How To Carve a Design I'm trying to model this sword, and I'm having trouble making the base of the sword (the grip). How would I go about doing this?
I'd suggest modelling the basic shape and then sculpting, then you can retopo a low poly and bake the detail from the sculpted piece to the low poly, if you are planning on it being a game ready asset.

If you aren't, just stopping after the sculpting phase is OK.