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Old 4th June 2006, 08:45 PM   #1
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Default Tutorial Request - Animal

I have this very cute squirrel I would like to model but not quite sure (as Im a novice) how to go about it, could one of you give me some step by steps on the best way to model my little fellow?

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Old 5th June 2006, 09:07 AM   #2
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Ok let me ask a few questions then as I've not gotten a reply Would I 'trace' the animal then add faces and extrude?

Would I build the body from a tube, head from a globe, tail and legs from tubes? That seems alot of polys unless I reduce them.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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Old 5th June 2006, 11:44 AM   #3
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Hi Merrie,

I would go like if I was modeling a human beeing
(http://www.ac3d.org/forum/viewtopic....467&highlight=).

It would be a plus if you could have a front and side picture of the animal, but anyway it's not that hard to guess how it looks like, and afterall has not to be 100% perfect.

Begin by extruding a box on the feet (modelize only one side of the animal, you will mirror it later), then extrude faces to modelize the leg ...

The hardest part is always modeling the head (well at least for me).
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Old 5th June 2006, 10:09 PM   #4
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Thank you for that information, there is another technique I looked up that can be used but Im going to need a little help on where to find the right commands. It involves Creating 2D mess which is on page 34 of the manual.

If I can trace the animal with vertices and set several just inside the body as well (Think of a dot to dot drawing) then use the Create 2D mess function I can then extrude some of the points to fill out (build) one side of the squirrals body then mirror to make up the other side.

Where is the command to actually build the 2D mess, I cannot seem to find it on the menu.
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