Old Watering Can

An old battered watering can which was very common at the time of Polish People’s Republic. My family used this type of can (similarily worn) to water plants in their vegetable garden. I’m not sure which Eastern Bloc country they originated from, but the design was not standardized. Variants had a similar shape and I think were built from the same materials, but were differed in minor details, like the number and location of ribs on the basin, the metal bar supporting the funnel, size of a handle, etc. Most likely these cans were produced in different national factories, possibly accross many Eastern Bloc countries.

The model is semi-procedural. High-resolution subdivision geometry was created procedurally and the base geometry for the subdivision-friendly retopo mesh was derived from the high-res so that it adapts to it whenever the high resolution model changes. Destructive editing was limited to creating edge loops for proper geometry flow of the low resolution model. Textures on the other hand were all procedurally generated.

One of references I based this watering can on can be found on this archived page.

Background environment was assembled from PolyHaven models.

Tools

Houdini NVil Substance Painter Blender (Cycles)