Well as i said iv been working on my maya modelling today. Started off with just messing around on the program trying to get a feel of it. That sortof crashed and burned as the programs a bit daunting with its millions (ok not millions, but literally hundreds) of options. And things were just a bit too basic. So i went online to find some maya tutorials, found a few that were far far far too advanced for me (i think creating a gladitorial arena complete with combatants and crowd is a bit out of my depth at this stage), but then i found a good website which had quite a few "simple" tutorials. Chose one on how to make a screwdriver and it turned out really well!
(just look at all those buttons... and thats just for the one menu!)
top view
angled views
Im really chuffed with it in the end!
Things i have learned:
- How to manipulate an object by scaling the vertices etc (and how to change the number of vertices etc on the object)
- Booleans - the way i made the indentations in the handle and the flat screw end, basically its just like cutting shapes out (bit more complex than that though)
- How to smooth out the shapes i create once iv modified the vertices into the rough shape i desire
- That i need to now figure out how the assigning of materials and lighting works, as i couldnt quite figure it out even with the tutorials help
Now i might go back and attempt Wall-E once more with my new found knowledge!
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