Using a template of a side view of an AT-AT I found online I started modelling the bases for which I would be editing and tweaking later on. I only modeled the one side to save time of tweaking one side and then have to replicate the same thing on the other side. The problem with this is that you have to make sure that the inside faces were deleted every time. Whenever you extrude something it gives you faces that have to be deleted every time. That became a nuisance.
By modelling the body first it helped to give me an accurate size and proportions for each component, which will be added later. Especially the legs which needs to make it look like it is larger than it is. In order to keep the body hard surface, I had to add extra edge loops to create this hard edge especially where the three pieces of the body needed to look like three pieces welded together. That was only one of the simpler things that I had to battle with this model.
The head was the hardest to block out because there are different variations of sizes, that I have seen within the references I am using to help model this.
I modeled temporary axles underneath the body that I will eventually go back to once the legs are done. I needed to have something to give me an idea of where the legs will be situated and how far apart they will be spaced once modeled.
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