3D Model - Sword "Virtuous Treaty"

About

This is a redesigned 3D Model based on the Sword "Virtuous Treaty" from the Game NieR:Automata. I wanted to make something from my favourite game and so I chose this sword as it is the iconic weapon of the game's protagonist. This model represents my own take on the sword and is not a 1 for 1 replica of the ingame asset as I wanted to give it a little personal touch and be creative. 

Pipeline

While making this I went through the asset creation Pipeline and conquered many challenges along the way as I had only had experience in Cinema4D and Unity. This pipeline consisted of Blender, Substance Painter 3D and Unreal Engine 5.

The full pipeline went as follows:

• Sketches, Concept Art & References

Blender:

• Blockout
• HighPoly (Sculpting)
• LowPoly (Retopology)
• UV Map

Substance Painter 3D:

• Baking
• Texturing

Unreal Engine 5:

• Lighting 
• Showcase & Screenshots

Model Features

• Real-time optimized
• Hard Surface & Organic Elements
• Certain Colors are customizable through a Custom Mask, allowing for different Variations of this Model.

HS Ansbach - VIS

This asset was created at the Visualisation and Interaction in Digital Media (VIS) program of HS Ansbach

Supervised by:  Maximilian Pichler  (3D Surfaces SS 2024)