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Step 3: Constructing the Hull
Goal : To construct the main forms of Odysseus' ship.
Inputs : Elevation sketch, reference photographs of reconstructed Greek
warships, Greek art.
Tool : SketchUp.
Using the elevation sketch I imported to SketchUp, as well as other reference
materials, I create a series of construction lines using the Line and Arc tools.
I then create the solid form of the hull by joining the construction curves by
hand. I could have used the Skin.rb plug-in for this purpose, but since I am
working quite low poly, it is not a time-consuming process to manually “loft”
the hull. I select the partial hull and make it a component.
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Because it is a symmetrical object, I only have to model one half of the hull
to complete the base of the ship. I select the half-hull component and use
the Scale tool with a value of -1 while holding down the Shift key to create
a mirrored copy. I move the new mirrored copy to its place. Now, every
modification I make on one half is mirrored automatically on the other half.
Then I construct the deck plate on top of it as a separate object. I also con-
struct the gunwales (the rails along the edge of the deck) by extruding a
low-poly circle along a curve using the Follow Me tool, and then duplicating it
several times.
FiG 14.3
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