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Maya Nurbs Modelling Lantern Tutorial |
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Let's start with maya nurbs modelling. In this tutorial we will be focusing on |
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modelling an old style lantern. The tools will we use are EP and CV curve Tools |
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and Revolve and Extrude surface Tools.We will try to go all step by step in making |
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of this beautiful lantern. Before writting this tutorial I searched a lot a refrence |
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lantern photo, but did'nt find a good one and started without a reference photo. Its |
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always a good practice to have a reference photo or a dummy with so there be a |
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more accuracy in your final output. |
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Open up your maya application. Move to shelf tab a click on Curves shelf |
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The third from th left is an EP(Edit Point) curve tool. You can also get to the EP curve from the Create Menu- EP Curve Tool. |
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In the image above just above EP Curve Tool there is one more curve tool that is |
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CV(Control Vertices) Curve Tool, which is not available in the curve shelf tab, to |
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get it into the curve shelf tab go to Create Menu with Ctrl + Shift button press and |
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click on the CV Curve Tool. What you will get now, a new tool available at the end |
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of the Curve shelf tab as you can see in the image below |
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Note:- Shelfs are available for doing work quickly, it's just kind of shortcut |
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available to us to get our work done more quickly, rather than going again |
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and again back to the Menus, we can switch to our desired shelf tab and |
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work in our own pace. |
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We have set our scene with the required tools we will be using in the modelling |
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process, now step ahead and move to the side view of your scene. |
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Click on the CV Curve Tool on the curve shelf tab and start creating the base of the |
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lantern, |
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As you can see in the image above I have cretated the outer line of the base of the |
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lantern , the reason we have created the half side of the base, becoz next we are |
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going to revolve it that will make the whole complete round base, after making the |
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point at right places hit enter and we have done with the outer line of the base. The |
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next is to manipulating the CV's if you think there we need modification in the shape. |
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To make modification in the curve right click on the curve and you get the options |
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with which you can do the modification. Now get into the object mode and you have |
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the shape something like the below one. |
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