Give the sword a metallic appearance.

[Yurembo]

Hello everyone! Could you please help a beginner figure out how to make a part of the metal look more metallic?

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[George-Frazee]

Here is a video about creating a metallic sheen effect on objects in AD (it's a V1 vid but should still be followable).

Without an example of what you're going for, it's hard to tell how much will be involved. It may be as simple as adding a gradient or two, or involve clipping multiple layers into your main object to give it the texture that you want. Try following along with that vid to get an idea of how the effects work, and that may spark some ideas of how you want your piece to look.

[Yurembo]

Hi @George-Frazee
Thank you for your ideas! I'm working on this for myself, and I was curious if there’s any way I could improve the current design of the sword.

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[carl123]

You also have styles that can be applied to different parts of the design

 

Lots can be found in the resource's forum like the metal styles here

 

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[Yurembo]

@carl123 Wow, you did it so well, much better than I did!

[carl123]

All I did was used the styles that someone else spent time creating, so much easier than creating your own from scratch, if they already exist