Jcollins Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Im working on a project that has a steel plate design and I tried using the gem tutorial all the ones from about 25 pages back to current and then reducing the size.. but nothing really comes out appropriate...Im trying to make a hexagonal bolt head that would screw down onto a steel plate.. anyone have a good way to handle this ? its going on a logo for a website. thanks again, JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZizOiz Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Which angle is it from? Quote Click on my signature image for my gallery | hmmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 There's a polygon/stars plugin you can use to render a hexagonal shape (6 vertices)...the easiest way to make a hexagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC4EVER Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 This should help with making it look more realistic and metal like. Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆ .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Also, the Shape3D plugin could be of assistance for utmost perspective realism. I must emphasise 'perspective' in that the plugin can only work with what you give it - it can't make a bolt look photo-realistic by willing it to do so. The Force does not exist . Tutorials such as the one linked to by LFC4EVER will help greatly. Or, if you wish to draw your bolt manually (as in, no Shape3D), then the advice of Curmudgeon will be one part of your task ahead. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 when they mentioned a steel plate with the hex bolts, in my mind I pictured just that...a steel plate with only the hex heads of the bolts showing, thus, the information I provided something like this is what I had in mind: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Ah, I read it as the steel plate was an example of the type of bolt, hence 'that would screw down onto a steel plate', not 'that is screwed down onto a steel plate'. Well, we've given suggestions for either outcome, so it doesn't matter that much. Saying that, this only proves we need example images . Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcollins Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 Curmudgeon has it spot on what I was looking for. my response was a bit slow... Im a defense contractor... so my schedule is horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Then use the polygon/stars plugin as eveyone talked about to make the shape. And use my 3d metal/chrome tut if you wanna make the shape 3d-ish like LFC4EVER said. Good luck! Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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