I add a very little amount of subsurface scattering on the materials, which helps with the "merging" you are seeing. I also utilize quad remesher to help merge meshes as well.

@@3DMage Well that does explain a lot. I guess joining the parts, put a remesh on top and try to subsurface/smooth things out wont do the same trick?

@@neltran15It could work, but it depends. The default remesher in Blender doesn't work quite well for small details unless you use very tiny voxel values. I find the quad remesher addon does an amazing job retaining small details.

I use the Quad Remesher addon to combine intersecting parts as one mesh to help achieve smoothness in certain parts of the mesh. I also found adding a bit of subsurface scattering helps hide some of the intersecting parts as well.

@@3DMage Thanks for the tip. That works really well! I just tried it out. I was really shocked because it looked like there was either some real-time fillet voodoo or some normal data interpolation between intersecting surfaces. I already use Quad Remesher. I don't know how I'd work without it. It saves so much time.

If I understand the question correctly, the scaling operation on a vertex is achieved using the scale operation on a vertex where the object has the Skin modifier attached to it. I believe the shortcut to enable scaling on a vertex with Skin modifier is Ctrl + A. Hope that helps!

@@3DMage Yes you understand! Thanks!!! Hello from Kazakhstan! and sorry my bad english!

Thank you very much!

Make Pluto

Yes. I just use the solidify modifier on a plane to add thickness. Doing it this way makes it easier to make the proper shape.

@@3DMage Thanks! Do you have any other videos that show more slower detail of building a character?

@@BrianForrest1974 Unfortunately not at this moment , but I am considering uploading slower versions of future character videos seeing as more and more people are showing interest.

Are you referring to the skin modifier chain? If so, the way to scale a point to 0 would be "ctrl + a + 0" if I remember correctly.

Thank you very much!

​@@3DMage can you do a video about making Minnie mouse in blender version please

Basically, when I scale the cube down to 0, the 8 vertices of the cube still exist. I merge them so that when I do the skin operation, there is only 1 vertex rather than 8.

Right okay and why is that easier

ah right okay i think i understand you keep the cube look but then literally draw out his body instead of molding it

Uhhh Luigi, I have seen you do Mario once. Maybe if you model Luigi it will be complete!!

UPCHUCK from BEN 10

I use a combination of Blender and Affinity Designer.

@@3DMageVery cool, you make them nice and well!!

Haha yes. I do admit the technique is a bit weird. The idea to alleviate that area of the model would be to use a projection bake to turn it into a textured tail if I ever decide to do retopology in the future.

@@3DMage Ah, fancy and intuitive. I didn't think it would be easily repurposed... so much to learn. say, does modeling using sculpting help or hinder the rigging process? Or is there possibly better methods for me to learn if I plan to build riggable models?

​@@kaizenfox I honestly find rigging to be very flexible in Blender. The method of how the model is made isn't that important as much as how the rig is laid out on the shape. When posing Tails for the final render, I have not actually retopologized the model at all. I just laid down the rig and posed him. Granted, there are a few caveats with how I rigged the final model of Tails. However, if you want to use the model for animation or games, then the best workflow is this: Create the Shape -> Retopologize -> Rig. I haven't shown the rigging process of Tails since I thought it would be kind of boring for people. However, would you like me to show the rigging process in future videos?

@@3DMage cool, I'll definitely keep that work flow in mind as I learn. I would like to see the rigging process for models created in this manner, though I could see how it could be boring/repetitive to see for every model. Maybe a video of its own showing the steps and considerations you normally take for rigging.

Thank you! Yeah, the assets browser is quite nice for placing quick materials. It is amazing!

Can you elaborate?

If I understand your question correctly, to make the edges rounder, I just use the subdivision modifier. More subdivisions make the edges of the shape rounder due to the Catmull-Clark smoothing that occurs with the subdivision modifier. If you are referring to smoothing out the flat shading, I just use the "Shade Smooth" command in Object/Edit mode to remove the faceted faces look on the geometry. Hope that helps! EDIT: I also realize you may be referring to the display mode of the subdivision modifier. To make the edges appear curved while the mesh is subdivided, there is a button with a triangle icon that you can click on to make the effect of the modifier appear during edit mode. It is located on the top portion of the modifier among a set of other buttons.

@@3DMage Ye ye, you beat me to it lol

Your style is really cool! With your profile picture and name I think vivi from ff9 would look awesome in that style

I have been using Blender for a couple years.

Thank you!