High poly/smoothing problem...

JParkerRH

I'm about to rip my hair out here, figured I'd try actually asking for help rather than self-imposed baldness.

I'm working on a personal project right now (in 3ds Max), got the concept model right where I wanted it yesterday and started working on it's final replacement. Getting my edge loops in for Turbosmooth to round the edges out nice a pretty-like, but there is ONE spot I just can't seem to figure out!!

Originally, I had this going:



But smoothing resulted in a seam along the side I don't want:



So after looking around and watching a few video's online (namely Grant's awesome series), I tried this out:


I lose that seam along the side, but then I get this realllly bad over-hanging mess (placed omni light to help highlight it):



Can anyone help me out?

--Josh

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EarthQuake

Broken images, linking to SFTP?? hmmm

JParkerRH

That'll teach me to use the "copy URL" in Filezilla! Thanks for the head's up & the fix

I ended up finding a solution after I read your post, Perna...I just flattened the base mesh's sides out, got my edge loops in where I was happy with them, and then used a FFD to shift the dimensions around to the way I wanted them.

Thanks guys!