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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

Adding a handgrip shape

Next, we will create a simple handgrip shape by once again creating a cube, aligning the vertices with the image, and adding a loop cut to adjust the shape. Adding any more detail to the handgrip is a little complicated, so for now, we will just leave it like this:

Figure 2.30 – Handgrip shape

Similarly, we going to create the outline of the trigger frame with simple extrusion and loop cuts like before:

Figure 3.31 – Loop cut (left) and extruding trigger frame (right)

Use the same technique to shape the trigger as well. We now have some basic shapes for our trigger and handgrip.