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[cumesoftware]

This is a fireplace front that I'm planning to use in my palace room. It will be one of those antique, huge fireplaces, and a very elaborated one. The whole room is a work in progress, but it is only live on my mind, for now.


This is just the beginning of a decorated side stone. I will only make one. The other will be mirrored.


You can see the half column that will be on each side of the fireplace. Still much to do. Only 50% of the column is finished (about 5% of the whole work and about 0.1% of the whole room).

[spicy]

It looks good. I like the spiral thing going on. Just waiting t osee the full fireplace, i think it will turn out good

[thecolclough]

i saw some of your other elements a while back, and i was already thinking that this is going to be an absolutely stunning scene when you've finished - this just confirms what i was thinking!  excellent work!

- colclough

[lynn22]

Very, very nice.
Your column looks similar to the legs of the table I have in my museum.
If you'd like to compare I can post an image.

[cumesoftware]

i saw some of your other elements a while back, and i was already thinking that this is going to be an absolutely stunning scene when you've finished - this just confirms what i was thinking!  excellent work!

- colclough

Thanks. The building process is quite similar, actually.

Very, very nice.
Your column looks similar to the legs of the table I have in my museum.
If you'd like to compare I can post an image.

Thanks. I would like to take a look at that table, when possible.

[Tanzim]

Looks high poly, could you show a wireframe
I'm guessing you used the rope making technique

[lynn22]

Here's the table. The legs are made from different parts and the twisted section is a long cube.

[cumesoftware]

Today I've been busy and did not much. Nevertheless, the decorative column is 100% complete. The base is pretty much complete too. Here is the model:


Here is a detailed view of the wireframe:

Here's the table. The legs are made from different parts and the twisted section is a long cube.

Nice room! Thanks for sharing it with us.

I never use modifiers and warps for the twisting effects, due to lack of control. It is all made by hand.

Looks high poly, could you show a wireframe
I'm guessing you used the rope making technique

It is not quite a high poly. It is a medium poly actually. You can see the wireframe in the last image above. Hope it is sufficiently detailed.

[thecolclough]

It is all made by hand.

...you used the lathe tool for that little round bit at the base, right?

anyways, your dedication to your modelling work is quite impressive, i'm sure i wouldn't have the patience to build something like that!

- colclough

[lynn22]

Thank you for the additional pics. I can see it much clearer now and your column is totally different from my table legs. 
Wonderful work !

[cumesoftware]

Now the left and right pillars are 100% complete, and the respective columns have bases and capitals. The left and right pillars are separated meshes.

Below you can see the wireframe:


And the rendered image:

...
Wonderful work !

...you used the lathe tool for that little round bit at the base, right?

anyways, your dedication to your modelling work is quite impressive, i'm sure i wouldn't have the patience to build something like that!

- colclough

Thanks once more. I didn't used the lathe tool, due to my inability to convert a linear mesh to a path. I suggested that function to Steve, though. It was made using a copy/paste/rotate pattern.

[hihosilver]

You can't put a mesh on a path, but you can extrude a spline on a path.
But it does look like the lathed the base of the column (not the twisted part) around an axis.

[cumesoftware]

I've made the base fire guards. They are pretty basic when compared to the posts (columns), but I think they only need to be decorated on the outside. Here are the pics:

The wireframe with faces:


The rendered model:


Still to do is the sill (should be easy), the lintel (heavily decorated) and the supporting brackets (heavily decorated too). The final model will have a total of 8 meshes.

[thecolclough]

looks cool - just wondering though, what's the little block on the inside of the bottom corners do?

- colclough

[cumesoftware]

looks cool - just wondering though, what's the little block on the inside of the bottom corners do?

- colclough

They are merely structural. I thought they would provide structural strength by distributing the downward force from the post to the sill. They also are a bit of decorative and provide a small protection from the fire.