Lancome bottle...

[zpaolo]

How would you model this bottle?



It has a tricky shape: the base is a circle, the top a square, and it's twisted and tapered in between, but I think you could apply the deformations after modeling it straight.
The rounds along the body are peculiar as they are proper rounds at the top, but they are "grooves" at the base.
I tried building it with my limited surfacing abilities (still learning) and this is the end result:



I'm quite satisfied, but I'm still thinking that maybe I should have done it in a different way...

Paolo

 

[Zaki]

the picture showing its top not simple square. But two edges straight and two arcs. m I right??? I will try

 

[[-Skint-]]

Model it straight and twist it with Warp

 

[sanjeevkar1]

blend circle and 2 squares (i small square in the middle)

 

[zpaolo]

The top is square, I looked at the original bottle

I modeled it this way: instead of building it straight and bending it, I made three sections (bottom is a circle with indented groves, middle is a square with slightly arched sides, top is a square), I then used boundary blends to build the grooves/rounds, and the side faces. Trimmed back each surface a little and filleted with curvature continuity.

The tough part, IMO, is the corner grooves/rounds, not the general shape...

Paolo

 

[zpaolo]

Changed the shape a bit, and rendered with Hypershot...

 

[SW]

That is one hell of a lot of perfume.

Sam

 

[[-Skint-]]

nice render ZP, however to reduce the grainy effect of the liquid, just offset the liquid material by a fraction so its not directly touching the glass.

 

[zpaolo]

]nice render ZP, however to reduce the grainy effect of the liquid, just offset the liquid material by a fraction so its not directly touching the glass.

The liquid is already offset, I should offset it a little more perhaps. Also consider that this is a quick snapshot after 5 minutes of rendering, so it's grainy for this reason too...

Anyway, too bad the rendering engine of Hypershot does not support "volume stacking" like Lightwave... and that small gap changes the way the liquid look (but for perfumes, it's still ok )

Edited by: zpaolo

 

[mgnt8]

Nice rendering. Coincidentally, I just bought this for my wife recently. The bottle I got is all rectangular from top to bottom with the twist, so the warp would work. Maybe a different version for the states? Incidentally, the closure is a very thick chunk of plastic. Apparently they had developed a proprietary molding process to prevent any sinks or airgaps. Very well done as I can only see very small bubbles and split lines are hidden along the corners.

 

[zpaolo]

Incidentally, the closure is a very thick chunk of plastic. Apparently they had developed a proprietary molding process to prevent any sinks or airgaps. Very well done as I can only see very small bubbles and split lines are hidden along the corners.

I'd like to have a bottle at hand to better model the top and closure, you're right, it's a single piece of molded plastic. As for the shape, the "twisted" bottle is a constant in Lancome products, there is an "all squares" version which is shorter and "fatter", and the slimmer version you've posted (that was a picture or a rendering? :O ). The one I linked is the new "Hypnose" bottle, if I remember right...

Paolo