The process of creating a 3D model of the MH-6J Little Bird helicopter. The project is going to be large-scale, so I decided to record the workflow. I spent several days searching for and saving photos of the helicopter. I don’t know the modifications well, so I saved everything I could find. Luckily, I had […]
The video shows the process of creating a detailed model for baking a Normal Map. I’m not a professional sculptor, so I keep things fairly simple and work directly in Blender. The goal of this video is to demonstrate the general approach to creating such models. This is another video I made as part of […]
In this video, I show the process of creating a low-poly 3D model of the IS-2 tank turret. The essence of this method is to create a base mesh, apply one iteration of Subdivision, and then optimize the topology. I do this to get clean geometry and an even mesh on curved surfaces. I create […]
In this video, I talk about the main principles I follow when exporting a 3D model from Plasticity into a low-poly mesh.At the time of recording, I hadn’t yet used the Blender Bridge feature. This is actually my first model created entirely in Plasticity. But is it really possible to convert a detailed CAD model […]
In Plasticity, working with splines is quite different from how it’s done in traditional 3D graphics editors like Blender or 3ds Max. In this video, I’ll walk you through the basic tools and techniques for working with splines. In the second part, we’ll create a 3D model of a component from the M2 Browning machine […]
In this video, I showcase the main tools and features currently available in the beta version of Plasticity — along with a short practical demo of creating a 3D model. I want to share my impressions of this amazing new software called Plasticity! It’s a new NURBS-based 3D modeling tool that’s currently in open beta. […]
Baking materials is one of the methods I use to transfer textures from one model to another. In this post, I’ll explain when this technique can be useful and what tools I use for it. Most often, 3D artists use the “baking” method to generate Normal and Ambient Occlusion maps from high-poly models. However, you […]
The more references you have, the more possibilities you get. This short post is about a simple lifehack that, personally, wasn’t obvious to me at first. Now I use this method every time I need to create a highly detailed 3D model of armored vehicles.
