Best way to tackle this mesh in a subd way ?

Raphael_Bouch · Nov 2023

Hey everyone, I am modeling a ww1 aircraft engine cylinder. I have those fins on the top I would like to attach to the main shape.

However as you can see I don't have enough topo on the fins to blend in the cylinder. Adding extra edge loops to the cylinder would make pinching. The quad cap seems like not the best topo as well ?

How would you do it ?

Thanks in advance !

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/o4/sfcu90jm4flc.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ce/iae8tmpimry0.png

The entire model for the curious (yep, lots more verts to connect)

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wirrexx · Nov 2023

https://polycount.com/discussion/154841/tutorial-floating-geo-on-awkward-shapes#latest

Floaters if you are going to bake, will save you so much time.

Raphael_Bouch · Nov 2023

wirrexx said:

https://polycount.com/discussion/154841/tutorial-floating-geo-on-awkward-shapes#latest

Floaters if you are going to bake, will save you so much time.

Thanks for sharing ! I'm sorry I forgot to precise, I'm aware of the floater workflow but I'd like to know how to do it with subd just for the sake of practice. How would you do it with subd?

Thanks !

Eric Chadwick · Nov 2023

Closing this duplicate thread. Continued in the How The F*#% sticky here https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2786677/#Comment_2786677

Best way to tackle this mesh in a subd way ?

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