WEBVTT 00:00.960 --> 00:03.472 So here we go with the Nerf gun. This 00:03.484 --> 00:06.140 is going to be a very different process 00:06.141 --> 00:08.234 from the head, of course, so this 00:08.246 --> 00:10.660 is more hard surface modeling, and I'm 00:10.661 --> 00:12.729 going to try to show you a 00:12.741 --> 00:15.620 process that revolves around using 00:15.621 --> 00:19.269 the bevel modifier. So I will keep the 00:19.281 --> 00:22.940 geometry very, very simple, and I will 00:22.941 --> 00:25.236 select edges and bevel them with 00:25.248 --> 00:27.700 the bevel modifier, just to keep 00:27.701 --> 00:30.692 things a little bit more flexible down 00:30.704 --> 00:33.860 the line when we are going to create the 00:33.861 --> 00:38.753 low-resolution geometry. So here you 00:38.765 --> 00:44.200 see this is my basic process for most of 00:44.201 --> 00:46.110 my models, is I block things in 00:46.122 --> 00:48.600 and make sure that I have some sort of 00:48.601 --> 00:51.724 geometry that resembles the general 00:51.736 --> 00:55.220 outline and general silhouette, primary 00:55.221 --> 00:59.814 shapes of the thing that I'm modeling. 00:59.826 --> 01:03.840 And my aim is to get some sort of 01:03.841 --> 01:08.416 geometry for everything. So you see 01:08.428 --> 01:13.780 I'm reusing these cylindrical shapes, and 01:13.781 --> 01:15.321 they're quite handy because they 01:15.333 --> 01:17.080 give me a good indication for how. 01:17.640 --> 01:20.236 broad this thing is, since I'm only 01:20.248 --> 01:23.000 working from a side view. I happen to 01:23.001 --> 01:24.470 have, since I was the one who took 01:24.482 --> 01:26.260 all these pictures, we happen to have all 01:26.261 --> 01:29.549 these nerf guns that I used in this 01:29.561 --> 01:32.860 model or in this project, so I just 01:32.861 --> 01:34.365 happen to have the nerf gun right 01:34.377 --> 01:36.160 next to me while I'm modeling, which is 01:36.161 --> 01:38.872 quite helpful. I'd recommend having 01:38.884 --> 01:41.380 the physical thing, it's really, 01:41.381 --> 01:44.122 really nice. So yeah, as I said, 01:44.134 --> 01:47.060 I'm just blocking everything in, 01:47.180 --> 01:49.271 making sure that there are rough 01:49.283 --> 01:51.780 primitives everywhere, and then when 01:51.781 --> 01:56.118 I've done that, I cut in the basic 01:56.130 --> 02:01.100 shapes, just to define, find the shapes 02:01.101 --> 02:06.786 a little bit more. And I'm being 02:06.798 --> 02:13.920 perhaps a little bit careful, but this 02:13.921 --> 02:17.429 is, when you're doing this sort of 02:17.441 --> 02:20.960 modeling, I would just say, stay a 02:20.961 --> 02:24.649 little bit loose. Just go for the 02:24.661 --> 02:29.340 rough thing and be a little bit fast about 02:29.341 --> 02:31.493 it, and just try to get something 02:31.505 --> 02:33.860 in quickly. It's nice to be a little 02:33.861 --> 02:35.458 bit clean, but you don't have to 02:35.470 --> 02:37.280 be super, super clean with this as 02:37.281 --> 02:39.729 long as you're getting, as long 02:39.741 --> 02:42.440 as it's fairly light what you're 02:42.441 --> 02:44.561 ending up with. So here you see 02:44.573 --> 02:46.980 the basic process. For the bigger 02:46.981 --> 02:49.757 bevels, I just use the regular bevel tool. 02:49.769 --> 02:51.520 But here you see I select. 02:52.140 --> 02:56.337 these edges, and I add a bevel 02:56.349 --> 03:01.960 object by just copying it from another 03:01.961 --> 03:04.470 one that you see there, I copy 03:04.482 --> 03:07.340 the modifiers. So now I have the 03:07.341 --> 03:09.396 bevel modifier, which is very handy. 03:09.408 --> 03:10.860 It went a little bit fast 03:10.861 --> 03:13.377 there, but we will do it several 03:13.389 --> 03:15.680 times, so I'll show you, of 03:15.681 --> 03:18.373 course, what I use for the bevel modifier. 03:18.385 --> 03:20.020 And here you see I used a 03:20.021 --> 03:22.256 tool called the knife project, 03:22.268 --> 03:25.040 which is quite handy, and I, again, 03:25.320 --> 03:26.778 it went a little bit fast now, 03:26.790 --> 03:28.700 but I do it several times throughout. 03:29.600 --> 03:31.689 the video, so don't worry if you 03:31.701 --> 03:34.000 didn't catch the settings that I, 03:34.200 --> 03:36.629 or how I did it. You see the 03:36.641 --> 03:40.040 knife project is in the left toolbar. 03:40.490 --> 03:44.723 there, so I used it several times. 03:44.735 --> 03:48.980 But it's quite handy. You might be 03:48.981 --> 03:51.238 tempted to use Boolean operations, 03:51.250 --> 03:53.260 and Booleans are fine, you can 03:53.261 --> 03:55.359 totally use them, but I just found 03:55.371 --> 03:57.420 it a little bit nicer and cleaner 03:57.421 --> 04:01.316 to use the knife project in this 04:01.328 --> 04:05.480 case, because it's a simpler and 04:05.481 --> 04:08.027 cleaner way of doing it. And again, 04:08.039 --> 04:10.740 you see, I just add a bevel modifier. 04:11.500 --> 04:13.600 and that shape was done. 04:13.612 --> 04:17.220 And here, same thing as I did before, I 04:17.221 --> 04:19.785 just make the rough cuts, make 04:19.797 --> 04:23.060 sure that I stay a little bit light, 04:24.220 --> 04:27.877 and I cut everything from the 04:27.889 --> 04:32.570 side view, and then I rotate out to 04:32.571 --> 04:36.121 perspective and then push out the geometry. 04:36.133 --> 04:37.590 So you see that a 04:37.591 --> 04:40.180 little bit later. Just making 04:40.192 --> 04:43.510 sure that I get all the cuts in the 04:43.511 --> 04:45.511 side view, because it's easy to 04:45.523 --> 04:47.730 change the shapes. And there you 04:47.731 --> 04:55.488 see I pushed the shape in. 04:55.500 --> 05:08.350 What I'm working on right now is the rail 05:08.351 --> 05:11.990 system of this thing, and I 05:12.002 --> 05:17.410 actually reused this thing for all the 05:17.411 --> 05:21.204 different nerf guns, because they 05:21.216 --> 05:24.910 all use the same general system, 05:25.030 --> 05:27.728 so it's quite nice to have it 05:27.740 --> 05:31.010 modeled once and then I just copy 05:31.011 --> 05:34.728 paste it into all the other blend 05:34.740 --> 05:38.250 files and reuse it. So it's the 05:38.251 --> 05:42.098 same general process using the 05:42.110 --> 05:46.870 bevel modifier to create those nice 05:46.871 --> 05:49.375 highlights on the edges. 05:49.387 --> 05:53.790 And again, here you see exactly the same 05:53.791 --> 05:57.134 process of just selecting all the different 05:57.146 --> 05:59.891 edges and setting the bevel weight.