This is still something of a work in progress as and when I can find the time for it. The last three weeks have been busy so there hasn't been much progress. There are still some points of interest though. I've always wanted to give a complex trainer a model. The soles have always looked pretty complex and so it's proving. I was advised to use the crease tool but VRay doesn't support this yet so it's back to using supporting edges. This means it's a balance between having enough detail and loops to keep the details sharp but finding ways to reduce this edge count once you get to the sides of the sole, where it meets the main part of the foot. In addition, the inset squares underneath the sole are at a 45 degree angle to the sole direction so there are corners where different edge loops meet in the middle of the sole. At the moment it's still looking a little ugly in terms of the topology in these areas but renders fairly smoothly. I may end up having to change it though.
The rest of the model is pretty low poly. There are a few loops that follow the details on the shoe and then the extra leather sections are extrusions. The main holes have been modelled but the smaller ones and threads etc are more than likely going to be a normal map. The tongue should be quite interesting to texture as there's a mesh around most of it and the only real leather is on the front of the tongue where the smaller holes are.
I've begun modelling the background and should be able to texture it in the course of the next few evenings.
The rest of the model is pretty low poly. There are a few loops that follow the details on the shoe and then the extra leather sections are extrusions. The main holes have been modelled but the smaller ones and threads etc are more than likely going to be a normal map. The tongue should be quite interesting to texture as there's a mesh around most of it and the only real leather is on the front of the tongue where the smaller holes are.
I've begun modelling the background and should be able to texture it in the course of the next few evenings.