I also used the sprint at first, but I had a bolt like that nearby and when I checked it, the spiral actually blended into a small protrusion so I went and modeled the whole thing. I mean, if I'm going to practice some hard surface, I might as well go all in... It took much more time than actually using the spring and the…
My vote ;) Is to keep it simple, have someone pick a single object that can be broken down into three sub groups, advanced, moderate, beginner. The one to two hour a week challenge is perfect. Leaves time for personal projects, after-work relaxation, but is enough time to push yourself or give you the motivation to take…
I like the idea, but two things: 1. People have to dedicate a large amount of time to the noob challenges. It seems fair people have a say in what they are spending a month on. This however, Can be accomplished in an hour or two. 2. Voting requires participation and some level of footwork by other people, and that's one…
Great Start! Looking at your wires, I think you can solve your problem by adding more edges. You defined the silhouette pretty well, but with only so much geometry to support the interior, its harder to get nice smooth curves against hard machined surfaces. See if you can bring the front V notch out a bit. It should be a…
Yes they are a little to big lol, as for the geo mess around with the sculpt geometry tool (or whatever it called in Max) and form the shape out after adding extra topology (easier than starting over or reshaping). Also you didnt post your wires but the render images :) I agree Moss but it was more to tackle on the various…
I think two objects per week is a great idea, so we can choose which one to model some objects are more complex than others. At the beginning people were concern about the simplicity of the objects, perhaps the pieces are not to difficult to model,(for me is hard enough) I though we can make this challenger more…
I think keeping the weekly challenges to one thread would be best. Having multiple threads would inevitably be confusing to any newcomers or anyone skimming the posts. It also means less bookmarks to keep up with, and we'd keep all of the hard surface tips and strategies in one place. Plus, a thread with a ton of pages…
Spending some time to learn how to properly render, but for now I will keep providing snapshot of the finished model. Overall fun little burner thought it would be a much simpler model then it turned out. Made it out of a 58 sided cylinder. Advanced Model Advanced Wires I also made a 36 sided one and notice pinching…
Keep the threads at weekly intervals as it's less work and keeps the thread on the front page when it's posted and just add any useful posts to the new thread for people to use as help for specific things. So for instance you would post next weeks thread by copying all the stuff you wrote for this thread, change the…
Recently I have been sitting way too much in spreadsheets and I just had to do some modeling so I googled hard surface challenge and this showed up :D Here is my speed modeling version: When it comes to the bolt, I have done a bolt tutorial a while ago (which I would modify heavily if I were to do it over, but then again,…