A Work in Progress: Pool Table

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Pool Table
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pool table

step 1 of 15

I created my own original textures for the pool balls using a few pictures I have to get the colours, numbers and proportions correct.

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These are all the textures that I used in the piece, except for those shown in the previous step they all came from the content browser.
I did change some minor settings just from experience, ie change the reflectivity a bit, increase certain levels.

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Okay, so now I started on the modeling, primarily I just used memory of what pool tables look like and what the proportions would be good. I just used basic tools along the way to build up each stage, adding more and more detail as I went.

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In this stage I have added a surround and base under the top piece. I used 6 cylinders in an array as Boole objects on each of my 3 separate base parts to make the pockets, I dud lots of poly modelling, ie inner extrude a little, extrude a little. Add a bevel to the edges.

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To get a pot surrounds I took the base rim and then used the knife tool to cut out a bunch of segments, then individually increased the size of the parts to make them slightly larger than the surround and added a little bevel.

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The legs are each made up of 2 parts, the top is simply a cube, the main leg is a spline with loft nurbs applied to get a nice carved looking leg.

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For the balls I used spheres (obviously) which had render perfect turned on, then I placed my materials onto them and randomly rotated each one for more realistic look

step 8 of 15

Okay so this was about what I considered the base, so I started adding lots more detail. The diamonds around all the edges, the cushions, a chrome edge. used splines and extrudes, or sweeps to make these.

step 9 of 15

triangle, used a 3 sides n-side spline, then drew the shape I wanted, used a sweep nurb.

step 10 of 15

chalk, basic box, smaller box inside, placed high count sphere slightly into the "chalk" and boole it out.

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pool cues, a number of basic cylinders, main one tapered to one end, selective polys for parts of the texture. Plastic cap and top of a sphere for the end bit.

step 12 of 15

This is just how it looked at this stage I think.

step 13 of 15

So I added a room, custom basic dirtyish texture on the walls, made a wooden bit as a surround also and used tiles for the floor.

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Added the lighting, its a bunch of luminance materials for the planes all around for the reflections. I did 3 as would be realistic from about the table directly in casings, and then did a bunch around the side of the room.

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Oh and the last step also showed the ambient light setup I used. In this stage, the final one, I show the 3 camera sets I used for the final renders, the long table show, the close up of the balls and the scene camera. I did these as protected camera set up so that I could easily switch between them.

Final result

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tioilmo
Score: 8

Comments

tioilmo says:

Dude, great job. Did you worry about details that often go unnoticed. The yield was realistic because of the textures and lighting used.

(5 years and 3151 days ago)

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