Duct Pistol

This image was created as part of a university group project. The design brief was to identify a niche market for a plastic torch company to exploit, and to use surface modelling software (Duct) to create a model and associated STL file (stereolithography file). The image below is a snapshot of our Duct surface model copied from the Sun Sparc 4 machines used at the university. This was then imported into Adobe PhotoShop 4 so that the model could be altered to look more like the final plastic torch.

A number of shadow masks were created and the Hue/Saturation option used to Colourise the pistol. To improve the models representation of painted plastic, a large quantity of Difference Clouds were Overlayed. Directional lights were also rendered into the scene to give appropriate highlights and shadows. To finish the image a simple background and Lens Flare were created.