John MulcahyVehicle Art
Close-up of the bone sword's hilt with a single yellow eye
OBJECT
Bone_Sword
ENGINE
Marmoset
CLASS
Weapon
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Personal project · 10

Bone Sword

With this personal project I pushed myself to make something more organic. I also tried a high-to-low workflow instead of my usual low-to-high.

The result is a low-poly, game-ready asset with two custom materials.

Triangles
11,672
Materials
2 custom
High poly
ZBrush
Retopology
Topogun 2
UVs
3ds Max
Texturing
Substance Painter
Rendering
Marmoset Toolbag

In Motion

Eye animation
Lighting test

Renders

The full bone sword at an angle
Pommel and wrapped grip
Bone hilt with teeth and spikes
Blade with red vein detail
Blade edge close-up
Extreme close-up of the yellow eye

Breakdown

Sword parts laid out with the eye
Parts layout
Untextured ZBrush sculpt of the sword and eye
High poly ZBrush sculpt
Textured sword with wireframe overlay
Wireframe