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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 details

We made enough basic shapes to form the ship. Now, we will continue by increasing the level of detail on the ship and adding more objects to the existing shapes. Here, we will improve the look of the ship without making it too sophisticated:

  1. Duplicate the face at the top of the nose with Shift + D and move it upward.

Figure 5.14 – Nose cover

  1. Extrude the face downward with E and add a loop cut at the back of the shape. Remember to correct the normal with Shift + N after extruding.

Figure 5.15 – Extruding the nose cover

  1. Extrude the face at the bottom of the loop we just created and use it to create a frame for the windshield. Figure 5.16 shows how to create the frame in four steps using extrusion.

Figure 5.16 – Windshield frame

  1. You may need to make the windshield wider or larger so it fits the frame better.

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