Join Now

Planks along a Pirate Ship’s hull?

Forum Archive › Planks along a Pirate Ship’s hull?

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • July 26, 2023 at 11:17 pm #16684
    Ross Franks
    Participant

      Hey there all,

      how would you go about modelling planks that follow the curve of a ship on it’s hull like the one shown?

      planks.jpg

      It needs to be for a 3D print, so I can’t really use textures.

      Thanks in advance.

      July 27, 2023 at 12:59 am #80493
      Martin Bergwerf
      Participant

        Hey Ross,

        you can use Proportional Editing, but maybe a Lattice iModifier is the better option (needs to be Applied, when ready, of course).

        Either way, make sure you have enough geometry.

        July 27, 2023 at 1:10 am #80494
        Martin Bergwerf
        Participant

          Quick and dirty ‘proof of concept’::

          Ship.png

          July 27, 2023 at 4:48 am #80495
          Adrian Bellworthy
          Participant

            Depending on what you will use your completed model for, you don’t need to model individual planks.
            You could make the boat shape, from a cube for example, and use loop cuts to add the effect of individual planks.

            Boat-planks.jpg

            July 27, 2023 at 7:23 am #80496
            Omar Domenech
            Participant

              If you already have the hull and you still want the planks to be individual, you can duplicate the hull and just cut it like a plank and that plank will have the shape of the hull. And just repeat there after.

              July 28, 2023 at 11:45 pm #80497
              Ross Franks
              Participant

                Ok thanks all, i’ll try those out

              • Author
                Posts
              Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
              • The topic ‘Planks along a Pirate Ship’s hull?’ is closed to new replies.