Poly modeling: hard edges on round objects
polycounter lvl 4
Hey forum, new member here. I'm relatively new to modeling, only a year of on/off experience working on maya. I'm practicing some hard surface modeling with one of my favorite characters, Samus Aran. Here's my initial concept drawing: 
I only have the helmet roughed out, and I'm running into an edge loop/hard edge problem.
I want to retain the round/curves along the red lines, but keep the edges sharp along the purple & green lines. When I add edge loops in on those areas, they continue onto where the yellow lines are, in effect taking away the roundness.
I've tried a few methods to solve this: merging vertices, sliding edges, or adding divisions. All yield unwanted edges/pinching.
I've searched around the net for a solution, and while some come close to this issue, none have touched on my specific problem. I can only assume there's either a method I'm unaware of, or maybe my initial lowpoly model won't produce the result I want. Anybody have a suggestion?
I only have the helmet roughed out, and I'm running into an edge loop/hard edge problem.
I want to retain the round/curves along the red lines, but keep the edges sharp along the purple & green lines. When I add edge loops in on those areas, they continue onto where the yellow lines are, in effect taking away the roundness.
I've tried a few methods to solve this: merging vertices, sliding edges, or adding divisions. All yield unwanted edges/pinching.
I've searched around the net for a solution, and while some come close to this issue, none have touched on my specific problem. I can only assume there's either a method I'm unaware of, or maybe my initial lowpoly model won't produce the result I want. Anybody have a suggestion?
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