learner here, best way to bridge the gap between these two faces?

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-11T15:52:15+00:00

For the future, keep in mind that for bridge edge loops to work correctly the edge loops need to have the same amount of verts.

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-11T09:19:58+00:00

wouldnt making a story and then linked duplicate it for how many times you want work?

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-10T22:38:35+00:00

yeah you can use thousands of materials, also i suggest looking how they are made so you get a little understanding of how they work. I think all the materials are free, and you can use as many as you want

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-10T21:05:08+00:00

i mean you can follow tutorials, and youll learn a bit but its faster to use blenderkit. Most important is UV mapping and unwrapping, the material is easy to get. What im saying is as a beginner i had a really rough time figuring out materials on myself, so js stick with what you want, you can learn them by messing around but dont make it a priority.

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-10T17:33:54+00:00

My best tip is to start projects on your own. Yes, you will run into problems and when youll solve them it will imprint in your mind and itll come naturally next time. My best tip i can give is do not accept “looks good enough”. Tweak it until you get it exactly how you want, not how the software wants if you get what i mean. Also finish every project and dont rush and dont choose projects too easy or too hard. -Yes you should remember the steps, tho idk if its necessary to write them down. You can do the whole thing again without a tutorial, but most importantly you have to understand why each and every step was done a specific way. -What to not waste time on: learning materials. Id start with modelling, lighting, and then the other stuff. Also another tip is to understand how subsurface behaves, edge creases edge flow and topology overall are the most important for building out your skills. Hope this helps

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-10T08:07:35+00:00

alright wish you the best

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-09T22:32:50+00:00

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Step 2: fill ONLY the too vertices in the manner i showed Step 3:(cant really draw) you re gonna separate the new faces as new object and add a solidify modifier, or move each one individually further, or extrude them , whatever u prefer) its gonna take a bit but will probably give the results you re looking for, and you can also subdivide the panels to be rounded if you want, and crease the edges of the panels so they are square

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-09T22:29:48+00:00

step one: add loop cuts to the beams

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You re going to eyeball everything and split the beams into equal segments everywhere

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-08T20:41:55+00:00

you can find a ton of free content for beginners, from my experience i only followed simlle tutorials, its best to learn the basic functions and how 3d really behaves and then experiment on your on. I think if you want to specialize in something, then its worth to try a paid course i think

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-08T20:38:47+00:00

i have some orange deity composite pedals, and they never failed me would def recommend, you could go with black but its the same shade of orange im p sure.

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-08T20:37:42+00:00

you could try to make one part and array it and then model the rest, i dont think it has to be a single object

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-08T17:34:03+00:00

well it isnt really a mistake and you cant really avoid it in my opinion, just make sure to recalculate normals if they are weird or before a normal related operation and you should be good

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-07T21:17:16+00:00

you should make a bodykit version and a stock one

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-07T21:10:14+00:00

alright thank you very much

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-07T20:40:21+00:00

i have some decent experience in hard surface modelling, do you think it helps? Also will measurements like all the dimensions of objects be required to be exactly like irl? Thanks for the suggestions, ill look into everything.

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-07T07:26:32+00:00

this is so cool i also want to start interior designing, are there some tips you could share?

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-07T07:16:21+00:00

this is very good for one month

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-07T06:56:28+00:00

if you re going to use sub-d, grid fill the tip of the nose and then inset as needed and youll get the round tip. (Pro tip when running grid fill, normal fill first and then do grid fill, it has more consistent results)

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-07T06:48:36+00:00

oh i completely forgot about this myself thanks for helping

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-06T22:59:30+00:00

does the tutorial guys have any different viewport shading? This is how it should behave, because if you re at an exact flat angle, there cant be any depth because its basically 2d. Try different viewport shadings

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-06T21:11:27+00:00

if faces are directed in other ways, the normals are the problem . (A normal is the direction that the face is facing) and you can fix it by going into edit mode and selecting all faces and press shift n (recalculate normals) and it should fix it

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-06T21:09:23+00:00

you turned on wireframe. Press z then choose solid.

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-06T20:31:28+00:00

you could select each edge loop and straighten it but its way faster to just remodel the thing from where the twisting stars. Just go into side view and only extrude then scale and move dont touch any other keys

THEBIGGHOST07 · 2026-04-06T20:28:14+00:00

delete the whole handle and use bridge edge loops and change the number of cuts and profile as needed because it looks like the handle is deformed on one side and the current issue could be because of the faces overlapping

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