Medieval Castle Interior

This is what the candle fixture model looks like in Hexagon before the textures are added in Carrara. I wanted to make something tall and elegant. I hope I achieved that with this simple model. I begin all of my designs with a primative. Primatives are simple shapes like a cube, sphere, torus and triangle. I usually begin with the simple cube. Then using the tools within Hexagon the cube is smoothed and then molded into a vase shape. Learn more about Hexagon and modeling with my vase tutorial here.

This is the bottom step beneath the windows and candle fixtures. I wanted to do something different and add a small 'mote' at the bottom of the stairs. In Hexagon I modeled a circle and molded a step with an indention for the 'water'. To learn more about the modeling process in Hexagon check out my Arched Window Tutorial Parts 1, 2 and 3.

This is just a simple cube flattened and reshaped. The opening for the window had to be removed and the edges molded to form an arch. This shape was modeled inside of Hexagon and imported into Carrara where the textures are added.

This is the completed scene inside Carrara 7 before it is rendered. The cone and bulb shapes are lights which must be added to illuminate the scene. Next to modeling and setting up the scene the lights are most important since they set the mood of the final render.