SubD examples and models

Box

Little is all relative, a few people hitting the thumbs up button is pretty big on the forum.
And as such I took it as interest. FB on the other hand can lead to expectations of hundreds or thousands of reactions, and if you don't get them it is a sure sign of little interest.
Interesting how the same word can mean different things depending on context.

Box

Here we go, a bit of sanding and a wipe with acetone, then another light sand and a buff.
The tiny tassel hinges took a bit of fiddling.

Rich O Brien

@box said:

Here we go, a bit of sanding and a wipe with acetone, then another light sand and a buff.
The tiny tassel hinges took a bit of fiddling.

That's a great finish. what printer you use?

Box

It's an Up Mini that I picked up used for next to nothing. The guy bought it new but never learnt to model so he got bored with it and basically gave it away. It's my home one, I have access to a bunch of much larger ones at work.

Rich O Brien

I'm astonished at the surface finish you got.

Box

What can I say, elbow grease and a gentle touch.

Box

Just a quickie. The combination of SUbD, Vertex and Quad face tools makes it so easy to shape, manipulate and select everything.

B&W Ring.jpg

thomthom

UV mapping in Wrap-R?

pilou

Some licorice?

Box

@thomthom said:

UV mapping in Wrap-R?

No, by using quad face tools I easily selected the edges to create the various faces and manually painted them with the old bucket. So the colours are actual geometry.

cotty

lovely mesh...

Box

Here's a little example of how I did the colours. Not the same model but a similar process.

A very quick render for reference.

cotty

"Soften" is a custom toolbar or an available plugin?

Box

@cotty said:

"Soften" is a custom toolbar or an available plugin?

It's a plugin Cotty, one I always use.
It's ancestry is a bit muddled, but you'll find it in the store as Soften/Unsoften by CadFather.
I'm very happy to point it out for you as a thankyou for showing me Anton's Fixit101 a long time back.

cotty

@box said:

Anton's Fixit101

It's a very underrated plugin, isn't it?

Thanks for sharing the name of the soften plugin!

Box

@cotty said:

@box said:

Anton's Fixit101

It's a very underrated plugin, isn't it?

One of the best ever written.

pilou

Damned! Why I never seen this FixIt! A big miss one!

cotty

@pilou said:

Damned! Why I never seen this FixIt! A big miss one!

Sounds like a new D'OH for you

pilou

More a true Gem!

Box

Here's a bit of fun, a woven chinese finger trap.
Fully solid model. I might see how well it prints later.