Low-poly Zeppelin in need of critique

AetherGauntlet

Hey!

After a few simple models like barrels and books I decided it was time to try modelling something a bit more complex. I would appreciate your C&C in order to improve.

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Zeppelin 394tris (wip) by AetherGauntlet on Sketchfab

Thanks!

jfitch

The fin you have on the top looks like it might cause an issue, it looks like it's non-manifold geo.

Just need to fix that and you'll be good for texturing.

AetherGauntlet

Yep, it's non-manifold.

I thought those weren't a problem unless I was planning to print the model. At least some of the references I have been looking at seem to sometimes use a plane to imply detail with a texture - but I'm guessing the issue here is that you can see both sides of the texture?

Regardless, I'll get it fixed and I'll try to read up a bit more about non-manifold structures.

Thanks!

Neox

is it non manifold tho? i guess the vertices on the bottom row are not merged, just with a distance of 0 to each other?

then this is totally fine.

AetherGauntlet

They are currently merged yes, but I can fix that.

My plan was to have a mostly transparent texture there with some antennas or spikes.

gamerjanne

Looks awesome! World be nice to see some handpainted textures on that one

AetherGauntlet

Thanks. I'm planning on doing hand painted textures similar to the barrel but I need some additional practise on simpler models before I tackle this one.