Badking Grenade Tutorial attempt

This was the first stage of making a grenade, I began with creating a sphere, and then used the move tool to make it into an egg shape.

I then masked off sections to make the "pineapple" effect grenades have to maximize shrapnel on exploding.

I followed this by masking off the bottom section and manipulating the top of the grenade to give the "stem" a better shape, I then smoothed that section to make it look better.

Now, I have started to create the fuse assembly at the top of the grenade, to do this, I began with a cube, manipulated its shape, positioned it to the correct point of the grenade then began to "clip" away unnecessary areas, I ended up with this model.

I then copied the first part of the assembly and began to make the trigger part of the grenade, I used the same shape as the original assembly so that later on it would be easier to line up. I then made the handle part tapered by using mirror tool and shrinking a section of the assembly. I then began to mask off sections that would be kept on the grenade assembly in order to get to the next stage.

I am now at this stage of the model, and the grenade is beginning to take shape. I like the way the assembly has taken shape, and it almost looks like the finished product now.

My chosen genre

For our brief we have been tasked to come up with a genre in which to make objects for a potential game. Inspired by watching the movie Castaway and TV shows such as Man, Woman, Wild, Born Survivor and Ray Mears' Extreme survival I had had the idea of a "wilderness survival" game, but I think the objects may be a little difficult to create and more than a little above my abilities. I mind mapped some potential items for this scenario and decided that the following three may be suitable for inclusion.

• Hunting Knife
• Log
• Water Canteen
• Axe or Hatchet
• Tent
• Mushroom
• Mosquito
• Wolf
• Campfire
• Fishing Rod
• Flint and tinder box
• Rations (sack of rice)

Given my terrible skill at using the program, a lot of this list is just way above my ability to produce, I would really like to do the Wolf, but with limited time, and my low level ability I don't think this will be possible.

My final list of three objects, due to my low ability, I think should be, Water Canteen, Axe or Knife and Log. This is because these objects are probably easier to sculpt initially due to the fact that they can probably be made with a few basic shapes.  

Frustrating start

So far my endeavors with 3d have been stressful and troublesome, particularly with Zbrush. I just can't seem to get the knack of using the program. This blog will detail how I made progress (or not!) with making 3 potential assets.