Odd artefacts

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# 1 18-03-2004 , 11:39 AM

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Just making a a new head.

I get strange artefacts on my head. When I soften normals it makes it worse.

Can anyone help?

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# 2 18-03-2004 , 11:57 AM

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post a wireframe, it looks like a non planar polygon. Try splitting the face and seeing if that helps

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# 3 18-03-2004 , 12:37 PM

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also, it might not smooth out correctly if you have some edges or vertices not connected how they should be. Try moving a few of the faces way out of place just to check. (then undo of course afterwards) You can select two vertices and choose EditPolygons>MergeVertices to merge them.

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