Commercial Production Series: Razer Blade Gaming Laptop: Part 2

In part two you'll finish up work on the laptop model using 3ds Max. This lesson includes adding the remaining details to the ports, constructing the laptop's hinge and building the display. The final steps needed before moving into Cinema 4D for animation in the next part of the series.

Project Overview:
Over the course of this seven part series, you’ll be guided through the entire process of creating a high quality advertising spot for a Razer gaming laptop from the ground up. Starting in 3D Studio Max, the first two parts will show you how to create the high resolution laptop model using a wide assortment of modeling techniques. From there it’s into Cinema 4D for parts three, four and five, where you’ll tackle materials, texturing, lighting and setting up a series of different camera animations for the final advertising spot.

With the animations locked and ready to go, Stefan will guide you through the process of setting up multi-pass rendering for each camera angle before moving into After Effects for compositing, color correction and post effects in the final two parts, which will be posted on our sister site Aetuts+.

This tutorial was inspired by this original Razer Blade advertisement:

Continued From Part 1:

Step 71

Create a Box and apply an Extrude on the front polygon, Scale it on the Y-axis and Move it a little bit down as shown.

Cgtuts+ Tutorial Razer Blade Gaming Laptop Ad with 3D Studio Max, Cinema 4D & AE

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Step 72

Add 8 loops to the Length and 2 to the Width.

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Step 73

On the bottom 8 (alternating) polygons apply an Extrude, then select the front edges and Move them up.

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Step 74

Add loops close to the corner edges as shown below.

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Step 75

And then add more loops to the bottom part of the element, to support the extruded shapes.

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Step 76

Apply Turbosmooth to the first element with the Iterations set to 2. And then add a Turbosmooth to the second element with the Iterations set to 1.

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Step 77

Copy the objects 3 times and position them correctly.

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Step 78

Create a new Box and Convert it to Editable Poly. Select the front polygon and add an Inset and then a negative Extrude, then add a new loop in the center and Scale the bottom vertices on the Y-axis.

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Step 79

Add 2 horizontal loops on the bottom part and then 3 vertically to the inside.

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Step 80

Next, add 6 more loops inside and then 4 Lengthwise.

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Step 81

Apply an Extrude to the selected polygons 3 times, the first and third extrudes must be with a lower Height amount.

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Step 82

Add loops around the edges, as shown.

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Step 83

Select the edges highlighted below and Move them backwards.

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Step 84

Add 2 loops very close to each other in the front part, and then apply a Chamfer on the middle loop with 2 Segments.

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Step 85

Now select the 10 vertices in the middle and Move them inward to create a rounded shape.

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Step 86

Apply an Extrude on the top polygons (shown below) and Move the selected vertices back.

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Step 87

Move up the front vertices and add several new loops as shown.

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Step 88

Add more loops close to the outside edges.

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Step 89

Create a new Box and apply an Extrude to the bottom polygon, then Scale it on the Y-axis.

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Step 90

Add loops close to each edge and apply Turbosmooth with 2 Iterations to the elements.

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Step 91

Create a new Box with the same Width and Height as the hole we created earlier and add 2 loops matching the edges on the Laptop body.

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After that apply an Extrude to the top polygon, Move the element forward and apply an Inset to the front polygons.

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Step 93

Go into Isolation Mode (ALT+Q) and add loops as shown.

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Step 94

Apply an Extrude with a negative Height on the front polygons and then add 3 loops that are positioned in the same place as the loops on the outside, as shown.

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Step 95

Delete the 3 polygons in the middle and connect the edges using Bridge.

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Step 96

Add 2 loops in the middle of the element and Delete the polygons to create a hole in each side. And again using Bridge connect the edges.

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Step 97

Make the plates on each side like we did before, and add 12 loops in the middle and one on the back side of the element.

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Step 98

Apply an Extrude to the shown polygons and then Move down the selected polygons.

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Step 99

Just like before add additional loops close to the corner edges.

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Step 100

Add loops on the polygons that we Extruded in the previous step and several loops in between them. The finally add a Turbosmooth – Iterations: 2.

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Step 101

Create a Cylinder with 8 Sides and then click “S” on the keyboard to turn on the Snaps Toggle.

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Step 102

Using the Cut Tool follow the Cylinder's outline.

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Step 103

Delete the Cylinder and then Target Weld the old vertices to the new ones.

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And then Connect the selected vertices using the Cut Tool.

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Apply an Extrude 2 times to the center polygons with a negative Height (the first time should be with lower Height to get support loop close to the edge) and then Delete the polygons.

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Now add a loop close to the outer edge.

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Step 107

Create a Cylinder with 8 Sides and Delete all the polygons except the front one. On that polygon, apply an Inset, an Extrude with negative Height and again an Inset.

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Step 108

Extrude the center polygon with a positive Height, then Bevel and Chamfer.

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On the selected loops apply a Chamfer.

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Step 110

Finally apply Turbosmooth – Iterations: 2.

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Step 111

Add an Inset 2 times on the selected polygons (the first time should be with very low amount.)

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Step 112

Select the loop that we receive from the first Inset and open the Graphite Modeling Tools, Loops menu and then choose Loop Tools and click on Circle. Then click on the Relax button several times.

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Like before select the polygons and apply an Extrude 2 times, Delete them and add loop close to the outer edge.

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Step 114

Create a Cylinder with 8 Sides and Delete only the back polygon. On the front polygon apply an Inset, an Extrude with negative Height, an Inset again with a lower Amount and then an Extrude.

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On the selected loops apply a Chamfer.

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Finally apply Turbosmooth to the body and the element – Iterations: 2

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Step 117

For the Monitor, create a Box with the same size as the body and apply a Chamfer to the corner edges. And then on the bottom polygon, apply an Inset and an Extrude with a negative Height as shown.

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Step 118

On the top polygon apply a Bevel 2 times and then using the Cut Tool, connect the shown vertices.

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Step 119

Add a loop to the Length of the element and Move the 4 vertices up a little bit.

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Step 120

Add 2 more loops to the Length and Width and Move up the selected vertices to create a rounded surface.

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Step 121

Again add 2 loops and Move up the selected vertices, as shown.

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Step 122

On the bottom polygon apply an Inset and Delete it. After that make a straight corner with the shown vertices.

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Step 123

Now add 2 additional loops, select the 5 polygons beside the edge and Delete them.

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Step 124

Select the next 5 polygons and Extrude them as shown, after that from the other side (that is hidden in the image) Delete the polygons.

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Step 125

Select the 2 vertices on the both sides and Weld them.

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Step 126

Delete the top polygons and create a Cylinder with 12 Sides and a Height that matches the Length of the hole under it. After that Convert it to Editable Poly and Delete the polygons on the ends and the bottom 6. Finally add loops that are in the same position as the Loops on the Monitor and then Attach it to the Monitor mesh.

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