i gave it a quick try, the outer shape itself isn't much of a problem, i made 2 mistakes here, i ignored the circular shape of the inner cuts and i totally ignored the fact that on the centerline my inset won't work due to beeing mirrored so there is a shading error, which can easily be removed by removing the centerline i…
Well, Spent most of the night learning how not to make it. This is where i ended up: Geo sphere with 1 segment. Chamfer all verts until tris and pents Weld Use select similar always every time every day delete tris scale all faces locally Bridge/cap/remove edges to span the gaps. or user "create" plolies I suppose. connect…
@perna @"Pedro Amorim" thanks for your replies. indeed sometimes something quite simple is sitting right in front of you , I had to look at it upside down :-). anyways, made first progess by working with a rotated sphere, the using extrude on some of the isolines to create the "holes"/slats. However, still looking at a few…
@Rolf It looks like the basic shape of the hull was derived from a subdivision model but the faceting in the view port, the lack of support loops in the wire frames, the trim sheet decal geometry around the rivet lines and the sharp shading in the rendered image all suggest the final model is just regular poly modeling…
Hey guys. So I'm making this robot and having troubles with a certain part. It's frustrating and where I live no one knows how to hardsurface good (don't even mention using max at all). I've read many hardsurface guides, but because each situation seems too specific for my inexperienced mind, my head simply can't grasp how…
I wanted to push myself and so made this challenge for myself and to share with others: First paragraph is my own challenge. The second bit should be super easy but may present a good beginner's challenge. Now I can do the geometry, a bit of touch up, and get it shading just fine. But I want to do it procedurally and…
It's generally frowned upon in this thread to do someone else's work for them, but I felt like I needed some practice. Is this sort of what you were going for? No clue how to reduce the pinching further. I don't consider myself a master hard surfacer so I'd appreciate anyone with more experience showing a more efficient…
@sandrokaza There's a couple of detailed write-ups for similar shapes on the previous page of this thread. The basic idea is to use the existing geometry as support loops by placing the intersecting geometry between the existing edge segments on the cylinder walls. There's more than one way to approach modeling this so the…
@Daf57 The base geometry that's controlling the subdivision isn't dense enough to support the perforations. For that to work the mesh would have to be subdivided to an appropriate level before the perforations are added. There are several alternatives that will look better, work better and require less effort. If the model…
@rogi92 Which approach is best will often depend on the specifics of a project's technical requirements. There's a lot of ways to approach modeling this part but there's also a lot of different factors that can influence modeling strategy decisions. Broad, open ended questions lack the context required to provide…