Blender Master Class

Modeling the Details of the Spider Bot

For the Spider Bot, I needed to create the other mechanical parts of the body that will complete the model when combined with the main body and leg pieces I will be sculpting and retopologizing in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7. The aim was to create some feasible mechanical-looking parts, such as joints, wires, and so forth, that complete the look of the Spider Bot.

Joints

The joints were all designed from the same basic template: a cylinder for the central part, which allows them to move freely, with struts coming out that attach to the legs (see Figure 5-22). To produce the struts, I began with a curve object to make the basic shape a 2D curve, used the Extrude setting to give it some thickness, and then ...