Modelling Sci-fi Powered Armour in Blender - Part 1: Legs

[@Specter_1125]

Armor is usually pretty organic in shape since it follows the human body. Even space marine armor has a decent amount of subtle curvature to it in most parts.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@Specter_1125 that's true on the chest but not so much on the arms/legs for some of the earlier/mid armour like MkII and Mk IV. Even MkVI is like this but with some slight expansion around 2/3rds of the way down. More importantly this demos the technique for many armour types. The second video looks at Sub D which could also be used to produce the effect you mention. I want to make sure people can't use this series to make any armour style and this is a good way of covering this workflow.

[@kurogiza]

This is fantastic, thank you. Specifically the tips about not using subd, and also using the beveled cubes for circular cuts. I think these will come in handy for intersections too. Looking forward to the next video(s) in this series.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@kurogiza 😁😁😁Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video, I wanted to focus on tips like the ones you mentioned so it's great they were useful 😁👍🏻

[@MrMaawaa]

10/10 these videos are S-Tier brilliant. Ive always wanted you to do a full end to end tutorial series and i hope you add on at the end some of your actual print prep & export stages

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@MrMaawaa I wasn't originally intending to but I've had a couple of requests so as long as the videos are getting views by the time I'm finished with the modelling I totally can do.

[@delarosaminiatures816]

This series is very promising. It's always enriching to see other people's workflow; you will always learn something from a different perspective. Thank you for dedicating your effort and, above all, your valuable time to this.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@delarosaminiatures816 Cheers 😁 Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for taking the time to comment as well, it really helps out 👌🏼

[@victorruben9545]

Thanks You so much for this, this is something that i couldn't find anywhere else, i'll be waiting for the next videos

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@victorruben9545 Glad to know it's of interest and hope you keep finding them interesting.

[@piratewhoisquiet]

If I ever do start trying to make toy soldier STLs to sell online, any chance of success I might have would be directly attributable to you and the quality of your tutorials. Can't believe how above and beyond even general blender tutorials you are. The specific modelling exercises may well be niche, but any beginner to 3d sculpting that wants to actually be shown how to do the thing without having to pay thousands of dollars and spend years studying would be best served by finding your channel.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@piratewhoisquiet Thanks so much. That's so kind of you to say and it's great to know the tutorials are helping 😁😁😁 Thanks again man 👍🏻😁

[@LISHAI94]

This video is surely a sign for me to expand from vehicle modeling to small dudes in power armour

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@LISHAI94 I'd say that's definetly the case 😉

[@DungeonsNDreadnoughts]

This is what i do for a living specifically

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@DungeonsNDreadnoughts Nice. It would be something I'd enjoy to do full time but it's a bit of a vicious circle that I'm unlikely to get enough on the Patreon to be able to give up my current job unless I had more time to spend making videos and STL models but I can't get that time without quitting my job. How do you find it as a living? Also anything you'd disagree with technique wise or would have done differently? Different workflows are great to hear about.

[@n8mo]

Oh shit, yeah you do! I bought some of your HD2 inspired models last week. They printed great :)

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@n8mo 😁

[@DungeonsNDreadnoughts]

@@n8mo Awesome Thanks for the support mate! Seriously. We'll continue to work on that faction until its done. Then we plan to run a KS for those that want it all at a discount or want a copy without the hassle of printing it themselves.

[@DungeonsNDreadnoughts]

@@ArtisansofVaul I could've sworn I typed up a response to this. Weird. Long story short, it is a vicious release cycle on patreon and tribes for sure. It's not something I want to be locked into, but at least I can pay my bills for the most part. The industry isn't nearly as friendly as others. I truly wish that you could find a mentorship or something to help yourself grow. I've become that mentor to several others instead at least. Not really anything i'd disagree with technique wise. I'd have to make a longer response than I have time for currently, but I think you really nailed the basics for sure. Just make sure you look into plugins that can make your life a lot easier and for the love of God, please utilize the pose library.

[@Will_Forge]

As an added bonus to the cylinder versus subsurface, curvature of the cylinder would be more protective. If you make a cube and make it a subsurface you get a shape that would be more easy to penetrate. The continuous curve of that cylinder would actually deflect incoming rounds easier due to its more spherical nature. This is true of any cylinder object you make versus any cube object you make, unless you make significant changes to the cube object in an effort to simply make it look like a cylinder anyway. Just think of an egg. Does it have any subsurfaced cube like rounded corners? Of course not.

[@Will_Forge]

I know you were planning on changing that to be more square, and I'm getting to that in the video now. I was just mentioning it because some of the really old school space Marine armor was kind of just ovular. It may not be quite as interesting as a shape, but sometimes not being interesting can be interesting by wondering "why it is designed that way?"

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@Will_Forge That's a really good tip for certain parts of armour regardless of my plans to manipulate this shape 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Will_Forge]

@@ArtisansofVaul And not all armor wants to cause deflections since that means there's an active ricochet to hit somewhere else that may be less armored. So armor often wants to catch the incoming danger and trap it instead, meaning a flat surface is better, like with Kevlar which catches the bullets between its layers. So while it's true that it's a more sturdy shape, it doesn't necessarily result in better armor. In other words manipulate away! Whatever you come up with that looks good can probably also be rationalized just as easily. 😄

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@Will_Forge 😁 I mean nothing a person can design will be as much of a bullet trap as the T-35 right 😉😉😉

[@Will_Forge]

@@ArtisansofVaul 😂

[@kurzedbrush244]

Oh my dear god yes. Thank you for this awesome video! :D Cant wait for the next one :D

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@kurzedbrush244 😁😁😁👌🏼 Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it. Each new video will be up on Friday (or up a week early on the Patreon) so hopefully it will be a fun series people can follow and then play around with each weekend after it's out.

[@richardokeeffe8375]

Awesome work mate. Love how you always explain why you make your choices and the alternatives

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@richardokeeffe8375 Thanks so much as always Richard. I think the explanation is the most important bit, it hopefully allows people to apply the ideas to their own creations/desired workflows.

[@kainv.9221]

Looking forward to the next episode!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@kainv.9221 Cheers 😁 This will be a feature each Friday until the armour is completed, looking at a different part of the armour and techniques in each video.

[@Will_Forge]

If you don't use the "space" tool, is it really a Space Marine?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@Will_Forge 😂😂😂

[@RyanHarris-ix1lm]

Great bevels and contours. Kinda reminds me of a zaku. gundam.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@RyanHarris-ix1lm 👍🏻 I wanted to show off a range of different looks so that's great 😁

[@BboyAirfly]

literally what i needed right now cant believe it thx!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁😁 I'm always happy to hear I have the timing of a video release right 😁😁😁

[@marksdicetales]

21:02 why is my 2nd object not cutting shape knee...the object we beveled and are try to subtract is vanishing but not cutting out of object 2.. the 1st foot object worked fine...?

[@marksdicetales]

very wyrd i resized /scaled it and it started working

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@marksdicetales Glad you got it working 😁👍🏻

[@JoshuaYoder-g2s]

My cutter disappears after cutting. It becomes permanent and can not be resized. Is there a way to fix this so I can resize/reshape it after boolean?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

It sounds like its applying the boolean. What buttons are you using to do the boolean as that shouldnt happen.

[@JoshuaYoder-g2s]

@@ArtisansofVaul CTRL, Shift, - disregard I realized that there is no shift. Thanks for the reply and the great videos. You have really helped me learn Blender.

[@unknownBoy85lover]

Will you make it printing ready?

[@unknownBoy85lover]

If yes I will be happier to see things like that and designing mechanical piece that works together like same stand or holder of ink made you previously

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@unknownBoy85lover I can do if that's of interest 👍🏻 I have got a video planned on something fun posing wise that I just haven't seen covered anywhere. I could also add to that with the end process. I will see how much interest there is in the series as it continues 👍🏻😁

[@unknownBoy85lover]

@@ArtisansofVaul thank you Sir hope you do it i haven't seen it and I guess it's good. anything you do I'll be there for enjoy your work i love type of your artworks

[@unknownBoy85lover]

Leg day 😂

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@unknownBoy85lover 😁😉