VisCorbel – Classic Furniture – Volume 1

The Classic Furniture video tutorial series is designed to provide you with all the building blocks necessary to successfully model and map classic furniture using 3Ds MAX.

This is the first video in the series – SHAPE. If all goes well, I will continue the series with the ORNAMENT and UPHOLSTERY videos pretty soon. By the end, you will know everything you need to about modeling classic furniture with 3Ds Max.

In this tutorial, I will focus on the techniques needed to create and modify the basic elements for classic furniture – Frames, Panels, Moldings, Turned objects, Cabriole legs, and the curved shape of a Bombe chest. These are the fundamental building blocks you need to master before adding any decorations, seats, etc.

The tutorial consists of 6 hours of fully narrated video explaining how and why I model these things the way I do. Here are the topics covered:

• Frame and Panel construction
• Curved panels
• Panels with beveled glass or mirrors
• Advanced Frame and Panel Door – modeling and mapping
• Turned and segmented objects
• Modeling Scrolls, multiple methods
• Cabriole legs
• Cabriole feet variations
• Modifying the length and shape of cabriole legs
• Creating a cabriole leg frame – simple and advanced methods
• Molding basics
• Moldings with Sweep Profile script
• Making moldings with poly modeling tools
• Conforming moldings to difficult shapes
• Bombe chest basics