Naval Turret Exercise

We will create the following naval turret in this tutorial:

Start with a basic box as follows:

• Ensure that your box is centered and has dimensions as can be seen in the picture

Convert the box to poly and select the four surrounding faces

Use the slice plane to create a vertical cut through the selected faces

Loop select the created edges in edge mode

Chamfer the selected edges such that the resultant edges lie on the two inside grid lines (ie +10 and -10)

Chamfer again with the currently selected edges to create two wide stripes resembling the following:

Select the newly created front faces of each stripe and use the slice plane to create a relatively low horizontal edge in each face

Use a similar procedure to create an edge near the back of the top faces of each stripe

Select the two corner faces of each stripe and use the bevel tool in default mode to create a shallow, insetting bevel

Switch to the expanded extrude tool, switch to local normal extrusion, and extrude by a height of 3.291 (or somewhere around there), then confirm by clicking the green checkmark

Select the newly extruded top faces and extrude again a height of 8.323 or similar

With the current face selection (the two top faces), switch to the scale tool and switch into local mode, then scale the two tops along the x axis to make the two faces a little narrower

Select the two top front faces and use the bevel tool to create a small-medium bevel

With the current selection, switch to the basic extrude tool and create a long extrusion as follows

With the current selection, switch to the basic bevel tool and create a small-medium outward bevel

Bevel again to create a very shallow insetting bevel

Bevel again to create a slightly deep somewhat insetting bevel

You now have a very basic turret! Let's adjust it a bit to make it look better.

Switch to the move tool, switch to vertex selection, and switch the coordinate system to view, then select the front vertices of the cannons and bring them up a bit to level out the cannons

Select the front bottom vertices of the little slopes underneath each cannon, pull them up and out a little bit

Select the top vertices of each cannon's enclosure edge and pull them back and down a little to create a sloped look

Grab the back top vertices of the turret's enclosure and pull them down and in a little bit to pronounce the sloped look

Grab the top half of the entire object and bring it down to create a low-styled turret

Grab the back half of the entire object and pull it back to create a longer housing for each turret

Grab the top half of each cannon and its housing and bring it down to give the cannons a lower profile

Switch to edge mode and select the surrounding edges

Use the move tool to bring the selected edges down a bit to make the edges less boxy

While in edge mode, use the edge create tool to create 3 edges as shown to deal with triangulation issues

And there we are! The completed naval turret.