Rookies Awards 2022| Chelsea Ware

Ahsoka Tano Siege of Mandalore Lightsabers 

(Star Wars the Clone Wars Season 7)

At the beginning of this year I modelled Ahsoka Tano's lightsabers featured in season 7 of Star Wars the Clone Wars series. With this model I really pushed my skills and knowledge, applying everything I had been taught throughout my University course. I focused on creating strong clean topology so that when I smoothed the mesh it would create the desired shape and look clean. 

I also focused heavily on creating realistic textures for the Lightsabers. When adding dents and scratches to the textures I focused on areas that would've easily been damaged through day to day combat. I also didn't want to damage the lightsabers too much as I believe Ahsoka wouldn't have allowed her lightsabers to be so easily damaged and would've looked after them. 

Binoculars (plus case)

My binoculars were also created for an assessment at CDW Studios. This model model was a little bit more complicated than what I had previously done and was therefore a great opportunity to push my modelling skills. 

Our instructor really pushed us to create hand drawn weathering and roughness break up on the texture, adding  smaller details and points of interest to the textures. 

GPO Winchester Radio

GPO Winchester Radio was the second model I created in my first year studying at CDW Studios. I lot of the things I learnt doing my walkman, (see down below), I further built upon when modelling this radio. I also learnt a fair bit of texturing techniques used in substance painter as well. 

Walkman

The walkman was the first project I completed for an assignment I did at CDW Studios and where I first learnt how to properly model in Maya.