It's
time to model some legs. In side view, you
can see a place where a front leg is going
to be. You can do this in two ways:
--- Use a cut tool in Face mode and cut
(make) some new edges. First make diagonals,
and than that little rectangle. Make sure
,when making cuts that starts in vertex,
that it stays just one vertex. If you make
two vertexes with inaccurate cut weld them
in one. When we have that little rectangle
delete faces with in. Select edges of that
rectangle and start extruding them with
holding shift and move.
---
Delete polygon where start of the leg should
be. Select the edges around the hole, and
hold shift and use scale tool to make that
little rectangle.
This
front leg is growing now. Select edges and
holding shift key and move tool extrude
it. Move it first down the z axes, and than
use xy axis's to adjust position. Maybe
sometime you will have to rotate these new
edges to get aright position.
Note
that you always need to know, to have an
exact image, what is your final shape. Always
try to think a few steps ahead.
Edges
are extruded and leg is forming.
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The
end of the leg is done by cutting the final
polygons in cik-cak shape. Top and bottom
polygons are cut symmetrically. Vertexes
at the end of the cik-cak shapes are welded
( two in one ) and holes are covered with
new faces. Real model should have nails
but we need simple one, and going to finish
here with front leg.
Now
back leg is a little more difficult to model
because of the shape that is partly connected
with the body in some strange way. The truth
is that you can not see, when leg is curled,
what part of the leg is connected with the
body, if you do not take some anatomy book.
We do not have time for that now. So we
have thigh and lower leg. Thihg will be
directly connected with the body. Make a
cut at the place where the leg is going
to be. ( See also image below ). You should
make a circle and delete faces with in.
These
two edges are important. Extrude one below,
and create new face over the edge at the
top so you get something like on the image
at the left and below
This
is just another shot to see better what
we are doing.
Close
the hole creating new faces using vertexes
on those two new extruded edges. New faces
are colored with red.
That
blue colored edges left to form small hole
that is faced down. This hole is start of
the lower leg.
Hit
the Show end result button too see
smooth model. Are we going aright way?
As
like we created the front leg try to create
this back leg. Extruding edges, and modify
there position as also modifying vertexes
position as needed.Try to use side view
for guide.
When
tail I done, step back to see how it looks.
It's
time to model some legs. In side view, you
can see a place where a front leg is going
to be. You can do this in two ways:
This
front leg is growing now. Select edges and
holding shift key and move tool extrude
it. Move it first down the z axes, and than
use xy axis's to adjust position. Maybe
sometime you will have to rotate these new
edges to get aright position.
Edges
are extruded and leg is forming.
The
end of the leg is done by cutting the final
polygons in cik-cak shape. Top and bottom
polygons are cut symmetrically. Vertexes
at the end of the cik-cak shapes are welded
( two in one ) and holes are covered with
new faces. Real model should have nails
but we need simple one, and going to finish
here with front leg.
Now
back leg is a little more difficult to model
because of the shape that is partly connected
with the body in some strange way. The truth
is that you can not see, when leg is curled,
what part of the leg is connected with the
body, if you do not take some anatomy book.
We do not have time for that now. So we
have thigh and lower leg. Thihg will be
directly connected with the body. Make a
cut at the place where the leg is going
to be. ( See also image below ). You should
make a circle and delete faces with in.
These
two edges are important. Extrude one below,
and create new face over the edge at the
top so you get something like on the image
at the left and below
This
is just another shot to see better what
we are doing.
Hit
the Show end result button too see
smooth model. Are we going aright way?
As
like we created the front leg try to create
this back leg. Extruding edges, and modify
there position as also modifying vertexes
position as needed.Try to use side view
for guide.