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Inside info? Hmmm...I think that is hoping for too much. Glad to see Paul Babb getting the bump up to Global Head of Community and Customer Service (or he was there already....not sure as the last I recall he was President of MAXON American). I met him at the Adobe/MAXON Power Integration tour through Boston many years ago. Very humble and unassuming individual who simple introduced himself with a handshake and a simple "Hi. I'm Paul". I had no idea who he was but he certainly knew his stuff. From what I hear, those who report to him also hold him in high regard. So (IMHO) he is a great fit for a role that involves the community and customer service. Just my 2 cents. Dave

Here's one of hopefully many. Thanks to @ABMotion who suggested this sort of thing might be worth doing... well now we're doing it :) This time we're looking at the oft-overlooked Spin Edge. Redirect your polyflow at will ! CBR

Still very much on a Gothic theme, this time we're making an SDS Polygon Quatrefoil you can use with your Gothic Archways etc... We'll UV it nicely while we're at it, so enjoy that... CBR

Righty - it was about time I did another one of these, so this time, let's make ourselves a 4-Way Gothic Fan Vault in just 30-odd easy steps ! Of all the various vault types this is perhaps the most challenging to model so hopefully I can help to show how best to get started with your under-structures... You can use these techniques as the basis for this sort of thing... This is all-quads but no SDS, and medium poly density so stands up to some fairly close camera-work and with a few small modifications is suitable for turning into a MoGraph maze of them if needed... anyway - enjoy. Ref Image Here. If you'd like Part 2 where, where we could make some fan struts, and a plinth centrepiece and sort out the UVs, let me know below ! CBR

Still on the columns theme, this time we're going to start making an Ionian Capital. Why not a Corinthian Capital to match the columns ? Simply because that won't fit into a couple of GIF tips. The Doric Capital on the other hand is too simple, so Ionian is our friend because it's mid-level and looks great, even atop our previous Corinthian columns. And we can do it in 2. And there is historical precedent for this sort of thing - columns that combine multi-styles like this are called composites. So here's Part 1 of that. I am aware of the odd grammatical error and typos :) Sorry about that - ScreentoGIF won't let me go back ! And I can't distribute the reference, but you can find it where I did. CBR

Here's Part 2, in which we make the base using a nice easy lathe... If this post gets more than 5 likes I will make Part 3 - the difficult scroll top ! ;) CBR

My Gif Tips are like buses. nothing for ages, then 2 rock up at once. Today, we're modelling Corinthian Columns in this 2 part extravaganza, and we're doing it properly. First we'll do the main columns with lovely SDS poly modelling... So enjoy that... part 2 next. CBR

Time for another one I think. This time let's make a diamond-cut whiskey glass in just 23 easy steps :) CBR