Katana – Page 4

Step 25

  1. Edge ring select the edges on the upper half of the tsuba and subdivide them.
  2. Slide the resulting ring down somewhat close to the connection to the blade.
  3. Round this ring off like the others.

Step 26

  1. Adjust and round the bottom of the tsuba to match.

Step 27

  1. Grab all the center faces on the top side of the tsuba and extrude them down, making an indentation into the hilt.
  2. Repeat the same on the bottom side.
  3. The tsuba is finished.

Step 28

  1. On to the handle. Grab the two faces on the bottom of the tsuba.
  2. Extrude them down about 10 units.

Step 29

  1. Ring Select and Subdivide the handle.
  2. Translate the loop down to about 1 unit away from the bottom.

Step 30

  1. Grab the four faces that make up the handle.
  2. Extrude these down a little, about 0.04 units.
  3. Even out the edges to form the handle.

Step 31

  1. Grab the four verts that make up the outer edge of the pommel of the sword.
  2. Pull them up about 0.1 unit.
  3. Pull them each in about 0.1 unit to give the pommel a slightly rounded look.

Step 32

  1. Press Tab to switch back to Object mode.
  2. Select the half of the katana.
  3. Duplicate it (Shift-D) but DON’T MOVE IT. Just click again to leave it in place.
  4. Now we Mirror the duplicate in the Z direction (Ctrl-M to enter Mirror mode and Z to set direction).
  5. Lastly we Join the two halves by selecting them and hitting Ctrl-J.

Step 33

  1. Switch back to Edit mode.
  2. Now we must wield the two unconnected halves together a pair of vertices at a time. I suggest box selecting them (B) and then Merging at center.
  3. Once that is finished, so is the model. Save.

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