How to model ski tips?

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Hello guys,

I am trying to build a realistic model of freestyle skis and I am surprised by how difficult it has been so far hahaha.
I have been able to achieve the general shape by using a Bezier curve but I am now struggling to complete the ski tips. I need to create round tips which is super simple in 2D but in 3D it is more difficult because the tips are also curved upwards and I am having difficulty to maintain proper symmetry and dimensions. Here are some screenshots:

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Do any of you guys have any tips (no pun intended)? Maybe I am not taking advantage of some tool that I don’t know about but that makes this kind of task a breeze?

Thanks!

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I’ve recorded a video to show you a exemple, it may not look like a easy technique but it is simple and you can get nice results

I forgot, make sure to enable this on the Snap Element panel, so when you hold Ctrl and drag the object it will stick to the closest vertice

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Wow, KrossPhaire, this is awesome!
Thanks so much for taking the time to help me. I will try this out later tonight.

:slight_smile:

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nice, just tell if there is anything you didnt understood in the video, i’m sorry for not recording with sound

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Curves/curved surfaces need more geometry than straight/flat ones. The steeper the angle, the more geometry to have a more even density

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Could do it as a mesh but a curve can help both with density and resolution, it’s just a bit fiddly

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JA12,
This is exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks!