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good for your second and its nice to see that your trying hard, but it looks like a like of wasted polies on the handle, and the blade is very very messy, i think your first sword was way better
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1.selevt your whole object
2.Ctrl+D
3.Vertex, then mirorr....
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Ok, this is a torso I made, it took me a while.. so crit nicely, plus this is only my third model.
and I want to copy one arm to the other side so I dont have to redu it again, do you know how to do that? Cause I didn't mirror any of this...
and I want to copy one arm to the other side so I dont have to redu it again, do you know how to do that? Cause I didn't mirror any of this...
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ok first off, you have alot of polys facing the wrong way there, do select all in milkshape, then on the top click on the Face tab, then click face to front. Whenever your making a poly, you go counter clockwise all the time, never clockwise. Also, look at some of the tutorials, try the torso tutorial on esfworld, made by whoever made it I forget lol. Anyway, its a good tutorial. Just keep working, you'll learn eventually.
It looks like you are modeling completly wrong. IMO read some tutorials and see what other ppl do and how they do it.
And just look at other mesh and see how its done.
I am thinking you have currently no idea how allot of stuff is done and keep getting stuck so?
Well that is how I was when I was a just starting out. Dont worry once you read some stuff and do some more stuff that will go away I guess.
Anyway keep it up.
And just look at other mesh and see how its done.
I am thinking you have currently no idea how allot of stuff is done and keep getting stuck so?
Well that is how I was when I was a just starting out. Dont worry once you read some stuff and do some more stuff that will go away I guess.
Anyway keep it up.
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mirror tool is your friend.... the pic below shows the triangle structure (i would have shown quads but ur using milkshape) for a sword i made. i mirrored the blade in 1 direction, and the crossbrace in another. the hilt is a cylinder and the pommel is a box.
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Okay, first thing's first. Under the model tab, chose "select" and make sure the box at the bottom that says "ignore backfaces" does not have a check on it. That way you can select more of your model at a time. Click on the "face" button right above that.
Second, click and drag a square across the area you want copied, the shoulder.
Then go to the edit menu, and click on "duplicate selection" Then click on the vertex menu, and click "Mirror Left <--> Right"
It's mirrored.
First, make sure that the other side does not have any polygons where you will be copying it. In fact, it's best to only make one side of the body. the left half of the chest, the left arm, the left leg, and the rest, then in the very end duplicate and mirror. Make sure and hit "weld all verticies" under the vertex menu afterwards to make it a solid object. Also make sure there are no polygons at the seam where you will be mirroring.
Now, as for a general rule, only put polygons where you need to change directions. For instance, if the waist goes straight up, you can make all the polygons across it be very tall, going right up to where the chest is. If you need to have them be able to bend forward or back, so their waist won't stay flat, you need to ad a row of polygons.
There is a term used in the industry called "edge looping" It is basically making natural curves or lines using the sides of polygons. On a muscular, shirtless man, there would be a line down the middle of the chest, then it would branch off to each side, curve up to the armpit, then back towards the neck, creating the inside edge of the shoulder muscle.
The problem with your sword is that it is not edge-looped. A flat sword with a sharp edge doesn't need very many polygons. A line down the middle, two triangles making up each side's top, then two more for each side's bottom. There, you've created one with an edge on each side (but no tip. For a tip, add 1 triangle on each side's top, then bottom)
I hope that helps.
Second, click and drag a square across the area you want copied, the shoulder.
Then go to the edit menu, and click on "duplicate selection" Then click on the vertex menu, and click "Mirror Left <--> Right"
It's mirrored.
First, make sure that the other side does not have any polygons where you will be copying it. In fact, it's best to only make one side of the body. the left half of the chest, the left arm, the left leg, and the rest, then in the very end duplicate and mirror. Make sure and hit "weld all verticies" under the vertex menu afterwards to make it a solid object. Also make sure there are no polygons at the seam where you will be mirroring.
Now, as for a general rule, only put polygons where you need to change directions. For instance, if the waist goes straight up, you can make all the polygons across it be very tall, going right up to where the chest is. If you need to have them be able to bend forward or back, so their waist won't stay flat, you need to ad a row of polygons.
There is a term used in the industry called "edge looping" It is basically making natural curves or lines using the sides of polygons. On a muscular, shirtless man, there would be a line down the middle of the chest, then it would branch off to each side, curve up to the armpit, then back towards the neck, creating the inside edge of the shoulder muscle.
The problem with your sword is that it is not edge-looped. A flat sword with a sharp edge doesn't need very many polygons. A line down the middle, two triangles making up each side's top, then two more for each side's bottom. There, you've created one with an edge on each side (but no tip. For a tip, add 1 triangle on each side's top, then bottom)
I hope that helps.