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.

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.