High Poly Modeling

    I made 2 daggers to practice high poly models using turbosmoothing and for the second model a combination of turbosmoothing and opensubdivid.

 

    After trying out Turbo smoothing it was clear that it was very important to have clean topology, as when using swift loop to set in the supporting edges for tubo smoothing, if you don't have clean topology is very hard for you to set in the supporting edges which will cause your turbo smoothing not work as intended.

Model 1:

Model

Model with Wire Frame

            

Wireframe

Model 2:

    For the second model due to the reference i used for this blade it had a very unique design where the base part of the blade had a slight hint of a triangle shape with make the overall topology of the blade a little bit off compared to the first model. However due to this I get to experiment with Opensubdiv with crease set. I found this to be much more easier to use or is more fogiving for bad topology compared to turbo smoothing.

Model

Model with wire frame

Wire Frame

Conslusion:

    As I previously said, even though Opensubdiv is more forgiving and less of a hassle to use compared to Turbo Smoothing, I still personally prefer to use Turbo Smoothing as having a clean topology is always nice, also I feel like is more in my control as I'm putting in the supporting edges so I can decided how sharp a corner is or how smooth a corner. It's also a cleaner way of working for me personally.