Low-poly Zeppelin in need of critique

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  jfitch polycounter lvl 5

  Feb 2015

  The fin you have on the top looks like it might cause an issue, it looks like it's non-manifold geo.
  
  Just need to fix that and you'll be good for texturing.

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  AetherGauntlet polycounter lvl 9

  Feb 2015

  Yep, it's non-manifold.
  
  I thought those weren't a problem unless I was planning to print the model. At least some of the references I have been looking at seem to sometimes use a plane to imply detail with a texture - but I'm guessing the issue here is that you can see both sides of the texture?
  
  Regardless, I'll get it fixed and I'll try to read up a bit more about non-manifold structures.
  
  Thanks!

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  Neox grand marshal polycounter

  Feb 2015

  is it non manifold tho? i guess the vertices on the bottom row are not merged, just with a distance of 0 to each other?
  
  then this is totally fine.

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  AetherGauntlet polycounter lvl 9

  Feb 2015

  They are currently merged yes, but I can fix that.
  
  My plan was to have a mostly transparent texture there with some antennas or spikes.

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  gamerjanne polycounter lvl 6

  Feb 2015

  Looks awesome! World be nice to see some handpainted textures on that one

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  AetherGauntlet polycounter lvl 9

  Feb 2015

  Thanks. I'm planning on doing hand painted textures similar to the barrel but I need some additional practise on simpler models before I tackle this one.

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