Texturing and finalising model

After hours of experimenting with mental ray and following tutorials, I have finally found a metal/chrome effect that I think is effective.

 

I've decided to texture the vacuum cleaner as Kirby from the Brave Little Toaster for vintage accuracy and nostalgic purposes.

 

 I'm very happy with how the model looks at the moment, now I need to actually rig it.

Test Rigging

Following an exercise in class let us build our own pair of rigged legs to experiment with.

Improvement in Model

I have improved the vacuum model to make the rigging system more efficient

Model

I have created the base model of the vacuum cleaner, prepared for rigging.

Sketch

Next I sketched how my vacuum cleaner should look like in maya, and to use it as a guide when modeling it.

Vacuum cleaners

For this project we need to select a normal household object. I have chosen to model an old vintage vacuum cleaner because they have an interesting design and have a lot of possibilities for animation.