A Work in Progress: Pocket MacGyver



This guide was made for entry:
Pocket MacGyver
In Contest:
favourite gadget


step 1 of 8

For the hard plastic body, I created a box. I put a "Subdivision Surface modifier" on it and "LoopCut & Slide" it 3 times before I applied the modifier.

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Step 1

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For the tools, I took a look at my own knife.

Here's the saw:
The same procedure as for the body, plus boolean-operation with some cylinders to get the saw teeth.

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Step 2

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The knife is like the saw, a box with "Subdivision Surface modifier", then I put a boolean-operation with a box at the top of it to get a knife shape...

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Step 3

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Next step is the screw driver. I had to take a good look at my knife to get a shape which looks like a screw driver, but with a Bezier Circle as boolean-operation it wasn't too difficult...

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Step 4

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The swiss logo, is made from simple Boxes...

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Step 5

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When I put all together, this is what it looks like:

By the way, the corkscrew is an BezierCircle with a "Screw modifier". I had to play a bit to get this result, so I can't tell you exactly the values to use, but you may get the same result if you try a bit around...

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Step 6

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Finally, I changed to Cycles Render, add an box as a room, add 2 area lights, and a plane in the background to get a more interesting background...

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Step 7

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...and this is what it looks like after some time of rendering:

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Step 8

Final result

Creation of Pocket MacGyver: Final Result

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