Posted July 19, 2022 by estainer
To develop some basic skills in Blender I followed this video tutorial by SirPinkBeard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HggtU6Nzlao) to make a barrel from a basic cylinder, and practice techniques which I found more complicated like UV unwrapping, and painting on textures.
For the portfolio piece the objective was to model a tourist attraction in Tasmania. I chose to model the Mawson's Huts Replica Museum found in Hobart, which is a copy of an original Australian Antarctic Expedition hut. Because I believe 3D modelling is widely used in architecture, and would be especially useful when planning a replica building, I felt it would be interesting to see how faithfully I could recreate the huts as well.
Front view of my model replica
Reference photo for the front of the hut replica
Side view of my model
Photo reference for the side of the hut
One more angle of the model in a different view
Google Maps was also useful for capturing angles of the hut such as an aerial view to ensure proportional accuracy.
I found hand-painting textures to be far too difficult for this model, so instead I took ideas from these videos to make some simple materials and apply them to faces of the model instead:
Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoQgq7n9Rwk
Materials to Faces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ra5eywU3UM
The materials could be improved in future by adding different wood directions and more details such as the wear and tear that the hut has experienced.