Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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Hoping to get it looking good enough to stand up to reasonably close examination (welds, spoke eyelets and bolts etc). Eventually going to render with MR and try to get some HDRI and final gathering going on.
Will try and share any workarounds and problems I encounter as I go. Any input much appreciated.
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I like using a bend deformer to build my wheels, it lets me put in whatever design I want into a polygon plane, and then just bend it into the wheel shape.
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Does anyone have any ideas about creating welds in poly models? using nurbs I have used the intersect surfaces and then extrude along curve but this doesn't work with polys.
I have managed a few of the bigger welds by duplicating the two intersecting parts and then perfoming a intersection boolean and deleting all faces except for the ones containing the actual join and extruding this to create a box extruding again on the newly created faces. Then I delete the original faces, perform a couple of smooth opearations on the object and then use the sculpt tool to give it some texture. I found that I had a lot more polys than I needed and the reduce function actually led to some nice randomisation further adding to the texture. The whole process takes around 5 minutes (per weld) and looks not too shabby.
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If it is going to get very close I suggest actually building it into the mesh at the joints if you desire that much detail. If not then why not just toss a curve around the joint, draw up a funny object and then extrude it around the curve. You could also use some sub D planes around the intersections and add some quick variations to them.
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One question, how do you model a chain? I can make a single link no probs but when it comes to duplicating it along its path I struggle to get a decent result, any suggestions?
Should have modelled a car, at least all the workings are under the bodyshell!
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Cheers!
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nice detail so far
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Chain was a pain in the backside to model. Tried using the "align to curve tool"which did not give me any control over rotation. Ended up creating the whole chain and then rotated at the joints. Works for static shots, not sure about animation.
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when going to with materials and keep up!
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No scene lights, only using an HDRI forest scene from Dan Mayer (smashmethod).
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I am going to add some sticker detailing now and hopefully the extra detail will add to the realism.
Also I realise I have been rendering at 920x720 despite my settings saying 640x480. Tried changing the settings but always renders at a higher resolution than I set - why is that? I have been unwittingly breaking the forum rules on image size with this one!
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