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# 1 22-06-2009 , 10:10 PM
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fine details on a spitfire wing

hello im currently modelling a spitfire

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here is the bottom

now my question is whats the best way to put all the indents where the plates of metal go?

i tried a boolean difference but it messes it up when i smooth the plane out

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here is the mesh it needs tidying but any help on this would be awesome!
 
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# 2 23-06-2009 , 03:38 AM
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Your mesh is triangulated for some reason. That's a sure headache. You can get handy with the split poly tool, or do some booleans and tidy things up with split poly or maybe even use a displacement map /shrug. Either way, I think you should get the shape blocked out better before you worry about details.
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# 3 23-06-2009 , 07:55 AM
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i porbably should have actually checked the render before i took it but my mesh doesnt actually look like that its really quite tidy user added image

ill get another wireframe pic for you!

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here you go sorry for the confusion!
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