3D Studio Max - Help

jcb33 · 26 Mar 2008 at 08:18

Hi all, currently making a Biped female, with a limit of 3000 Tri Polys, this is my first time and I am unsure of a few things, but my main problem is currently getting the joins to look correct, my sholder, and waist areas look weird, is there anything I can do?

Biped Front:

Biped Back:

Sholders:

Bum:

Crotch:

Thanks!
Jcb33.

Paul_Canning · 26 Mar 2008 at 09:10

google for tutorials on modelling people.

there are tons out there and are all pretty decent.

p.s. using two "blueprint" images can be useful. a front and side on photo of a person, applied to planes and aligned so you can line up your mesh. again lots of tutorials out there explaining this. other then that, just keep practicing. i usually end up making something, going back and deleting it and re-doing the whole thing. sometimes this process is repeated 3-4 times!

jcb33 · 26 Mar 2008 at 22:01

Well I have added some basic textures and tweeked it and it looks much better, any suggestions?

NokkonWud · 27 Mar 2008 at 01:21

If you're worried about any modelling issues with a character do a Google search for "Joan of Arc Modelling Tutorial", it's by far the best one out there and will sort all your problems.

jcb33 · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:05

Hey thanks for the advice guys, the tutorials have helped quite a bit! Here is what I have now:

Im just not sure if it looks quite right, or if it will work for animation purpose, I have modified the Joan of Arc tutorial into a low polygon method, as turbosmooth turns my 2000 tri poly model into a 9000 one!

jcb33 · 30 Mar 2008 at 13:24

Have made a head now, but it is prety poor I think.... Not sure how to can improve it!