LEGO Minifig Arm problems.

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Hi. I am stuck. I am tracing this image of a LEGO minifigure.

http://images.wikia.com/lego/images/5/5a/Technical_drawing_minifigure.png

I have created the vertices of the arm, but now, I cannot get it 3d and rounded. Here are the vertices:

http://rioforce.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/flat-arm-vertices.png

And here is another minifigure model’s arm (with a hand attached) that I do not own.

http://rioforce.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/ignore-the-hand.png

Is there any way that I can get the arm 3D and rounded? I’d appreciate help in the form of a tutorial. :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance!

-rioforce

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Oh, and here is a version of the 3d arm that isn’t mine in Edit Mode.

http://rioforce.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/wireframe-arm.png
wireframe-arm.png409×605

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You should start with a circle or a cylinder and go from there. Tweak as you go, using extrusions and scaling rotating and so on.

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Well, Ok. I’ll try that. :slight_smile: Do you think if I made the vertices for the side of the arm too and then put them together and rounded off the edges would work well?

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Wow! I did the cylinder trick and it is coming along nicely! I’ll post a picture later when I finalize it. :slight_smile: