The last two elements were the most complicated or at least appeared so. But as always it is simply a matter of breaking things down into little steps and then putting everything tougher. The bird was first. The wings were be done in two layers, one slightly thicker than the other and then merged together. the tail is done as a flat relief. These were then merged highest to the border relief that circled the bird.
The bird body is done as a domed relief. The beak was done as a bevel relief. Both were merged highest to the outline relief.
The last step was to add the eye by modifying the shield relief.
The book was then next step. It took some head scratching as there were a few things that made it tricky... the first being the 45 degree edges on three sides. But after some thinking I figured it out. I created a book shaped vector - shaped like a flying bird. I also made two vertical lines which would be the rails I would use to create the mesh using the sweep two rails function. But first i created a relief using the bevel tool.
The book shape would be created as a mesh using the sweep two rails function.
The completed book relief was then merged to the crest relief by ADDING it to the base relief.
All those little steps combined have brought us a completed crest relief - easy as that! :)
I'll send a screen capture to m client for proofing before I send it off to the MultiCam to be routed fron 2" thick Precision Board. I'll post a picture when I'm done.
-dan
