Hi everyone,
I recently decided to try to retopologize one of my first 3D models. I like the form of the spider, but the mesh topology is horrible (when I started with Maya, I had no idea what good topology actually means, so the spider is assembled from many single objects). So I tried to do it in TopoGun and did not succeed - it was almost impossible to draw new mesh on the tiny long legs
I suspect that it is generally very difficult, if not impossible, to make retopology for such kind of mesh. But maybe I am wrong - please, share your experience on retopology of such things! Or should I better completely remodel it from the scratch?
P.S. Could not figure out how to attach a picture (is it only possible through url link?)

Re-modeling the legs will probably be the easiest fix, small skiny objects can get hard to retopo.

yeah only cause its called retopo, doesnt mean you can push vertecies around with the standart move-tool.
and yes you have to upload your picture somewhere and then link it here.

I think you should show your work to us ,thus we can know where is your problem located.
And retopologize is always a hard work,all you need is patience.

you can check out Ninja Topo. It's a script ive started to help in re-topology.

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/do...g/c/ninja-topo

Ninja_topo - YouTube

Thanks for replying, guys!
I decided the best strategy for me would be to retopologize the body/head and to remodel the legs.
I used to think that retopology should be quicker than modelling, but it seems not to be a universal case. Not that I have a lot of experience (honestly, none real yet).

To bk3d: thanks for link!