Slowly but surely

Really loving how this is all coming together. Have to start detailing the other side soon enough

@bryan k said:

Looking good!

Thanks Mate!

All black variation

@ntxdave said:

Gonna be interesting to watch this one evolve. Already some neat details withe the ridges on the lens, the screws on the corners, and the rounded edges of the entire camera body.

Thanks Dave! Details really do make or break the model dont they!

Starting to get some of the initial materials dialed in:

New modeling project! gonna be fun to add detail to this one

Amazing work! Love the color

Awesome stuff! Would love to see some more angles too.

Awesome work! How long did it take to model?

@bryan k said:

You should post this on the main gallery page.

Just posted it to the gallery!

Little modeling project I worked on while stuck in quarantine! The SK55, a record player designed by Dieter Rams and Hans Gugelot for Braun in 1963. Quite a classic piece IMO.

Would love comments and critiques on this!

Interestingly, changing the shape profile from "squircle" to just a plain circle in the RoundCorner menu seems to now produce clean, artifact free bevels. Go figure

@bryan k said:

Most product shots are done with two lights: one from the top and one from the front but slightly off to one side. Sometimes three lights,, with one again, on top and two other from the front, but again off center.

Thank you! I tried playing around with the lights as you suggested and I like it a lot more! Getting odd banding effects on some of the faces which seems to be an unfortunate side effect of the round corner plugin. Oh well, nitpicking lol

Playing around with some product renders with SketchUp and Thea Render. Used the coffee maker I'm modeling right now as a test subject! Any ideas on how I can make this lighting look even better? Would love some thoughts

Almost there!

Working on a Braun Phonosuper! A timeless classic in my opinion. Modeling is 98% done, now just have to wrangle with the textures for a couple days

Thank you so much for the kind words all! Cheers!