In this post I will try to describe all steps how I’m doing high relief for stern of HMS Bellona
First step was to create all elements in 3D wich I need to get final result:
Next I did layout of all these elements. Have a look on my objects layout:
Since stern is almost flat element I need to place all elements on the detail. Also I had to keep in mind to get rid of thin fragile elements.
As the result now I have this model (14,2 million polygons):