Anyone have any techniques on how to model shoe strings? I can’t find any tutorials, even on google.
you could use a bezier curve to define the shape and path of you string
you could define a shape then the path curve and apply the extrude along path
and for the teture yu can go to the 3D repository and get the rope texture
this would give a better loook to your string
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see [pic of a string
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Use Velcro. 
Seriously, I think, unless you’re doing a close up, most laces are painted on rather than modeled. Look for tutorials on making rope.
[oops] I meant as in a shoe string on the shoe, laced up + tied. A rope would be to easy to model.
If you’re wanting shoe laces tied in a bow which flipflop up and downs while the character runs, you could use the same technique people use for fast rendering animated hair: paint them onto flat transparent plances. If you use a decent normal map, you could even manage to get them looking round.
As Orinoco has pointed out: just how close are you wanting to get to them?
Its for a high poly bake over a low poly. I want them super detailed, but not moving… not animated…
the bezier cure can take any shape you need
with knots if you wish in 3D to represetn a laced string
it’s up to you and whatever shape you need and texture
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