My final low poly cottage

[Yee]

Hello my fellow Blender enthusiasts!

I finished the Blender Low Poly Lanscapes course and wanted to show you the final results!

I wanted to add a waterwheel, but then I realized… there’s no water… so I created a windmill instead.

I also created other small islands around the bigger floating island, like the following:

There’s also an underwater section!

If you are wondering what the “0/10” means, it’s because I also created a small game to showcase this floating autumnal island! You can play it right below!

Finders Keepers by Yee

[NP5]

Self propelling island with storage mini islands. Great idea.

[CoreyKnecht]

Genuinely waiting for Crash or Spyro to hop out from somewhere, lol!

“how to deal with that annoying edge loop when using the mirror modifier, not all models need it and you can reduce the poly-count by removing it, that left me wondering if there’s a easier or automatic way to do that.”

I’m assuming you’re talking about the edge loop of the mirroring plane. You should be able to accomplish this in Edge Mode by selecting the entire loop, then RMB–>Dissolve Edges. If that doesn’t work, check that loop to ensure it hasn’t formed interior faces somehow (those faces will prevent the edges from dissolving, and are also unnecessary for obvious reasons).

[Yee]

Is there anyway to remove it automatically? Sometimes is just annoying to do it manually, specially in a scene like the one in the course where almost every model uses the mirror modifier.

[CoreyKnecht]

I don’t think so, because now that I think about it, you would have to apply the mirror anyway before this can be done. Until that point, all of the edges on the mirroring plane would be part of the perimeter because the reflection isn’t real yet, and perimeter edges can’t be dissolved.

There might be an add-on that does this, but I haven’t looked into that.

[NumbNong]

I’m not sure whether the Bisect or Flip options in the Mirror Modifier can solve that problem. Maybe you still end up with a superfluous edge loop? Not tried it at this stage.
Personally I don’t see the extra set of polygons a major problem and may help with other things?

Nice details and mods to basic schema. Cheers.