Old Katana - Game Ready Weapon
The Katana is one of the most well-known swords idolized by history geeks, weebs, and many more.
I loved the process of making the hilt combing modular moddeling with designing a displacement texture and then applying and baking. It was a nice little break from the normal workflow.
This weapon was a Commission.
Workflow :
Blockout in Maya,
Displacement Textures in Substance Designer
Sculpted in Zbrush.
Cleaned up in Maya.
Baked in Marmoset.
Textured in Substance Painter.
These final renders were made in Marmoset 4
Final Texture resolution: 4k
Final Tris count: 31909