How to make such shapes?

[Anonymous]

Hi guys, I am new in 3dsmax and I want to ask how can I do shapes like the ones below?

[CAMedeck]

Well, the basic shape appears to be a Star spline primitive.  I can't tell how they were given thickness with that twisting effect, but it could be using Loft.  

[leeminardi]

I created the following shape by:

1. Create a 5 sided polygon.
2. Create a smooth spline referencing the end and midpoints of the pentagon.
3. Pull the spline vertices that are on the midpoints inward forming a star.
4. Create a small circle and move its pivot so that it is slightly outside the circle
5. Select the star and the Loft referencing the circle for the shape.
6. Edit the twist deformation value at 100 to 3600 (equal to 10 full revolutions for the twist).
7.  Edit the Skin paramters of the Loft  to Shape steps = 2, and Path Steps to 12 (this smooths the twist).

Here's the shape with the twist at 100 set to 18000 (50 x 360) and the path steps to 36.