I’ve been working on making a historically accurate sword for my game and I’ve reached a road block. I’ve made the guard in extensive detail and I want to do the same for the handle. The problem is that I can’t think of an efficient way to make the complex wrap for the handle. The best solution I’ve thought of so far is to use a screw modifier to surround the base handle and use cylinders to make the wire. After the handle has been surrounded I’d use a shrinkwrap modifier to apply the wrap to the handle. Is there anything else I can do or a simpler solution? Thank you for your help!
Here’s an image of the rapier I’m trying to make
Here’s what I have so far
