@izmuze The short answer is: the vertical support loops are causing pinching where they meet the curve of the leading edge of the wing. Terminate these support loops closer to triangular notch, delete the remainder of the loop and leave the resulting triangles near the corner of the notch. Here's a break down of this…
@tatertots You're welcome and thank you for sharing your results and followup questions. Example images in my previous post only show the initial block out, the final topology with a smoothing preview and the final subdivision model with a shiny material to highlight any artifacts. Only showing the starting and ending…
@FrankPolygon Hey Frank, thanks for the extensive answer. I'm pretty new to modelling and I have to admit that after reading the answer 5 times or so, I still don't quite understand everything. :) While I have managed to reconstruct something that leads to similar results, it feels like a trial-and-error approach to get…
Hey Frank, thanks for the extensive answer. I'm pretty new to modelling and I have to admit that after reading the answer 5 times or so, I still don't quite understand everything. :) While I have managed to reconstruct something that leads to similar results, it feels like a trial-and-error approach to get there. I have…
@acarmona88 Welcome to Polycount. Consider checking out the forum information and introduction thread. Sharpening unsupported corners on curved surfaces often produces smoothing artifacts that can be resolved with a few different modeling and topology layout strategies. Deciding which is approach to use really just comes…
@IronLover64 You have the basic idea but the difference is that Wirrexx's cage mesh has support loops. Here's a breakdown of what happens to the shape when subdivision smoothing is applied: The basic shapes look fine on their own but when subdivision is applied the smoothing effect deforms the mesh and the shape melts…
@viqhaas Welcome to Polycount. Consider checking out the forum information and introduction thread. Overall it looks like you have a pretty good start with the base mesh and will just need to adjust the support loop routing on attempt 2. The vertical deformation in both attempts is caused by the support loops that run off…
Uhm, actually model created in 2 parts, shell and a regular sphere inside. Because they have got float distance between (doesn't touch each other), it's not a negative extrude/bevel seam. Yeah, but modeling steps is similar. * Start with a sphere 32x. +Editpoly modifier * Select some loops, chamfer edges (in max chamfer a…
@christrom There's a bit of subtle pinching caused by the extra loop between the base of the square and the loop path on the surface of the sphere. Dissolving the loop and merging the corner vertices of the triangular quads should resolve the smoothing artifacts while also simplifying the mesh. (See the third and fourth…
@LouisMarshall There's a few different topology strategies for sharpening those corners while also minimizing the visibility of any smoothing artifacts. Which approach makes the most sense will depend on how accurate the shapes need to be, how visible the area is and how much time was spent creating the rest of the model.…