advice on retopo

Mayalicious

Hello this is my hi-res model;


Using maya. Normally for models like rocks i was using Meshlab. It was working good but for a model like this meshlab giving me lots of unnecesseary geometry. I need to retopo this by manual. The important part of this model is;



Whats the best way to retopo that type of damage, corrupted surfaces? Any examples you can show?

Eric Chadwick

This might give you some ideas.
http://michelkooper.com/pillar.html

Mayalicious

Thanks Eric! It helped alot.