Making Cloth For Characters

[sam1r25xy]

Hi ...guyz .....i wanted some help regarding the cloth modeling for characters....it wud be good if any one cud give me some tutorials fro modeling cloth for characters......in 3d max.....

[Jelmer]

hmm ok, could you be more specific, which version of max do you have, does it need to be animated, etc?

[sam1r25xy]

im using 3d max 8.0....... so i dont think so it needs to be animated.......

[Jelmer]

Uhm.. i don't really see the relation between having something animated and the version of max you have, but maybe that's not what you mean.
If you don't need it to move i would just poly model it, maybe try the cloth modifier on it too, see the max tutorials/reference for more info, or google. We also have a basic cloth tutorial on this site, but it doesn't cover characters.

[sam1r25xy]

no i just want to take images so ...no animation required...... just a good looking suit..or blazer....

[Jelmer]

Alright, well, do you need anyone to wear it or not? I think i would just start of with a box, extrude, cut and refine that, around the shape of the body, and then add some details to it of course, and don't forget about symmetry, because clothes are almost always symmetrical in some way, so the symmetry modifier is your friend .

[sam1r25xy]

but isnt there any way rather than poly modeling...coz itll take more time....isnt there any other way.....?

[sam1r25xy]

yeah i have a model of a man so i want to design the suit or blazer...on to it as a perfect fit....

[Jelmer]

Well, if you want a quick (and maybe a bit dirty) solution, select the mesh of the character where you want the blazer to be, so basically his torso and arms, and then copy that mesh, now apply a push modifier to move it out a bit.

Of course you still have the shape of the character, so try the relax modifier to smoothen that out a bit, to finish off apply an edit poly modifier to add details and make fixes, finally you can add a shell modifier to add thickness.

[sam1r25xy]

ok this may help me...but i may get a perfect shape of the characters body but wud that look gud...?