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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

Shaping the barrel

In the next few steps, we will create the barrel shape, which will later also support the iron sights. The barrel and the sights are arguably the most detailed and sophisticated parts of any gun, so we will only create the simple shape of the barrel without the sights:

  1. Using the 3D Cursor, add a circle to the front end of the gun and rotate it by 90 degrees around the y axis. This circle is the base of the barrel:

Figure 2.40 – Barrel circle

  1. In the side view, we will extrude the circle and move it along the x axis until it reaches the tip of the barrel:

Figure 2.41 – Extruding the barrel

  1. Add two loop cuts to create the ring on the middle of the barrel:

Figure 2.42 – Barrel loop cuts

  1. Widen the ring using the same technique as before. First, extrude it with E but leave it in place by clicking the right mouse button. Then, expand it by...