CGCookie - Blender - Sculpting a Sci-Fi Weapon

Hard Surface Sculpting

Everyone knows how valuable digital sculpting is for things like characters, monsters, trees, animals?any kind of organic shape. But what about hard surface shapes? Is it possible to apply the artistic freedom and benefits of digital sculpting to rigid forms?

Yes!

Join the Citizen ranks to learn how you can create your own sci-fi weaponry

In this Citizen series we?ll take a beautiful piece of sci-fi concept art by Tim Von Rueden and realize the weapon in 3D with Blender?s sculpting toolset. I?ll show you how to quickly generate a base mesh with the skin modifier and how to approach your sculpt with hard surface techniques. By the end you?ll be an expert with brushes like Polish, Crease, and Pinch!