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<\/a><\/p>\nWe use our shadow overlays that we have used so many times before, but there is something missing, rails.<\/p>\n
Rails are difficult to create in Dundjinni for us who cannot draw. Others, with artistic skills can draw then free hand and they look really good.<\/p>\n
So, we start Cheetah3D<\/a> today again, to create some stair case railings. We start out with a cylinder object this time.<\/p>\n We will use this for the actual railing, and to do this, we change the shape of it to look like this.<\/p>\n Now, we change the view to flat, frontal view, and create a new spline, and create something that looks like the contour of the pillar we want to support the railing.<\/p>\n We use the Lathe tool to turn this into a 360 filled object, like this:<\/p>\n We stretch it a little, looking too fat, and then we use the array tool to make a line of these with an equal distance between them.<\/p>\n So, we are onto something here, a railing, but one small problem, this one is flat. So, we use another modifier, and twist the pillars, then rotate the group and the railing, to look like this:<\/p>\n Now, this looks really good. Remember, this will be on a battle map, so small details wont show up. We need something at the lower end of the railing, so we add a box and reshape it.<\/p>\n And we can add a little sphere on top of that, to get a little classy look.<\/p>\n Now, we create a marble texture, using the built in marble in Cheetah3D, it is good enough for this. For the end pillar and the sphere, we add a rusty metal texture.<\/p>\n The result, after added shadows looks like this.<\/p>\n And the stair case with railings in place<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n