After completing the anvil tutorial by BlenderGuru, I was challenged to create something related, some kind of weapon.
And knowing me, I had to choose something at least vaguely related to YuGiOh…
So, here is a weapon used in Ancient Egpyt, the khopesh.
I based it on a weapon recovered in Tell Aphek which someone in Norway has replicated and photographed from multiple angles. The blade is sand-cast bronze, forged in one piece with a pressed-wood handle.
Since I haven't planned to put this in a game, my model is high-poly and all quads. The most challenging parts to model were the curvature in the area of the hook and the handle.
Here are the reference photos I was working from. The challenge was to duplicate the photos 1:1. I took some liberties with the lighting and composition.
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