Gumroad - Ultimate Weapon Tutorial 2 - The Complete Hard-Surface Masterclass

Ultimate Weapon Tutorial 2 – The Complete Hard-Surface Masterclass

80+ hours. Full AR-15 weapon system. Complete AAA pipeline from first primitive to final 4K Texture exports and render.

This is the tutorial I always wanted to bring to you. We build a game-ready AR-15 from scratch in Blender, Substance Painter and Marmoset Toolbag. Every component. Every technique. Nothing skipped.

▶ What's Inside:

• 80+ hours of structured AAA training

• Full AR-15 weapon system (50+ components)

• Modeling, UVs, baking, texturing, rendering

• 30+ hours dedicated to texturing

• 12+ texture skins

• 7-hour Holosight chapter (start to finish, free on YT)

• 7-hour SFP Scope chapter

• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Turkish, Persian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Thai

▶ Software Used:

Blender • Substance Painter • Marmoset Toolbag 5 (or 4)

▶ What You'll Learn:

• Hard-surface modeling from primitives to high-poly

• Boolean workflow and cleanup techniques

• UV unwrapping and texel density management

• Baking in Marmoset Toolbag

• Smart material creation in Substance Painter

• Wear layers, edge damage, and surface storytelling

• Building a reusable texture library

• Portfolio-ready presentation and 4K export

▶ Who This Is For:

Beginners who want to learn the right way from day one as well as experienced artists who want to level up their hard-surface and texturing skills. Anyone who wants to see the full product development cycle without a single step skipped. No prior modeling experience needed. Just bring your curiosity and be willing to put in the reps. 💪

▶ Instructor:

Tim Bergholz • 20 Years AAA (Crytek, Ubisoft Toronto, Digital Extremes)