Lightwave #4 Kettle me this!

Kettles, teapots! More kitchen goodness was undertaken this week. Surprisingly, this task was much easier. Am I learning the program???

The task started with a disk which we then beveled to the dimensions we wanted. Moving the mouse caused the dimensions to expand or contact.

The handle and snout (snout???) were created on seperate layers with the magic bevel tool. It works the same as the Bevel tool but all you do is move the mouse and it does it for you. This was tricky as it swivels and spins and creates some 'twisted" results.


The tab key, which makes the angles into curves was then used to smooth my teapot. I wish there was a way to tamper with how it works. Most of the time it smoots it out TOO well.This week we leant how to add textures to objects we had created. First you need to color it, (good old q), then heading into the texture palette you chose which one you want. There were heaps of different ones. The lava one looked awesome! Although the result of the textures can't be seen until it is brought into Lightwave.



My sexy teapot!

Later we worked on text. pretty simple but I don't think I will be using it in my work.

Finally all the class tasks were completed and we were able to work on our own kitchen. I started with a table. I like it! Looks like two slim rocks.And my first wall! With a window and window sill! Go me. Some booleaning and beveling was used here.