It was a real pleasure creating this for Gnomon Workshop. Shocked they asked me to begin with!
I had a choice between weapon or a prop, so why not both? The Doryu is such an interesting asset to make and it combined my love for photography with my love of making guns perfectly. It has such an interesting history.

The workshop is live and will take you through each step from gathering reference to rendering portfolio ready renders and everything in-between.
You can find it here: https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/creating-a-hero-weapon-for-games
There's also a 20% discount code: TOMB20 on either the first month of a monthly sub or a year sub.

I really hope it proves useful, i loved making it!
Peace.

edit: Arms are not mine! they're by Alex Khaliman
box and carboard from megascans