Create an Underground Subway Scene – Part 1 of 2

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Modifiers are your friend…

Length:
42 minutes
Software:
Blender 2.57
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Rate:
VN:F [1.9.11_1134]
Rating: 4.8/5 (152 votes cast)

Part 1 | Part 2

In this tutorial you will discover:

  • How to quickly model a tunnel and train tracks
  • How to use the array and curve modifier
  • How to use dupliframes to quickly create copies of lamps

From an early age I developed a deepset paranoia of trains. I’m not sure what sparked it, but one day I became terrified that someone would push me off the platform and onto the tracks right before a train arrived. There’s no real logic to this thinking, but it always crops up when waiting at the station. I blame videos like this.

Anyway, for some strange reason I decided to create a tutorial on my exact fear: subways. Yaaaaaay :D

Finished Result

The endless tunnel of grey.


Download the Finished .blend

Further inspiration

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Watch Part 2

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About Andrew Price

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219 Responses to “Create an Underground Subway Scene – Part 1 of 2”

  1. dario February 8, 2012 at 1:57 am #

    hi, the tutorial is excellent but I have a problem: at abot 9th minute you apply the Curve modifier to the cylinder and the plane and deformation axis is the X axis. I follow the tutorial exactly as it is but when i apply that modifier the cylinder and the plane rotate by 90 degrees and i can’t make it not. Can you help me? :)
    P.S. Sorry for the bad English but I’m Italian :)
    Thanks a lot
    dario

    Reply
  2. Dany February 12, 2012 at 10:37 pm #

    When I go to make the circle for the bolts, I don’t see two circles showing up. But when I attempt to grab and move it, it mirrors as a semi circle. Any ideas?

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