6 Blender Hard-Surface Modeling Tricks I Wish I Knew Earlier

[@troll_kin9456]

Fantastic. I'm pretty sure for every one of these tips, I said to myself "ahh, I know what he's going to do." And then every time you surprised me with some new feature or workflow I didn't know existed.

[@alanplanes1111]

Same!

[@KnapfordMaster98]

Transfer normals blew my mind. I always thought you had to get it all lined up and shrinkwrapped, and then do a remeshing to properly join them. A non-destructive shrinkwrap intersection that just fudges the perfect transition is incredible.

[@davidesteban8127]

Yeah thats pretty impressive, imagine making a rig with that, a lot of possibilities

[@Tree3D]

Blew my mind with that one. I'm never doing a Union boolean ever again

[@javadkhanmohammadi6475]

help me with that- its great but its pop out in substance in AO baking

[@dieseld261]

Fancy seeing you here!

[@KnapfordMaster98]

@@dieseld261 sparkle sparkle sparkle

[@ludnix]

Just wanted to say I really like the thumbnail showing what kind of tips would be inside. It’s a great solution for a hard to summarize video topic!

[@domoremos5454]

The best 10 minutes of blender content on all of youtube, no exaggeration.

[@christophsinging]

Man, that's 9 minutes, 31 seconds full of learning about solving common modelling difficulties. Thank you so much! 🙂

[@mene1in]

Loop tools, shrink wrap, angle joining and curves for cables have floored me in this video. I've been avoiding making so many models for years because I didn't know those techniques existed. Thank you so much.

[@kruth6663]

The last one feels magical, never even imagined something like that could be done! The approach is simple and intuitive yet the result is amazing.

[@jordanparton8008]

Drawing the curves instead of moving vertices just made making my cartoonish hair for my characters 10x easier 🙏❤️

[@periapsis413]

I got up out of my chair and left the room multiple times watching this. I am so mad that I took some of these features for granted (the transfer normals thing is CRAZY dude I have never used Data Transfer) and so thankful to you guys for making this video.

[@TchiArtist]

amazing

[@JoshuaM8]

This video shall be saved to a playlist and revisited many times, as I am sure to forget all these amazing tips during a project! Thanks! :D

[@shubhamvyas9459]

Last one is awesome.

[@cas_sim]

Great tips, I learned some game changers. Appreciate it. BTW, instantly add things to a vertex group by selecting vertices in Edit mode and press Ctrl+G.

[@ldm]

Oh nice. Will have to try this, thanks!

[@NormIy]

Those last couple tips had my jaw on the ground

[@medinfo779]

This is the best blender video I have seen in years. Please, please. More of this. Thank you so much

[@kagunslinger767]

So many great tips, presented in a very clear and efficient way. One of the best Blender trick video I've seen. Thank you !

[@ExtraDan]

the transfer normals one was absolutely crazy

[@ShoulderMonster]

I usually only model organic characters, I'm so surprised how well this hard surface model turned out for me! Thank you so much for making these seemingly complex shapes so approachable!

[@AM-yk5yd]

It's impressive how much blender improved over the year. It's non destructive editing is so good.

[@coydogkodi]

This is just incredible, amazing how you can use a program for so long and still get surprised by such simple little tricks, that normal transfer was such a mindblower for me, thank you for sharing!

[@juancinOwo]

As a junior Hard surface artist, last one got to be one of the most game changer tip that i've learned in the past 3 years, you deserve the best my man.

[@MarkBTomlinson]

One of those special demos that is both succinct and informative, thank you Louis a great video!

[@HandsOfTitan]

I've been searching for a nice tutorial that would give me the "basics" or the standar process for Hard surface, this might be just a nunch of tips, but man, this is one of the best hard surface tutorials I've found so far. amazing.

[@Blendercage]

Yeah I don’t use the shrink wrap modifier enough in modeling. And I’ve rarely ever used data transfer.

[@Mind_Splitter]

I can't believe how helpful every tip was and how it was packed into such a short video. Really great stuff

[@athinasdesigns]

Golden hard surface modeling tips thank you so much .I've never thought of combining vertex group assignment with shrink wrap before and i can think of so many complex models that it would be such a helpful trick to use❤❤❤

[@roamrunner]

I did NOT expect to learn as many helpful tips as I just did, THANKS!

[@hknayyeri7249]

Hard-surface gods are pleased.😁

[@vergil620]

My favorite instructor when it comes to Blender tutorials is Louis. He has the same energy as Louis from Resident Evil 4

[@rneira88]

This is so much valuable information in a very straight-forward video! Lots of techniques I was not aware of. Thanks a lot!

[@TheAnimeist]

7:30 I love the way you explained that you can limit a modifier to act only on a group of vertices. Good stuff!

[@eyerly7175]

Thank you, the Mesh Detail 6:07 and Transfer Normals 7:43 were especially helpful!

[@bm952]

i love how much info is in such a short video

[@dudutaviorel9837]

A tutorial with concrete explanations, Thank you

[@gustavoruiz6030]

WOOOOW, one of the best tutorials i've ever seen! THANKS!

[@spark-games-uk]

CG Boost videos never fails to entertain and teach new tricks! Thank you!

[@graynanuuq]

One of the best teachers out there. His Robotic Planet class is great too.

[@collinsk8754]

These productivity tips are amazing!

[@shadowkruzz]

Мужик, ты крут, очень интересный ролик! Спасибо тебе! Man, you are awesome, very interesting video! Thank you!

[@alexmcgreal836]

Some awesome stuff here, each section taught me something new and that last section at the end was really awesome, didn't know any of that!!! Thanks a lot for putting this up!!

[@rileyb3d]

CG Boost is the way to learn! Fantastic info here.

[@Fafmagic]

No question, the most useful video I've seen in ages. Concise and helpful. Love it!

[@leafabeam]

I don't usually consider taking any of the courses I see on tutorial videos (mostly due to money constraints) but this video has me reconsidering.

[@LawrenceAaronLuther]

Excellent tips, the 90 bridge is something I've never used before. An additional curve tip, if you need to make a curve that is both not on a surface nor on the x/y/z plane is to just use a NURBs "path." You don't have to mess with bezier handles, and the result is a smoothed interpolation between the points.

[@4ubiks]

I wish I’d seen this video when I first started out. Incredible, thank you!

[@3dmundo]

This is one of the best tuts I've seen recently, these are super usefull. Thank you!

[@pv8685]

thank you from the bottom of my hearth!

[@bicikliblender]

Quick ad: Buy the course because it is awesome! It is the best course on the internet!

[@Igoreshkin]

The last one was really helpful and awsome. Never heard about this modifier. Thank you for sharing those tips.

[@erzei]

oh wow as a newbie this video is so informative! can't wait to get back home and improve the model I started to work on! thank you!

[@Picky_Craft]

thanks so much guys

[@okkarmyo4425]

The best video I’ve seen recently

[@alexilaiho1st]

I've used data transfer before, but never like this, very cool trick in the end!

[@namedjasonc]

Wonderful! These tips are going to really help with my modeling, thanks! I never thought of using Shrinkwrap with a vertex group, that's so powerful!

[@peagace]

This video is pure gold. Thanks for the content

[@venomironx]

Very good! Big fan of CGBoost!!

[@resistancestudios3995]

thats all the tricks I needed,thnx my man

[@rogaalik1379]

Fantastic! Loui is one of my favourite Instructors on CGBoost

[@jensworld444]

I didn't know all of these useful tips at all. Thank you so much!!

[@andrewwoan]

WOAH THESE ARE INSANE

[@minhthunguyenthi8205]

thank for these tips, awesome

[@PastaMaster115]

This was such an amazingly useful video. Thank you so much.

[@MisterTrashcan]

I forgot about the data transfer modifier! Thanks for the quick tutorial. This will be helpful :D

[@t_w_7821]

This is absolutely amazing, thank you for the tips! It helps a lot!

[@Mdtr_drag]

This is a one million dollar video

[@davirosa]

Thank you master, great tips you gave!

[@player_official_channel]

This is so good it blew my mind

[@sniper_miope]

ALL of these tips are useful all the time! Amazing, thanks!

[@4DarkSparks]

Great tutorial. 1000THX!

[@sebbykaumba7669]

You are the best sir I like the way. you do things❤

[@k0v4n0v4]

THE LAST ONE IVE NEEDED FINALY

[@MarkandSandieInMotion]

Bravo! Brilliant. Thank You.

[@luzid.vision]

collection of some wicked tricks. thanks

[@brukakas]

That's really awesome, thank you very much for this !

[@DanthekidzzzzzDanielin]

Absolutely insane!

[@dirtreynolds7723]

Best one ive seen i while, saving this!

[@giannis7707]

wow that was very helpful, ty for the tips I'm a newbie in blender and that cables tip already motivated me to make a cool mech🙏

[@morktariondagreat3446]

THIS IS SO GREAT

[@VeryBasicCube]

These tips are so useful. Thank you so much🙏

[@Kharazm4th]

Genius tips, thanks it definitely improves the workflow

[@roofoofighter]

Bagapie modifier for Blender is free and can do pipes and cables, and a million other useful things.

[@mayurbadgujar3582]

This tutorial is really helpful, Thankyou.

[@flouainan]

AWESOME! Keep doing your amazing job!

[@noobandfriends2420]

Shrink wrapping vertex groups... whoa.

[@serale4591]

Thank you so much, i love this content!

[@fatcat5323]

All of these amazing, thank you. These will spare a lot of time.

[@StudioRevoct]

This is really helpful, thumbs up to ya!

[@tomjejojose]

That was super cool!

[@steffg8351]

Data Transfer tip was wild

[@cekuhnen]

Oh wow the Normal Shrinkwrap trick was new to me !

[@akroaX]

Man, this videos worth 100 tutorial videos on my "Blender tutorials watch list" what never i touch.

[@Vertexvoyager]

What an amazing tutorial thanks

[@kun4640]

Awesome tricks

[@6TheBACH]

What a great, short, tips video. Well done!

[@mathaeis]

I love your videos and I'm really looking forward to going through your course! I bought it a couple months ago but had to take a Blender detour for a bit, but I'm excited to get back into things soon!

[@AiryGallantry]

Wow! Thanks a lot for making and sharing this.

[@ArtemZaodno]

i'm, obviously, a new face to blender, but these tricks are brilliant! Subscribing for more!

[@JLMilano]

I didn't actually realise how helpful it would be to just see complex objects modelled.

[@MewMewMeadows]

Amazing! I hardly thought of using any of these tips before, though I have to wonder if they can be used for characters and animations, too.

[@Groffili]

Great tips! But if I may bring up a problem for further, a bit more advanced construction... ... the shrinkwrap and normal data transfer method works perfectly to integrate objects with simple materials... but what would you do when they have any sort of texture? If been using this method for some time now to "blend" objects of different density... but I still haven't found a reliable way to add textures to that. Any ideas?