look like david tennent which is ace

on topic : any more swords post away

Carth Onasi

Lol I'm bored.

on topic shadow

Carth Onasi

No I'm bored figuring out how to make this sword.

How can you be bored making a sword with a soul gem grabbing dragon claw?

Cuz its hard.