We began by following our tutor step by step and making a basic table and accompanying chairs. I managed to grasp the gist of things but did fall behind a little and miss out a few steps. We then modelled a war hammer in a similar fashion (following step by step) but again I got caught up on one thing and missed a few steps, although I had started to get the hang of things.
Our stretch goal was to create a few low-poly weapons. I can comfortably admit that I was pretty nervous after our first lesson; I felt like I wasn't grasping the programme as quickly as I should be and thought that I was never ever going to understand it. After an evening of thinking it over I reminded myself that I felt exactly the same when I started using Maya and quickly picked that up.
This put my mind at ease and I knew I was going to have to concentrate and put in the time and effort to fully understand the programme. After a few unsuccessful weapons I came out with this hammer/mace/thing.. Not the most fantastic looking thing but I managed to grasp the basics and got something relatively okay looking out of it! With my new found knowledge I attempted a sword:
It's still not finished but I am finding myself much more comfortable with 3DS max! There's still a lot to learn but I know if I put in the extra time I will become far better at it.
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