finger tip / nail topology

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# 1 31-10-2016 , 12:06 PM

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Hello all,
i wasn't sure if topology was more of a rigging thing but anyway.

Does anyone have knowledge of the best way to model the tip of the finger with the finger nail. Basically if you were creating a photoreal human character which then needed to be rigged effectively, is it wiser to have a hole at the end of your finger and have the finger nail as a seperate piece of geo that slots into that space? or is it better to have the finger tip geo including the nail all as one object (though i presume for shaders this would be a problem)

if anyone knows the right way to go about doing this or could point me in the direction of a good finger tutorial, i would really appreciate it.

thanks,
Sam

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# 2 31-10-2016 , 08:54 PM

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check this series it's one of ours for an older version of Maya but the topology is good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwd7...70C262CD0FEB65

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