Museum & Modeling

Hi there! This week we were supposed to meet in Visby’s viking museum. We were then supposed to find an objects which we liked and then take pictures of them. These pictures were used as references when creating our own 3D model from one of the objects which we had chosen. We were given a tour of the museum, the guide gave some basic background to many items which were showcased in the museum. After the tour we were allowed to roam around and take pictures of the objects which interested us. I think that weapons including knives are used in almost every kind of action game. So there is a lot that you can take away from this assignment. I haven’t modeled in 3D before this course let alone modeling a weapon. I think that this knife has a very interesting look to it, and I think that it has a good amount of detail to it. I think that the pattern on the handle of the knife has a lot of personality to it, and it really pulls the knife together.

I took pictures of a flag, two different vases, and the knife. The vases and the knife had the most and the best pictures taken of them, so the flag was quickly ruled out. I ended up choosing a knife as my reference .The reason I decided to choose the knife as my model is that there were not that many things that I found interesting or that I felt like modeling, and of the four things which I took pictures of, the knife was the most interesting.

During the Nordic seven-year war, where Poland, Denmark and Lübeck went to war against Sweden, a danish fleet of Lubeckian ships were headed for Gotland.
The knife is believed to have been in the care of a high officer on a fleet that was sunk outside of Visby because of a storm. I think that the knife was most likely just something that was supposed to look good and not for any practical use, decoration of some sort. he storm brought down 14 warships and somewhere between 6000 and 8000 men within hours. The knife itself is made of silver.

The style that I want to go for when modeling and then texturing this knife is something which could exist in the Skyrim universe. I think that Skyrim has a pretty realistic look it, so I will also try and make the knife look realistic. The decoration on the hilt of the knife is very important too give it a viking look. When I texture the knife I will try and recreate the patterns on the hilt.

I don’t want to make the knife far too shiny and new. I want to make it look like it has seen some action or at least been around for many years. It should look used. As I am going for a realistic look to the knife I will try and keep it in proportion. I don’t think that many people realize that the vikings had these kinds of decorative weapons, at least not weapons that looked like this.