This is exciting! You're about to make your first edits to a 3D model in Blender! Adding the nose guard will give our little Viking dummy some much-needed protection, just like a proper helmet would!
To get started, we need to make a selection. Technically, we could use any of the three selection modes for this part, but face selection is the most efficient choice in this case:
- Switch to face selection mode by pressing 3 on the home row of the keyboard, or by clicking the Face Select icon in the header of the 3D Viewport.
Notice that the vertex dots disappear from the view because we are in face selection mode now.
- Use the middle mouse button to rotate the view so that we can see the underside of the helmet, as shown ...
