Modeling a Character in 3DS Max, 2nd Edition

Up until now, I’ve concentrated on showing you how I model from

scratch. I sit down with a blank screen and using primitives, extru

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sion, and other modeling tools, I make an object. These techniques

can be applied every time you want to create a character, but are

they always necessary? What I mean is if someone told you that you

needed new tires for your car, would you consider making the tires?

No, you would buy them or pull them out of your garage or base

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ment and put them on your car. In modeling, reinventing the wheel,

so to speak, is just as impractical if you have a plethora of models

you’ve already made to choose from and can cannibalize