Energy Dagger [wip]

[Wucas Pls]

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3692/uvwq.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3853/uvw.png

Your using ~32% (31.767898238574336883722302540348% to be exact) of the available space, 30% is (in my personal opinion) an acceptable loss rate, you should find a way to use the texture space more wisely.

Also, multiple parts could easily be collapsed on one another for further resourcefulness. (Just to add in, any texture size over 256x256 will just be wasted ingame o.o)

As for the model itself, I would have personally added a glow effect to the blade with extended parameters, which would of given a better appearance ingame, but meh, what do I know. (Do remember, you need to have a mesh behind a model with extended parameters for it to show up at all. o.o)

[Galaxy]

Dat looks mad brah

[Vickachu]

Not sure if I did a good job at texturing xD

[slugheady]

Not sure if I did a good job at texturing xD

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/337/renderpg.png

Its more of an ice element now, but thats cool as well x]
Change the handle, since it looks like its some rubber gymnastic handhold material or something like that...

If you weld your UV's in your UVW map you can improve the texture flow, and as told above, save up texture space / increase quality or decrease filesize x].

[slugheady]

Hope this helps you understand...

[Vickachu]

Hope this helps you understand...

http://i50.tinypic.com/2rzued4.jpg

Thanks <3 <3

[Jacob]

looks pretty sexy ^^

[Wucas Pls]

Hope this helps you understand...

http://i50.tinypic.com/2rzued4.jpg

With this method you are using, you will either have textures that are compacted down (the reverse of stretching) or overlap o.O

[slugheady]

With this method you are using, you will either have textures that are compacted down (the reverse of stretching) or overlap o.O

I don't see how this would overlap, and I'm not sure what you mean by "compacted down". This isn't the optimized way, but it gives a good view of the point

[Wucas Pls]

I did this in blender because it is easier to see overlapping faces. The concept is the same.

Benefits: Compact/ No Horizontal Stretching

Benefits: No Horizontal Stretchin/ No Overlapping Faces

Benefits: Compact/ No Overlapping Faces

Disadvantages: Overlapping faces

Disadvantages: Bulky

Disadvantages: Stretching of Horizontal Faces

First Unwrap Method

Second Unwrap Method

Third Unwrap Method