How can I make a flat, spiralled surface?

Question

I'm a bit new to Blender so I apologize if this is a really simple thing. I'm trying to make a peppermint candy in Blender (like this:

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one of those red ones that looks swirled. So I'm extruding a circle, slightly rounding the edge, then there's a flat surface, and there are equal cuts of the disc that alternate red and white. Is there a way to basically twist the whole thing around the centerpoint such that the bands curve like that? Thanks very much!

Answer 1

• In Object Mode add Shift-A a circle (Mesh/Circle)

• Change to Edit Mode Tab make sure you're in vertex select mode.

• Extrude and Scale E,S,0
• Change to Face select (see image below)
• Click a random face, select all A
• From the menu pick Select/ Checker Deselect

• Create another material and assign it to the selection

• Add loop cuts Ctrl-R RMB

• With the inner faces select you're there

• Set proprtional editing O and rotate R

You might want to select the outer edges and extrude them to add the on colored border as in the reference image.

Result with some tweaking: