Hear ye, hear ye!! On this day, the 16th of the 9th month of the year two-thousand and ten, I make a proclamation…..

As of recent, Ive realized just how hindering Silo can be with modelling, and with its crashes and whatnot. And in realizing that, Ive realized the absolute NECESSITY in learning C4D. But as long as I continue to crutch on Silo, that isnt going to happen. Coz Im not being forced to use it. And so, I really need to force it…..

So, Ive decided that Im going to do my best to spend an hour a day playing around in C4D (after any actual WORK is finished, that is) And Im going to start a new segment on my blog, to post what Ive done each day in C4D. In fact, Ive already spent an hour for today…. and I even have something to post (dont ask me what the hell it is, mmkay? I said Id post what I did – I didnt say they had to make any sense ROFL)

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This is, essentially, an extruded cube, with a bend applied, which made an arch. Then, I turned it into a hyper nurbs object… which turned it into a sausage looking thing. I deleted out a row of poly, and filled in the caps on each side. Then, I applied an array to that, which made it nearly spider like. Finally, applied an Atom Array, which gives the above effect.  Turned down the subdivision levels and connected the array pieces to make it one solid object. Then, I added a material, zoomed in and rendered it. Total polygons… you dont want to know LMAO (289,188)

Now, you might be wondering if the obj actually exports that effect. The answer is yes – it isnt some fancy shader, its a full mesh…. although Id REALLY hate to map it LMAO O.o (even *Im* not THAT masochistic)

It seems pretty random, but in all honesty, it was primarily an exercise in learning to extrude stuff (as I primarily box model) as well as learning how to fill in polygonal holes, which is absolutely necessary to how I model as well. The other stuff was just me fiddling around with other things (some of which are pretty damn cool effects that will come in handy – well, except the atom array, coz I dont know wtf Ill ever use that LOL)