30 Days of Modeling

@train30 Found it… I think the link is broken or something, found it when I looked under blender with the topic set to shading like suggested. Thanks.

I didn’t remember what a shiruken is, but sometimes Google is your friend.

Had so much fun (again!) and I think I’m finally getting the  hang of modelling sharp weapons. (It’s not perfect yet, but these are one-day models, so…)

This is what I came up with:

@spikeyxxx

I’m really digging that one,great job! I like the ‘supaiki’, you made me chuckle. 😀

I looked for simple reference that I knew might actually give me some trouble when it came to good subsurf geometry. I actually redid the model twice, focusing on getting proper geometry. My final model had all the edge loops that I wanted, and only a minor little unwanted crease.

I ran out of time, unfortunately.  How do you make the topology of cylinders/cuboids sticking out of cylinders work?  (I know the proportions are all wrong; I’ll fix that later.)

@spikeyxxx 

@ Miranda and @ spike
thank you for your help and hints
Your shuriken looks great.I like these nice and sharp edges

“Although, certainly Array and Curve Modifiers can be really frustrating, it is worth getting comfortable with them.”
Thats the point 😉
I really wanted to use exactly these modifiers 🙂 Would have been nice to made some different shapes.
Because I made these wheel and some other exercises but every time I had some trouble.
Finally it worked- but my workflow was not as smooth as I wanted.
Btw. – the chain worked immediatly, but I often struggle with cycles- hmm.
So I wanted to try it again.

Finally I use the mirror and made one model with empty etc. No problem.
But this is not so fancy 😉
The combination array and curve modifier opens many possibilities I guess.
One day I will managed this hopefully.

I wanted to do some kind of spiked bat that someone could make in weird situation from one or two pieces of plank and a box of nails. Although I am suspicious if those planks still be in one piece after being impaled by so many nails. They tend to crack so easily sometimes.

Learned I shouldn’t waste time working on details if they aren’t really going to be seen.   

Didn’t have much time today, and I started out with an idea for a more sci-fi baseball bat. It didn’t really pan out, so it’s a lot more bat than spike. It does have a a light though.