neck making

[zerobugetgamemaker]

In everyone here's experience, does it work better to make a characters neck seperate to the head, or part of the same 3d shape?

David

[zerobugetgamemaker]

And, does anybody know how to make godd string? I know it sounds obvious, but nothing I've done looks quite right. Im thinking of string with very little slack, but still string, not a pole.

David

[Muvlo]

I usually keep the neck part of the head. When I start modeling a head, I first get the basic shape of the head and neck in at the same time.

About making string, have you tried Rope Maker (http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=006317)?

There are many methods for string, like bending a twisted cube.

[Stonecutter]

I model the head and neck together since it is easier to blend into the body... ;)
As far as string goes, this may sound strange, but one of my most useful tools, and one of the first custom tools I did was a cylinder tool, reduced to X=3, Y=3...This gives you a 'Dowel' that is easy to form, bend, inflate, whatever...Add a quick mask, you have bamboo...Skew it and you have a spoon with a little tweaking...If you try to bend a cylinder, you get folds and difficulty in forming...This tool avoids that...

Here's my 'Dowelling' for you to play with, and if you email me, I can do you a tutorial showing some of the things it can do... ;)

Dowelling.ZTL (http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_file-1026861049uso.ztl)

I know you can make a new one every time, but this has proved useful enough as a starting point, that it's the only tool I've added to my default ZTools folder...

[zerobugetgamemaker]

Wait a second, you can add a tool to your default tool folder? cool. That would save me a ton of time. Can I do it with the demo version of Z? Alright then, I think I know what I've been doing wrong with my heads. Ive been just haveing a cylinder for the neck. That's why my wizard's neck looked like crap. Thanks StoneCutter, and you Muvio.

David

[Stonecutter]

The difference between Commercial vs' Demo... http://www.pixolator.com/zbc-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000054 ;)