What is the best approach to model this part?

volteron3d

I've been trying to model this by beveling the edges but I keep getting some N-gons and that's f'up. I figured a way to add the details on the side part I'm thinking of using trim sheets as my normals, but my main problem is the scope part that is connected to the main body I don't know how to do it with a clean topo.  Thanks in advance for helping me. 

Daf57

Hey there! You might try posting in this thread - https://polycount.com/discussion/56014/how-the-f-do-i-model-this-reply-for-help-with-specific-shapes-post-attempt-before-asking/p1

Neox

As usual, start with the big shapes, then go smaller. Dont work too lowpoly once you get to the sharp vs round shapes

Alex_J

Even once you've been doing this stuff for a long time, almost daily you will run into this problem: where do I even start? 

Just try anything. The first thing you can think of. Go from there and 90% of time you'll realize wasn't too hard. And once you finish then it is easy to see all the ways you could do better. 

There's a motivational but what I really wanted to add is, spend some time perusing @FrankPolygon 's sketchbook thread. Lots of comprehensive breakdowns of hard surface modeling techniques.