Thanks JurassicPerk for the .gif on the body workflow. Updated my post with my new revision. I ended up mainly following the gif to setup the body and I STILL SCREWD up the godamm proportions. I need to make the tubing on the top a little more cylindrycal but I ended up over-flattening it! Same with the hard crease to show…
I also used the sprint at first, but I had a bolt like that nearby and when I checked it, the spiral actually blended into a small protrusion so I went and modeled the whole thing. I mean, if I'm going to practice some hard surface, I might as well go all in... It took much more time than actually using the spring and the…
Silly me forgot to mention that we'll eventually stop somewhere obviously. I agree to some extent, but you're forgetting that struggling is a huge part of learning. Doing (relatively) simple bolts all the time doesn't get people too far (i learned this the hard way). I'm hoping we can find some middle ground so the…
I think it'd be nice to have a new thread every week if we get at least 6 pages every time. Otherwise it'd be quite hard to find the starting post with the new tasks. You could also make the new thread with some links to each week's thread so other people can go and check :) Thanks. I think Amsterdam Hilton Hotel's model…
My vote ;) Is to keep it simple, have someone pick a single object that can be broken down into three sub groups, advanced, moderate, beginner. The one to two hour a week challenge is perfect. Leaves time for personal projects, after-work relaxation, but is enough time to push yourself or give you the motivation to take…
This makes sense but in all fairness peoples final outcome doesn't represent the process they've been through nor can you weigh how much they know based upon the final design. My picture may look nice but without any help from odd_enough showing the regularize tool I was in a world of hurt. If people want help all they…
I like the idea, but two things: 1. People have to dedicate a large amount of time to the noob challenges. It seems fair people have a say in what they are spending a month on. This however, Can be accomplished in an hour or two. 2. Voting requires participation and some level of footwork by other people, and that's one…
Great Start! Looking at your wires, I think you can solve your problem by adding more edges. You defined the silhouette pretty well, but with only so much geometry to support the interior, its harder to get nice smooth curves against hard machined surfaces. See if you can bring the front V notch out a bit. It should be a…
Yes they are a little to big lol, as for the geo mess around with the sculpt geometry tool (or whatever it called in Max) and form the shape out after adding extra topology (easier than starting over or reshaping). Also you didnt post your wires but the render images :) I agree Moss but it was more to tackle on the various…
I think keeping the weekly challenges to one thread would be best. Having multiple threads would inevitably be confusing to any newcomers or anyone skimming the posts. It also means less bookmarks to keep up with, and we'd keep all of the hard surface tips and strategies in one place. Plus, a thread with a ton of pages…