Trieu Luu: 3D Print

Concept: For the 3D print assignment I wanted to create a model based on Sauron's fortress from the Lord of the Rings movies. The final model is a combination of the fortress itself and the tower which holds the Eye of Sauron. While not making an exact copy of the tower itself, the goal was to capture the intimidating and sinister feel of it.

Process: Starting in top mod I had an upside-down triangular pyramid, then extruded the faces of it. The three extruded faces on the bottom acted like a tripod keeping the main tower portion from falling over. After using several extrusions to get the general shape of the tower I used several of the remeshing options to change the face layouts of the whole model. I then selected a few of the faces on the side and bottom of the tower to extrude out to create a rocky appearance/texture. Finally the model was brought into Rhino to cleanup some of the edges and faces that would cause problems during fabrication.

Material: The renders of the model used a white plastic material similar to what the actual printed model would look like. Conceptually this tower would be much bigger and made from a rough dark material such as wrought iron or stone.