Barrel Tutorial

After finishing the tutorial the final result should look like this and the barrel is created in only 6 steps.

 
 
1) Start MAX and reset it!
2) Create a Cylinder in the top-viewport with the following settings, but use more sides that 18 if you want to make close up pictures.

3) Go to the modify-panel and use the Edit-Mesh modifier to get a result likt the one in the picture below.

4) Now go on with changing the mesh to get the following result.

5) Just a little more to get the following result.

6) Now add a Mesh-Smooth modifier and give the barrel an adequate texture.

 
7) Have fun!