Well, it is a 99 pages thread so i didnt read all the tips an tricks... but i guess i will aproach this like the "tire" tip. First podel one part flat, repreat it along a line and then bend it till it become a complete ring
Figures. I finally find a site that addresses 99% of the stuff I'm interested in learning, and I can't read a damn bit of it. Life is sometimes too tragic to bear. :( At least the pictures do a fairly decent job of showing me what's what. But still...
Just model them seperatley and place them where they need to go. That is also where the hand of the character would go in a first person view, so slight imperfections where the ribs and the body meet will either not show up due to resolution in your maps, or would be obscured 99% of the time. Just keep em separate. The…