character wip -- help needed

Japhir

hi guys, i'm finally starting on a new project. It's going to be a mummie/ninja like beast rider. Thats about it :P here is a very simple guide for my modeling.

(i've got it figured out in my mind) and now i'm trying to get some nice edgeflows around the chest. (former problem area) and now i have a newbie question: how do you make a next ring with less polies, without adding triangles? Here is an image of it to make it more clear what i mean:

thanks for your support!

EDIT:
i found out how to do it, but it still doesn't seem the right way: here's what i've got:

StJoris

Assuming it's a game model, it doesn't matter too much as everything will be tris ingame anyway.

Japhir

yeah i knew that, but it looks ugly :P and i wanted the polygonflow to be good on this one.

sama.van

First, I think you should find other pictures for work. If you begin try to find any good anatomic pictures, and work on it in viewport...
Then we can help you.

If it's you first, You have 2 things for 3d work, first : anatomic, and come second : "polygonflow".

Japhir

i guess i could use my andrew loomish reference images... but then you get all of your characters in the same generic proportions.
i'll try that soon.
thanks!