Modeling the “Rocketeer” Helmet

Okay, perhaps “Rocketeer” is not quite as cool as “Iron Man,” but his helmet is somehow stylish. In this tutorial, Alex Cheparev shows how to create a 3D model of it in Maya.

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The tutorial lasts almost an hour and a half; the artist uses Maya 2016.

For anyone who no longer remembers “The Rocketeer”—which is very likely and probably justified: the film based on Dave Stevens’ comic was released in 1991 and was a Touchstone Pictures production.