Vintage Pepper Mill

Last crawled date: 6 years, 6 months ago

Vintage pepper grinder here. I wanted to make something more than a simple spline, and saw this around the web. For me the bevel gears were the big challenge: I wanted them to mesh properly if the model is rigged. I think I got it right; feedback is always welcome. The handle rotates on the X axis. Y'all can take it from there. The model is true to life externally. I don't know what the interior mechanism looks like, but I think there's a little daemon inside the spherical part. When you crank the handle, it hates the noise so it smashes your peppercorns with a small sledge hammer. Right? ;-)All parts have proper names, and the model is grouped and parented to an empty axis for linking or appending. Daemon is not included.The studio background is by dzerbs.Textures:
old brass by elbrujodelatribu, http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/69793 . I created the extra maps, and modified the nodes a bit, but it's a nice foundation material.The steel is from textures.com, extra maps by me.The procedural wood texture is from SzyKo, https://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/72743.No normal maps are included because they really jacked up the file size.