Well, bit of an update. I've been looking through my ISD file lately, trying to get back into it, and I think I've come to an unfortunate decision.
When I started this model, I hadn't touched anything 3D in almost 7 years, now looking at the file I can see my clumsyness after a few of the other models I completed. As such, I believe it may be neccesary to restart the model. The geometry simply has become to clumsy to efficiently finish, and when it comes time to LOD, Detail Box, or Normal map it there simply won't be any possibility of separating the neccesary parts.
It sucks to say, but it's the honest truth.
So in the next few days I'm going to restart, and trust me, now that I'm back in the swing of things and have my head screwed on straight I'll be able to make it way better than my last attempt. Consider the original a prototype, now it's time to make it work.
Thanks for your patience with this model, I've been working on it for almost a year now and I hate to see that work to go to waste, but hey, it's not. That's like saying that 4 years of university was a waste because you didn't make any money doing it. This was a great learning experience.
Oh, and by the way...
