This samurai sword was done as somewhat of a challenge in that I wanted to challenge myself in making a single prop. I also chose the samurai sword because I have been watching a lot of Llya Alekseyeu forge videos and how he goes about making different styles of Katanas and it just inspired me to do one of my own lol just in 3D. The process for making this sword was as follows, I first started out by creating a base in Maya and kept that low/medium poly then took that mesh into Zbrush where I refined it based on reference, more so for the "Menuki" and the "Tsuba", then I textured it in substances, very carefully trying to copy the materials they normally use for the sword, as well as using a good balance color scheme that really draws the eye in. Then I rendered it in marmoset focusing on lighting and how it affects the look of the sword as I was going for a dramatic almost cinimatic look.