Assignment 6 - Jetpack

For this weeks assignment we were given the task to make a Jet-pack. However, I'm not a big fan of sci-fi so i decided to put a twist on my Jet pack, i made it Steam Punk. I choose this because of the opportunities i have with making it. With last weeks fail of a tower i wanted to step it up and put as much detail in as possible.

After looking through some Jet packs online i decided to take some elements i like to add it to my own.

I spent over 12 hours working on it before i was finally satisfied, the things i found i struggled with the most was making the pipes. I used a CP curve to build the pipes and the extruded version which came out wasn't similar to the curve i had placed. This also meant the textures and bump mapping don't work the way you want to either, although i am quite happy with how they turned out.

I am very happy with how the smaller details turned out, i had an idea to get a flat surface, cut around the image onto the surface and then extrude the faces to make the pattern. I also wanted the metals to be different to add realism so spent alot of time searching for decent textures.

Overall i think this my best work so far and am glad i stepped it up from the tower, this is the only challenge where i wouldn't change anything except blocking off the bottom of the gas pump so you cant see where the tubes poke out.