@TelekenticFrog: Hehehe I had a similar TOTALLY OCD problem with the top of a ceramic kitchen pot. Simple-seeming inset drove me up the wall. I redid it 7-8 times over two days and came to the same conclusion as EQ. Specifically, that if I can identify a real world shape as "inset", then insetting and controlling the…
This is Wirrexx's mesh. It's slightly different to mine and smooths correctly because of the cylindrical roundness I think. On my mesh they are evenly spaced but not perfectly cylindrical; it's a bit squashed so this still gives me some errors on the bend. About your point on ngons, they can be used in sub-d meshes as…
what's the problem? Does the HP smooth bad? do you get pinches? etc etc. Main reason i'm asking it's because, if this i a hp which you will bake down, if it smooths good move on. Are you getting pinches? are we getting close to the object to see the small pinches? Make the main shape without any indents or extrudes. Later…
Hello guys, I am working on an AK47 and I have a question about a particular part: the 'iron sights' (how do you call this part of the gun anyway?). http://users.telenet.be/kansloos/ak/iron1.jpg http://users.telenet.be/kansloos/ak/iron2.jpg Same image as the first one but added some numbers/colors.…
cool, heres somit of what ive learnt and some Qs for peeps who know more ive been learning mayas "propper" subD modeling tools not the proxy mesh stuff (or smoothmesh) which is a poor relation to maxes modifier based subD in both terms of functionality and in speed (just a simple mesh smoothed to a decent degree will slow…
@PancakeMSTR Overall the topology routing around the major forms is well structured but the undulations in the shape is an issue. There's a lot of stray edge loops coming off some of those cut outs and this disrupts the segment spacing that controls the smoothing behavior of the curvature along the sides. Dissolving some…
There's an easier way to do this. 1. Start low poly eg: 12 sides for main cylinder, 6 sides for small. 2. Do all your modelling on both parts, check smoothing with meshsmooth. 3. Rotate, place all your small cylinders next to the large one. 4. Delete all small cylinders except one. 5. Select the large cylinder and clone…
Hey, I see that many posts here are about the execution of certain minutes details using subdivision modeling. I personally think it is also very important to be able to roughly establish the main shape in space (using whatever modeling technique fits the need), and then, focus on placing the details on this surface. Also…
I edited it because there is no use in saying the same thing someone has already said, under the impression it's in some different or intelligent way. It didn't add anything new to the conversation. I don't realize those kinds of things while I'm writing them, But I do after I give it 5 minutes and come back. I hate…
Okay so the quick bit out of the way first, regarding the "bad topology" cylinder caps (it looks fine tbh) - there are two good way of capping cylinders that I know of: Both only work for even sided cylinders. Regarding the square becoming a circle, it's due to needing supporting loops. You should look them up, but I'll…