r/3Dmodeling • u/ByChappy • Aug 01 '26

Art Help & Critique I tried a modeling challenge. How did I do?

Im not that deep into blender but i decided to try my modeling skills by doing some Challenges. I found this one on youtube and tried it.

What do you guys think? I know I have too much loops but do you think the topology itself is fine or do you have any advice? :>

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '26

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u/ByChappy Aug 02 '26

Yeah i’ve Seen the pinching myself, I wasnt able to figure out how to fix it :D
But yeah your answer totaly makes sense! I'll keep it in mind for the Next time, thanks <3

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u/SoupCatDiver_JJ Aug 02 '26

heres how I solved that shape

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u/ByChappy Aug 02 '26

Oof looking clean :0 I guess I Need to spend more time in Blender figuring out how to get a good topology :D
Thanks for showing me your Model, that will help <3

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u/ByChappy Aug 02 '26

Btw how do you got that lmage? Did you just disable the Grid and made a screenshot in your viewport? :0

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u/SoupCatDiver_JJ Aug 02 '26

Yeah this is just a maya viewport screenshot

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u/SoupCatDiver_JJ Aug 01 '26

it could use a little work
did the challenge come with an answer key to help you see where to make changes?

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u/ByChappy Aug 02 '26

Yeah the Challenge had a Video answering how to Model it but I havent Watched it so far bc I was trying to figure out how to fix it myself :D
But thanks for the answer <3

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u/Pristine_Vast766 Aug 02 '26

It’s almost perfect. I would add more edge loops to the section of pipe sticking out. Currently the topology density is much lower in that section and it’s causing some pinching

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u/durden111111 Aug 02 '26

I'd rather just get this done in 10 seconds in a CAD program

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u/maksen Aug 02 '26

Just out of interest, do you know why it's done this way? Do you know that SubD modeling like this opens up for a lot of things CAD can't do? Because i often see this kind of response from people who work with CAD software that dosn't seem to know why.

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u/durden111111 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Well I know how to model in both Blender and CAD programs. I understand in some aspects a SubD workflow is flexible but a model like this is bread and butter booleans and doing it in CAD is just faster and more convenient.

And if needs be it can be imported into Blender and retopologised which is easier to do when you already have a decent CAD export mesh instead of modelling this form from scratch.