3D Lego Project

For the next two weeks, our team will be working together to create and build a scene out of lego blocks. We chose the Battle of Helm's Deed in the Lord of the Rings universe to create. My assignment particularly will be to help build the ballista used by the Uruk-Hai army.

The first unique piece of this set I will need to create, will be the front wedge plate that covers the ballista wagon.

To start off, I created a simple 6x1 block using the dimensions and scale established by previous cohorts.

From there, I expanded the width of the piece out by 3 block units and roughed in a general shape of my wedge plate. This would likely be a good proxy object to send out for testing during a larger assignment.

Once this basic shape was complete, I used the extrusion tool to hollow out the inside, and add connection pegs from basic cylinders.

With the shape complete, I cleaned up the shading on my intended "hard edges" and created a small bevel around the shape to better fit the overall "Lego" style.

Once it was finalized, I combined all the individual elements of the piece, and uploaded it into the project's perforce and UE4 libraries.

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