Whats the easiest way to model this capital

[herrschnitzel]

hello

i am trying to reconstruct a capital from an image. So far i am not satisfied with my result and i'm having problem modeling the pointy part of the volutes. Maybe i have to try another way of modeling it. Do you have any sugesstions?
I am talking about the red highlited part:

[herrschnitzel]

So far i have done this

[Rich O Brien]

FredoScale's Bending tool, Vertex Tools 2 Rotate tool, CurviLoft's Lofting tool, Extrude Edges by Toolset, Flowify would all help you on your journey

Or FollowMe with some careful decision making...

[herrschnitzel]

@rich o brien said:

FredoScale's Bending tool, Vertex Tools 2 Rotate tool, CurviLoft's Lofting tool, Extrude Edges by Toolset, Flowify would all help you on your journey

Or FollowMe with some careful decision making...

thank you.
I used flowify but i guess i have to make the top part pointy and bulgy...

[Rich O Brien]

Depends on how close this detail is meant to be seen.

Lots can be achieved with simple geometry and good normal maps.

Download the famous Sponza model to see what I mean.

[boofredlay]

Here is my shot at it. No plugins just push pull, scale, rotate faces and moving vertices. Built half of one and mirrored it, copy rotate.

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Volutes.skp

[Rich O Brien]

Very handsome

[HornOxx]

@boofredlay said:

Here is my shot at it...
good!

[Box]

@rich o brien said:

Very handsome

Yes, but what about the modeling.

[pbacot]

@rich o brien said:

Depends on how close this detail is meant to be seen.

Lots can be achieved with simple geometry and good normal maps.

Download the famous Sponza model to see what I mean.

I'd love to attend a class on this. Good normal maps and how to find them etc. Basics.

[boofredlay]

@box said:

@rich o brien said:

Very handsome

Yes, but what about the modeling.

Aww you guys... makin' me blush.