Cactus spikes-- the easy way

[klod]

hi,

with Maya5.0, you can do that quickly with the extrude vertex command.

klod

[Kabab]

I made a cactus last week :)

Just model the man body then model a spike keep the poly's on the spike as low as possible.

Get the bonus games tool pack of the Alias site it has a great paint geometery script.

Use the paint geometery script and paint you spikes on you get a nice random spread.

Make sure you cactus has UV maps otherwise it won't paint to well and also make sure you freeze any transformations on both the spike and the cactus before you start.

[Kaptain Kubrick]

I'm using 4.5 and can't add the bonus games pack -- school computers--

---- arrgh mmmmm

kk

[alexx]

check under
modify->script paint tool.

that is in every maya version and does paint geometry on another geometry..

be sure to have the object you paint on freezed in transformation and best have no history on it.. that script is really picky

cheers

alexx

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