How would I make a t-spline/form to match this design?

[hieiswordflame]

I am reworking my model of the Sand Worm mural from DUNE, and I want to make it less of an extrusion and more of a malleable form that I can sculpt into shape. I have the outline of the form I want, and as you can see, there are certain breaks in it because of overlapping areas.

I have tried:

-Extruding and then converting to t-spline

-Sweeping/Lofting

I'm so confused on how to move forward. I assumed t-spline would be best because I could then pull out the ringed areas after getting the Sand Worm body right, but how the heck do I make the body?!

[jeff_strater]

This is by no means the only way to do this, but for this kind of thing, I tend to go back to this technique:  

[TrippyLighting]

Can you share the .f3d file with that outline(spline)?

[hieiswordflame]

Here you go. Should have added it to the original post, sorry.

[hieiswordflame]

So I could basically create the different pipes in segments and then edit them individually?

I feel dumb haha. I'll try.

[TrippyLighting]

The main body you'd design as one contiguous T-Spline. For the decorations and details you'd use  Jeff's method.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

In my point of view, ASPIRE is the better tool for this.

günther

[TrippyLighting]

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@g-andresen wrote:

Hi,

In my point of view, ASPIRE is the better tool for this.

günther

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It depends what the desired end result is. If a triangulated mesh is OK, I would probably use the real sculpting tools (not T-Spline or Sub-D) in Blender.

[hieiswordflame]

I had no idea that program existed. Can you import dxf? I'd hate to have to redraw all 5000+ polylines lmao.

[hieiswordflame]

But it's in sections. And how would I make a continuous tspline?

[TrippyLighting]

Like this:

 

[hieiswordflame]

Whoa! How did you do that?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@hieiswordflame  schrieb:

Can you import dxf? 

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Yes, this is possible, as is connecting open vectors and cleaning up contours.

günther

[TrippyLighting]

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@hieiswordflame wrote:

Whoa! How did you do that?

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Here's the start of it. Take your time and be patient 😉