Excalibur

Excalibur

The Lady of the Lake holds Excalibur above the foamy water.

I modeled the fantasy sword in Wings 3D in a sort of claymore fashion. The blue and red blade was my seven year old son's idea. He picked the colors in Bryce's material editor and I liked it so much that I kept it. I was going to have a boring polished steel look to it. The texture of the handle is actually sheet metal with embossed tread.

The arm came from a female model from Poser. I used it to make her hand look like she was holding something then imported her into Bryce.

The waves were created by using a lattice. In Bryce's terrain editor, I eroded and smoothed it, then painted on circles of different sizes and shades. The way this works is the lighter the grey, the more it raises the terrain. I gave this and a water plane the foamy seawater preset and I grabbed a complimentary sky preset.

Then I grouped the arm and fantasy sword (what a pain to get the sword in the right place and angle to look like she was actually holding it) and rotated it until I liked the sky in the background. I wanted whiteness directly behind the sword so that it would stand out more.

Equipment:
Adobe - Photoshop Creative Suite Series (CS, CS2, CS3)
Smith Micro - Poser 7 - 3D Humanoid Posing & Rendering - Use Coupon Code: 5poser08 for 5% off
Daz 3D - Bryce 6.1
Wings 3D - Wings 3D

Created by: Azkul.

Tools Used: Bryce, Wings, Poser, Photoshop

Created on: July 2005

Image Views: 6,955

Average Views per Day: 6.8

Image Number: 15436

Comments:

Anne from USA on Feb 5, 2008 at 4:33 PM said:

The sword - the whole setting really - is one of my favorite pictures. I can feel the suspense. An excellent picture.

Anne from West Virginia on Nov 13, 2006 at 9:46 AM said:

I thought I had commented on this picture but I guess only thought hard. *g* I was reading about that famous sword when I was 7 years old. My Mom was a school teacher and I was reading at 4. My pleasure. And these legends of Arthur and the Lady of the Lake kept their excitement right on through the years!!! Great work!

Kimmii440 from Ohio on Aug 17, 2006 at 12:46 AM said:

I can feel the power of the sword and the rush of the water ready to explode. Beautiful!! I love it!

Trent from Nevada on Jun 12, 2006 at 8:00 PM said:

I've always loved the fantasy epic regarding Excalibur, King Arthur, and the Knights of the Round Table. This is a wonderful visualization of the legendary sword.

starry-eyed on Aug 26, 2005 at 9:04 PM said:

Very Cool. Simply put, very cool.

Brian from Utah on Jul 29, 2005 at 6:06 PM said:

Thanks guys. This was fun to make and is currently the background wallpaper on my computer desktop. (Well, the full sized version, that is.)

Some of the detail of the hilt and the glass marble looking pummel was lost in the resize, but I think the shadows and highlights turned out well.

I tried to make the water swell look like there was some sort of power eminating from where the Lady is hinted to be, in addition to the fact that the water's surface would have been broken by the sword and arm thus creating a ripple effect.

Zoya from CT USA on Jul 26, 2005 at 11:31 AM said:

Can'r much to this except absolutly fantastic. I myself am looking for a better PC so I can use Bryce and Poser.

WOW I love this

please keep them coming

Etcetera from etc80@home.no on Jul 26, 2005 at 11:16 AM said:

Wow. Wonderful....

Silverdebster from New Zealand on Jul 24, 2005 at 2:59 PM said:

This is fascinating, Brian. Before reading your description of the work I was admiring the way you've got a slight shadow below the arm so it connects the arm with her suggested body under the waves. You haven't left anything to chance here :) Nice colouring, too.

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on Jul 24, 2005 at 1:52 AM said:

this is wonderful, very impressive. Love anything to do with King Arthur! fabulous sword effect, love the light shining thru it, esp down by the hilt. And the arm is great, also the water swirling effect and appearance of foam/froth.

Dud from Louisiana on Jul 23, 2005 at 6:42 PM said:

That is some art and work there!! I have always loved Arthur!!

Mary Sham from Pittsburgh, PA on Jul 23, 2005 at 2:03 PM said:

A work of art! Sounds like a lot of work went into producing it.

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