Figure 1
Make the tunic layer and the body layers active at the same time, and set the Perspective View display type to "Smooth Shade." If you see any area of the body poking through the tunic, you will need to modify that area of the tunic to better "fit" the body. At the same time, try to keep the mesh of the tunic as smooth and dimple-free as possible, for the best possible celshading.
If the oval-shaped belt is intersecting with the body, consider using Stretch to maintain the rounded proportions of the belt.
If the red cloth of the tunic intersects with the body, consider using Smooth Scale to softly "puff" the offending points outwards, away from the body.
STEP 1: If you would like some practice on "fitting" an article of clothing to the body, load torso26.lwo from the CD-ROM. It contains an embarrassingly obvious flaw... (Figure 1)
Figure 1
STEP 2: Set the Perspective View display type to "Wireframe Shade." Look at the contours of the tunic. Each of the contours just to the outside of the breasts seems to have a "dip" in it. This may not be the only cause of the problem, but it should be smoothed out.
STEP 3: Make the tunic the only active layer. Make the body layer a background layer. You can still see the problem here -- the black lines of the background layer are still poking through the tunic.
STEP 4: Turn on Symmetry Mode (Modes > Symmetry On/Off).
Go into Points Selection Mode. Select the points shown in Figure
2. Right now these points lie too far back -- they're tugging
the tunic right through the figure.
Figure 2 |
Figure 3 |
STEP 5: Drag and Move these points forwards, until the black lines of the breasts in the background layer disappear beneath the tunic. While you're at it, round out the contour that runs through the points by moving the center point forwards. When you have finished, it should look like Figure 3.
STEP 6: Save this object as torso27.lwo.