Sword?

[Sage_Shadowbane]

Just some random pixelage, tell me what you guys think. o.O

[Cloven]

Originally Posted by Sage_Shadowbane

Just some random pixelage, tell me what you guys think. o.O

It looks fairly nice man, but it looks more like you cropped the head of a fancy spear and just wanted it to be a sword.

[Shakram]

looks like the head of a javeline but its ok
in my eyes the blade have to look sharper

[Sage_Shadowbane]

Yeah, I wasnt really sure as to whether I should make it into a sword or a stave.. which is why I put a question mark after Sword on the topic name. But anyways, I extended the handle to make it look more like a spear/jave.. And it seems to look alot better now.

[theHAWKER]

Originally Posted by Sage_Shadowbane

Yeah, I wasnt really sure as to whether I should make it into a sword or a stave.. which is why I put a question mark after Sword on the topic name. But anyways, I extended the handle to make it look more like a spear/jave.. And it seems to look alot better now.

Wow nice job

[xXziroXx]

Sword - crappy.
Spear - awesome!

[MrAnonymous_P2P]

Nice

[DustyPorViva]

Nowadays, dithering is mainly only good for texture. Metal=do not dither. You're taking a reflective, smooth surface and turning it rough and rock-like.
You're also not defining the shape of a blade. The shading you have now looks kind of like a rough, roundish thing, rather than a thin, sharp blade.
While not being really being a critical comment, why the secondary lightsource?

[KyleNicholson]

Nice
For some reason it looks like it would go good with the Phoenix shield from GK.

[Horrified]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Nowadays, dithering is mainly only good for texture. Metal=do not dither. You're taking a reflective, smooth surface and turning it rough and rock-like.
You're also not defining the shape of a blade. The shading you have now looks kind of like a rough, roundish thing, rather than a thin, sharp blade.
While not being really being a critical comment, why the secondary lightsource?

That sounds professional so I agree.



On an unprofessional statement, I think it's cool ;o

[Elk]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Nowadays, dithering is mainly only good for texture. Metal=do not dither. You're taking a reflective, smooth surface and turning it rough and rock-like.
You're also not defining the shape of a blade. The shading you have now looks kind of like a rough, roundish thing, rather than a thin, sharp blade.
While not being really being a critical comment, why the secondary lightsource?

i always said that =(!

it looks rusty, doesnt it, dusty?

sure you can use dither but you need to know how

it would look more metallic if you used more colors to give it shine effects etc...etcetcblah

[Pimmeh]

I quite like it. Zulu-ish....

[Tom]

Nice work sage, really nice colours And a good light source colour, lurve it.

Dither can be used, but meh, no point really unless you want to be really awkward lol.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Tom

Nice work sage, really nice colours And a good light source colour, lurve it.

Dither can be used, but meh, no point really unless you want to be really awkward lol.

agreed
he did a good job with the blueish light and the red one

[Crono]

that spear ****ing rocks, elk's version is ugly

[Elk]

._.

[DustyPorViva]

The problem with his shading as it is now is it has absolutely no shape. He defines nothing, just fills in emptyness.

I also think the detail in the ornate parts of the sword could use some contrast, you can't really read the detail that's there, it's just kind of a blur.

[Elk]

was just showing what you can do with that palette + dither =/
if he used white the sharpness could be shown alot better

[Cloven]

Originally Posted by Gerami

that spear ****ing rocks, elk's version is ugly

Ima have to agree this time.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Elk

was just showing what you can do with that palette + dither =/
if he used white the sharpness could be shown alot better

poop

[Codein]

Originally Posted by Sage_Shadowbane

Yeah, I wasnt really sure as to whether I should make it into a sword or a stave.. which is why I put a question mark after Sword on the topic name. But anyways, I extended the handle to make it look more like a spear/jave.. And it seems to look alot better now.

Wow, look so awesome.

Kinda looks like you'd find it amongst a warrior fish folk, if you know what I mean

[coreys]

Originally Posted by Gerami

that spear ****ing rocks, elk's version is ugly

I wouldn't say it's ugly. It's not as good as Sages though.

[Codein]

Originally Posted by coreys

I wouldn't say it's ugly. It's not as good as Sages though.

I would.

[Sage_Shadowbane]

Tried my half at shading the blade better.. dunno if it worked or not..

Also, just wanted to show off these cliffs I made, didnt feel like making another thread seeing as I already have this one going so.. image is attached with my spear edit, tell me what you guys think.

[Elk]

better now !

[xXziroXx]

*steals those cliffs for Mythic*

Thanks Sage!

[Chompy]

Nice cliffs :o

[Pimmeh]

Meh I dont like them....
No offense but they look so tiny!
More like those Jule tiles then normal cliffs....
I highly doubt its possible to make them a bit higher seeing as it blends colors like that.

[Crow]

I would say the cliffs have not enough contrast. May be just me though. But I like it when stuff sticks out, the cliffs unfortunately dont.
Heres my edit on the spear: