Aquatic Seashell Sword

This year, I wanted to join in on Swordtember and try out the challenge! Tarmunds Discord server was hosting a Community Challenge based on Swordtember, and I was excited to join in. I chose the concept art of Baldi Konijn, since I really loved the concept and thought it would be nice challenge to take on.
https://www.artstation.com/baldi-konijn

I wanted to challenge myself to sculpt a spiral seashell, and I'm very happy with the results! It was quite difficult at the start, but I'm glad I pushed through. I created a blockout base in Blender and adjusted the shape quite a lot in ZBrush. I textured the model in Substance Painter and later painted some details on it in 3Dcoat.

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