Like the title says this is the continuation of the first post about modeling turned furniture in 3ds max. In this post we are going to take a look at a few more other different types of modeling techniques that will eventually give you a better understanding on how to approach a task like this in the future. There is no need to go around and explain too much as the videos are very self explanatory so feel free and go check them out.

In the first video here we will see how we can model a turned leg where the geometry flows from cylindrical towards box geometry, and then it goes back to being cylindrical. We are also going to see how we can limit the smoothing effect on the box part alone so the cylindrical part is not affected.

In the second video we are going to start from a basic cylinder and from there with some poly modeling techniques we are going to try and get the final result that you can see in the video.

In the third video we are going to take a different approach to modeling the turned legs, and we are going to see how to create following geometry and then use Boolean operations to subtract one geometry from another.

And last but not least is the final video in which i will show you how to model the “swivel” geometry turned leg, and as an added bonus i will go ahead and explain how to model other twisting leg geometry as well.

So with this i think i can end this what initially looked like a short post but ended up being a 7 video long series. Even though i did release the fist video less then a week ago ( from the moment i’m writing this ) i actually did get quite a bit of good feedback from you guys so i’d like to thank you all for your comments and positive remarks. In any case if there is anything else that you might want to see feel free and leave it as a comment either here, on the Facebook page or the YouTube channel and i’ll see if i can maybe make a video for something that interests you.

And at the end, if you did find this to be helpful to you then help spread the word and comments, like and share it around so it can reach more people.

OK so i’ll be honest from the get go, i had a subscriber ask me if i can make a video about modeling turned furniture. So since i have modeled stuff like this in the past i agreed on making a quick video in which i can explain the tricks and ways of modeling this kind of models, and this is where i made a small miscalculation. Namely in my head i thought that in something like 20-30 minutes i would be able to explain in detail how you can get a model from an image to a 3d model. It was all fine until i started making the video and then i came to the realization that this is actually quite a larger theme than what i initially thought. None the less since i got on the modeling train i intend to finish it. So in this post i will show you a couple of ways that you can model turned furniture legs, and hopefully you guys will be able to pick up some new tricks for your projects, so lets get started.

The first thing that you would have to go and get when you start a model is some good reference images. Now if you are working on a paid project then you will no doubt get a large amount of reference images, but if this is something that you might be doing for a portfolio or maybe something else then you might want to take your search to Google. In the first video that you will see i went over on Google and got the reference image that i will be using in the rest of the videos here, and you can get it yourself from Google images, but just in case you can’t find it, feel free and grab it from here.

Ok so if you have your reference image, the second thing that i would recommend getting is the script Loop Regularizer from Script Spot. This little helpful script will help you when you are modeling and want to transition from a square, or any other geometry for that matter towards a more circular shape.

So now you have the reference image and you have the script, the next thing that i can offer is the first video on how to make one of the turned legs models, and even though it really does look like it’s an extruded box and nothing fancy, if you watch the video you will see that there is actually quite a bit of work that needs to go into one of these models that you can use for your scenes. But enough about me explaining, i’ll leave alone so you can watch the video, and then after watching it come back and continue with the next one.

So once you are done with the first video it’s time to kick it up a notch and try to tackle the second model. Unlike the first video in which we had to deal with some extrusions and then control the edge flow, in the second video we will have to deal with a bit more complicated model but still if you watch the video and follow the steps that i do then you shouldn’t have any issues of replicating the result, and on top of that if you put a bit more time into getting a cleaner profile like it can look so much better. Also we’ll see how we can model one of the most common elements when it comes to furniture and that is the rounded edges base blocks. So go ahead and watch this second video and then come back for the third and last for this post.

If you went ahead and watched the previous videos and you are back reading this, then i salute you. So in the last video we are going to take a look at a different approach towards modeling a turned furniture leg, namely we are going to take a segment from the leg and then use Array to achieve the desired result. So go ahead and watch this video as it will be a great intro for the next videos coming in the next post.

So with the third video i would like to end this post here, but don’t worry in the next post we are going to continue and model out the rest of the turned legs and if you liked these videos there is a good chance you will like the rest. For now that’s all, but i really hope that you managed to learn something new here, and if you did and you liked what you saw then help spread the word and comment, like and subscribe on YouTube.