Modeling a Treasure Chest in Blender: Blocking Out Basic Shapes

[@Andee...]

at 12:47 why not use alt+e to extrude along face normals? instead of doing e, cancel, then alt+s?

[@khtrammell]

I didn't know about ALT + E .That'll save me a step. Thanks!

[@geltix972]

Dude i cant extrude them but thanks to you for your comment it helps so much

[@jeremy_page]

I have converted very well to 2.8 but there were two things that were changed that I couldn't find (or didn't like) the 2.8 alternative. The first was space bar playing the timeline instead of search. This was driving me crazy as f3 is just so much clunkier (to me). In the first minute of this video you showed how to change that back. Great! The second was the vertex/edge/face select modes. Used to be ctrl-tab to bring up the little menu, select, done! That was removed in 2.8 and I just couldn't find ANYthing about how to either bring it back or where it was moved to in 2.8. Then voila! Roughly 3 minutes into this video you showed the new method for that as well! I'm a total 2.8 convert now! I think the Blender Foundation owes you something :D Keep up the great work!

[@arianullah6257]

Rare type of tutorial where the default cube isn't deleted.

[@taraskashuk1069]

Eternal joke XD

[@reverheist]

Great video! Very beginner friendly and helpful

[@leonthezealous9239]

Aha, I learnt a very useful shortcut key "Y", which I didn't know before. Thank you so much.

[@ChristinaMcKay]

Thanks for sharing, Kent. Great as always. For the looptool: the one from the 2.8 toolbar does not act like the hotkey Ctrl+R. If you are interested, I have a video about it on my channel. See you on CG Cookie.

[@YugiMango]

i am by no means a beginner, but was super lazy to try model a chest from a reference. and it makes me wish there were more tutorials like this when I was learning blender back in 2009

[@hazemkhattab326]

If anyone have an Even Thickness problem (when using Alt+S) then you need to apply transforms, in object mode select the box an press Ctrl+A, then choose "All transforms"

[@keelanbowker-obrien2222]

I tried to do this and all of my transforms are selected and I'm still getting this issue.

[@myztazynizta]

One of the most important beginning friendly changes in 2.8 is that drawing a box to select things just works without having to know a hotkey.

[@wkreng]

It's b

[@reerjgiorge]

No, it doesnt. You need to change the selection mode to box in any case.

[@iBot.]

I was thinking last night "I really need to get that secret chest asset made for my game.". The night after, KZbin responds with this recommendation.

[@justanameonyourscreen5954]

It's weird...right

[@GabrielDalposso]

7:45 I thought Blender 2.8 had box selection by default (dragging the mouse). Do we still have to press 'B'?

[@troysapp8042]

You are correct. By default box selection is active. Optionally by pressing "W" you change selection modes. If you change modes than you will have to press "B" to box select.

[@taliadaigle]

very easy to follow thanks !

[@blendergeek6230]

It was really helpfull

[@videsign7318]

The moment I do ALT+S to increase thickness, there are odd faces which appear under the chest. I did everything like said in the video, so I don't understand... Somebody could explain? thanks

[@syberhound]

Hmm, maybe try flipping the normals on the bottom faces? That sounds like it might be your problem, I can't quite remember which dropdown, either mesh or faces in a normals tab, since it scales using normals direction that should fix your issue

[@v360art6]

Nice tut...

[@TheOnlyJura]

At 9:08 Faces should have 4 vertices, this one has 3, I recommend you to extrude the upper vertex to the lower edge (with edge snapping enabled) and create 2 faces with 4 vertices

[@thealmightybenyamin7947]

in 21:36 u fill the blank face by press f. but still its not one solid item. the face is not the part of the plank. so why u do that?

[@aluckyshot]

Great lesson for us newbies.

[@reerjgiorge]

This is not for newbies...

[@kazenokize2]

Great tutorial

[@xantishayde-walker4593]

Beautiful modelling tutorial! Learned a lot already. Thanks for the upload!

[@reerjgiorge]

Actually its not a beautiful tutorial. Its extremely complex for a treasure chest lol. I mean , if you plan to include this in a videogame, you are going to get really dissapointed. Because for a start, its not a low poly model (well if you only inlcude one chest in the game, sure, but if you plan to keep adding chests... you just cant).

[@twistedwizardry5153]

Great first video looking forward to part 2!

[@Inxx89]

There is a part 2...and a lot of other parts...but you have to pay to watch them

[@unnero1]

Very nice video.

[@Inxx89]

Would have loved to see the entire tutorial...I was dumb...I watched the video and got hyped, made my own blockout...and when I tried to find the next video, I was unpleasantly surprised with the fact that I have to pay...I can't pay that much money, that's why I'm using blender...

[@rustlertea]

Thanks for the heads up. Not cool to suck people in then ask for money. Too many great tutors out there to put up with that.

[@Krisuls]

I have been watching this video for over 3h and i have only gotten to 13:43 just because when i try to extend the chest walls it just creates wired forms and I don't understand what to do

[@otDan]

Why is the Alt+S not working proprietly? It scales different sizes for me

[@mp5156]

You almost definitely scaled the initial cube for the box in object mode. This makes the scaling work differently. If you go to object mode and click on the box, and hit the n key and look at the item tab on top right, look at scale, it will probably say 1.8 on x So note if you scaled in object mode, you can hit ctrl + a and click apply scale, and it will set all scales to 1.0, so that the result you get in edit mode is what you are expecting. And also if you have any problems with the top, you should note he left the pivot to active element, which depending on what you do and how you select things could give you an undesired effect to the scaling. Active element pivot point should only be used if you know that is exactly where you want to scale from.

[@gower1973]

Apply your scale on the transform, you have non uniform scaling because the X,Y, Z are not one, Its a common mistake for Blender beginners, also check that you dont have flipped normals, as it will try to scale in the normal direction

[@videsign7318]

Me too, there are odd faces which appear... Did you find the solution?

[@hazemkhattab326]

Also for me!

[@hazemkhattab326]

Figure it out, need to apply transforms, in object mode select the box an press Ctrl+A, them choose "All transforms"

[@Jbug0000]

11:00 I can't do this for some odd reason it will not split off from the rest also when I use the 1,2,3 keys above the letter keys it does not allow me to select the individual parts it instead chooses layers

[@Jbug0000]

nvm I had blender 2.79c not 2.80 sorry for the time wasted

[@petercrowhurst]

Love your tutorials , been waiting for a stable 2.80 to learn again . I did follow along with your 7.9 vids , being a noob it was harder when the build was changing . thanks for making these beginner basics vids . I think you explain things awesome

[@457Deniz457]

Thank you ! :)

[@goodluckfocus]

hey what screencast add on do you use?

[@obechino]

I cant find the second part of this course

[@jonathanlingel5235]

I can't get it to scale along normals. It scales on both sides of normals.

[@LaszloIvanyi]

Oh, this is evil, the rest is paywalled :D

[@hubertzimnicki1770]

Oh thank you for heads up! Bless you.

[@designseoul]

I don't have the next step video, so should I buy a plan for the next video?

[@BaCKouR]

So I started a free 7 days trial on your site and when canceled it you withdrawn my money anyway. There is not even customer service on you site to solve these cases. You are great!

[@cg_cookie]

There's a help button in the bottom right, but some ad blocking software may stop it from showing up. Either way, you can always reach us at [e-mail]! We'll make sure it gets worked out as soon as possible!

[@eclecticgamer5144]

"To make thickness" The extrusion and scaling created overlapping faces. Why not use the solidify modifier? Not to mention you intentionally created a poly with 5 verts which breaks a lot of useful tools. Not something you should be teaching people. Always use 4 verts for Blender. You also duplicated a lot of work unnecessarily, instead of teaching the mirror modifier. Etc Etc. Guy is teaching many "Not the best" way to do things... and then charges for it. -_-

[@reerjgiorge]

As i said, this is not a really good tutorial. She doesnt care about ngons and bad geometry at all, and then he uses the knife tool (the worst thing you could do) to add extra geometry to a model that is already passed the boundaries of beinga low poly model.

[@Brice31]

It's not filling the faces while pressing F, doing the top of the chest for me. Anybody know why?

[@folkerspielman9023]

cool!

[@Sol-l4i4d]

Im so used to hearing "ZED" that its weird hearing you say "ZEE"

[@TheJacob1971]

great tutorial for re-learning blender!

[@reerjgiorge]

LOL. This is not a tutorial for learning blender.. not even closer. Stop being so condescendent and stupid.

[@wolfiebg]

I didnt find the second part... Could you please give me a link? Thank you!

[@coney1334]

The rest is behind a paywall.😭

[@robinzhoa8868]

How to call back the "Add Cylinder" (left corner) window? it always disappear ...don't know where the change the parameter of vertices to 16...

[@Way2Death]

you can't click anywhere in the viewport or it will place down the object and the option dissappears. otherwise it should be in the bottom left

[@jarrodjjohnson1]

Where os the second part of this video I can't find it any where

[@Serprizebuttsecks]

Its locked behind a paywall sadly :/ proper dick move uploading part 1 and 3 but making you pay for part 2!

[@tomino5201]

I had problems like hell if you have trublle like me that walls of the chest are not same size this tip will help you never scale or extrude in object mode i it will mess up your walls

[@diamondplatestudios2734]

Fantastic tutorial. Exactly what I needed to figure out how to do just want I wanted in Blender (just basic block out/blocking.)

[@reerjgiorge]

If you follow this tutorial to do basic blocking you are going to get screwed when you need to make an ACTUAL LOW POLY model. Just saying.

[@TheRealWinsletFan]

I find using local space much quicker than hiding/unhiding stuff all the time

[@skynet2300]

I LOVE YOU MAN!

[@cowboy124aa3]

Im not sure why your making faces like between board of the top if they are hidden, that making more topology and use up more memory when its put into a game?

[@wujohn1209]

13：00 ALT+S the thikness not worked as your said. Obj,ALT+A,All transoforms ,Edit mode,still not work.

[@reerjgiorge]

Welcome to the club and buggy blender.

[@EvilStew992]

I lose the options every time i let go of the cylinder

[@MrEuds]

why did you line up the side planks different than the front planks xD that makes no sense i think. you'd rather move the bottom planks to the side planks but non the less thats a cool tutorial ^^

[@Aloliya]

Where’s part two 👀 👀

[@3dmodeler91]

Please make complete courses of creating hyper-realistic cinematic characters for movies or realistic game props

[@iBot.]

I'd prefer a course with more stylistic game assets. Games with more styled graphics seem to age better and are overall more unique and visually please IMO.

[@TBDfilesLalit_kalyan]

Cookie sir ...plzz give us a tutorial of cloud making in Eevee....plzzz

[@x3Crisis]

litreally type it into youtube theres a bunch of em stop being a Pepega

[@Zohaib6M]

where is part 2

[@theshimario253]

When i hit f and move the mouse up it deosnt go up.

[@shake2572]

u didn't turn on the addons like he said the f2

[@maximyudin32]

Why not to choose every second face and hit Y once and forever? And save plenty of time.

[@Sol-l4i4d]

THIS MAN USED THE DEFAULT CUBE

[@youneskasdi]

Bruh, why you have to keep the second part behind a paywall i really wanted to progress with this tutorial guess i will just use my chest as it is

[@vuethao8980]

Now I know why my primitive object's vertices weren't affected because both 'move' & 'scale' were not switched as on. 😏

[@FlashySenap]

Paywall hmmm... guess Ill abandon this project and head on somewhere else, or just figure this out on my own. Got blender for a reason.

[@FlashySenap]

To be honest I reacted on this message. did pay for a month sub. since there are so little info of actual game asset creation. Gotta say there are a lot of quality courses and info there. While Im sad there's no youtube videos covering detailed info I get it.

[@khtrammell]

@Sharkbait1986 There's a lot of reactions on YT like your initial one. But I don't think I've *ever* seen someone follow it up like you have. Much respect, Sharkbait 🤝

[@Anomander1]

g - z - 1 does NOT put any object on the ground floor. Just the fact that our default cube is 2x2x2 and 1 being the middel, moves the cube halfway up!!!! Missed oppertunity !!!!

[@cristianoevangelisti]

God created the universe from a cube.

[@reerjgiorge]

The author keeps saying this is a low poly chest, its not. Unfortunately. He even tries to make dents on the metallic parts and the planks using the knife tool!!!!!!! really??? dude thats done using just a texture and a bump map at most when working on low poly models!!!! also he keeps assuming we know all the steps and the measures of all parts and you will realize you need to go back many times to adjust your measures because he didnt even bother to explain why some things need to have this size or whatever. Sadly i was really excited about this tutorial, but as always there are many many things that need to be improved about it. And specially for those who are looking for a low-poly chest, this is not it, a chest with so many faces is not a low poly chest. I guess the author was clueless about what "low poly" means. Also he keep saying things like "try your best to connect vertex to vertex to keep the topology" and then he doesnt care if we have ngons everywhere LOL. He also avoids many steps through the videos, like deleting the opposite part of the keyhole that we dont need, like aplying the mirror modifyier to make more dents, things that sure, are obvious, but you dont know for sure if you should be doing them or not, until you find three videos later that he did those and many other things. And beginners are not so "clever" if they are learning blender dude. Terrible. I had to avoid all the steps about making details on the planks and the metallic parts with the knife tool because i wanted this chest to be FOR A VIDEOGAME. And of course, it has already too many faces to be doable to a videoame, where im going to spawn many chests at once. Next time dude, dont say its a low poly chest, YOU ARE CONFUSING PEOPLE. I mean one of th emost stupid tings i saw on this video is to make the plank cracks with actual extra geometry... i mean , seriously????? dude, not even high poly models do that. All that is done just with a texture and a good bump / height map unless you are making this model specifically for render and showroom purposes. Also, sharing object data doesnt work most of the times, those steps are completely useless. You are clueless about how to make low poly models.... thist utorial looks good on paper, but in reality is pure garbaje. AS many CGcookie ones. I just wish people were smart and will look for other great channels on youtube that are far better than cgcookie specially if you are looking for beginner ones.

[@silvertibbing]

Is it only me - i cant shrink/flatten evenly - meaning shorter sides come out thicker and longer sides are thinner. Yes, Offset Even selected.

[@Mrmysko1]

might be that the different axises have different scales. Try changing the x y and z scale to the same value.

[@GrimChu69]

Blender gets so buggy doing these things

[@bagboybrown]

It took 25 minutes to do a 2 minute job this was painful to watch. D:

[@AozoraOrigami]

as much as i love blender. i gotta say. i hate the hotkeys. they make no sense most of the time

[@ChironLastBackup]

Yeah right, g for grab, r for rotate and s for scale makes no sense at all!

[@AozoraOrigami]

@@ChironLastBackup yea and x for delete................when there's a delete key LOL

[@ChironLastBackup]

@@AozoraOrigami you misunderstood. You can't make 100% fitting hotkeys ;)

[@AozoraOrigami]

@@ChironLastBackup i think you're the one who misunderstood pal. but whatever. enjoy your day

[@ChironLastBackup]

@@AozoraOrigami no, i'm fine and have no problems at all with blender's hotkeys. Maybe you are just not good enough learning them.

[@TBDfilesLalit_kalyan]

Plz teach us making of Mr. Cookie cloud in Eevee plsssss.........

[@ethanjamesbarron]

I feel depressed watching this

[@Toiarc]

Your tutorial on how to create this chest introduces extra geometry. Excuse me while I excuse myself out to puke a little bit.

[@deandra1735]

Waaaa why cant i find any beginner animation turtorials on blender :C i know people need to make a profit but i want to learn it so bad :C for free

[@lemonpowder7863]

There are millions of results when you search up "beginner animation blender", I don't understand on how you cant find any.

[@deandra1735]

@@lemonpowder7863 does it show how to make walk cycles? with humanoid characters howa bout a simple action like waving a hand

[@deandra1735]

@@lemonpowder7863 thats why i cant find any since you were wondering -_-

[@lemonpowder7863]

Deandra Bryan Well obviously you haven't really searched, here's your character walk cycle animation tutorial (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXfJZph9eM-Ii8k) and if there isn't any tutorials on the things you need, try and problem solve it, you can't always rely on tutorials and videos.

[@desmondcantwell480]

For my modeling I will stick to the absolute simplicity of 2.49b, before they decided to do and make it more difficult than it needed to be.

[@myztazynizta]

A lot of people are on laptops that don't have number pads.

[@АндрейКунай-т3ч]

I’m totally wildly apologizing! but! You have not posted one part of the simulation chest. I searched your entire channel did not find! Throw the link if I did not notice it. Or lay out! Or I will start to put dislikes!))

[@cg_cookie]

Simulating the coins? It's the last part of the series! The course is on our site for CGC members: cgcookie.com/course/modeling-texturing-shading-a-treasure-chest-in-blender-2-8

[@reerjgiorge]

Just avoid tutorials from CG cookie, period. They are not really that good. You have many channels about blender to chose from filled with tutorials. FOR FREE.