[1] Make a Cylinder. Change the Parameters as follows: Radius to 9.0, height to 1.0, height segments to 1.0, and sides to 10. After placing these changes onto the cylinder itself, right click it and Convert To > Editable Poly.
[2] Under Selection on the right bar, change the selection areas to Polygons. When you have done that, click the top of the cylinder to select the top polygon.
[3] Right click again, making sure it’s still on Polygon selection, and scroll down to Inset. Click the little black box which is to the side of the text. Change the Amount to 1.0.
[4] Re-select the move tool from the top bar in the program, and move the axis down slightly, giving off a dip look to, what will be, the base of the Bird Bath.
[5] You then select the Polygon in the middle, right click and select the black box again next to Inset, change the amount to 4.5.
[6] Grab the polygon in the middle again, and right click. This time we’ll need to extrude this polygon, upwards. Scroll to Extrude, click the black box, and change the amount to 18.0.
[7] After doing the base, it’s now time to do the bowl. Create another Cylinder and change the parameters to: Radius to 14.0, height to 1.5, height segments to 1.0, sides to 10.0.
[8] Right click onto the newly made cylinder and Covert To > Editable Poly. Select the Polygon selection tool again and select the top part of the cylinder.
[9] Right click the shape, click the black box next to Inset and change the amount to 0.5. Flip over to the bottom and select the polygon underneath the shape, right click and scroll down to Bevel and click the black box next to it. Change the height of the bevel to 1.0.
[10] Go back to the top of the shape again, select the middle Polygon. Bevel this downwards by right clicking, selecting the black box next to bevel, and change the height to 1.5.
[11] Select the middle polygon again, right click and select the black box inset, change the amount to 7.0. Then, select that polygon in the middle and do an extrude. Click the black box next to extrude, and change the amount to -0.7.
[12] Now begin UWV Unwrapping the object. Creating some textures for both sides of the bird bath. When you are done, apply the textures and render.
[13] After doing all the texturing in Photopshop and adding a few tweaks to your leisure, I decided on the marble effect on my Bird Bath. This is the finished Render.
[Bonnie Simpson] - Games Design 