How to create a bevel?

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Hi,

I started Blender recently (around 1 week ago) and I’ve encountered a problem :smiley:

I’ve watched many of Jonathan Williamson’s tutorials on CGCookie about topology (Those are very very good and easy to understand :smiley: ), because my first models were either with curves, or completely a mess.

Also, to train I asked a friend to design me a Scythe so that I could model it. It’s still a WIP, and I’d like some adivce.

Here’s how it is right now:

http://i.imgur.com/0523KtA.png
0523KtA.png1440×900

Now, my question is:

  • Since I’ve tried making it pretty organized and clean, with all the topology stuff I’ve read about, there is quite a huge number of faces there. I’m trying to make a small bevel, but with so many faces I can’t use the Indent face tool properly. How should I do it?

PS: Adding a subsurf will add an even bigger number of polys, and it doesn’t give quite the effect I want.

Thanks in advance,
~André

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you need to have a clean edge along the indent. you will need to go back and delete some vertexes, and remodel the area so that the edges line up with the intended geometry.

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Sorry, I’m pretty new to this and I don’t really get what you are saying.

What do you mean by clean edge?

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something like this:



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I see, thanks I’ll try it