http://freesdk.crydev.net/display/SDKDOC3/Measurement+Reference And reset your x forms like said above. Sometimes that doesn't work if you just use it in the modifier panel, so use the one in the utilities menu.
yes make sure you bake your half first, then mirror and use the symetry modifier to weld down the center. maker sure the symetery is perfect other wise your uvw map will be messed up
Add a Skew modifier, adjust it, then collapse the stack. You can also use the Hinge From Edge tool, that adds an extra edge loop at the base, but you can Ctrl-Backspace it when you're done.
Actually, you could take a geosphere in max and shape it to your desired general form. Then you could use the optimize modifier to get the random faceted look. Edit: I just did this in about a minute:
Righto, thanks Olsson. Sorry if it wasn't super clear. The more I look at the reference the more uniform the curve seems to my eye, seems like a standard curve + bend modifier might work as well.
Cloth modifier works quite nicely for things like that actualy. You can reduce the pressure inside the pillow if it looks too stiff and or have it collide with another pillow/object to get some interesting deformation in there.
Problem 3 (Edit, Problem 4: line down the middle). The mirror modifier can leave duplicate verts/edges along the reflection, these will need merging or will present as two separate edges causing a problem with smoothing.
If you can bake the animation then using the skin modifier instead of physique might be a better option for animating for effect. You can use the morph angle deformer to tweak out your sequences then bake the results.
Hmm, i have reset XForm, throwed a Mesh select modifier to the stack and fliped/unified the normals ... and now its ok. This thing took my whole saturday :/ Anyway, thank you all for the replies!
You're probably right about "normal peoples" but personally, although I find it useful, I find it ugly (the mag), but a gun is not supposed to be beautiful either, finally, by modifying it a bit, I think the matches will be nice