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Re: How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)
Most modelers on Polycount are making sub-d assets for game use, to bake a normal map onto a lower-resolution in-game model. With that in mind, adding UVs to the sub-d model is not needed, because it's just being used to bake geometry/shape info (normal map, curvature, AO, etc.). For game baking, it doesn't matter to have… -
Re: How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)
Well, for offline then nitpicking on amount of edge loops really doesn't matter, it's all about the end render(s). You will be rendering the same thing multiple times, daily after daily, client after client, etc. So some level of optimization helps a bit. But if it pushes you over budget, it's a waste of effort. So… -
Re: How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)
Hi everyone. I’ve got a mid-poly model for a game. A simple panel with a recessed center part. I’m using weighted normals modifier, so vertex normals on the large faces set perpendicular to the surface, and the shading looks clean with no artifacts. Given that, does triangulation actually matter here? I’m mainly concerned… -
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2300511685 Overall it looks like you're already on the right track. It really just depends on what the model is for. If it's for games: the brake has a very rough surface finish and it's a very small part that's typically further away from the player's main point of view. So the current high poly is more than passable… -
Re: How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)
@christrom It looks like you're headed in the right direction. Like Eric already mentioned, what you have would be fine for baking in most high to low game art workflows. As far as a light technical critique of the model and topology: if the goal is to create accurate, detailed high poly assets with a relatively even… -
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Hello everyone, I'm working on an AKM muzzle brake and I'm trying to improve my topology. I've been studying my current model for a while, but I feel my edge flow is terrible. To get the shape I currently have, my outer circle uses 52 segments, while the inner cylinder uses 36. If I could use the same segment count for… -
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Hello. I need help with modeling stock with handle for shotgun (Mossberg 590A1). Specifically connection between stock and handle.Best I came up with is box shapes with edge modifiers, "merged" together + data transfer, shrinkwrap and mesh edit modifiers on top. (Here should be attached picture) I always struggled with… -
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hello everyone. My name is Barnard. I came across this thread on someone's advice. The reason I came across this thread is to find an answer to a minor problem that has been racking my brain for two days. This is a problem I encountered while modeling a Star Wars blaster. I was creating a high polygon to extract a normal… -
Re: How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)
Well, I did use subdiv modelling in the past but once Zbrush got sub-projection slider in its dynamesh and a density picker I gradually stopped to do subdivids at all. Then a few years later I stopped to do hi res models for hard surface things too mostly because of rounding corners shaders + adding details straight inside… -
Re: How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)
polska_krowa Welcome to Polycount. Consider checking out the forum information and introduction thread. It looks like you have a solid start with the block out and topology routing. How much geometry this model needs depends entirely on what it will be used for. If it's for up close product rendering or VFX work then the…
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