Polycount problems

Quesocotl

Hi everyone i didn't really know where to post this so if this isn't the correct place for this topic anyone is free to move it

so I'm working on this character

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr4myY6KeZU&feature=youtu.be

I'm done with the sculpting and Uv Mapping, but now I've reached a wall. I want to rig it for animation, but the models polycount right now is over 200k. I don't have Topogun, and decimation master is useless for this project (no tris). Maya's reduce tool "works" but only at 43% which reduces the polycount by only 50k. Any suggestions for a newb? Thanks

ZacD

Import the model into maya, create a new model on top of it, try to match the original as much as possible, while keeping good topology. http://wiki.polycount.com/FaceTopology?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryTopology%5Cb%29

cryrid

In zbrush you can retopologize the mesh using QRemesher, the topology brush, or zspheres. All your sculpted detail and painting can be transferred to the new mesh easily if you were worried about that. You can export and retopologize externally as well.

Richard Kain

I've always done retopology the hard way, not the automatic way. I also usually do the UV mapping after the retopology, not before. (more interested in having the UV map on the in-game mesh) But I also use Blender, so I'm afriad I won't be able to offer that much in the way of specific pointers.

beefaroni

Retopology can be done in Zbrush (I used it for my last character). Here's a small tutorial on the subject.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fdog0y9jVQ"]Retopologizing in ZBrush - YouTube[/ame]

When retpologizing, you should focus on having the edges flow with the muscles on the body and the face. ZacD already linked you to some good reference for the face so I'd take a look at that.

http://hippydrome.com/Modeling.html

Quesocotl

Thanks everyone Qremesher worked just fine for my current project but i might try the other techniques for more high poly models