Can't seem to fix this

Strogg · October 10, 2011, 9:54pm

Hey,

I’ve been modelling an Uruk-hai shield from LOTR, and I can’t seem to get rid of this line that keeps showing up after smoothing.

I suspect its the geometry right beside it, and I’ve tried reorganizing the geometry several ways, but it never fully goes away.

Shane_Plew · October 10, 2011, 9:56pm

Try editing the attachment because I can’t seem to access them.

Strogg · October 10, 2011, 10:05pm

Fixed it (I think).

Shane_Plew · October 10, 2011, 10:09pm

Start off by getting rid of the triangles on the left side of the shield and see if that fixes the problem.

Strogg · October 11, 2011, 12:02am

Okay, I did that and I think it made it slightly better, but its still there.

Sanctuary · October 11, 2011, 1:00am

Try to set it to Smooth and add an Edge Split modifier, try to change the Split Angle to see if at 20 by example it gives a better result.

If playing around the Split Angle don’t help, you should upload your blend to see if someone can come with a topology that would avoid having that much edges close to each other like in your screenshots.

Strogg · October 11, 2011, 2:35am

Thats already being done in the image, didn’t help unfortunately :\

I’m going to have to restart from a much earlier stage in the modelling process (I think I know what I did wrong). I’ve already done it once, so it won’t take as long.

Strogg · October 12, 2011, 11:48pm

Alright, kind of fixed it. Remodeled the shield from the ground up, fixed the graphical error. Posting images in case anyone else has a problem like this and wants to see examples.