I am working on a chemical pump- need feedback

pricej

It's a prop for a class I'm taking in hi-poly modeling with Max. Based off this vacuum chemical pump:

And here's my hi-poly model of it:

Most troubling to me at the moment is how to get the "feet" at the base of the object to line up with the rest while using turbosmooth. I've tried moving edges around but it's very hit-or-miss.

brandoom

Why are you making the feet separate objects? Why not just extrude them. Some of your edges are too square compared to the reference picture, particularly on the silver/white box. Also, double check the proportions of the large cylinder in behind and the two smaller ones on top with that of the reference picture.

Pretty good start though, keep going.

pricej

Made a few changes to round off the main box and integrate the base better.

3DLee

What happened to the rounded curve on the base?

Paul Pepera

Subject matter like this is very good for hipoly practice, but it seems like you are skipping the most interesting parts to model by floating geo.



Make a conscious effort to model those things out, as opposed to simply floating them. It's finding solutions to those modeling challenges that will make you a better and more efficient modeler at a faster rate.

ZacD

the scale and proportions need a lot of work.

renderhjs

yup proportions are totally off, maybe display the image in the viewport as background and match sizes from that perspective.

pricej

Reworked some proportions a bit.

pricej

It's been a bit of a while but I now have a low-poly version of the above model.