lightsaber

[otacon]

heres another view.

[Joril]

The handle looks ok, the blade however.....
That's just 2 cylinders right?
Take a close look at some reference on the blade, that should help.

useful link:
Star Wars (http://www.starwars.com)
Don't give me that look, it's a start isn't it?

[otacon]

Thanks. I will try to fix that blade up a bit and maybe put up another post.

[wedge]

what you need is a white plane for the blade with the incandescence up all the way. then an opacity map to blur the edges of it. after that, make another plane that is the color of your lightsaber. make it glow and hide the source. (in maya its that easy, but i don't know what program you're using)

[otacon]

Thanks for the advice. I am using Lightwave, and i dont know how similar the two programs are.

[wedge]

I have attached an image of the kind of blade I would create.

[wedge]

here is the map for the saber...

[otacon]

That looks pretty awesome.:bounce: :bounce:

[JoBbE]

yeah you've gotta change the blade, the handle is ok.

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