Salford City CollegeEccles Sixth Form CentreBTec Level 3Extended Diploma in Creative Media ProductionGames Design

Unit 66 – 3D ModellingHA5 – Sidekick Task 6 – Production

Name Hayden Parkes

Date: 22/04/14

This week I started with the sidekick project, this was the only day in the week where I could work on this. I first shaped his head so I knew the size and so I could proportion it to the body to do this I first inserted a primitive ball object and then modelled it into the shape of my robots head using my reference image in the

backdrop , I then next started to box-model his torso, first I inserted another primitive shape but this I I inserted a box, as it would be easier to model a box into a torso than a ball, i then selected points and chose the drag tool so I could then manipulate the box into more of a torso shape. My reference image was this colour was so it was easier to see the drawing against the modeller interface.

Date:28/04/14

On this day I made a lot of progress with finishing my sidekick to create his I arm I used the multi-shift tool to create an offshoot off his torso I then used the tools drag, move and stretch to form his arm again using the reference image to aid in my modelling. After his arm I then worked on his waist and lower torso, the part that is connecting his waist and torso was made using the pen toll as I wasn’t able to model it using any of the primitives. I then used the multi-shift tool again to make an off shooting to form his leg. When his thigh was created I then added three capsules to make pipes to link his thigh to his knee and lower leg, and then box modelled his foot.

Date:29/04/14

This time working with my sidekick I created an ankle joint to add more of a robotic effect to my sidekick. I then went on to creating his using a different reference as I found many difficulties trying to form the hand from his arm, I used an image o found on Google to help me with this modelling, this hand was also created using the pen tool.

Date:06/05/14

This day I created an indent into the side of his head as

to further the robotic effect, I did this using polygon mode to select the polygons I wanted and then used the bevel tool to create the indent. After that I mirrored my sidekick to create the other side of him as his symmetrical, I then started to surface him and add colour.

Date:12/05/14

This was the last day I worked on my sidekick, adding the surfaces to him in Modeler, to add the surfaces in Modeler I selected the polygons I wanted to surface and then pressed the Q button on the keyboard and selecting the colour of them surfaces using sliders. Then when loading in my scene and object from Modeler to Layout I had 3 lights and a camera but before taking shots of my robot I textured the surfaces I added to him to make him look more metallic and robot than before, after texturing the surfaces I took various shots of my robot and rendered them out then saved them as JPEG’s to use later on in my presentation. Below are just a few shots of my robot sidekick