BC1-1908 Homework, Mona Loren

[Mona Loren]

Day  01

I decided to join the class because I have problems to get used to Blender 2.8.
The change to 2.5 was already hard and now once again. A barrel can always be useful,
..”Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!..”

Bottle? hmm! I am from the north, we store good stuff in barrels 😉

Music for Blender-Modeling Fifteen Men

Now I am ready to go 😉
The challenge in the challenge.I decided to practice the modifier combination array and curve.
I also use the lattice modifier for the shape.
For the metal rings I used the shrinkwrap modifier.
This caused some trouble because I want some kind of junction with nails.
I also want to do this only one time for all with CTRL-L – linked Data.
That doesn´t work.
I had to apply the shrinkwrap and have to do this for each ring separatly.
So far I only have one of the rings.

I have less time this week but I surely make the fine tunig until Sunday

This is my second Blender 2.8 Model ( I made the palm-tree) and it is okay for me so far.
Just not as fast as I want.

[spikeyxxx]

Hi mona, maybe use the same Lattice for the barrel and the rings? Might be easier than the Shrinkwrap…

[silentheart00]

Hey, it’s a good effort so far.  Good for you for challenging yourself by using modifiers.  There is still plenty to learn, and that’s okay.  It’s perfectly okay to experiment and make mistakes.  You got this.

[Mona Loren]

@spikeyxxx 

Oh 😉  I didn`t think of that. Although I`ve tried a lot. I´ll try that. Thank you.

[Kent Trammell]

I grant you 57 gold coins for that clever modifier solution! Love that. Thank you for sharing your approach.

Glad to have you back in class, Mona! I suspect by the end of these 3 weeks, if not by the end of this week, 2.8 will feel more natural than 2.79 🙂

PS: Your music recommendation was 👌. Makes me want to listen to a pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack.

[Aaron Rudderham]

Dang, real clever there! I honestly completely forgot about Lattice about now, so thanks for that.

[Mona Loren]

@ )silentheart00

Thank you for your motivation.
During my “Blender-Life” I have learnded how normal and important it is to make mistakes.
And sometimes I have to remember it again 😉

@ theluthier

This is not my idea honestly. It is a CG-Cookie Learning Flow.Modeling with Modifiers

I was always exited about it.However, often had problems to implement it to my models, expecially this tire.
I have already made a barrel with modifiers in Blender 2.79 during the “30-Day-Modeling” Challenge.
But this barrel is a perfect chance to train it together with Blender 2.8

@ thecabbagedetective

see above – its not really my idea 😉
but I agree this lattice is very useful

[Kent Trammell]

This is not my idea honestly. It is a CG-Cookie Learning Flow. Modeling with Modifiers

@monaloren  Haha I have a hard time keeping up with all our courses 😅

[Mona Loren]

Day 2

To use the Lattice for both doesn´t work well. For the rings the Lattice needs more resolution. But I changed the workflow and made the seems before using the modifier. Thats ended up with a cleaner result.

Using an Lattice for the rings works in generell. I think I need a little more practice with this modifier. Both are suitable for adjusting the rings. For me the Shrinkwrap works a bit better this time.

The rings are not completely uniform. But..hey – barrels are handmade. It´s okay for me.

I´ve deleted the subdivision and unsing Shade Smooth and Mark Sharp. So it fits better to the style. I haven´t made a stylized model so far. This will be interesting.  Those nails made me crazy because they would not snap correctly. I checked the pivot point, cursor, the settings etc. several time. Suddenly it worked and I don´t know why. So I saved the file very fast.

Then drill out a hole and close it and ready day 02. There are still some clean ups etc. to do.

[Ingrid Frank]

@monaloren looking good so far! I think it adds some charme that the rings aren´t uniform 🙂

[silentheart00]

@monaloren Nice work!  Sorry to hear about the wonky 2.8 functions.  Wonder what that was about.

[Mona Loren]

@ fide thank you. unperfection is our friend – like Kent used to say;)

@ silentheart00 I think I missed a setting somewhere. Blender 2.8 is new for me and I was tired

PS: How do I do this  @name ? Can´t figure it out sadly.

[Mona Loren]

Day 3 result

Because I don´t wont to “destroy” the barrel I made a wooden stand.
Working with 2.8 often needs a lot of patience for me. But it´s slightly better than feared.
I am not at home tomorrow (great family event so I have to do the details on sunday.

Working with 2.8 often needs a lot of patience for me. But it´s slightly better than feared.
I am not at home tomorrow (great family event ), so I have to do the details on sunday.

Destroying the wooden stand for example

[Mona Loren]

BC1-1908 Homework submission week 1, Mona Loren

Time is undervalued. But I finished the homework for week1. It needed a lot of time to find the new settings etc. for Blender 2.8. But it got better day by day. And this is the reason why I am in the class – to force myself to work with 2.8. So I reached my goal for the first week 😉

My own challenge (to built with modifiers in 2.8) also worked well.

I also wanted to include the content of the treasure chest course, expecially these “destroyer-part” and so I build a wooden stand for the barrel. Needs some practice these dents and a lot of patience, but is also fun. 

[Avi Rozenboim]

love what you did @monaloren , Was very helpful for me that you shared the modifies you used. I did not even know what Shrinkwrap is doing and thanks to you, I read about and managed to use it to add the rings and other objects in my barrel. You saved me (without knowing ) a lot of time – so thanks and nice work!

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