black star red desert

[inkydigit]

different model from my last post, though the same principle geometry, it has been remeshed differently - (made with topmod, subsurfed in blender(x3) )... minor colour/contrast/levels tweaks....more to follow...

[Kadri]

It looks good but can you subdivide it more , Inkydigit ? If it takes long to render it would be a problem of course 

[inkydigit]

thanks Kadri, I might try that, but it is tricky, this object is nearly 100mb ! I don't know how else to reduce the faceting?

[Kadri]

thanks Kadri, I might try that, but it is tricky, this object is nearly 100mb ! I don't know how else to reduce the faceting?

100 mb ? I don't know the original format but it is heavy indeed .
Try to make it smooth as possible but then use a polygon reducing procedure in what software you can.
It is tricky sometimes as you said .

Maybe the first model was a little too rough to begin with , Inkydigit ?

[inkydigit]

you could be right, topmod is buggy to say the least, I may try to catmull clarke remesh (for the fourth time), but at a certain level, you must leave the computer alone and come back later(several beers later!)..to find nothing has changed yet....maybe I need more patience!!!(or a super computer!)

[Kadri]

[j meyer]

Hi there,
to me it looks like you got creased edges in the early stages of your
model or maybe you subdivided without appropriate smoothing in
blender,hard to say.But,since i've done lot of these kind of objects
(in wings3d) without getting those problems or such a file size i'd
guess there's a little mistake in your workflow.
Let me know if you need/want some help with that.

[inkydigit]

@j meyer...thanks for commenting and for the offer of help. to be honest, i am a complete noob when it comes to modeling...I may post some screen shots showing the processes I am using, maybe this will help??
cheers
Jason

[j meyer]

Let's give it a try.

[TheBlackHole]

Ground surfacing please?

[inkydigit]

original object in topmod

[inkydigit]

catmull clarke x1 in topmod

[inkydigit]

catmull clarke x2

[inkydigit]

catmull clarke x3

[inkydigit]

smoothed in topmod