We wanted to make something that involved our cats and decided a cat bed would be a good idea. We also wanted something that was familiar and that we were a fan of, and Portal was the first thing that came to our mind. The game cube was a big prop in the game and fit into the idea of a bed because of the easy shape. We didn't want it to be an exact replica, so we modified an opening and decided to make it circular to paint on the portals to act as if the cats were using the portal to their bed.
Modeling Techniques:
We started off with an inner cube and an outer cube so it has double walls. Then we thought about how to make the edge details perfectly by making another cube and splitting into three sections. Since there are two different edge details, we have to repeat the same process with different measurements for the second one. To create the outer details on the edges, we created rectangles around each side and Boolean differences it to get the shape. For the opening hole, two cones were used for the different edges. We kept the base in the same place, but used a truncated cone to get different slopes on the details. After that we put everything into Pepakura and made minor adjustments to keep our poly count below 300.
Materials:
We used the cardboard provided and used loctite glue to hold all the edges together with tape on the outside to clean our seams. After we used a primer, we used acrylic paint from there on out.
No comments:
Post a Comment