Spline Tweakers vs Poly Pushers

Cthogua

Basically, how many people out there prefer to do the majority of their modeling via splines and lofts versus just pushin verts around/box modeling? The question is applicable, I think, to both high and low polymodeling techniques, as lofts can be tweaked to have as many or as few edges as you'd like.

If you have specific techniques you like to use for either method please feel free to elucidate.

fritz

box modeling for me. but i use splines and stuff for making tubes and trim etc.

Psyk0

Edge modeling most of the time, splines can be useful in some situations.

Asthane

People still use splines? I'm not as in-touch with things as other people are, but I haven't heard of people doing characters with them since subdivision surfaces really caught on.

...damn that makes me feel old

MoP

I'd only use splines for deforming highpoly things, or used as renderable splines for pipes etc., mainly again for highpoly baking.
Box modelling/edge extrusion for everything else, personally.

Fuse

almost 90% strip modelling which i the same as edge extrustion i guess ..

Ruz

well we are using max patches at my place, so I have no choice , slpines/patches it is.

pain in the utter arse, but 'manageable' after a while.

The uv mapping ain't much fun though. you have to uv the handles as well:)

Sage

Mapping patches is kind of a bitch in max. Whatever works better for the object. If lofts make it easier I do that, but mostly push polys or splines. I'm doing tanks and planes buildings so I it just get primitives that fit the object and go from there and push the polys around.

Alex

Delaney King

Patches? Loco.

Ruz

dave , you are right, but somehow I am starting to get decent results with them.
But even so its a bit like masturbating wearing boxing gloves:)

imurpet

extrude along curves often,when Im modeling some pipes.Mostly extrude face or edge.