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How to Model a Microphone Mesh
🕑 Added 2024-04-29 05:41:25 +0000 UTCHow to sub-division model a retro microphone mesh in Blender.
Notes
Blender version 4.1
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John Dickinson
Sure. At recording time it was the only way I could work out how to select the unsubdivided edges after the subdivision modifier had been applied. I used creasing but I could have used bevel weighting or maybe sharpness... any option that is selectable from the Select Similar menu. Without this step, once you subdivide, it's not possible to easily select the original edges in order to dissolve them. The update 01 I posted today shows a way to create the hex shapes without this "crease" step :-)
John Manoogian
Could you clarify why the crease step was necessary? That was the one step where I didn’t quite get how or why it worked (from the creased tri’s to the sub-D to the hexagons.)
John Dickinson
Thanks Chris. Took me a bit of trial and error but I think it’s a decent workflow 😅
Chris Jones
When people say 'do it with a shader' John says 'hold on, I can model that!'. Boldly going where mere modelling mortals fear to tread. All in 8 minutes, amazing John!
John Dickinson
You're welcome Brent! It was a bit of a head scratcher but fun to work out. Thanks for the idea.
John Dickinson
If you have any circles that are a bit distorted just select the loop and use LoopTools > Circle to reshape.
Guy Insulator
Oh, this is perfect. Thank you very much for this excellent example.
