Exterminate

After a mini panic yesterday where I honestly felt that being challenged to create a dalek before Monday was an impossible task, I put my head down today and focused solely on trying to figure out 3ds Max.

 

The morning was spent watching and reading various tutorials, and I then went through one of the guided tutorials to create a helmet. A bit weird looking, but it definitely helped me get to know my way around the program.

I then spent the afternoon working on the dalek. I probably spent just as much time trying to figure out how to make the base shape as I did making the rest of it, but I ploughed through and learnt many things along the way (forcing myself not to jump up and down in glee every time I created something that actually looked the way it was meant to).

So here's the finished dalek. It's a bit over the tri count at 1,550, and I still haven't added all of the balls along the sides. I can also see a lot of things that I could work on a bit more, so I'll have to start another one again and see how that one turns out!