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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.

So if you are either working as a full time 3d modeler or maybe you are freelancing around, you are bound to run into the issue of having to model the infamous rattan elements. The reason why i decided to go all dramatic and call it infamous is because the geometry in the rattan models can be a bit tricky if you have never done it before and it can pose a problem. Now as i said it in the video, usually the way you would model something made out of Rattan would be to make the basic model and then slap on a texture give it some bump and reflection and call it done, but in some occasions where you would have a close up render you would have to model an actual model of the rattan.

On the image here you can see a compilation of a few different rattan baskets with different finishes, as well as one that is some sort of a table. I used these as reference images when i was making the video, but you can take pretty much any image from rattan from the internet and try to replicate the result.

As you will be able to see in the video the basic look of the basket will depend on the kind of weave that you will need for your rattan model. In the video i made a single horizontal weave going through double vertical poles, but you can use the same technique and change it around and make it resemble more like something that you need.

So talking aside take a look at the video and i hope that you will pickup on some tricks, and hopefully learn something by watching this video.

So like always, if this video was helpful to you and you managed to learn something new then like it, comment and share it around so it can reach more people and maybe help them the same way it helped you.

One of the most common things that you are bound to come upon when you are starting out in 3D modeling, or have been modeling for a while is the moment when you need to make a chain of some sort be it for a 3D model of some motorcycle, a bike or maybe even a chainsaw chain. When you take a look at the chain, at fist glance it looks like an easy and quite straight forward deal to model, but quickly you come to the realization that it might not be all that simple.

Well in this video i started out from scratch, I built the different elements for the chain, then I cloned and deformed them to a spline that defines the shape that we want our chain to be positioned in the end. But don’t let me keep you reading and spoiling it when you could be watching that in the video and see for yourself

So here is the recap of the video and what you learned from it:

* When modeling, always try to break down the model into smaller parts to make it easier to manage
* When using the spacing tool make sure that you don’t have any sharp edges that would break the flow
* When using the path deform check for stretching and squishing, and more importantly how to fix that
* When to use Normalize Spline and what it actually does

With this we end this post, and remember if you liked this article and the video then comment, share it around and subscribe on the YouTube channel and keep on learning.

As this is going to be the very first post that is going to be 3DS Max oriented i would like to start it off as a post about Loft, one of Max’s compound object options that i think is really under appreciated in the Modeling community. Anyways in the video below you will be able to see how to use the very basics of Loft, and with just a few 2D splines to obtain some more complex shapes. This is going to be a three part video in which i will try and cover all the aspects of the modifier, and at the same time end up with a cool looking end result.

So as we can see in this first part the Loft modifier we used a few simple lines and ended up with a nice looking table. I will end the first part of the Loft here, and in the next parts we’ll see how the Loft modifier can be used in architectural projects.

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