The document provides instructions for modeling a barrel in 3D software, including forming the base cylinder shape, using the bevel tool to open it up, UV unwrapping the model which is more complex than for a crate, creating a texture in Photoshop, placing the UV map with texture, and rendering it with lighting and shadows. It encourages taking time to sketch out design ideas for the barrel before beginning the 3D modeling process.

1. The barrel

2. The barrel
After our crate, which was pretty simple. We
will take it one step further.
A barrel.

3. The barrel
Poly modeling, vertex editing
UVW unwrap
Photoshop, creating the texture
Rendering your object

4. The barrel
The base form

5. The barrel
The base form, with the center ring of vertices scaled

6. The barrel
The base form, inset en bevel function to open up the
barrel

7. The barrel
The uvw unwrap, a little more complex than the crate’s uvw

8. The barrel
Flatten mapping

9. The barrel
Cleaning up the uvw, dragging vertices

10. The barrel
With the texture in place, placing our uvw

11. The barrel
The textured cilinder

12. The barrel
Final render, with lights and shadows

13. The barrel
Now it is up to you. But first, think about
your barrel.
What is it going to be, how will it appear?
Take a moment before you start modeling
and draw some sketches of your barrel.