Santa's belt buckle
Thanks to all (particularly Frank) on the assistance in modeling Santa's suit buttons. I've had three 3D print results and each has been a substantial improvement (mostly mistakes from perspective - what looks like a mountain in C3D is not even a mole hill when its real life dimensions are less than 1mm. A "ACTUAL SIZE" option would be handy ;-))
Now I need to model Santa's belt buckle. An approximately 5-inch brass ring will provide the base for a holly leaf design and a 4-inch leather belt to be used, attached to the tongue and then latched in the back with holes punctured in the belt. I can model the prime elements of the buckle within C3D (torus or extruded disk) but I'm having trouble figuring out how to model the holly leaf design details. I don't think I can all a bump displacement map in the same manner, but then - maybe I can.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is a dimensional drawing of the buckle and a PNG file I like for the relief. Maybe this is something to be modeled in ZBrush or a similar drawing program?
Thanks to all (particularly Frank) on the assistance in modeling Santa's suit buttons. I've had three 3D print results and each has been a substantial improvement (mostly mistakes from perspective - what looks like a mountain in C3D is not even a mole hill when its real life dimensions are less than 1mm. A "ACTUAL SIZE" option would be handy ;-))
Now I need to model Santa's belt buckle. An approximately 5-inch brass ring will provide the base for a holly leaf design and a 4-inch leather belt to be used, attached to the tongue and then latched in the back with holes punctured in the belt. I can model the prime elements of the buckle within C3D (torus or extruded disk) but I'm having trouble figuring out how to model the holly leaf design details. I don't think I can all a bump displacement map in the same manner, but then - maybe I can.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is a dimensional drawing of the buckle and a PNG file I like for the relief. Maybe this is something to be modeled in ZBrush or a similar drawing program?