This week, I kept on creating my model. I managed to create the smallest and most important pieces for the project: the mechanism’s music wheel and the metal comb. Both had very small and precise pieces to work with, and it took a while, but I’m very happy with hoe they came out. Having a physical music box to base myself off of was extremely useful in getting the proportions just right.
Separating the combs from one another was an extremely long process, but I’m sure it’ll be worth it.
I modeled one of the music cylinders’ nibs after the one I have, which plays “Happy Birthday”. I’m considering that, if I figure out how to play music in my animation, I could have it play the song as the cylinder spins, to add to the realism of the animation.
I feel like I’m a bit behind in my modeling, but it’ll probably be fine.