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== Creating a Base Mesh ==
 
== Creating a Base Mesh ==
When using a [[Category:Tools#A3D_Sculpting_Software|sculpting app]] it's usually best to create a cage or basemesh that is as close as possible to 100% quads. Also try to avoid "poles" of 5+ edges running into each other. Triangles and poles can lead to "pinching" in the model when sculpting.  
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When using a sculpting app it's usually best to create a cage or basemesh that is as close as possible to 100% quads. Also try to avoid "poles" of 5+ edges running into each other. Triangles and poles can lead to "pinching" in the model when sculpting.  
  
 
Keep the quads a fairly uniform density over the model, and be clever about adding more detail where it will be necessary (eyes, ears, nose, etc.), since otherwise you will end up subdividing your mesh far more than necessary just to get enough polygons to sculpt detail into these areas.
 
Keep the quads a fairly uniform density over the model, and be clever about adding more detail where it will be necessary (eyes, ears, nose, etc.), since otherwise you will end up subdividing your mesh far more than necessary just to get enough polygons to sculpt detail into these areas.
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The meshes are in OBJ format unless otherwise noted.
 
The meshes are in OBJ format unless otherwise noted.
  
[[image:basemesh_01.gif|frame|left|Model by ??(if you know who modeled this, please [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?p=1128422 let us know]!).]] [[file:basemesh_01.obj.zip]]  <br clear="all"/>
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[[image:basemesh_01.gif|frame|left|Model by ??(if you know who modeled this, please [http://polycount.com/profile/Eric%20Chadwick let us know]!).]] [[file:basemesh_01.obj.zip]]  <br clear="all"/>
  
 
[[image:basemesh_arshlevon_shoes.gif|frame|left| Model by [http://arshlevon.cgsociety.org Samuel "arshlevon" Sharit].]] [[file:basemesh_arshlevon_shoes.obj]] <br clear="all"/>
 
[[image:basemesh_arshlevon_shoes.gif|frame|left| Model by [http://arshlevon.cgsociety.org Samuel "arshlevon" Sharit].]] [[file:basemesh_arshlevon_shoes.obj]] <br clear="all"/>

Latest revision as of 11:58, 14 March 2020

Base Mesh

A base mesh is a low-resolution polygonal model that can be used as the starting point for DigitalSculpting.


Creating a Base Mesh

When using a sculpting app it's usually best to create a cage or basemesh that is as close as possible to 100% quads. Also try to avoid "poles" of 5+ edges running into each other. Triangles and poles can lead to "pinching" in the model when sculpting.

Keep the quads a fairly uniform density over the model, and be clever about adding more detail where it will be necessary (eyes, ears, nose, etc.), since otherwise you will end up subdividing your mesh far more than necessary just to get enough polygons to sculpt detail into these areas.

It helps to add a quick UV to the basemesh before sculpting, since this can be used to bake a DiffuseMap if you choose to do some 3D painting at some point. This is much easier than trying to UV your basemesh later and trying to morph it or merge it with your sculpt. For methods see the Polycount thread Importing UV's into sculpted mesh in ZBrush.

Some more good advice from Scott Eaton in his ZClassroom article Artist In Action: Digital Figure Sculpture.

Base Mesh Library

If you use one of these as the base for your sculpt, please credit the author. For example "Sculpt by me, base mesh by Samuel Sharit".

These meshes are made specifically for digital sculpting, by avoiding triangles and n-gons wherever possible. For better in-game mesh wireframe examples, see Category:Topology.

The meshes are in OBJ format unless otherwise noted.

Model by ??(if you know who modeled this, please let us know!).
File:Basemesh 01.obj.zip
File:Basemesh arshlevon shoes.obj
File:Basemesh arshlevon toes.obj
An alteration of Samuel "arshlevon" Sharit's base mesh, author unknown.
File:Basemesh bust.obj
File:Basemesh fuse.obj
File:Basemesh fuse bust.obj
Model by ??(if you know who modeled this, please let us know!).
File:Basemesh headsculpt01.obj
File:Basemesh talon body.obj
File:Basemesh talon bodyfemale.obj
File:Basemesh talon bust.obj
File:Basemesh talon bust lowres.obj
arthur.rar (ZBrush ZTL format)
Model by Nick Zuccarello.
H_M_A_base_final_nickZ.ZTL (ZBrush ZTL format)
Course Character: Rogue Polycount forum thread. Model by Lee "Almighty_gir" Devonald.
File:Basemesh female regular.obj File:Basemesh female regular.ztl
Course Character: Rogue Polycount forum thread. Model by Lee "Almighty_gir" Devonald.
File:Basemesh female heroic.obj File:Basemesh female heroic.ztl
Male Base Mesh Polycount forum thread. Model by Andrew "anzhou" Zhou.
File:Basemesh Body Anzhou.zip
Male Base Mesh Polycount forum thread. Model by Andrew "anzhou" Zhou.
File:Basemesh Bust Anzhou.zip

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