What I created
In today’s lesson I created a spaceship using Maya. First we just done some basic shapes and then started to create a spaceship and this is what I created. It took three attempts before I started to understand how Maya worked and got a spaceship like shape. There are loads of options in Maya that makes it quite confusing but it was easier the more I used it. I used Mirroring quite a bit as I like things symmetrical so I could assure it was the same. I mainly used extruding to create different shapes and this is how I created some unique shapes.
Problems I encountered
One of the problems I came across was the shapes where overlapping and made it difficult to make the wing shape. I had to ask Matt to help as I am new to the software and didn’t know what the issue was.
The way the sides and vertex work also made it difficult to get the shape you wanted so it was quite time consuming to try and make it the right shape.
Progress
I think I have made Okay progress as I have never used the software. I have got the base model and need to change some things and add detail to the model. I am going for a smaller design and I am adding more depth to the model.
Daniel Porter 