Glass bottle in Blender Modeling tutorial

Hi. In this tutorial you will learn about the basic modeling tricks in Blender. We will discuss about the modeling of a photo realistic glass in Blender. Starting from a cylinder we will gradually add more details to the mesh.

Difficulty      : Beginners

Software      : Blender 2.68 a

Total time     : 15 minutes
Download the finished scene file  :  Download .blend file

Topics covered.

• Primitive -Cylinder 
• Mesh editing 
• Edge loop cut and slide
• Bevel edge 
• Edge loop 
• Fill hole 
• subdivision modifier
• Solidify modifier 
• Glass material 

In the next part we will discuss about photo realistic rendering (studio lighting) set up in Blender.

Here is the quick text version

• Open blender and delete the default cube.
• Create a new cylinder from add object menu. (add>mesh>cylinder).
• Change the depth (from tool box) to 6. Also turn on smooth preview.
• Locate the object property panel in the right side, change the name to glass bottle.
• Under display turn on wire and draw all edges.
• Change to edit mode. Press 'a' to deselect all vertices.
• Jump to front orthographic view and turn on wire frames.
• In the tool shelf find loop cut and slide (you can find at add tab just below extrude).
• Click it and create a cut at the center of the cylinder.
• Change the number of cuts to 6.
• De select all.
• Select the bottom vertices (use b) and scale it to 0.75.
• Select the second edge loop and move it down ward (z=-3.9).
• Also select the 3^rd edge loop and move it downward (z=0.9).
• Select the 4^th edge loop and move it to the center cut.
• Select the 5,6 and 7^th edge loops and scale it in z axis (z=0.3) and move it towards the top edge loop.
• Select the 6^th edge loop and scale it to 0.45.
• Select 7^th and 8^th edge loops and scale it to 0.65.
• Select the 4^th edge loop and scale it to 0.75.
• Change to edge mode and press ctrl+b to bevel and drag. Change the offset to 1 and segments to 4.
• Select one edge from 2^nd and 3^rd edge loops and press ctrl+e and chose edge loop.
• Do a bevel again.
• Select the 5^th edge loop and bevel it with 6 segments. offset 0.33 Also press smooth vertex under tool shelf.
• Select 6^th edge loop and bevel it.
• Also do a bevel for 7^th edge loop.
• Change to solid mode then select the bottom and top faces of the cylinder and delete.
• Then add a subdivision modifier and apply.
• In the edit mode select the bottom edge loop and press 'f' to fill the hole.
• In the object mode add a solidify modifier. Change the thickness to 0.07. Click apply.
• Try smoothing the top edges a little bit.
• Move the bottle in z=3
• Use the origin to the 3d cursor.
• Save the scene.
• You can add a glass material under cycles for rendering.

In the next part we will discuss about studio lighting in Blender.

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