Suggestions needed for modeling rounded edges.

[Waha]

not sure if this is what you wanted, also I am assuming you are doing it in maya

this is the area which you said you had problems
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/train1.gif

now select "edit polygons>spilt edge ring tool" and start to click on the sides of the edges
(note: you can use the spilt polygon tool to create the edges but the spilt edge ring tool is faster)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/train2.gif

Keep on adding edges until you get something like this, the reason why you add edges close to the edge of the model is so you can define it, look at castle modeling tutorials to understand it better
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/train3.gif

smooth it
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/train4.gif

is this what you wanted?

[Yagimoth]

Thanks for the tip. I'm actually working in Max, do you think the same method cam be appiled there?

[scrimski]

Yes. Most methods for poly modelling will work the same way in all apps, it's just the names that differ.

[Yagimoth]

Well, I'm having to model the whole thing again, but no big deal. Thanks for all the help, it's looking 100x better then it did!

Yag

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