Modeling a Character in 3DS Max, 2nd Edition

Sacrifice

Sacrifice is entirely different from consolidation because it’s purely

a balancing act: target face count versus desired shape. An example

of a sacrifice you need to make on Callisto would be her left arm

pad. I mentioned earlier it might get optimized, and it seems this is

the time to do it. Hide the tubing element and the verti

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ces of the rest of the arm to make it easier to see what you’re doing

and weld the following vertices of the arm pad:

Welding the vertices the way you did — leaving the two near the

top untouched — optimizes the geometry but still hints at the pad

element.

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Of course, the arm could ...