Help with Modeling Cinema 4D :/

[Slofreak]

3 days ago i got my self Cinema 4D. Just so i could do some weapons modeling for mmorpg, i tryed to do some swords but failed badly lol. But thanks to some tutorials i did made this 3D text of my ingame esf name:

WARNING huge size ><
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5111/slofreak.jpg

I still wanna model a weapons like a katana sword for mmorpg that uses these type of model files for weapons:

I wanna know if:
you can use those pictures as background and somehow just place the lines around the sword to form a shape and than Extrude it?

Do you reccomend other type of 3D modeling software for this?

Could someone made or give me a link to some tutorial or a guide how could i made that sword?

I whould like to learn how to model these swords:

Thanks

 

[Sicron]

GAWD, I love Google.

http://vimeo.com/groups/cinema4d/videos/11142201

Have fun, 2 hours.

 

[Slofreak]

GAWD, I love Google.

http://vimeo.com/groups/cinema4d/videos/11142201

Have fun, 2 hours.

Thanks for the tut but its very bad quality, i can barly see what numbers is he putting or whats hes clicking.

Maybe i should tell that im pritty much nub in model making, so i whould need a good detailed tut. >_>

 

[Sicron]

I can easily see the numbers, he says most of the numbers as well. And explains every tool you need to use.

 

[Slofreak]

I dont mean to be rude or anything but its a very bad quality video:

This is a SS of full screen:
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6776/kokoko.jpg

This is SS of normal:
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6217/kakaa.jpg


In bouth cases you dont see the numbers at all. Also he skipped couple of things and didnt say nothing about it or wich numbers he used, mainly in making the blade.

 

[Sicron]

Ah, you have a 1920x1080 screen, I only have 1680x1050, so it scales less. Well you could try 'zooming' in by pressing CTRL + Move your mousewheel. If you don't take it all the way up to 1920x1080, you might be able to make out the numbers, like I can.

That said, tutorials should be experimented with, and trying different numbers than those that were said in the tutorial. The couple of numbers you missed, you can also just experiment with and see what happens if you make a certain number larger or smaller. That's how you learn from tutorials.