It's meshsmoothed and will display with 2 iterations when rendered. For smooth viewpoint rendering the meshsmoothing is not displayed in the viewpoint.
@Isabel Hi! I think overall the model looks faithful to concept. The body of the vase could use some more segments (especially horizontally) so the silhouette doesn`t look too facetted (red marks). A convenient way to iterate on cylindric/tube-like shapes in Blender would be using the screw modifier with the profile. If…
This is the first iteration of my submission to the contest, please leave any feedback, It is a pattern skin so it doesnt have to be for the mp9 Pattern: Skin: