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    • brookefoxB Offline
      brookefox
      last edited by

      Didn't follow my own advice.

      pistol handle-1.JPG

      It's too flat, needs some inflating. Soap bubble plugin?

      My times up. Added faces with sandbox from scratch but kind of got nowhere... The checkerboard look is not a special grip texture.

      pistol handle-half-2.JPG

      Must learn to listen to myself more closely, or not. I think so in this case --> loft, skin etc.

      ~ Brooke

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        You can also use the Extrude edges by rails by Tig with 3 or 4 curves
        Don't erase curves between each call of it
        grip.jpg

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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        • brookefoxB Offline
          brookefox
          last edited by

          That's nice, if mysteriously precise. Which half is it?

          OP can see the elegance of your moves.

          This subcontract work times out pretty fast, for some.

          ~ Brooke

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          • pbacotP Offline
            pbacot
            last edited by

            I got the bug to try this. I thought I knew a way but it took me further down the alley of organic modeling than I meant to go. I did try a couple of subdivision and smoothing rubies, not Artisan, but figuring out the proxy seemed harder than what I finally did.

            Sorry I only took one picture of the process. I used Curviloft along a path (second icon) since I thought this shape is moving through simple cross sections. Then at the butt I guessed that this is the same elliptical shape lathed, so that's what I did with follow-me (perhaps not the best method). It needed a little stitching, and it isn't all neat geometry. I think curviloft is a good choice for this if you are less adept at organic modeling like me. The closest I got otherwise is scaling rings in a tube-- but this was much faster.


            FLINT MAX 4.png

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              @Brooke

              @unknownuser said:

              Which half is it?

              It's nothing special, just conceptual πŸ˜‰
              You must have to find some generator's curves in the object that you want to sculpt πŸ€“
              Extrude Edges by rails and Curviloft are brothers twins friends! β˜€

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • numbthumbN Offline
                numbthumb
                last edited by

                IΒ΄m sure youΒ΄ve sorted this out by now.
                If it helps, here is a drawing with some cross sections that may come in handy.flintlock gun.JPG

                Comfortably numb...

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                • brookefoxB Offline
                  brookefox
                  last edited by

                  @pbacot said:

                  I used Curviloft along a path (second icon) since I thought this shape is moving through simple cross sections. Then at the butt I guessed that this is the same elliptical shape lathed, so that's what I did with follow-me (perhaps not the best method)... I think curviloft is a good choice for this if you are less adept at organic modeling like me.

                  Very fantastic. Really nice. ShowOff

                  But the beautiful walnut is kinda rubbing it in, don't you think? And the brass butt bolster should be finished with 00000 steel wool for that final 'Prell' UltraConditioner look popular in the antique gun re-modellers trade.

                  @unknownuser said:

                  it isn't all neat geometry.

                  Prove it.
                  .
                  Thanks, numbthumb, but Peter has made me very tired. Maybe the OP breathes still.
                  .

                  ~ Brooke

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    Soap works also in this case πŸ˜‰
                    Division 20 , Pressure -100 and then you can Scale it if you want
                    soap2.jpg

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                      3eighty
                      last edited by

                      Thanks to all of you...

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                      • brookefoxB Offline
                        brookefox
                        last edited by

                        Generally as per Peter, curviloft along path, but with lousy proportions and no artistry.

                        Note the inflated butt, however.

                        Follow me there would have been better: more precise and no tedious cleanup.

                        pistol handle-5.JPG

                        New proportion and butt, but... still.

                        pistol handle-6.JPG

                        ~ Brooke

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                        • pbacotP Offline
                          pbacot
                          last edited by

                          @brookefox said:

                          Very fantastic. Really nice. ShowOff

                          But the beautiful walnut is kinda rubbing it in, don't you think? And the brass butt bolster should be finished with 00000 steel wool for that final 'Prell' UltraConditioner look popular in the antique gun re-modellers trade.

                          @unknownuser said:

                          it isn't all neat geometry.

                          Prove it.
                          .
                          Thanks, numbthumb, but Peter has made me very tired. Maybe the OP breathes still.
                          .

                          Thanks,
                          πŸ˜† The rubbed lacquer finish is to COVER UP the geometry... For the bolster I just took a color and gave it a metal description and guess what? It came out looking like metal paint. I haven't much background in such texturing.

                          OK so feast your eyes. First mistake: too many segments in rounded corners added unneeded complexity at the other end.
                          Also it was hard to get a nice curve on both top and bottom of the handle and find the right shape. I had to scale and even rotate the main rings after the fact (ouch) to get it in line (or in curve). Brooke yours has a nice even looking mesh. (How does Pilou make his look like it's f'g glowing?)

                          I never thought much of modeling guns but I have to say it gave me an appreciation of the craftsmen who developed these classic shapes. And I gained additional respect for the work of organic modelers we see here and awe for the ruby masters.


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                          • brookefoxB Offline
                            brookefox
                            last edited by

                            Yeah, yeah.

                            I gotta nominate to the "'Help Me Model' Hall of Fame" to be opened in a Gallery near you.

                            ~ Brooke

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              (How does Pilou make his look like it's f'g glowing?)

                              Very easy πŸ’š
                              Key Print Screen of the normal SU Canvas and past it in any 2D prog
                              Inverse colors
                              Some colors variations
                              That's all! (5 seconds made) 😎

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                              • pbacotP Offline
                                pbacot
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

                                @unknownuser said:

                                (How does Pilou make his look like it's f'g glowing?)

                                Very easy πŸ’š
                                Key Print Screen of the normal SU Canvas and past it in any 2D prog
                                Inverse colors
                                Some colors variations
                                That's all! (5 seconds made) 😎

                                Merci beaucoup, Speedy.

                                Le P Bacot


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