I am new to blender and I'm struggling with one feature; a strip of metal going near the top of the camera body (Fujifilm s4400). My problem is that the metal strip will not extrude to a continuous length because of the curve around the camera body. To add to that when I smooth out the model I get a gap where the strip is and it curves at the end leading to a hole in the model.

Could someone guide me with what to do or edit my .blend file so that I can observe the way you do things.

Here is the final render of what I have done so far:

Here is the blend file if you would like to have a look:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1676DBCF8E08414!402&authkey=!ANRCxzBWbz75GiI&ithint=file%2cblend

kind regards,

Shane.

I am new to blender and I'm struggling with one feature; a strip of metal going near the top of the camera body (Fujifilm s4400). My problem is that the metal strip will not extrude to a continuous length because of the curve around the camera body. To add to that when I smooth out the model I get a gap where the strip is and it curves at the end leading to a hole in the model.

Could someone guide me with what to do or edit my .blend file so that I can observe the way you do things.

Here is the blend file if you would like to have a look:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1676DBCF8E08414!402&authkey=!ANRCxzBWbz75GiI&ithint=file%2cblend

kind regards,

Shane.

So, as the title states, I am new to blender and apart from a few videos on YouTube I decided to try something of my own yesterday.

I'm struggling with the way one would go about modelling a camera body without reference images. I've started on the lens and I think that it has came out OK but the body is making me struggle. On the camera that I am trying to model it has a strip of metal going near the top of the camera body and modelling it is becoming a bit of an issue. I would like to know if anyone could guide me with what to do or edit my .blend file so that I can observe the way you do things.

Here is the final render of what I have done so far:

My problem is that the metal strip will not extrude to a continuous length because of the curve around the camera body. To add to that when I smooth out the model I get a gap where the strip is and it curves at the end leading to a hole in the model. I would just like to know what you guys would do here if possible.

Also, if you wish to see the camera that I am trying to model then the name is: Fujifilm s4400

Here is the blend file if you would like to have a look:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1676DBCF8E08414!402&authkey=!ANRCxzBWbz75GiI&ithint=file%2cblend

kind regards,

Shane.

I am new to blender and I'm struggling with one feature; a strip of metal going near the top of the camera body (Fujifilm s4400). My problem is that the metal strip will not extrude to a continuous length because of the curve around the camera body. To add to that when I smooth out the model I get a gap where the strip is and it curves at the end leading to a hole in the model.

Could someone guide me with what to do or edit my .blend file so that I can observe the way you do things.

Here is the final render of what I have done so far:

Here is the blend file if you would like to have a look:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1676DBCF8E08414!402&authkey=!ANRCxzBWbz75GiI&ithint=file%2cblend

kind regards,

Shane.