October 14 2015

Today I did a few things, but didn't do as much as I should have. But I would have gotten further if i didn't run into some issues, I'll address these later.

First thing I did, was fix the area around my eyes, and mirror the eye.

When mirroring the eye, it is important that you set the 3D cursor to the center of the grid by clicking [Shift+S] and selecting at center. Then change your point of origin to the 3D cursor, that way when you apply the mirror modifier, it goes exactly where you want it. And I Fixed the area around my eye so it looks more how I want it.

Second thing I did was start working on the helmet. And this is where I got issues. So to make the helmet what I did, was use the circle select tool by going into edit mode by clicking [TAB] and then changing my tool from vertex to face mode, then use circle select mode by hitting the "C" key. Then just select the faces I want to make the helmet. After that, I push [Shift+D] to duplicate those faces, then in the toolbox menu, select shrink/fatten and dragged it to my desired place. Then just click the "P" key and separate by selection then rename the new object hat or whatever you want.Then that is where I left off.

That is also where my problems occured. It is mainly the tutorials fault I screwed up though. What the tutorial said I was supposed to do was add a modifier to the helmet, that modifier is called solidify, and it makes your object hicker by adding mroe polygons to make it thicker. Then when you get it so it matches up with your model, apply the mirror modifier first, otherwise your solidify modifier distorts itself. Then apply the thickness modifier after the mirror, and then select all the polygons on the inside that I don't need because that would be extra work when I am texturing. Then after all that I saved my work because I didn't want to lose it all. 

BUT

After I did that, he said "but make sure you make the helmet the proper shape before you apply the modifiers." And you can't use "Ctrl+Z" to go back before you saved. So I had to go to the save from yesterday and basically rush through everything again. 

So what I learned today was to watch the section of the tutorial I am watching completely before I do my work, and if I forget something, then i will go back to it and watch it again so I don't screw up again 

Tomorrow I will be finishing the base model of the cap and then work on some other accessories.