Blender: Everything About KitBashing (In 5 Minutes!)

[@TheRoyalSkies]

I can whole heartedly endorse Oleg's Balls, they are by far Finest the in the Land - Oleg Ushenok Store Page: www.artstation.com/olegushenok/store Environment Kitbash Page: kitbash3d.com/collections/kits

[@m0nologger]

Quickest way to move multiple object origins/pivots simultaneously in blender - in object mode: 1. make sure the base of all objects are level on whichever axis you're wanting to adjust. 2. Click the "options" drop-down in the upper right corner of the viewport and select "affect only origins" 3. select all applicable objects and just press g (move/translate); x, y, or z (for your axis of choice) and 0 to move them all to the zero point of that axis. aaand ya done.

[@GettingItUp]

is there a video of yours on how to weight paint your female character? i was cuting the topology a little for the shaders i was wanting to apply but now her one arm effects the other arm... do you have any suggestions? or should i just re:watch the whole rigging playlist of yours? i didn't mess with the rig.? am i just dum? (I'm a solo dev and i'm in a little inexperienced lol) btw where should i post images of stuff i'v made with your characters for you to be able to see?

[@TheRoyalSkies]

@@m0nologger Thank you so much for sharing that!!!

[@TheRoyalSkies]

@@GettingItUp Hey, no you're definitely not dumb - I think the other arm probably got painted from the mirror 'x' function or something. If you go to weight paint mode, you should be able to see what territory goes to what bone. The vid I'd recommend to start checking things out would be this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apesdISjd6qnars Hope that helps -

[@petemorganstudios9822]

It's good to know you always start with the balls,....:)

[@bonganikhulu4291]

Modern problems require modern solutions. Royal Skies LLC is the solution our 3D modelling problems

[@silveraddydwimores4085]

And just for good measure, duplicate instances of the same object by using ALT + D instead of SHIFT + D to save up memory on exact duplicates. It also makes it so that when you edit one duplicate, all the editions will propagate into all the duplicates of the same object. Saves up time too. Thanks for sharing that website, I had no idea it existed.

[@nuclearsu]

This dude is a legend! Kinda like that donut dude.

[@jamesgellert1263]

LOL you mean the dude that teach you how to model your donut for beginner?

[@bigboibob2568]

Blender guru

[@franciscoichazo750]

There's a cool add-on for kitbashing, it is called KITOPS 2. It is free, and it basically makes the workflow much faster, and even comes with a free kit of pieces.

[@technofeeliak]

The quickest way to move the pivot point is to... in Edit mode, select the vertices at the location you want to send your 3D cursor. Then press Shift + S and choose Cursor to Selected. After that, in Object mode with the object selected you go into your menu to choose Object> Set Origin> Set Origin to 3D Cursor. And bam, not a problem!

[@nofabe]

Even quicker, though not as accurate, would be enabling pivot-only transformation (top right "options", "affect only: origins") and dragging them down to where you need them - no need to go into edit mode, just select object, drag pivot down, then select next object Edit: you could enable snapping to snap them to vertices, faces etc for precision

[@jdal21]

Theres a new addon called world align its for 5$ works like magic

[@AndrewHodgson3D]

"Kitbashing is the daughter of photobashing" I mean...it comes from making real life miniatures for film from pre existing model kits lol, hence the Kit Bashing. Like a lot of the details for the star wars spaceships come from real car and tank kits etc.

[@drumboarder1]

which is the mother of photobashing

[@saveascreative]

Got immediately triggered by the same notion :)

[@FreakazoidRobots]

I feel like I'm activating every addon that comes with Blender one by one.

[@RihuwaMidori]

😂😂

[@EdwinTobiasSonic]

Everyone’s city scenes are going to look like it’s from the same universe

[@DrFeho]

Lol

[@Ikxi]

You could still modify the kitbash parts with materials Which can give very different feels. Or modify the geometry itself

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

@@Ikxi I`ve been through this thing, and there was a huge temptation to leave things as they were, cuz they looked right from the start and that`s why I decided not to use someone`s stuff, but I don`t work in that industry, maybe I would to speed up the process

[@ukmonk]

also EVERYONE kitbashes from 3d artists to game devs and VFX studios, tbh you have to, especially if you have dead lines

[@exyl_sounds]

And musicians :D

[@ukmonk]

@NoseKey depends how you use them :)

[@ukmonk]

@Gaming Mania 👍

[@kendarr]

@Gaming Mania you've never used these kits right? We use these all the time, usually modify and change materials and all. Especially in interior rendering I don't have time to make a window every time, my client dosent care if I modeled it my self unless it's SUPER especial, or we are studying /practicing, not using kits is just waste of time for anyone whom is not a begginer anymore.

[@AndrewHodgson3D]

@NoseKey well the point is to kitbash in a way that doesn't look kitbashed

[@veaxrex2091]

For quickly setting Origin to bottom (example of a cube) : Edit Mode -> Select the bottom face/vertices -> Shift+S -> 3D Cursor to selection -> Object Mode -> Origin to 3D Cursor

[@WannabeCanadianDev]

You probably saved me *checks notes* OVER 9,000 HOURS!!!!!!!!!

[@fiddleriddlediddlediddle]

"I promise you it would take a lot longer than an hour to make all this from scratch." Yes, but then I don't have to work at McDonalds.

[@Papuaani]

For centering pivot, make any selection in Edit Mode, Shift+S (Align Cursor to Selected) and in Object tab (in Object Mode) go Set Origin -> Origin to 3D cursor

[@No573N]

Sigh... why do my career choices always end up with me having to obtain other peoples balls for mixing and matching?

[@akamucrimsidae]

Shut up Spleen

[@kendarr]

You don't need to model a chair every time you need a chair, you need to know how to model the chair, and have made it a few times, then there is no reason to make it no more, you're not learning anything new, you're just waisting time

[@DanceMomoDance]

I really love the McDonald’s working hours references, it gives us a humorous way to see perspective.

[@yash1152]

yeahahahaha lol

[@DrFeho]

Another helpful tip and tutorial BY the great Royal Skies LLC... Thanks

[@VbrSoro]

ok bud i use to really like your channel before, but now that you introduced me to this obvious yet brilliant concept,i fucking love you!

[@xylvnking]

your videos are honestly top tier

[@xylvnking]

hey it's me from the past who had no business kit bashing since he didn't even know how to 3d model yet lmao

[@limitedlistener6460]

How I would set the origin for all of those objects simultaneously: - A to select All - Object Properties tab > Set X and Y Location to 0 > Right-click X: Copy Single to Selected > Right-click Y: Copy Single to Selected - Object > Set Origin > Origin to 3D Cursor Every single item will be centered into the same spot on the X and Y axis, and then it uses the 3D cursor (preferably at the default 0,0,0) to batch-set the origin all to the bottom of all objects at once.

[@Ikxi]

Great solution!

[@limitedlistener6460]

@Riyshin We can't all be professional tutorial makers.

[@Ikxi]

@Riyshin Only the man himself is allowed to!

[@TechNinjaSigma]

Now this is epic! Thank you Royal!

[@rucchi7]

I don't know if someone else commented this but you can click options in the upper right , and select transforms affect only origins, then you can select multiple objects and move their origins

[@IrvanQadri]

solution for @3:20 you can set transform multiple origin at header of the 3D viewport(top right corner) labelled "option"

[@ukmonk]

awesome!! thank you! been using blender for over 4 years and didn't know some of these great tips!!

[@ljrnet9542]

3:22 You can quickly set the origin to the bottom of an object by selecting the vertices at the bottom and press Shift + S then clicking "Cursor to selected", Then you can go into object mode and right-click, hover over "Set Origin" and select "Origin to 3D Cursor".

[@simonf45]

Im by far no new user to blender, but these kinds of videos are amazing. Always learning something new!

[@KashimusPrime]

This will save so much time! I made the mistake of building a base mesh from the ground up. Wish I had known about Kit bashing before hand.

[@saltnickel1777]

Bless you sir! Have a great holiday!

[@Radeonoff]

3:20 - To quick set origin to the buttom of the object: enable in-build "3d viewport pie menus" addon, then ctrl+alt+x to show origin menu and drag mouse down or press 2 to choose "origin to buttom" option

[@valkayrie1198]

you can semi-easily move the origin/pivot point by selecting an object in object mode, going to edit mode, selecting the points/faces you want the origin in the middle of, hitting "move cursor to selected" or whatever it's called, going back to object mode, and hitting "set origin to cursor." there's also an add-on called JMesh (formerly Fast Carve) that does this with a button press after selecting your points/faces in edit mode.

[@BlueminNight]

I still don't know what to say but I just comment here so the video can be recommended to others

[@bezzercer]

in a sceen like that if you want the origin to be the bottom and the bottom of all your objects are lined up, select all, enter edit mode, box select the bottom verticies of everything then you can for individual objects(unselect all objects then 1 at a time) re enter edit mode cursor to selected, object mode, set origin to cursor (i use the spacebar menue since i dunno the hotkey)

[@MarcoAndrade00]

The best tutorial so far!!!!

[@noirlavender6409]

I love you dude, keep the gold coming !

[@oddur638]

Marry Christmas!🎅

[@pelakalion]

You deserve more of one like for this video :)

[@spiralingspiral72]

the best way i know how to put object origins at the bottom: - select all objects - press Ctrl + , (comma key) - Ctrl + comma key toggles between transforming objects and origins - now you can simply move them to the bottom but what if the objects are of different sizes and have different origin center points? - do the first two steps above (select objects and press Ctrl + comma) - make sure your 3d cursor is centered on the global scene - change pivot point from Median Point to 3D Cursor - then scale it in the Z axis by zero you can also just scale it by zero without moving the pivot point and just move it to the bottom later on as the z locations of the origin points would get flattened anyway hope that helps.

[@Romaelzo]

I like ur vocie and the way u vocie over the video! that was fun!

[@Shka_maru]

3:20 I recently found a way to change the origin in object mode. In 'options', right above the viewport shading icons, you click 'origins' and you can more the origin point around (grab freely or lock to an axis). You can use the snapping functions as well with it :). Cheers and thanks for the video!!!!

[@cokeologist_artist3795]

I find the quickest way to set any pivot point to the bottom of a sphere is to select the bottom face, set the 3d cursor to the face, then set the pivot point to the 3d cursor

[@lubedlegs]

3:30 there is a faster solution for moving multiple origins on a set plane. Just select the objects; navigate to the Tool "n"-panel; tick boxes for "affect only" origins and locations. The Origins option makes it so that move, scale, rotate transforms the origin (pivot point) instead of the object. The Location option removes any obj transforms from the selected object (its kinda hard to explain but its the same option as the "only locations" found by dragging the ":" key) If any of what i wrote doesn't make sense, pls comment. I'd be happy to help.

[@KokapaGameDev]

you sounds like sales man but you are the pro salesman (it is a compliment) now i will take my time to choose and buy some kit bashing lol 😁

[@reiimouse]

Thank you so much,this tutorial was really helpful ^^

[@SuperIceteapeach]

3:23 I know a faster method! Right top is a window with options, there you can enable Origins. If you selct multiple objects and than hit "g" "z" all will move the same way down.

[@mallhits]

At 3:55 you selected multiple objects and toon shaded then simultaneously. I noticed they all turned red to match the original object. Is there a way to toon shade multiple objects at once but maintain their original color. I’m asking because I would love to kitbags a scene and then make it look like a cartoon background. Like they do in anime. I would hate to have to toon shade every object one at a time

[@ChernobylComedyAndWings]

ABSOLUTE MADMAN

[@charzulu]

I wish I could like this video 10000 times

[@PeterKoperdan]

Awesome video man!

[@habib.bhatti]

This is actually very useful

[@KDSBestGameDev]

Love your stuff and recently found you. You can select the bottom vertices and move pivot to selection. Easier than moving it around IMHO

[@shakaama]

I like your used car salesman shamwow, with the occasional punctuation of curse words style.

[@nekospace3614]

🤩 wosome every one helping others.✨💕

[@yash1152]

0:09 didnt know about Photobashing. But got nice new insight. Thanks for it (:

[@lmz000]

Something I just found out about pivoting that may help you: I installed PieMenu (default add-on) in attempt to mimic a better way to use gizmo and snaps. I "speak Maya" before Blender and in no possible way I agree that moving with G, Shift, XYZ is better XD But that's beyond what I was about to say: Reading PieMenu docs I found that Ctrl+Shift+X bring a Origin Menu and the 6h slot has "Origin to Bottom", just hit that and aligns origin to the lowest vertex in Z. Now I can properly move with this and dot menu though not as comfortable as V+D or X+D in Maya, but the 3D cursor has some charms.

[@lmz000]

@@BizlaC ah, I do agree! Been using it a lot more. I like Blender and it does soooo much, not locked to Maya. My point was getting Gizmo as an alternative because sometimes it helps me more and also a way to quick snap the origin for better placement as an alternative to moving 3d cursor and then adjusting.

[@lmz000]

@@BizlaC Yes! That's it! In my original comment I was still testing how to better manipulate the origin. Your explanation came way better, that's the point. I found this option clicking at "option" drop-down menu just above the four balls for viewport shading on the upper right corner next to Outliner, then set to a hotkey. Then I use this key with Ctrl for positioning like you said. That's why I use both gizmo and G-style moving, also, double G sometimes makes for fast adjust. Blender is awesome but this tweaks are "quality of life" changes and shouldn't be obscure. The only thing I rant about Blender at all is how some key functions comes disabled and/or hard to find. I've read a lot of comments looking for help like "that's by design, it's not a bug" or "it was built this way and not to follow other software". Well, then... Why use the best of other proven workflows since Blender is always evolving?!?! I went a little far here hehe Thanks for your time ;)

[@GLITCHYSKY228]

I love this tutorial, freaking awesome! Can you do a tutorial for creating armor?

[@jimbo5266]

I feel like I need to know the lore on "little bro."

[@DRYstudios1994]

You see, when a mother and a father love each other very much and want another child...

[@def_not_dan]

The fastest way to set the pivot point is to select the face in edit mode, Shift+S and set 3d cursor to active. Then go back to Object mode and set the origin to the 3d cursor.

[@JOVONTE]

I love this mans accent

[@mohammadsabri5611]

Make "Snap" settings to (Closest) instead of (Center) , Now, no need to change obj origin (Y) hope that helps

[@lukemullineux]

You know what We want!

[@rewindcat7927]

😯 had no idea this was a thing! Wow.

[@isfunart]

damn it look fun building and design

[@FPChris]

Why isn't there a kitbash for character creation? Like heads, hands, arms, feet etc? I've done it with Adobe Medium in VR and it worked well when rigged with Mixamo.

[@Ikxi]

To move the pivot/origin to the bottom: Select all bottom faces Then Shift S and Curso to Selection hopefully I didn't get the short cut wrong

[@3danimationmentor196]

You can also select origins in the Options DD, above the shader balls on the top of the window bar, then your transforms only affect the objects origin, use point snap to put the origin to where you need it.

[@drumboarder1]

EDIT: Yup you can just select "snap with closest" rather than center, half the time it snaps to the inside face for some reason but if you move it back out then move it again with snapping it'll work properly. No need to go changing the origin point -------- Can you not change the snapping from center to nearest? I could have sworn I got it working properly though it could have been something I changed and forgot

[@yaseenandyounes372]

Please make a tutorial video about graph editor please okay you help me a lot

[@samo1596]

Rookie question: How do you combine all of these placed objects into one solid mesh/object? Is there a shortcut/modifier that can combine all of these separate objects?

[@kendarr]

Select every item in object mode and press ctrl j, that will join them in a single mesh

[@unclebourbon9943]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy Thanks for the video bro! Like. Seriously, thanks, I'll be using this in the future! May make the next mech I make take less time lol!!

[@ians7351]

is there a way to mirror your kitbashing so everything is symmetrical?

[@SuperEssenceOfficial]

actually kitbashing is descendant from kitbashing physical miniatures parts together (like the old star wars movies). The name photobashing probably came from kitbashing

[@SuccessNowBlueprints]

I created a cube map for my design using 3D builder, but when I set location, the parts go to random location, if I set origin of the copied part to geometry, it goes to the center of the screen and then I can move it, however if I do group objects it piles then all together, any thoughts or recommendations? Unfortunately not working for me.

[@raymondstpaul6474]

What is the best way for a beginner [as myself] to start learning Blender with a step by step tutorial? I see lots of tutorials on KZbin but get confused an frustrated where an how to start. Your advise is appreciated please contact with suggestion soonest.

[@ExonGiandielFranco]

Excelente trabajo !!

[@zerosypher0114]

I can't thank you enough.

[@cyber_robot889]

Faster way to change pivot is using addon called as Friendly Pivot or payfree analog MaxVz(I don't remember exactly how it called, so when I got free time, I will write down it here)

[@VicSoh8649]

Kinda late to the party but one easier way to make all origins go to the bottom of the objects is to go to orthographic side view, align the bottom of all objects to the same level, on the top right side of the screen, while in object mode, on "options", "affect only" and check "origins", then select all objects, press S > press Z > press 0 so all origins will be aligned on the Z axis only, then press G and drag those origins to where all bottoms are aligned... and you're done Don't forget to uncheck "origins" btw

[@artbear5653]

Making something complettley 100% from kit well it is good for concepts and just to lay down idea of which should final look like, using kits for final i would only to fill up backgrounds. If it is animated short and you would have room or bar with lots of complex small models, then it would make good time saver to fill up the empty space where something has to be, in the same time not so noticeable by vieveers, but never to use the complete kit for creating final main models. characters.

[@jamesnguyen12]

how do you arrange the ktibash sets? when I import them, they end up very far and resetting the origen one at a time is very time consumin.

[@thecatspjs6714]

You are the man

[@kris3871]

3:30 move pivot instead, you can snap it.

[@just_koop]

Hey man do you have any tutorials on how to model a base character body like your female one?

[@mineoriginal4164]

!Origin to the bottom! > Go into edit mode (TAB) > Select the face you consider to be the bottom > Shift + s (cursor to selected) > exit edit mode ( TAB ) > with the object selected use (ctrl + alt + shift + c ) > Origin to Cursor !done! ctrl + alt + shift + c works if you use the old shortcuts, old users that use old shortcuts know sth. in case you use the new just search for "origin to" and it will pop up Also a tip ! Instead of moving the objects you want to the object you want to replace place > select the object you want to replace > select the object you want to replace it with > ctrl + L > link Object and Data and now you have them linked so the changes you made in one of those apply to both, however if you wanna keep the original object separated and not linked with the other as a back up then > select one of the two > U > unlink object and data Merry Christmas everyone ! :D

[@lo_3darts531]

What is kit-bashing actually for? Is it an extra fancy block out to make your concept clearer before modeling your own design? Or is it meant to be a shortcut? Like if you are short on time you can still have something decent. I'm not sure what I would use this technique for.

[@NewQuinnProductions]

How did you get those sexy outlines on the red objects at the end? Looks a lot better than the flipped-normals solidify technique I usually use.

[@WibuSableng]

3:30 there is eazyly way to change pivot

[@shada0]

I'm pretty sure kit bashing came way before photo bashing. It originated from mixing parts of physicals model kit together to make something unique. Fun fact that's how they made the guns from the OG Star Wars movie, just glued model kit parts to real looking prop guns.

[@Cyberpunk644]

how did you import his model in blender? when I did it, its all little dots, and I cant see them?

[@orphydiancg7759]

copy attributes copy location doesn't seem to work in blender 3.4

[@papajohnsfrieddoinks]

Thank you Joey Wheeler

[@bn5fg]

Should I wait for Blender 2.92 with an Asset Browser feature before jumping into a kitbashing world?

[@lukabelosevic1501]

Is it now possible to bake this to a low poly that you created ?

[@DRYstudios1994]

Can you also kitbash characters? Sure, one might question the ethics of taking body parts from other characters to create your own Frankenstein's monster, but I'm just asking, can it be done?

[@komkumar9083]

best one for kbash

[@kriegs8315]

yes

[@USBEN.]

Apart from key characters I will buy every general asset.

[@ricardoalcantara5846]

Great tip!

[@YahiyaJasem]

Thank you chief!

[@keokluck]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO SEE 😭😭 thank you!! I'm an illustrator, but I can't model worth a fuck

[@Arturian.music.official]

"Oleg's amazing, beautiful balls" LOL

[@farid.rabhallah]

Maaan, you sounds like BMW M3 in NFS Most wonted 2005 ... best regards bro...