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Re: How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)
In fact when "repeating" the pattern in the three directions (120 segree "apart") and constraining onto the triangle like in case of pattern generation then the spherical projection does work and the "continuoes curves" does fit. Used the almost legaxy trick in blender to instance those pattern geometry on th faces of… -
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@5rettski There's a few different ways to approach organic subdivision modeling but it's generally a good idea to start by establishing the proportions with a block out of the facial planes to create a base mesh. Part of this block out process usually involves creating basic loop paths around key facial features (eyes,… -
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Here's one possible solution to modeling this ball, I'm using 3ds Max. I start with a sphere primitive and trace the pattern in orthographic mode with splines: You can then either conform those to the sphere or use any other modeling method to get the curvature. After fiddling with the shapes a little bit, you can quickly… -
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None of them are problematic really. Any of these would be fine on today's hardware. If I was being super nit-picky, I would lean towards D, just because the corner triangles are evenly-sized. Some renderers don't like long thin triangles. Simon Schreibt explains a bit of the "why"… -
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When I connect the train to a path constraint, the pistons flew else where in 3D space. As you can apparently see, near the top left hand corner is where the piston is at in perspective view while the train is on the spline. I was basing the animation concept from this bonus chapter on "Rigging the Hudson" by Chris Harvey.… -
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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… -
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@LostPigMessenge Pinching is mainly derived from an extreme diagonal low poly face transition between circular support and rectangular boundary edges once subdiv was applied. Now in my opinion a quadified sphere is the most optimal object to use in this type of situation so you were actually on the right track too begin… -
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Yeah, it looks nice, but I'm always asking myself: who could possibly recreate something like those geometry nodes from scratch on his own? -
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This is the complicated part of my model that I am facing a lot of issue with. I tried several different methods to fix this but none of them are working out correctly for me. The peculiar thing about this shape is that while it looks like a sphere, the edges are going inside like a C shape instead of being round. Also… -
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You just started, go on, finish a nose... see how it looks smoothed, shades, behaves from various angles. learn from your mistakes, do another one.learn and repeat. getting gridlocked at like 8 polygons in isnt gonna solve your issue. dont expect the solutions to be instant. make mistakes, learn, build experience.
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