The method you use depends on witch way you like best, I use the extrude method but I know some very good modellers use the box way, I have left a link to some thing I did a while back will give you an idear how to use the extrude way..........dave
https://simplymaya.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35443
Yeah, the one in your tutorial is the harder way which I have trouble with (no images to put on plane that will look like the character I want to make). I've had an easier time box modeling, as I don't use image planes, but I cannot find a good box modeling tutorial and another problem was with mirroring so I gave up on trying to mirror too.
I tried to follow the Maya tutorial, only to get a problem such as the edges going crazy whenever I wanted to unite the halves of a mirrored mesh (mesh smooth caused an almost box-like shape to appear around the two edges of the shape I just united). That being the Helmet tutorial.
Last edited by SilverFeather; 14-11-2011 at 07:38 PM.