Experimenting with 3DS Max

So, what have I been up to lately?

Well, during my course we've been taught 3D modelling on a program called '3DS Max'. A useful tool, and fun to experiment with. Lately we had to create 5 3D models of objects or furniture in or around 150 polygons which was quite a challenge. I don't think I did too badly and the results of each of my models were impressive, however for my next assignment I will use textures that were made for modelling and not the textures from the pictures I took of my soon-to-be models...

My 3D models, not bad for a first time try (there's 6 as I made the bottom right table but decided to scrap due to too low poly count but kept it as it looked nice)

Then afterwards we were taught a few more skills with 3D modelling, namely the line tool which can draw shapes straight away and can trace around a picture allowing you to model it further. This combined with the lathe tool allowed me to create all sorts of different shapes and object. We were then tasked to create chess pieces during a 3D modelling lecture. I decided to give myself the goal to re-create every single chess piece and even put them on a chessboard just to see if I could do it.

It took me a few hours (and a lot of patience) but I was able to recreate the board and all the pieces, the hardest piece to create was the knight chess piece due to the amount of curves and points you had to put in when tracing the horse. Below is a screenshot of my finished chessboard with the chess pieces:

Sadly, I didn't remove the green seams going around the board when I took this picture.

So what now? I hope to carry on messing around with 3DS Max, hoping to make more complicating objects and just test my skill with creating 3D models, after all, about 6 months ago I had no idea how to use 3DS Max and yet now I'm creating these.