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Blender 3D Incredible Models

By : Arijan Belec
Book Image

Blender 3D Incredible Models

By: Arijan Belec

Overview of this book

Blender is a massively popular and powerful 3D program, with versatile modeling abilities that make it a great way to enter the 3D modelling world. Blender 3D Incredible Models is an extensive guide for those new to hard-surface modeling with Blender, helping you understand the complete range of tools and features it offers and how to employ those efficiently to create realistic models. You’ll be led through progressively more challenging modeling projects— from an assault rifle and an army tank to a sci-fi spaceship model—giving you a glimpse of all the skills you’d need in Blender’s vast ecosystem of features and functionality, ranging from textures, rendering, and UV mapping to lighting, rigging, and beyond. Each engaging project builds upon the last until you’re equipped with everything you need to tackle your own modeling challenges, whatever they may be. By the end of this Blender book, you won’t just know how to create the models covered here, but you’ll be able to turn your own concepts and references into 3D Blender models too!
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Hard Surface Modeling
3
Part 2: Modeling an Assault Rifle
7
Part 3: Modeling a Sci-Fi Race Ship
10
Part 4: Modeling a T-72 Tank

Creating the tracks

In this section, we will model a single track, duplicate it with an Array modifier, and wrap the tracks around the wheels using a curve:

  1. Add a thin plate, just long enough to fit in between the teeth of the sprocket:

Figure 10.37 – Track plate

  1. Add a cylinder with four loop cuts along the side of this shape. This will act as a hinge to connect the tracks:

Figure 10.38 – Cylinder with loop cuts

  1. Duplicate two of the face loops and mirror them to the other side of the track with the 3D Cursor:

Figure 10.39 – Mirroring face loops

  1. Delete some face loops to create an interrupted cylinder, like in Figure 10.40. This is the basic shape of the track:

Figure 10.40 – Basic track shape

  1. Use a plane to create some borders around this shape. When solidified, this will be the tank-track equivalent of tire tread...