Problem with stars

Trust_me

While I was working on a model, I noticed that i got some stars( vertieces with 5 edges connected).

I cant get rid of them, I just can turn them into 5-sided-Polys or Triangles.

I was wondering what is the "least evil"? What really bothers me is that there is one "star " in the armpit of my model.(so there will be much movement)

iWeReZ

Not the most elegant or optimized way but chamfer the vert then cut the ngon left over into quads/tris?

BARDLER

Its is nearly impossible to avoid stars completely in a character model. What is more important is keeping the stars in a place that doesn't deform that much.

Trust_me

First, thanks for the answers.

@iWeReZ: But then there is still a triangle and I still dont know if thats worse.

Remodeling is kinda hard, because of the shape, i tried it but every time I get the same problem. ( to be more specified the object is some sort of a kimono)

xillyriax

Whenever there is a change in direction of the loop flow you'll get those stars. Check below the eye and near the cheek www.kuukahvila.com/gallery/albums/userpics/Face_mesh_002.jpg

On your arm, try and have that star occur more toward the body. I'm afraid you'll get some pinching when you animate it.