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This is my third Guild Wars inspired weapon model. This time I decided to take a stab at the Dead Sword (pun 100% intended) from the Nightfall campaign. The first time I saw this sword I thought to myself “oh boy, that looks way too hard to model.” So I knew I had to do it. I should clarify that it was not really the model that was difficult, but rather the texture art that I knew would prove challenging.
Mapping out the shapes was the easy part. At that point I had never really modeled anything that was complex and organic, like a skull. Getting the look right to a lot of detail-oriented painting and while I don’t think it’s perfect, I think it’s a good effort for something new. Most of the effort was expended in the skull area, trying to give it enough depth to look realistic.
With the addition of a very slight environment shader, the sword looks pretty snazzy in-game. It’s large and unwieldy, just as it’s supposed to be. Just like the other weapons it has a few stats to keep things interesting.
Upgradeable: No
Stats:
♦ damage bonus: slashing, 1d8
♦ on hit properties: attribute damage, widsom, DC22
Available In-game?: No
Tag/ResRef: dead_sword
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Knights of the Old Republic
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TITLE: Dead Sword
AUTHOR: Inyri Forge
E-MAIL: inyriforge@gmail.com
WEBSITE: http://inyri.flowinternet.net
DATE RELEASED: 17 September 2008
CREDITS: Guild Wars, NCsoft, and ArenaNet for their original weapon design.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Copy the contents of the archive to your SWKOTOR Override directory.
INCLUDED FILES:
-dead_sword.uti
-deadsword1-if.tga
-deadsword1-if.txi
-deadsword2-if.tga
-deadsword2-if.tga
-iw_lngswrd_194.tga
-w_lngswrd_194.mdx
-w_lngswrd_194.mdl
-This Read-me file
UNINSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the above named files from your override folder.
DESCRIPTION: Yet another Guild Wars sword that I thought might be a challenge for me. This particular sword can be found on the corpses of various undead creatures in its original game. I have recreated it fairly well I think for KotOR, and you can spawn it ingame (as with any item mod) by using its tag/resref: giveitem dead_sword
PERMISSIONS: This mod may not be modified, repackaged, or redistributed in any way without my express consent.
THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY BIOWARE, OBSIDIAN, OR
LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC AND/OR ITS LICENSORS.