Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

[Stromgarde]

This was significatly more complicated to create due to the fact that there are two models for every 1H weapon: One for main hand, one for offhand. That being said, results are below. I'm not going to post the .DAT's until I have them finished for all races, but for now you can have these to look at.

[InuTrunks]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

Very nice Storm, though, I think it's a little too long, how would a shortened version look?

Double Post Edited:
Not much, but just a tad, but it still looks quite good.

[Yossar]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

Very nice Storm, though, I think it's a little too long, how would a shortened version look?

Double Post Edited:
Not much, but just a tad, but it still looks quite good.

I concur. It should be shortened a little. ^^

[Stromgarde]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

Very nice Strom, though, I think it's a little too long, how would a shortened version look?

Shortening it is a relatively easy task. However, I want it close to being accurate to what's in the movie; As it is currently, it's roughly as long (slightly shorter) as the shortest great katanas, such as Soboro Subehiko and Ashura. Really, I would only use it on mainhand since that's the only one involved in weaponskills, but I made both for the sake of thoroughness.

On the prototype, anyway.

At its current length, it seems to animate well, but I may decide to shorten it a bit more before final release. As I said earlier, it's relatively trivial to do, and not hard at all in Meta. VRS is still clunkier for moving stuff around.

[NeogearzX]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

dude that is bad ass thank you very much :D

[Lakai]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

I hate to criticize, because you do such an awesome job... but... I think in terms of capturing the katanas looks in the movie... the handle appears to be too bright. Maybe you just haven't finished the colorations though. Anyhow, thats just my personal input >_> Otherwise it looks great!

[Kagerou]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

Awesome job Strom. Too bad I hated Kadaj and his not-having-reached-puberty voice.

He was funny nonetheless.

[Stromgarde]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

Yeah, I noticed that and adjusted the brightness when I changed the length. Here's the new set. Opinions?

Edit: Also, don't worry about criticism. As long as it's constructive, it's more than welcome.

[NeogearzX]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

the only thing id change, if you could. is to make the blades closer and i guess a thiner would help it look right
other than that its bad ass and i love it

[InuTrunks]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

Yea, it's getting there, but it still looks really too long...

From being in Kendo, I know that holding a double blade like that with one hand would seriuosly be too hard >.>

[Stromgarde]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

The blades need to be that far apart to trap swords. Cloud's is hella thick. As to real-life problems, aside from crazy wrong balance, from a swordmaker's perspective, it would snap in half the first time it hit another weapon. There's no tang. They're just welded onto the tsuba.

[Ghostraven]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

looks great, how do they look on the sides of your charcater when not drawn? I think they are a bit too long as well but they look sexy none the less

[Kildem]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

The seize and the model is perfect, is exactly the same sword. The yellow parts should be a bit more darker.

[Stromgarde]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

Colors and length seem fine to me. There should be five blank spots on the handle though, as opposed to whatever we have currently. Also, the tsuba should be rectangular with smooth edges if it can be managed, without too much texture. If anything, I think I made it a bit too dark.

[Selenity]

Re: Kadaj 1H Katana: By request

Those are gorgeous - too bad I hate ninja >< However your great katana version I'm gonna be using for my samurai >.>