Bullets

I just uploaded 2 bullet models.

Bullet 1

Bullet (AK-47)

Making bullets is not difficult. You only need to make the model in 2D, half of it. Then, use the "follow me" tool on the drawing to a circle which center is align to your bullet center. Done. You just need to specify the details of the bullets and its colour. I used the colours on default SketchUp. I also smoothened some edges on the second model above to give the feeling that the edge is round.

 These are the two base for the follow me command. The picture on the left is the one where I had copied the model and flipped the copy, where as the picture below is the one where I did not yet copy and flip.

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The reason why I copied and flipped was that to make the point dull, as on the picture on the left above.

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I need to copy and flip then make a curve on the pointed edge. Another way to do it is to soften edge but it does not always work as I had tried it.



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For the back of the bullet, there are two ways to make it. One is shown on the left, that is to make that part first before follow me command. The problem I faced was that it was difficult to judge the position to place the inserted faces as it may become too far or too near to the bullet's surface after the follow me command. The other way is just making circles on the back of the bullet after it has become solid, then use the push/pull command to make the picture below.

Taman Bunga Nusantara, Indonesia

Taman Bunga Nusantara
These are photos taken in Taman Bunga Nusantara (National Flower Garden), puncak, Indonesia. A beautiful place. I didn't have good photos of the other sites, but there are artificial lake, birds, ducks, swans and also stages above lakes (not floating, though).

Chinese Garden, Singapore

Chinese Garden
Just uploaded some photos from Chinese Garden, Singapore.

Table Leg's Claw

Table Leg's Claw

Interesting way to do claws, even for tables.

Sand Sculptures

Sand Sculpture
New Photos are uploaded! They are of sand sculptures exhibit in Indonesia recently.
These photos cannot be uploaded to Flickr.

Sky at Home

The sky outside my house on some days.

Fisor

 Fisor (abbreviation for Finger Sensor) is my team's entry to Create Challenge 2011, engineering competition held in Singapore on August 2010. The theme for that year was future mobility, and the main sponsor of the year was Nokia. Our team name was The Three Musketeer, consisting of me and my two classmates, Anthony and Yohanes. Anthony thought of how to change controller, such as mouse, to be more portable. So, he thought of this device name fisor as a wireless controller for computers.

He then outlined the design of the device to be put on the finger tips. My job was to make the 3D model of the device. I only made a 3D model once before then for my school project, a part of the school. But 3D modelling is surely fun and challenging, especially when I had to colour the model because I never rendered 3D model before this model, so I was troubled with lighting and texture of the model. Luckily for lighting, I was in the photography club so I know about lighting here and there.

This is the details of the device.

Put the device on your finger tips.

Then point it to the sensor attached to the monitor. This last drawing was done by my teammate, Anthony.

We won a Nokia N8 for the competition and a 3-days trip to Beijing to visit the Nokia Campus there.

The competition was held right before Microsoft released Kinect for Xbox. If it was after the release of Kinect, then we won't win with the idea (sigh).

This was my team's project, so I do not own fully the idea of the project. For those who are interested, please contact me further.

This is the model in 3D. I didn't make it with Google SketchUp, so I cannot upload it to Google Warehouse like the other models I published in other posts.

In School's website

Create Tomorrow

Competition Website

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

I used it to a statue model which I created to be put on my school's model as a club project. I made this by using curves, then copy and flip the copy, add the center. Done.

Spiral Staircase

Spiral Staircase

This is my work as a member of Tech Council in ACJC, Singapore. It is used in the club's school model which is said to be made into a navigation page displayed in the school main entrance.

Singapore Botanical Garden

Singapore Botanical Garden
I've got new photo collections. It's from the orchid garden of Singapore Botanical Garden. Entrance to the orchid garden is not FOC except for times when free pass is given to special groups. I went in there for free when there was free pass for students.