[Imhotep]

I was checking out Philip's home page today and couldn't help but notice his film reel model. Nicely done and well textured. I set out to make my own film reel with circular holes and "pressed" edges. I was trying to make each half of the reel look as if it had gone through a metal press.

Anyway...

Using sub-d's, I can get the basic shape down... complete with ridges along the outer edge. However, I am stumped on the large holes and how to make them curve upwards and outwards. I'm not sure if Philip's model is sub-d or not... I suspect it is and so I am going down the same path.

My main issue right now is the holes and how to handle the polys when converting to sub-d.

Any thoughts?

http://www.liquid-arts.de/welcome.htm

[Imhotep]

alrighty then... lots of good ideas here. far too many to choose from. :p

i guess i will have to finger it out myself.

[rich_is_bored]

Shape a set of quads into a round shape then smooth shift them up, then in, then down.