ski, boot, and binding (hard surf. modeling practice)

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# 1 14-12-2006 , 05:47 PM

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ski, boot, and binding (hard surf. modeling practice)

Hi guys, I've decided that I'd work on my hard surface modeling skills user added image

So, here's what i've got so far (working in Modo as of now, I'll take it to Maya soon though user added image

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image- the front of the binding. very beginning user added image

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# 2 14-12-2006 , 07:13 PM

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looks good!

but the binding you lost yesterday was better user added image

anyway

good job!:attn:

i hope to see it finished, lol

-Andy user added image

i dont really know anything about skiis, so i cannot critique it user added image

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# 3 15-12-2006 , 09:29 PM

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now that I think about it, I must have been crazy modeling what I was. It's about as far away from a binding as anything. After a long day of skiing (and patting myself on the back for successfully landing a 360 iron cross and a grind on the monster 7 foot rainbow rail user added image

), I now know what the binding should look like user added image

I've stripped down some images for refs user added image

This would be a freestyle binding (it's very close to the one on my freestyle skiis, and that's the reference that I'm using for my modeling.

This would be a kind of race bindind. I have something similar on my GS Race skiis

I'm going for the first one, though gonna add some elements of the second one to it user added image

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# 4 15-12-2006 , 10:10 PM

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binding base

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# 5 15-12-2006 , 10:21 PM

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now thats some good Hard Modeling, lol

wireframe? user added image

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# 6 15-12-2006 , 10:32 PM

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centerpiece done user added image

wires:
binding base

centerpiece

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# 7 15-12-2006 , 11:45 PM

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I've finished the small frontpeice for now... time to do homework and sleep :zzz:

edit: i do see that crease along the side, and it's gone now user added image

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# 8 15-12-2006 , 11:52 PM

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oooh, great modeling!:attn: :attn: :attn: :attn: :attn: :attn: :attn: :attn:

you should take it into Indigo, lol
(i know, you told me you are, lol)

anywayy, im blown away by your skill with hard surfaces.... its kinda scary user added image

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# 9 16-12-2006 , 05:09 AM

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not much to say atm. It looks good. The centerpeice thing needs a bit more detail when comparing to the picture. It also looks a bit flat. it needs to bulge out more.

Keep it up user added image

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