Learning Blender...
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 11:18 am
Okay. Learning Blender, and... I don't know what to make as my 'Tutorial Project'.
Options:
Borg Cube
Shuttle Craft
Weapon like a Phaser
Go full Hog and just make the USS Voyager with Internals
Borg Cube
Benefits: Well, It comes with a borg cube anyway. Kind of. All it needs is texture - but it's a "low LOD" (Level of Detail) in the model, as its just six flat surfaces (haha!), but that means that as I learn I can slowly increase LOD while basically having a usable model...
Cons: ... Starting with an existing model and not working from scratch I guess?
Shuttle Craft
I REALLY want to just go ahead and make a Type 8 first, then make, lets just say a mid-sized shuttle that would fit in Voyager but isn't canon... then an Aeroshuttle.
Pro: gives me a sense of size, I guess?
Con: .... would probably need to learn how to 'hinge' the door if I want an animated model.
Weapon
Say, a phaser etc.
Pro: Similarly, sense of size, and maybe even 3D print it if I had a 3D printer
Con: Ugh... I'd have to learn hand shape ergonomics to get it right.
Full Hog USS Voyager interior and exterior as a singular model
Con: I have never done 3D models before so... yeah. That's... too much.
Options:
Borg Cube
Shuttle Craft
Weapon like a Phaser
Go full Hog and just make the USS Voyager with Internals
Borg Cube
Benefits: Well, It comes with a borg cube anyway. Kind of. All it needs is texture - but it's a "low LOD" (Level of Detail) in the model, as its just six flat surfaces (haha!), but that means that as I learn I can slowly increase LOD while basically having a usable model...
Cons: ... Starting with an existing model and not working from scratch I guess?
Shuttle Craft
I REALLY want to just go ahead and make a Type 8 first, then make, lets just say a mid-sized shuttle that would fit in Voyager but isn't canon... then an Aeroshuttle.
Pro: gives me a sense of size, I guess?
Con: .... would probably need to learn how to 'hinge' the door if I want an animated model.
Weapon
Say, a phaser etc.
Pro: Similarly, sense of size, and maybe even 3D print it if I had a 3D printer
Con: Ugh... I'd have to learn hand shape ergonomics to get it right.
Full Hog USS Voyager interior and exterior as a singular model
Con: I have never done 3D models before so... yeah. That's... too much.