Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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Got the hardest bit of the texturing done now, the base coat for the legs, will be adding more detail and changing the colour a bit in PS but getting the colour blocked in was quite a task!
Going to start on the main body soon....
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Here's a close up of what I mean....
If I'd known what colours I was going to do him in the beginning I would have just added the colour whilst adding all the "weblike" detailing bits....
I'll plan it all a bit better with my next one! Hahaha
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Spearminty! HahahaOriginally posted by Chirone
looks minty fresh!
It's only that colour so it's easier to select in PS, will be more yellow/green when done, hopefully....
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Ive been quietly watching this and looks great the one thing i dont like and think really lets the piece down is the legs. All i would change about them is to make them less straight. Either add some flex to them like they are really supporting the body or some thickness to the knees. Something just to make it look like its supporting rather than just sticking out.
The rest of the work is fantastic tho its been great to watch your skills improve you should be really happy with what you have achieved
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Yeah, I tried that, but it didn't really work, there were too many other dents, bumps etc for it to mask it right.
I ended up with a really patchy mask and I would've ended up spending just as long cleaning it all up after anyway.
Pity there's not a Magic Wand like tool for polypainting, that'd be so helpful! lol
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I'm quite glad you noticed that about the legs, I had actually planned to give them a slight bend once back in Maya!
I didn't do it at the start because I was going to see how easy it would be to do that with the transpose in Z, but after a couple of attempts I wasn't really happy with it so left it.
Just hope when I do that in Maya it doesn't mess with the Norm map or texturing too much, shouldn't do so hopefully it'll be ok.
Thanks for the good words, I'm doing my best and will keep on learning as much as I can!
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Hmm, did you isolate the legs as a subtool, or as their own poly-group? Also, you can strengthen a mask (make it sharper or softer) by holding 'ctrl' and tapping on the mesh to make it softer, and holding 'ctrl' + 'alt' and tapping on the mesh to make it sharper.Originally posted by Dango77
Yeah, I tried that, but it didn't really work, there were too many other dents, bumps etc for it to mask it right.
I ended up with a really patchy mask and I would've ended up spending just as long cleaning it all up after anyway.
Pity there's not a Magic Wand like tool for polypainting, that'd be so helpful! lol
But, hey... it's done now, so, what's the difference?
EDIT* What problems are you having with the transpose tool?
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Dammit!
Hahaha!
Will remember that for the future!
Cheers mate.
*Edit* No real problem with the transpose, just didn't like the result so left it for now as I wanted to concentrate on the texturing.
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Not really happy with the brain detailing yet, so will work on that a bit too.
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