Newbie needs your help)

HighVoltageLP

Hi guys, my name is Dmitry and I'm from Ukraine.
Despite I'm trying to get familiar with 3d Max for a long time, I'm not getting any progress with it. Yesterday I saw your forum and it inspired me to try to improve their skills I'd like to ask your help with learning some basics of moddeling. I want to get involved to the gamedev in future, so I'll be asking much about low poly modelling. By the way, I'm using 3d max 2010.

So now I'm trying to make an AR 15 rifle. Does anybody know some tuts or something, cause I'm not shure whether I'm doing it wright.

I've decided to start from the butt.


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how should I cap that hole?

HighVoltageLP

I mean by a solid plane or extend the edges to the end

Eric Chadwick

First of all, bad subject line. Read this post from the General Discussion section: Information about the Polycount Forum - PLEASE READ THIS. You can't edit a subject after you've made a post, but this is important advice for the next post you make.

Second, here are some good modeling tutorials on Racer445's website: http://racer445.com/

Third, did you try searching the 3ds Max help file for "Cap"? That's the quickest way to solve your hole. You will want to define some edges to get better topology though.

HighVoltageLP

I know how to cap, but I'm not sure how to do it right for low poly, cause I don't want to have problemas later (with baking normal maps e t c)

Eric Chadwick

Quickest way is to use Cap, then in edge mode use the Create tool to define the edges you want.

HighVoltageLP

Thanks, I've already seen racer445's tut a year ago, but for me it wasn't clear how did he create that upper part. So now I've decided to look over that tut again and maybe I'll get it

HighVoltageLP

I have a problem =( I working with a Crux tutorial DVD from 3d-palace.com.
I've made the first element, chamfered it. But.. I can't apply a Smooth modificator to it when i'm pressing autosmooth nothing changes/ I wonder why is that so

SpeCter

Try Turbosmooth, the smooth modifier just applies smoothgroups according to the angles of objects.
Turbosmooth adds geometry, i think this is what you want(At least if you are doing high poly modelling).