Hi there,
I thought it might be interesting to discuss what kinds of shapes can be made as the poly count goes up. I'll be posting examples and at some point even texturing objects to show how a shape can be viewed as totally different depending on what kind of texture is applied.
From what I understand, 4 ploy's is the lowest number that can be used to make a 3D shape (with no open faces, ie a solid object) Here is a basic sample and I attached the .x files in a zip..
Not much we can do with this, it's basically a solid triangle, and one version where I stretch two points to give a different looking shape.
Correct me if I'm wrong, the next number of poly's is 6 right? There is no way to add just one more poly to make a new object. My next object will then obviously be a pyramid (4 sides and a square botom) Can anyone guess what other common shape I'll be making with 6 poly's?
I'll make the post in a few hours, I'm also expecting this thread to get more interesting as the poly count goes up in the discussion.
Comments are welcome and if you can think of an interesting shape that gets left out of the discussion throw your idea in the mix.
Cheers!, Let's have fun with this.