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KATANA Fitting
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Published: 2005-11-15 02:15:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 101013; Favourites: 2135; Downloads: 14350
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C&C are more then welcome, as always and thanks for watching, hope youll like
.modeled in maya and rendered in mentalray
You can buy the model here: www.the3dstudio.com/product_de…
wireframes : www.cgtalk.co.il/forum/files/k… www.cgtalk.co.il/forum/files/k… www.cgtalk.co.il/forum/files/k…
other version www.deviantart.com/deviation/2…
- Special thanks to For recommending my artwork for a DD ! Thank you soo much .and another special Thanks goes to for his DD approve and his beautiful, beautiful words in the Description !
thanks everyone
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well deserved DD. and it looks very real. very real. i dont know if it's a compliment for a 3D-artist that his work looks like a photograph, but i'm gonna say it looks real. 'cause it does!
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thank you very much, and about the realizm, this is made as a test in photoreal so... its a big ass compliment, about the bigest it can get.
it's still work in progress and many things fixed, just did'nt finished it yet.
thanks again. keep up !
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you are welcome dude! you have done a great job, and i would love to see it finished!
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Well, I don't think it's necessary to list everything, that's already perfect, yet again.
Unfortunately I'm not modelling myself, but in my opinion the last few things to be corrected are no CGI gimmicks.
So what yours truly suggest is the following:
I don't what to throw you back into modelling, but:
* Since you have chosen this new perspective I cannot say wether you already fixed it, but I'm pretty sure that your katana's proportions (especially tilt<->blade) didn't quite work in your last wip ("Katana Fitting Design w.i.p.") katanas fall into the daito-sword class, thus they vary in size from 2-3 shaku (one shaku = approx. 11.93 inches), whereas the tilt (tsuka) usually varies from 23- max. 30 cm [1cm=0.3937inches]. It might only be the perspective, but I somehow doubt that - you can simply check that up.
* Also a real katana (not only these decoration-fakes) have a (Bo-)Hi - a nick for the blood to trickle -, which is seperated by the shinogi (the arris). And that's why I'd move your katana's arris a little more up towards the mune (blade-back).
*The grinding. Goal of the grinding is not to make the katana shiny as a mirror, but to underline the hada (steel structure). That is to say, that your blade is, in my gusto 
* However, in contrast to Torbsie (commented your wip), I don't find that your saya (scabbard) *needs* to look like wood, because saya were often wrapped in leather (or even entirely made of it) [19th century military (mostly in Europe) even used metal-only ones]. And above all, wood used for saya was often so hard, that it's surface was very smooth.
I figured this is a little confusing, so I looked up the wikipedia-entry and it is pretty good, so -if you want to- you can search for "katana" on [link] and check up facts/view some drawings.
But all-in-all I can doubtlessly say, that your Katana is the best I have seen so far (what concerns CGI). [And I have looked trough *a lot* of boards and pages..]
Post Skriptum: Sorry for my crappy english, I just don't get rid of it
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1st.... thank you very much body, you sure know your way around katanas !
2nd.... where the you where when i started workin on it...i have like 100 pic refrences of different swords, i never held a sworld in my life (YET !) so as you can
figure out... making it from a picture refrence is HELL !!! i'm sure that some stuff are out of minor propurtion, most of it is from the camera depth and agnle.
about the blade....it's not just shiny, i reflect to eye p.o.v and reacts to the Env. so.... in this image specifecly you can see very shiny and reflective, but as the camera or the blade moves, even i was amazed first time i rendered video of the blade. i can send you a video sample of it.
thank you very very much for the critique, as soon as ill free some time... im fixing ALLLLL this stuff, ill try to send you a 1st preview, as a thank you.
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Wow, that's great. Wish I had such modeling talents
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looks good (tought you were hungarian sry)
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if i could only understand ...
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absolutely fricking stunning... i was going to comment on how cool a photo it was... then saw it was a render... i bow to your talent!
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KATANA!!!! Thats cool!
KATANA KATANA! I 
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(whistles) That has got to be one hard piece of work.
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Wow, that is positively amazing. Having done a little 3D work myself, I know how damn hard and frustrating it can be. This in all honesty deserves a Daily Deviation. I'm completely awestruck by the sheer detail and realism!
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...holy sheeeit....that is SWEET!!!!!!! I so gotta loear myay! The construction of the sword, the sheath is beautiful, and the hilt..damn. u must have spent a while on that 1!
excelent job man! keep up the good work!
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you can say a while....and the truth is that i spend on that peice...ON and OFF about 6 -12 month..until that last image...no happy all the way YET...but some time.. i will be
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*Gasp!* I thought it was a pic! (O__O)
GAWD! THAT IS AWESOME!!!! 
Awesome job on this!
3D Katana~
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^.^ I like! I'm not gunna say anything like nice photo... cuz i've seen enough #D renders to know the difference...
But dAMN. This is an amazing render!
>< Wish my laptop could do half that good. I hope to be able to comete with this some day. Bryce5 and an actual desktop. I cant wait.
Be warned. Or... just... ready to laugh. xD /fav
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thanks...
thanks again, im glad you liked .
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OMG suck a beautiful katana. And the way you photographed it is spectacular.^_^ May I ask who made your katana?
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amm its not a photograph... its been done all in 3D... soo...actually i made my katana.
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amm...you can check my gallery to see some images of the work in progress....
its been modeled in a 3D software (MAYA in this case) after giving the models the right materials ( like stainless steel, some painted wood, fabrics and so on)
the lighting for this image comes from an HDRI image ( which is a special image format which contain the Image exposure information )
this HDRI image... control the source of the light, light colors and the reflections on objects that can react to it.
thats the base..kinda ... didnt you ever seen Shrek or something ?!
any way... i added linkes to some of the wip stages.
thanks for the intrest.
[link]
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I saw it and though 'nice photograph, then I read the description... Amazing!
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o_o
No way. That is beyond.. wow. oO;
Normally I can tell the difference between digital art and photography. Your drawing stumped me, then I looked at it closely. The hilt and the very end of the sheath is when I noticed that it was a digital drawing. Very stunning. Tricked me!
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Is the hilt the form of the symbol for Earth?
The katana doesn't look too sharp...
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I can hardly tell it's not a photo. Just amazing.
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that looks so real
its definately worth the time and effort
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Holy shit! I thought that this was real until I checked the category; I zoomed in, and the only thing that I can find that doensn't look real is the top of the saya (near the pov). I am a big fan of katanas (I'm currently training in traditional japaneses swordsmanship), and this is the best-looking [fake] katana, ever!
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thanks, im glad you liked... and good luck in your training.. it sounds cool as hell and deadly even behond. !
thanks again.
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Holy cow! Not many cows are holy to me, but this is definately the biggest one. This cow has eaten A LOT. Anywho, away from that imagery, this is absoluetly crazy. Fantastic. Just wow.
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Holy crap! I thought it was real until I looked at the category O_O
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hey.....culd u add the wireframes....thanks...
and also.....wat is more to finish..?
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hey, thank for the C. there is already a wireframe version in my gallery...you are more then welcome to check it out.
there are still some fine tune details to add... stuff that i fixed and didnt rendered yet + higher detail setting for the finel render.
thanks again.
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mo rpoblem dude.....
its totally worth it!!!
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hhhhooolllllyyyy mmoother of......
...dude...this rockz!!! absolutely magnificant.....how long did this take you?
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thanks...im glad you liked it.
its done in about 150 hours maybe a bit more.. it all started as a study...i'm sure that a pro would have done a peice like that much much faster.
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It looks amazing, at first I thought it was a photogrpah, then checked the section and realized it was 3d art.
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Absolutely flawless. I'm in disbelief
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Wow 
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