Sundial Compass
A nautical sundial compass made out of brass.
Technical Description
Software
- Blender
- Adobe Photoshop
Overview
A hard surface modelling project with focus on adding enough detail for close-up renders while also keeping the geometry light enough for animation and quick renders.
Breakdown
I made the model using a physical “West London” compass that I had. Using Photoshop, I designed the engravings for the compass rose, base plate, and scale. I then exported these engravings as black and white images that I could use in Blender as displacement maps that I then baked down into normal maps. After that I was able to texture all the parts using a mix of the black and white engraving maps, some downloaded PBR textures, and procedural texture nodes to create the remaining surface details.
Polycount
- Verts = 10’795
- Tris = 21’496
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