For my prop, I decided to make a medieval-style tavern tankard. It fits well with the minotaur being an old, grumpy man with a beer belly in need of a holiday and a large drink.

I went through several designs based off google images before choosing a handle (top left design on the sticky note on the right).

Since this process was much closer to the basics we used at the start of the semester, it was much quicker and easier to do. I started with an 8-sided cylinder and cut a line in the middle, then pushed the centre off the sides out to make a more rounded edge, repeating the process until the roundness was smooth. I created the metal bindings with another 8-sided cylinder, and softened the corners with bevelling, before adding small half-spheres to act as nails. The handle was made with a cube and the extend tool, and a lot of bevelling.

Once I was done, I flipped the normals as needed and exported the model to substance.

This was the first draft. It looks good, the wood and metal look as they should do, but it was too flat.

I ended up using a smart texture instead, which was much more realistic.

The last thing I needed to do before posing was the eyes.

I used the mirror tool to paint pupils and irises on both eyeballs, and tried to make them look more monstrous and bull-like than a human’s.

This is how I decided to pose the minotaur. He’s slouched forward, belly out and hand on his hip, unimpressed that he even has to get up today. At least he has a gallon of mead to get him to 3pm.

This is the completed model in sketch fab!