A Work in Progress: 5 String Banjo



This guide was made for entry:
5 String Banjo
In Contest:
string instruments


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This is the reference for my model. It is placed on a plane geometry.

Creation of 5 String Banjo: Step 1
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This was made with Photoshop. Used as the poster on wall, it was mapped onto a box geometry. Composition was made using shapes the pen tool and fonts from DaFont.com

Creation of 5 String Banjo: Step 2

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This model was generated using the tube, cylinder and box, simple geometry shapes where possible. Alterations made to the vertices of these polygons made the shapes for neck and the tuners. The bridge, the shield over the banjo's head and ring was generated by spline to poly. Strings and frets are simple splines. following is a exploded view of the parts.

Creation of 5 String Banjo: Step 3

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Creation of 5 String Banjo: Step 4

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Creation of 5 String Banjo: Step 5

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Creation of 5 String Banjo: Step 6

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Creation of 5 String Banjo: Step 7

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Creation of 5 String Banjo: Step 9

Final result

Creation of 5 String Banjo: Final Result

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