Blender 2.8 for Beginners – Making a 3D Lightsaber – Basic Modeling (2/5)
In this Blender 2.8 introduction series, we’ll teach you how to build a 3D lightsaber. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to get started with modeling the lightsaber. We use simple and powerful techniques like extrude, inset and adding edge loops.
Project Files
https://flippednormals.com/downloads/blender-2-8-for-beginners-building-a-lightsaber-project-files/
Topics
01:17 – Import reference
03:40 – Start modeling
05:45 – Customize the UI
07:05 – Blocking the shape of the lightsaber
07:52 – Extrude tool
08:40 – Fixing bad extrusions / Model cleanup
11:40 – Inset tool
14:31 – Selecting edge loops
16:00 – Grow/Shrink selection
16:53 – Scale on two axis
17:55 – Loop cut and slide tool
-Hotkeys-
Extrude – E
Inset – I
Select Edge Loops – Alt Click
Scale on one axis – S Z
Scale on anything BUT one axis – S Shift Z
Delete – X
Separate Polys – P
Loop Cut – Ctrl R
Grow/Shrink Selection – Ctrl +/-
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