Eiffel Tower Telephone - PART 1

Fun Fact : The more complex design means more challenges for a 3D modeler, but also more opportunities to learn during the process.

Though it was an interesting workshop but I must say bit scary too 😊, as it is a really complex design and there are many tiny objects attached to it as you can see in reference picture.

Anyway, I will start blocking out the basic shape of the model first. I will use different versions of blue print images as image plane. It helps to quickly identify the basic shapes and later I try to figure out the rest as we proceed ahead.

Gradually I created basic structure of the model. But it was bit difficult to to make the pipes that is curve into weird ways. Well, I tried different ways to achieve the result.

• Using cylinder and turn it into curved pipe as shown in below picture.

• Using Ep curve tool and curve primitive and extrude.

But for this occasion I preferred the first option. Eventually, I created all small parts and other details one by one using same methods.

Important tips:

• It is helpful to use a second screen to see the reference image and match with it. PureRef is the best solution for that.

• Keep on deleting history to avoid uncertain issues like: crashing Maya, slowing down of laptop etc.

• keep organizing outliner : name all the parts, create groups and delete unwanted polygons etc.

So, I added a second screen and added all required detail to the block out. And finally added some supporting edge loops to round the shapes and make it look clean. I also organized and named all the parts to make the outliner clean and easier to work with.

To make the wire I had make some changes to my settings to get it right. There are many option how we create such curls for wires. I tried many but did not get good result, I preferred using the Helix. It gives us an options window where we can play with different options, change the value and add little tweaks to make it perfectly matched with the reference image.