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# 1 29-01-2006 , 11:15 PM

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I want to model this pic:

This is the rose...

Will someone please help me with this? How would I go about makeing the petals? user added image

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# 2 29-01-2006 , 11:31 PM

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yea ive always wondered how to do plants too

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# 3 30-01-2006 , 12:46 AM

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You could try deforming NURBs planes.

Best might be to find a real flower petal. Flatten it and observe the shape. Try to recreate that in a plane. Perhaps via lofting of curves.

Then you can manipulate the CVs to give it a rounded shape. Have a fiddle and post a pic of what you get.

You need to balance the amount of CVs you get when generating your surface though. Too many and it's a real pain getting all the CVs into position to give you a nice realistic shape. Too little and you can't add the detail.

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# 4 30-01-2006 , 04:04 AM

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get side views of the pedals from downloaded pics .. or scan a real pedal from a real flower and a picture .. then just put the picture onto a plane and shape another plane or a flattened cube to similar shape of the rose pedal?

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# 5 30-01-2006 , 07:53 AM

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i'd probably try doing it with just subD's. They make for nice rounded shapes good for organic objects. For more details simply add more divisiond user added image

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# 6 30-01-2006 , 09:59 AM

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i did these just by making a poly plane using mj polys to make more edges for shaping.

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# 7 30-01-2006 , 11:46 AM

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talking about roses. .. in one of my mobster scenes (when i get good enuf) i'm definatly adding the terminator 2 clip, when he takes the hsot gun out of the rose box, ,, that's super pimp

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# 8 30-01-2006 , 12:38 PM

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Polys my man will do the job!
The modleing should be very easy.

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# 9 30-01-2006 , 12:50 PM

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I'd go for poly planes get the basic shape and then deform them with non linear bends.

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# 10 30-01-2006 , 03:46 PM

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I've only used non-linear bends once on one project so I'm still getting used to how they deform objects but I'll try it. I was thinking about doing polygon planes before I posted this thread but I wanted to make sure that was the way to go. Thanks guys! I'll try them and see what comes out of it. Nice model BTW Magicsy...

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