Iain Thompson-Waight
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Just a quick experiment, the initial part of the blur setup reminded me of wootz steel so made this.
Decided to go with a cast metal instead of hammered metal appearance for the for the handle and pommel, to mimic the inclusions/impurities/air pockets that might occur I used a noise texture to mask off the areas for the defects, and then a voronoi texture to create bumps/indentations. 
Decided to use nodes to add pot-mark indentations to the stones, and also used it to darken the indented areas slightly.
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Quite enjoying this 🙂
The references for the sword and barrel were of new objects so decided to keep them that way, that said taking on the point about wear and tear I’ve roughed up the floor a bit more and as I had enough time I added in a dented tankard.
My thinking (or story) behind the scene is that as the sword and barrel are new they probably belong to someone well off, but not too well off as the Langmesser was more a practical sword instead of a prestige one. So someone from the merchant class, this person lives in an older townhouse and over the years the floor of the cellar (where I imagine this is) has become deformed. Although a quality sword is important for when out and about or traveling, the tankard whilst dented is still functional and so does not need to be replaced.
Pretty happy with this one so would love any feedback on how to improve it, mesh, lighting, materials or anything else.
The Idea behind it is to blend the shapes of a mythical/fantasy western dragon and the dragonfly insect.
