First modeling attempt

[NateTehGreatt]

I've always wanted to model. Seeing all these other first attempts inspired me, so I decided to give it a try. Its much easier then I thought it would be.
I started easy by making a simple sword.

I couldn't get the mesh smothness to my liking =/. Good enough I guess.

 

[Orange]

Good job, looks a lot better than other people's first modeling attempts.

What's the poly count?

 

[NateTehGreatt]

1,654 with MeshSmooth
115 without

Here's the sword without MeshSmoothing on:

(I'm using 3dsmax btw)

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

That still looks pretty good.

If I actually had any free time, I might... Iunno. Eviction kinda robs you of free time.

 

[FER]

Use different smoothing groups for differetns parts of the blade, that way it will looks sharper.

Also could you post the wireframe?

 

[NateTehGreatt]

Use different smoothing groups for differetns parts of the blade, that way it will looks sharper.

Also could you post the wireframe?

Yeah. It was my first sword, I was having trouble figuring out how to make it look better. I'll fix it or make another soon.

Wireframes (with and without smoothing):

 

[FER]

Just in case, by smoothing groups I didnt mean mesh smoothing.

Awesome sword for your first try

 

[Shunk]

Thats pretty good. I wish I could learn 3dsmax because it would take the hassle outta' making detailed models but I can't stand how they have the 2d grids setup + It's got all these other features I know nothing about. I'll stick with milkshape3d for now until I get better at that. Keep up the work btw.

 

[NateTehGreatt]

Thanks fellas =)

@Skunk: 3dsmax has a hell of a lot of features for sure. Staying with milkshape would definitely keep things simple. This is gonna take me quite awhile to master, but holy crap am I loving all of the features and flexibility.