So here is our first true project in this new program. Before we made this castle, we had a little tutorial project to play around with it, and then we were tasked to make this monstrosity.
How Thou Art is Created
First, we started with the columns. We used the cylinder tool to make, well, a cylinder. Then we made another slightly wider, shorter cylinder for the top. We had some creative freedom, so I used the cone tool to make the spires at the top. Once we were finished with that, we merged it all together and duplicated it 3 times.
Then we made the walls. This part was very simple. First we aligned the columns evenly, so that every wall would be even. Then we used the rectangle tool to make one wall. After that, we duplicated it 3 times and aligned all the walls just right so that the castle is a square from the floor plan view. For creative freedom, I put the little top things on it.
And then we had to cut a door in one of the walls. This is the part I struggled with the most, so it's not perfect. I made a wider rectangle into the side of the wall, and then used a boolean to try to make it cut. Instead of cutting all the way through though, for some reason it cut half-way into the wall and caused some lighting error. I couldn't fix it.
Finally, we colored it. I right clicked everything and selected Blinn. Because of the lighting error, I could not give it a stone texture, and could only make it white, gray, or black. I decided to make is black, and called it shadow castle. Shadow Castle is an evil magical castle. Only when looking at the right angle, can one find the entrance. Hey, when you make a mistake, make it part of the act!
Update on ye 11th of November
I fixed my castle! I somehow made my whole castle disappear by attempting to zoom out, so I started over. Here is a screenshot:
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