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1. 

   Gaia Rossini
   Member

   Hello and thank you once again for great tutorials....

   May I suggest a basic tutorial about shoes?

   After 3 weeks of tries mainly those are the problems I am experiencing :

   Sole : If I start from a sphere and I flatten it , the problem is the central vertex. If I start from a box it seems to works but I am sure this is not the best choiche.

   Heel : I thought to start from a cylinder and to scale some vertex , then rotate the upper vertex to match the model of the sole....but when I uploaded it in sl , the mesh was really roughen. I saw in a forum I have to start from a Torus.....how?

   Foot : (for boots) I did it with a cylinder and it worked :-))

   Leg : (for boots) I thought to start from a cylinder but in slforum I red it is better a torus. Once again how?

   TY in advance and cheers from Italy

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   misseuro chau
   Member

   Hey Dx

   i would use a cylinder since it will be much easier to position the vertices.
   besides you only need the top to be scaled inwards and down to form the inner part.
   that way you have all the other vertices to play with on the outside.
   with a torus they are posioned on the inside and outside, so more work to place them to the outside.

   Does this makes sense ? ^.^

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   Murgy
   Geek Master

   I think I've made about two dozen pairs of shoes and boots, and I don't think I've made a single pair exactly the same way. For someone to say that one starting point is "better" than another is assuming an awful lot.

   Personally, I can't think of ANY reason you would use a torus for a normal heel on a shoe. I CAN think of a reason why someone would MISTAKENLY think that a torus would be a good starting point for a boot leg.

   Maybe there are good reasons to use a torus for both those things, but it's certainly not a standard.

   ~

   I tend start out with cylinders no matter what I'm sculpting. Sometimes I'll start with a plane. I'll very rarely start with a torus or a sphere, because the edge loops on those aren't conveniently lined up and there's less freedom with stitch type.

   Typically, the best shape for YOU to start with is the shape that you can most easily see turning into the shape you want.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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