While holding down your mouse click, use the Scroll on the mouse to change the area of influence of the Proportional Editing, too big and the entire object will move, too small and nothing will happen. This should now form the building girder-like object in the screenshot.Ĩ - For the next bit we'll be using an excellent tool called Proportional Editing this is an AMAZING tool and will make working with Poly Modelling vastly easier! To see the Proportional Editing button, refer back to the earlier screenshot displaying Tools, Snap and Proportional Editing! Next go " View(In the bottom left)" and change views until you can see your object side on from an orthographic view.ĩ - With Proportional Editing ON and being in Edit Mode with Edit Vertices, click and drag to select Vertex.
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CLICK HERE for a handy tutorial on what Edge Loops are and how to easily select stuff while Poly Modelling.ħ - Using our trusty Scale Tool we'll move the loop closer to itself on the other side. * If for whatever reason you de-selected the Edges you just made, you can re-select them using "Loop" while in Edit Mode. We'll use this technique again later! It’s very versatile!Ħ - Make a second set of two loops around the box and with both new loops selected * move them as close as you can to the other Edges you made previously. TIP: The scale tool is very useful when poly modelling as you can move individual Vertex/Edges/Polygons away or closer to each other. TIP: If the panel isn't visible hit SPACE BAR and/or look for a small + icon, this will maximize any hidden menus.Ĥ - "Loop Cut and Slide (Basic Blender)" / "Slice-> Slice Plane(Bmax)" again this time making two(2) more loops going along the Z axis.ĥ - Using the Scale Tool drag them apart until your happy with how they look. Use your scroll wheel to increase the number of segments. Alternately it’s called "Loop Cut and Slide" in the normal Blender "Mesh Tools" Panel on the left hand side. Do this by using the "Slice" option in Bmax. We're going to make this design look as if it was designed from someone who was out in the wilds.Ģ - When we are happy with our results and position/shape of the object move onto #3.ģ - Add in some extra Edges, be sure to be in Edit Mode, Edit Edges. The object look we want is that of a building girder. TIP: Remember to save often and keep backups/versions from this point on!Ĭlick on the Images in this guide to Maximize them!ġ - Using our Scale tool we scale up the body.
This section will be very picture heavy as it will go over step by step how to replicate the shapes I'm using with simple tools. Now we have all our basic shapes in place, we'll begin to edit them.
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Once your happy with your drafts and mood board/s, feel free to open blender and we'll get started! Write what you do and don't like about your design and then make a second one if you like.īelow is the secondary design taking input from my first design and changing it to be better than the first (it still doesn't look great but remember, your design is only a reference for yourself, I'm putting it here to give you all an idea on how to start your own design). Note: As you can see this is a first design and looks incredibly bad. My Design For my inspiration for the weapon I'm making in this tutorial I'll be using the theme of Chocobos and Hammers! This will be the weapon for my "Chocobo Ranger Noctis" as part of my "Custom Chocobros set" (Which includes: Chef Ignis, Lifeguard Gladio, Photographer Prompto and their associated weapons)įor my designs I usually use a combination of drawing and combining images that inspire me with informative text, in design this is usually called a "Mood Board".