Once you’ve moved it, use the Drag Tool and make the points of the polygon fit the outer shape of Layer 6, like in picture 67.
Picture 67: Move the new segment to fit the Top Section Cover in Layer 6 (Click to enlarge)
Keep the polygon selected and duplicate the points once more using the Smooth Shift Tool, then working in the BL Viewport, stretch the polygon inwards again, like in picture 68.
Picture 68: The final segment added and stretched inwards a bit (Click to enlarge)
Triple this polygon now by pressing “Shift+T”, and we’re done with the basic shape of the handle.
Next we are going to add a hole at the top section of the handle, where the steel wire will go through. Zoom in on the upper part of the handle, and put the backdrop image back in the BR Viewport. Activate the Knife Tool by pressing “Shift+K”, then make a cut in the curve. Have a look at picture 69 and you’ll know where to put it.
Picture 69: Use the Knife Tool
Keep the Knife Tool activated and add another cut a bit further down on the handle, like in picture 70.
Picture 70: Add another cut
Once done, deactivate the Knife Tool. Working in the Perspective View, select the polygons shown in picture 71. 14 polygons should be selected.
Picture 71: Select these polygons by clicking on them in the Perspective View. 14 polygons should be selected (Click to enlarge)
Activate the Smooth Shift Tool and right click in one of the Viewports to duplicate the points. Working in the BR Viewport, use the Stretch tool to size the polygons down vertically, then use the Move Tool and move the selected polygons to fit the backdrop image, like in picture 72.
Picture 72: Stretch and Move the polygons to fit the backdrop image
Deselect these polygons and select the 4 polygons shown in picture 73.
Picture 73: Select these polygons (Click to enlarge)
Use the Smooth Shift Tool and right click in one of the Viewports to duplicate the points, then working in the BR Viewport, place the mouse pointer at the centre of these polygons and use the Stretch Tool to stretch them slightly inwards, like in picture 74.
Picture
74: Duplicate and stretch these 4 polygons inwards. The Red Dot
indicates where the mouse pointer was placed for the stretch operation
Keep the polygons selected and use the Smooth Shift Tool to duplicate the points again. Then activate the Stretch Tool once more and bring up the Numeric Panel by pressing “n”. Use the settings shown in picture 75.
Picture 75: Stretch the selected polygons using these settings (Click to enlarge)
Click Apply to perform the operation, then close down the Numeric Panel and deactivate the Stretch Tool. Keep the polygons selected and bring up the Merge points panel by pressing “m” on the keyboard. Use the Automatic function and click OK, 6 points should be eliminated. Finally delete the selected polygons by pressing delete on the keyboard.
Open up the Change Surface Panel and give the Handle the Metal Surface, then activate Metanurbs/Subpatches by pressing “Tab” on the keyboard. Picture 76 shows a few angles of my finished handle.
Picture 76: A few angles of the finished handle (Click to enlarge)
Activate the Mirror Tool now and mirror this handle across the Z-axis at the centre, and together with all the other Layers, picture 77 shows my Lantern at this point.
Picture 77: All the Layers together (Click to enlarge)
That’s it for the handles, press “s” now to save the progress.





