Kanine's Weapon Thread

Kanine

Hey there all you pirates, Vikings, and/or Knights!

I'm Kanine, and right now I'm working on making SUPER EXCITING HIGH DEF ENHANCED HD GRAPHICS for the weapons in PVK2.

Here's some pictures of what I'm working on!







Also, here's a timelapse video of me constructing the high poly model for the big crossbow!

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Xxcrazy-monkeyxX

Shut up and take my bananas!!!

So far it looks great.
I really like the throwable axes. They look finished

Nive

This is absolutely glorious.

Sphynx

Kanine wrote:

What camera was this taken with?

EDIT: It worked.

Kanine

"]http://www.youtube....h?v=LV0GsU5X_FY

here's a good video about viking throwing axes if you're curious

Ukyo Kuonji

No words, just manly tears of joy. How beautiful!

Kanine

Just a quick update: I'm consolidating all the axes materials into one texture sheet just because it seems to make more sense that way. Plus having one material for all the axes saves on memory even if it's a small amount.

When I finish the materials for the axes I will be moving on to the two viking shield high poly models.

Kanine

quick axe bake pic

Nive

Which axes are these, exactly? There's only three axes currently in the game, and unless the Zerker's big axe is being significantly redesigned, two of these models are completely new.
Is the Huscarl getting a one-handed axe to replace his sword or something?

Kanine

I thought both the Huscarl and Berserker each carried two axe variants respectively?

Nive

Oh yeah wow, I forgot about the Zerker's axe-sword combo.

Sphynx

The Berserker and the Huscarl both carry a big axe as their primary weapon, but I can only see one large axe in the picture above.

Huscarl*

Berserker*


The wiki might not always be up-to-date, so it would be best to have PVKII installed.

Kanine

The long thin axe is the huscarls while the stouter thicker axe is the berserker axe. the smallest axe is the throwing axe while the one between is the sword/axe combo

Kanine

axes materials have been done

Ukyo Kuonji

If you ask me, the Berserker's 2H axe should look a little more beat up and scratched, more in line with his current one.

Kanine

Yeah I'm thinking I'm going to add leather wrappings to the other 2 non-throwing axes.

Combine™

Funny since i had no idea what was going on in the video but i ended up watching it all and enjoyed it alot, found it very interesting and kinda looks like fun to do! nice music choice aswell very relaxing!

Sphynx

The Berserker's primary axe should be a lot bigger than the one in his sword-axe-combo. And, as Ukyo Kuonji already pointed out: it should look a bit 'used'. Of course, this only applies if you want to remake the weapons rather than replacing them.

Are you going for a higher historical accuracy?

Kanine

I'm putting the axes aside while I work on the two shields at the moment. I'm going for a mix of replacing the weapons, vaguely using historical reference, and just making cool looking stuff.

Btw thanks for all the kind words and constructive crits everybody!

Sphynx

Kanine wrote:

Btw thanks for all the kind words and constructive crits everybody!

No problem, I hope you didn't take too much damage!

Kanine

The damage teaches me to be less of a n~0~0~b.

Kanine

more stuff gettin done!

schatzmeister

Fantastic, truly. Keep up the great work!

Kanine

shield pun

Assigir The Nord

worn paint but no worn metal.
metal also want some battle love!

Ukyo Kuonji

I get to use this again

Kanine

Assigir The Nord wrote:

worn paint but no worn metal.
metal also want some battle love!

wait wat? the metal has edge wear all around it?

schatzmeister

Some bigger dents would do the trick, probably.

Assigir The Nord

That sort of wear and tear is something I would associate with just carrying the shield and wearing it's edges from all it bumps into, not actual combat wear.

The metal on the shield was specifically placed in places where a complete wooden shield would most likely crack, so one would assume at least some heavy dent.

Making a few dents on the rim along the direction of the lines of the wood would make sense to me.

Also dents are more prone to rust, not that it have to have rust pending on how the wearer stored/maintained it, just saying.

Disturving

This has been rewritten.

I've got a few questions about the shield design. Is it meant to be a Viking shield? It's got some perculiar features. What was the thinking behind giving the shield no cloth or hide covering, and a metal rim, and a handle raised so far above the centre?

Kanine

hey i just wanted to give an update so nobody thinks i am dead. i got sidetracked for a few weeks for various reasons but right now im working on making lp models for a lot of the stuff at the moment. also im taking your crits about the shield and making modifications to it. thx everybody for being patient!