Rubber sketchbook

Thanks.
The lighter was rendered in mental ray.

Hi rubberDuck,

Stylised TV I'll be taking to 3D Coat for texturing.

I like it very much.

Please do post a render of the finished textured model (when you have time).

I will. Thank you Steve.

Something a little bit more complex than the TV.
Sten Mk II subdiv model (no textures yet).

Level 2 subdivision:



Magazine housing:


Some wires (no subdivision):

Wow - that Sten Mk II is looking mighty fine there, RD!  Superb hard surface subD modelling, with those nicely chamfered and filleted edges.  Was this start-to-finish modelled in NVil?

Thank you very much JTenebrous.
Yes, the gun was modelled solely in NVil.

Something a little bit more complex than the TV.

I see you are getting a very good grip of Nvil now.

Keep up the good work.

man you need to record a video of you modeling, wanna see that technique!

Thanks again guys.

In case someone is interested in wireframe, I uploaded a turntable of the model: http://youtu.be/7znBZ7tYP1s

man you need to record a video of you modeling, wanna see that technique!

The modelling was relatively simple because of a high number of flat surfaces, pipes and other semi-cylindrical shapes, so I could reuse some details multiple times throughout the model. Anyway, the technique is nothing out of extraordinary. In fact I mostly used basic tools (streamlined), like extrude, cut, loop cut, weld, duplicate, shell. Maybe with the exception of springs, which were done with spline lathe (thanks Steve!). For sharp corners I used supporting loops instead of weighted edges/vertices.

Couple of shots of the Sten machine carbine textured in 3D Coat:
http://3d-coat.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&image=268

Which renderer did you use? Looks very realistic, nicely done.

kinda looks like it was rendered realtime in marmoset toolbag 2

kinda looks like it was rendered realtime in marmoset toolbag 2

Actually, it was mental ray.

Technically I would have been blown away if these softshadows were realtime. Nevertheless, it's top quality.

Couple of shots of the Sten machine carbine textured in 3D Coat:

That came out really well. Very nice work.