Modeling a Chess Set

In this tutorial, you will create four pieces of a chess set using various modeling tools and techniques.

Skill Level: Beginner

Time to complete: 1 hour

Features Covered in This Tutorial

You will make a pawn, a bishop, a rook and a knight in these lessons. In the course of making these objects you will learn:

Creating and editing spline objects.
Using Lathe modifier to create a 3D object.
Using Face extrusion to create geometry.
Using Boolean compound objects.
Using viewport background images.
Using the Surface modifier.

Tutorial Files

All the files necessary for this tutorial are provided on the program disc in the \tutorials\intro_to_modeling directory. Before starting the tutorials, copy the \tutorials folder from the disc to your local program installation.

In This Tutorial