Making of a light bulb E-mail
Written by Dzordz   
Friday, 19 January 2007
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Here I will show you a way to make a realistic looking light bulb to be used in any scene.

 

 

 

 

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1.Create  simple line like this below.

 

 

 

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2) Than select these vartex.

 

 

 

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3) Right click on one of them, and select smooth option.

 

 

 

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4) When that is done chose Lathe from modifier list and check Flip Normals and Weld Core, set segments to 40.

 

 

 

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5) To ease your job assign simple material to head of the light ball and reduce opacity amount to 50.

 

 

 

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6) After that assign shell modifier from modifier list and set Outer Amount what ever you like, it must be small value because glass of  the light ball is very tick.

 

 

 

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7) To create bolt, draw again basic shape like this below.

 

 

 

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8) Repeat 2-4 step and you will get something like this

 

 

 

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9) To create detail on the bolt draw line like this below

 

 

 

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10) Before assigning Lathe modifier you must change pivot position.

You will do that by clicking on Affect Pivot Only in Hierarchy panel.

 

 

 

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11) Right click on Transform Type in, set x to 0.

This will move pivot to centar of the future object.

Click on Affect Pivot Only to close it.

 

 

 

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