Fundamentals: Modelling a Treasure chest

Treasure Chest - Base:

box
top half deleted
shell modifier for thickness
3 faces wide, and 3x3 on sides
Both edges on side selected, select ring to ring edges around chest; use pivot the scale both edges apart

Top of Treasure Chest:

Create a Cylinder with 8-10 faces wrapping around
delete top faces. delete half of faces wrapped around, leaving you with one half of wrapped around faces. (4-5 faces)
place pivot point in center by "affect pivot only" > place in center (another option: shift+t, transform toolbox and then, place in center)

Extruded faces for Wood:

extrude faces
"by polygon" option (i.e. select each piece individually to move and size for a more interesting, realistic look

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