"Vincent Le Chevalier" <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSPAMfr> wrote in 
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>>    Well Vincent, this was the best that I could do with Wings so far on 
>> your Rapier Hilt project. Hope you like it.
>>
>>      (If you/anyone wants to play with the model at all, let me know and 
>> I'll have it ready for download sometime soon. You can do what you want 
>> with it, it's free.)     :)
>>
>>
>
> Wow. That's the best rapier hilt model I've seen this far, in fact :-D

     Heh, thanks!

>
> Actually, I've seen photographs of modern rapier reproductions that were 
> possibly less accurate than your 3D model ;-)
>
> If you were to work on it again, maybe you could make the branches join 
> with a bit more acute angles. Maybe also the handle could be longer... But 
> since you worked merely from 4 photos, the result really is awesome 
> already!
>
> I'd happily play with that model, if only just to make myself a wallpaper 
> :-)

     This is a 'smoothed once' .obj model, (110kb zip) so you can still 
adjust it to what you want. It's only the hilt and finial part, so you can 
do the handle and blade as you want too:

     http://website.lineone.net/~25ct/rapier_hilt.zip

     I'll leave it up for ages if anyone else wants it.


>
> Additionnaly, this answers a question I've been asking myself: Yes, I 
> *must* learn how to use Wings...

      Yes, give it a go, the learning curve is fairly easy. I think I've 
been using it for about two years now, and I don't think I'll give it up. 
:o)

>
> OOC, what time did you spend on the modelling?

    Approximately 6 hours over two days for the modeling, and about 20 
minutes setting the scene up.


>
> Happy New Year!

    And to you too. I'm glad that you like the hilt.  :o)

      ~Steve~


>
> -- 
> Vincent

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