Not as much progress as anticipated, but progress nonetheless

As the title, not much progress has been made, but some progress has in fact been made. Worked for a little bit to try to find a solution to some strange oddness that was occurring when I would open the file, with any luck it should be gone now and I shouldn't have anymore errors when I open the model up in Maya. Did some tweaks on the legs, added some geometry for a knee, adjusted the ankles/feet a little, and promptly got to work on the next big ticket, the ear.

Ears are always one of the more difficult portions of a human model - not only does it have to look right, but you have to find a way to attach it to the head as well, which can make it difficult to get it to play well with whatever geometry currently exists. A lot of thought goes into ears due to their peculiar shape and strange way that they attach to the head.

I think I've more or less gotten that dealt with now, so all that remains is to finish working on getting the ear attached, then I can take the hand, place that on there, and the basic model will be more or less complete. Mirror geometry, and I can begin work on the next phase of the model, which is skinning it and preparing for ZBrush, or maybe Mudbox (which I have not yet had a chance to play with).

There is some oddness in the model which has me curious, however, but I unfortunately am unable to determine the cause of it. The oddness is that there are portions of the model which appear to be smooth-ish, but then there are other portions where the edges are clearly defined and extremely harsh, and I have no idea why it appears to have such a stark divide. Some experimentation before I sleep will be in order, but odds are I will be heading to bed shortly anyhow.

Tomorrow, perhaps some pictures of what I've been working on. In the meantime, that is today's update - tomorrow may see some gaming, or at the very least perhaps a bit of poking at Wildly Inadvisable.

*edit*

The answer to the oddness appears to have been solved - it would seem that I have to occasionally reset the normal angle for the model on occasion, as different portions of it seem to have different hardness angles set. Additionally, having a high angle appears to make things softer, while a lower angle would appear to make things appear extremely angular. Making a note of this as it could be interesting to play with later.