It’s been a while since I last shared some free modeling tutorials. Well, that’s about to change!
I have re-discovered some older videos I’ve filmed and haven’t had a chance to add the subtitles. Since it looks like I will not have enough time to do that any time soon, I’ve decided to share them “as-is”. No speeding up, no commentary, same as watching me work over the shoulder. I hope these videos will still be useful to some of you, I plan on publishing 1 of them every week.
This week’s 3ds max tutorial – a round neoclassical dining table with fluted legs. Might look pretty simple at the first glance, but there are a couple of tricks you might find useful.
I’ve also added the final, textured model to the freebie page.
Ok, enough talk 
Get the Reference Image if you want to follow along and watch the video!
Feel free to ask any questions you have in the comments.
man really thx for all these useful tutorials and vids ur making its very helpful and ur doing a gr8 job wish u success in everything. would u think of making tutorials concerning fast tweaks and tricks in modeling in 3d max things that makes working easier, and it will be appreciated if u could make a video tutorial concerning environment and tress making. thx alot god bless u .
I’m thinking of making a “modeling basics” tutorial that would teach how to create the geometry you need as quickly as possible.
Environment tutorial is also planned, so stay tuned!
Austris you are the MASTER without no doubt!!
another great tutorial.
Wow! Very impressive! Thank you for sharing this tutorial!
you did it again, thanks
thank you!
I really liked watching the creation of the table. You show alot of the detail and zoom in and out which helps with viewing it in different perspectives. The motion is really too quick though. I understand there is a pause if I want to follow along but just watching the tutorial made me a bit dizzy. Thanks for the walk through.
After looking at it I see what you mean
I guess I’m so used to working at this speed that it doesn’t seem fast for me.
Anyway, glad it helps!
one of the greatest artists in my opinion…. he know how to use the splines in the right way.
I LOVE splines in 3ds max, it’s sooo easy and fast to get any shape you need. I often wish vector editing software would be this simple.
useful ! thanks a lot !!
thanks man to share this video
please try to create some exterior
Big Thanx!
brilliant as always, thanks
Excellent!!! Thanks for that. You make it look so easy and simple.
wow!! thanks a lot!
I will echo what Rodrigo said about splines – I learned a lot just from your making of the leg profile! When you were making the embellishment for the top of the leg, I thought, “What the heck is he doing??” I will be studying that portion many times because it uses so many mesh tools that people tend to ignore.
Hehe, the ornament is not that complicated actually
I just make a simple “mesh” that I can use to control how the shape looks after Turbosmooth.
Imho create outline with line tool>convert to editable poly>create the “mesh” with cut and connect tools works best for these sort of carved details.
Thanks Austris. I’ve learned more practical modeling techniques from you than from all the other tutorials I’ve seen combined. Keep up the great work!
thank you Sir Austris
i learn some of modeling thanks a lot …you know im beginner but im learning.
i wish.
tasis
Thanks man to share this video
Dear Austris,
Thanks for sharing this great tutorial.
It is very useful for me.
once again thanks thanks thanks
Surendrababu
great tutorial!
but many artist don’t like booleans, becouse they can create n-gons and “bad geomety”/
i’m beginner and i see that in this video proboolean works great
Yes, sometimes booleans are not so good, especially if used in the middle of modeling process.
My strategy is this – first create the object, make sure it is perfect and doesn’t need any later adjustments and do the boolean cuts as the very last step.
If you don’t need to further edit the geometry after using booleans they are very very useful.
This was fantastic, I was looking for something like this.
I really appreciate your great work
I love your all tutorials
Thank You Very Much
Regard
Great tutorial! Really impressive work flow!
But I was wondering why did you choose Vimeo instead of Youtube. There are some problems with my network, and sometimes the vimeo videos stops loading. A very bad thing of Vimeo is that it doesn’t support preloading (directly jump into some middle point of the video), so when I refresh the page, I have to reload the video all over again. Youtube supports that, and that’s what I like on Youtube.
Excellent work again for modeling help…..!
u make modeling look so simple and easy , thx again
hi ..is there anyway to download these video instead of watching them online every time…am suffering of slow internet
thanks
Thank you Austris for this fantastic and informative tutorial.
You make modeling look so easy, and now I am on the lookout for some furniture I can model using the techniques you have just taught me.
Thanks again.