Op 18-7-2023 om 00:58 schreef Samuel B.:
> That's one nice-looking handle/hilt. How was it modeled?
> 

Thanks Sam. I based the shape first of all on the information given by 
that article which started the project. The authors told and the 
photographs showed the hilt to be octagonal in shape; however, looking 
closely, I got the impression that the lower part around the blade was 
flatter and without a pronounced octagonal shape, so - using Silo - I 
modelled the hilt in two parts:

The lower part below the torus-shaped ring as a flattened and deformed 
cone with a flattened horizontal cylinder differenced from it to produce 
the "claws".

The upper part is based on an octagonal cylinder where the octagonal 
faces are separated by creased edges which - after later subdivisions of 
the object - produced the intended effect. This handle part is also 
slightly flattened but less so than the lower part.

The upper decorative part, is extruded from the octagonal handle and not 
flattened.

Finally, when I was sure I did not need to do any more serious work on 
the shape, I just kept one quarter of the hilt (like the blade) for 
export to .OBJ which I subdivided further in Poseray before exporting to 
mesh2 files to be further used in POV-Ray.

This is more or less a standard procedure I have developed over the 
years and it works very fast. Most time of course is taken by the 
modelling proper in Silo or in Blender (for those who prefer that program).

I am sorry not to have intermediate images of the process.

-- 
Thomas

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