Concept: Martial Arts Weapons

Ermac · Post by **Ermac** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:02 pm

Well, technically this is my first weapon... at least since I started modelling last summer and just glued a couple of boxes together. This is a Sai (for any not familiar with martial arts weapons).

This may not seem like a typical Halo weapon, but one of my long term projects is going to be implementing stuff like this. Its going to require overhauling animations and stuff (of which I know nothing about at the moment, but will eventually learn), but at least Halo has melee stuff already setup within.

Enjoy!

[CL]9mm-Man · Post by **[CL]9mm-Man** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:16 pm

Neat model!

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:43 pm

i love sword maps

machopenguin001 · Post by **machopenguin001** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:11 pm

Nah. Nice model, but I hate melee weapons. Guns are cooler

. Plus sword vs gun = gun wins. Swords are boring lol

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:12 pm

swords are so much fun though. I'm more of a close range melee loving fool

Ermac · Post by **Ermac** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:51 pm

Don't get me wrong, maps won't be melee weapons only. I'm trying to work on a balanced hybrid which will take a lot of work. This was just the first model I could tackle on my own. My friend is better at modelling guns than I am.

OxYgEn · Post by **OxYgEn** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:09 pm

ooo...one of my specialty weapons(seriously). Bow staff, tonfa, etc...they're funn too-but this weapon kicks an0s...yes...ANUS!

crimson4245 · Post by **crimson4245** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:17 pm

friggin sa-weet d00d!!! hai-yah! you gunna make some numchucks???

Ermac · Post by **Ermac** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:44 pm

Nunchuks will be wayyyyy down the road, but eventually. Just bringing those to mind makes me think of the technical difficulties involved. I have a storyline that involves about 30 or so characters each with a unique martial arts weapon. Won't happen anytime soon, ideally will eventually get them all into a video game.

Ermac · Post by **Ermac** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:26 pm

Progress Update:
Well in a way I kind of feel like this is a hack job, or at least I thought it would look like it when I got finished after watching one of the tutorials, but it doesn't look as bad as I thought.

It's kind of a thrill actually getting it working, plus knowing that I've just taken one step closer to my objective. Plus my improvement in both modelling and modding has exploded exponenentially just in two weeks alone.

So here it is. An ingame sai, but it shoots plasma

Kind of silly, but we're gettin' there.

crimson4245 · Post by **crimson4245** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:10 pm

nice man!

Ermac · Post by **Ermac** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:15 pm

Thanks!

BEEF!!! · Post by **BEEF!!!** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:00 am

Good job with this. To balence it out just make the gun shoot the knife. Then everyone is happy

Ermac · Post by **Ermac** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:49 am

LOL, what would be hilarious

But since I am a martial artist I couldn't bring myself to do that unless its for a funny project later on. I'm starting to learn how to do fp animations, so I'll be workin' on those. If I get things to look the way I want them to, trust me it'll be worth it.

BEEF!!! · Post by **BEEF!!!** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:52 am

You got my trust

Good to know that you're learning FP animations. Can't have MC pulling out a sword like an AR lol...

This reminds me. Just recently this kid who was practicing martial arts with a sword was puptting the sword back in the sheath (sorry for possible mis-spelling) and missed and chopped off some major artery in his leg. Almost died from it... So you be careful with your practicing.

crimson4245 · Post by **crimson4245** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:13 pm

Ermac · Post by **Ermac** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:07 pm

BEEF!!! wrote: This reminds me. Just recently this kid who was practicing martial arts with a sword was puptting the sword back in the sheath (sorry for possible mis-spelling) and missed and chopped off some major artery in his leg. Almost died from it... So you be careful with your practicing.

Oh no kidding, I know some people who work with katana's and those are lethal. You can slice your thumb off re sheathing the thing if you don't know what you are doing. A professional can easily sever someone's limb.

Ermac · Post by **Ermac** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:49 pm

Aight, Here's an update.

I've spent a large portion of today learning how the rigged structure works for the MC's hands, and how to export it and get it working at least. I don't have any animation completed yet, but I at least have a semi-decent position on the hands.

I feel like I'm doing MC a disservice since his hands make it look like he has a serious curse of cerebral palsy and arthritis. I also have to scale things back a bit as well.

hitmanbob · Post by **hitmanbob** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:29 am

looks realllu cool

Simmons · Post by **Simmons** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:41 am

the intresting thing is the weapon has my name
lol