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As I viewed former students' work I could not help but notice that all of the flashlight projects resembled the hilt of a Lightsaber from Starwars. Modeling my sleeve after Obi-Wan's iconic weapon my Flashlight case is primarily cylindrical and vertically symmetrical. The mid section of the case is ridged to provide grip for the user while they wave around their flashlight while imitating lightsaber sounds. At the bottom of the case is the skrew-on lid and can be removed to easily slide the flashlight in. The cap at the bottom also has a hole the size of the on/off button of the flashlight for practical usage.
Nearly the entirety of my flashlight case was built using the polyline and revolve tools. Once I had my curve constructed I revolved it as we did in class then separated it into the individual polysurfaces for easy keyshot rendering. However, the bulk of my time was spent modeling the skrew threads and cap for the bottom. I used the helix tool to created the path of the thread, then I used a small curved surface and the sweep tool to create the solid form of helix. After using boolean union to connect the cylinder and thread I used a boolean difference to cut the shape of the cap out of a cylinder polysurface.
For my materials I chose mostly metals, giving it authentic the look of a lightsaber hilt. I used three different metallic surfaces to add variety to the work, giving it a little more aesthetic appeal. The body of the case is chrome, the accents are copper (same as Obi-Wan Kenobi's), the grip is a more tactile hard plastic and the base and cap are titanium for durability of the threads.
As I viewed former students' work I could not help but notice that all of the flashlight projects resembled the hilt of a Lightsaber from Starwars. Modeling my sleeve after Obi-Wan's iconic weapon my Flashlight case is primarily cylindrical and vertically symmetrical. The mid section of the case is ridged to provide grip for the user while they wave around their flashlight while imitating lightsaber sounds. At the bottom of the case is the skrew-on lid and can be removed to easily slide the flashlight in. The cap at the bottom also has a hole the size of the on/off button of the flashlight for practical usage.
Nearly the entirety of my flashlight case was built using the polyline and revolve tools. Once I had my curve constructed I revolved it as we did in class then separated it into the individual polysurfaces for easy keyshot rendering. However, the bulk of my time was spent modeling the skrew threads and cap for the bottom. I used the helix tool to created the path of the thread, then I used a small curved surface and the sweep tool to create the solid form of helix. After using boolean union to connect the cylinder and thread I used a boolean difference to cut the shape of the cap out of a cylinder polysurface.
For my materials I chose mostly metals, giving it authentic the look of a lightsaber hilt. I used three different metallic surfaces to add variety to the work, giving it a little more aesthetic appeal. The body of the case is chrome, the accents are copper (same as Obi-Wan Kenobi's), the grip is a more tactile hard plastic and the base and cap are titanium for durability of the threads.
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