So basically I've got a friend of mine who's got access to a small workshop nearby, so while I kept on working with my project
I kept on designing, and re-designing the protagonist's (Sesilou) 2nd obtainable weapon in-game (non-tradeable as it can be upgraded)
basically in-game since Sesi starts as an engineer his first weapon is a pair of spanners reliable and easy to use, however after events
done in the demo you get class-promoted into [D-Soldier] and you receive a new blade (you can now equip 2-handed blades from this point onward)
to commemorate his promotion.
story-wise, D-Soldier trainees who complete their training receive such blades not only because it might (or might not) be an overall better
weapon than the one currently equipped, but because 1.- it's ceremonial and 2.- it's one of the few weapons you get from the start that can actually
deal damage to certain types of enemies, (Disrupters have their own attribute, and cut other types of damage in half.)
This was the original model for the blade (which I decided to call "D-Cleaver" the name is still subject to change)
it didn't look that appealing at a first glance:
As I kept working on the model, my friend started to look more and more interested on the possibilites, and helped me design alternate versions for the blade,
the thing is I wanted to keep the blade simplistic (hey it's the 2nd weapon out of many more to come) yet somewhat stylish for your typical infantry gear
so I kept on editing and experimenting with different models.
Here are some mutations for comparison:
It was starting to shape up yet something kept on missing.... as I kept on brainstorming my friend gave me the news that as a final project for one of his classes he needed to
present a physical replica of an item (any item) seen from a program, be it a videogame, movie etc... so he decided to go for Sesi's D-Cleaver
since we both intended to make a good-looking replica we decided to take a look and keep on altering the model even more, eventually my friend got the most clever idea of them
all... turns out the blade itself needed something unique.... it's an infantry blade so it looks plain, yet since it's received as an award for joining an elite team of soldier it needed
something special to make it stand out from your typical RPG-Shop swords. so we came with a new model (currently the model we're working with)
In all it's updated glory:
the latest model comes with a shrunken version of the D-Soldier's "R." emblem along with the D-Soldier's ID.
(in this case Sesilou's being R2-SERIES 001, meaning he barely missed reaching rank 1, and got moved to the first slot as candidate for rank 2 operations)
So we both agreed on using that model and I began doing the "skeleton" if we could call it that for the blade itself.
so far so good... I gotta admit it's rather heavy but so awesome to hold in a 2-handed combat stance.
still lacks some details, I'm trying to actually sharpen the edges so far it has that nice sharp look (not that sharp actually) and with the right set of paint it should
look as it truly made of steel, thankfully my friend should cover me on the painting itself as I royally suck at painting XD
I'll keep on updating as it reaches the final stages ;D