Forum: Carrara

Subject: Ennis house Furniture 3D modelling Tutorial thread.

SciFiFunk opened this issue on Jun 16, 2014 · 12 posts

SciFiFunk posted Mon, 16 June 2014 at 9:37 AM

Various pieces of furnishing from Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis house, L.A. As used in Blade Runner (well the external shots were, the internal were rebuilt in the style of Ennis House).

First up the feature chairs in the Lounge. Tutorial to follow.

SciFiFunk posted Mon, 16 June 2014 at 10:32 AM

Attached Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehOh2jFyYdI

Tutorial link.

booksbydavid posted Mon, 16 June 2014 at 11:04 AM

An error occurred when I tried to watch this. Youtube's problem. I'll have to check again later.

Thanks for this btw.

SciFiFunk posted Mon, 16 June 2014 at 11:06 AM

Quote - An error occurred when I tried to watch this. Youtube's problem. I'll have to check again later.

Thanks for this btw.

Shame. It's had a few views now, so I guess it's fixed. Hope you get to see it, this one's quite useful for simpler modelling etc.

booksbydavid posted Mon, 16 June 2014 at 11:12 AM

Working now. Must've just been a Youtube hiccup. Thanks again. :)

SciFiFunk posted Mon, 16 June 2014 at 11:13 AM

Cool. More on the way.

SciFiFunk posted Mon, 16 June 2014 at 12:06 PM

Now I’ve finished the table which sits between these chairs.

Tutorial to follow tomorrow.

SciFiFunk posted Tue, 17 June 2014 at 6:13 AM

Attached Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAmfpVS3vNc

Tutorial for the table.

SciFiFunk posted Thu, 19 June 2014 at 9:37 AM

Tutorial for the Lampstand (type 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFE744gV7Gk

Xerxes0002 posted Fri, 04 July 2014 at 6:47 PM

Thank you very much!! Going to watch now.

maxxxmodelz posted Wed, 09 July 2014 at 8:58 PM

It should be pointed out that this isnt actually a 3D modelling tutorial, in the traditional sense.  It's what we call kit-bashing.  Taking parts of other models, in this case models you purchased from Daz, and using parts of them to quickly create new objects.  You wouldn't be able to redistribute the new models, because they don't contain original geometry, but I suppose using them in your own renders is fine.

Funny thing, though, is that modelling that chair from scratch might be faster than kit bashing it.  Takes time to find the right models you need to rip parts from, and then all the editing.  A chair like that would probably take no time at all to just extrude from splines.  Not criticizing your techniques, mind you, as I'm sure this could be helpful to some people.  I'm just putting it in perspective, from a modelling standpoint.

Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.

SciFiFunk posted Thu, 10 July 2014 at 3:12 AM

Yes. This technique is defintely not for reselling your models.

It's for kit-bashing your own props if you are not an experienced modeller. I point this out at the start of the tutorial series.