Colt 45 Help

[Arrimus]

First, when you post an image of your modeling it's better to remove the grid, as it obscures the view. Second, the biggest problem here seems to be that you have everything square with no curves. Instead, you should be building up your curves as you go along. When you get to a small detail, don't simply ignore it- keep it in mind as you continue modeling, because your final topology will have to include that small detail and it's better that you keep it all in mind while working.

The top part of the gun moves while fired- it's a separate piece, so it should be a separate model. Here's a quick guide showing how to start:

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/5818/colt45modeling.jpg (http://img848.imageshack.us/i/colt45modeling.jpg/)

[DrazyHaze]

Very nice. Thank you for your post.

That helps a lot, and sorry for the nooby post with the Grid on :/

I think I like Plane modeling better than Box modeling, it seems to have more freedom when you model. I'm going to work with your method you showed and continue to practice, thanks again.

One Other question, with this style of modeling, would you take that half of the gun and mirror it to the other side?

[Arrimus]

Just apply the symmetry modifier.

http://img402.imageshack.us/i/symmetrytutorial.jpg/

One mistake I made in the demonstration was that I modeled the gun while it was on the ground. I should have rotated the reference plane 90 degrees; that way, I would have applied the symmetry around the X or Y axis instead of Z.

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