What's possible with Digital Sculpting

Chad, from Hoku Props, swings by to show Bill what's possible these days with digital sculpting!
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[@KamuiCosplay]

Very cool video, thanks! Good to see Chad again!

[@punishedprops]

Chad and Sammy are the best

[@createscifi]

What an informative and inspiring introduction to Z brush. Now I want horns... No, thats not true - I need them! LOL Thx PP

[@punishedprops]

Horns are a necessity!

[@pkextra2834]

Love to see you here, CS!

[@marshallr.8121]

really happy nomad sculpt got a shoutout, started using it because of the price and fell in love with its simplicity while being crazy powerful, especially on an ipad with pencils it’s the absolute best and plenty for my needs as an indie gamedev

[@punishedprops]

I was blown away at how feature rich it is!

[@buzz.b]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Chad. It made approaching those apps a lot less daunting. Great video and overview of features.

[@calomancer]

There's a free Zbrush Core Mini now as well.

[@VariablePenguin]

Oh shit, really?!

[@HokuProps]

Oh dang, ill have to check it out

[@calomancer]

@@HokuProps I'm not 100% sure what the limitations are (past a non-commercial license agreement) but it looks promising.

[@HokuProps]

@@calomancer looks like it's mostly sculpting tools with some remeshing ability but no exporting of model files.

[@konstissfx]

I use Nomad Sculpt for all my sculptings 😊 and this one was a really nice introduction 👌🏻💯💯

[@coregeek]

My dudes! Thanks for the fun overview. I’ve seen Chad use zbrush in person and yeah, he’s faaaaaast!

[@punishedprops]

Hey hey buddy! =D

[@GetTheFOutOfMyWay]

It's amazing what's possible to 3d render or cad these days and on the devices. If only these programs and hardware were around in college when I was doing design work. Amazing. Great video and tutorial. Especially Nomad. I'm blown away.

[@negotiableaffections]

Thanks for making an old, cashstrapped, 3D digital modeling virgin feel right out of the loop. Nah, I'm happy stumbling along with all the old methods that I use happily and comfortably - but WOW have you got a box of trains at your finger-tips. Now, excuse me, I've heard of a new sculpting medium called 'papier-mache' i'm off to explore!!!

[@negotiableaffections]

I'll bet you feel spoilt for choice and I'd imagine Britt was drooling away behing the camera too!

[@punishedprops]

Yeah there's so many affordable options for 3D modeling compared to when I started in the late 90s.

[@billbucktube]

Like it‼️

[@EvilCleverDog]

This is such a great and accessible video for those getting started with 3D modelling! I myself use Nomad a lot but still struggle with Z-Brush's interface so this was useful for me becoming more comfortable with Z-Brush. Gotta second a recommendation for Nomad as well. It is so accessible for anyone who's brand new to 3D modelling. I use it on my iPad with an Apple Pencil and it really is just so easy and intuitive to use. I've made prosthetic horns in it, using a 3D scan of my head which I was also able to load into Nomad. I even modelled a whole suit of armour in Nomad, though I had to break it up into a lot of individual files (Nomad's main issue really is how much memory it can handle before it crashes). As well as making a ton of other things, everything from organic sculpts to hard surface. I've now started creating my base models in Nomad and then transferring them over to Z-Brush for adding more detail. And btw if you're a student then you can get a Z-Brush subscription extremely cheaply! I got a one year's subscription for £20 just before I graduated from my Masters lolll

[@punishedprops]

You did a whole suit of armor in Nomad? That's so incredibly cool!

[@EvilCleverDog]

@@punishedpropsYes! A full upper body costume design, using a 3D scan of my model as the base to sculpt all the pieces onto. I did have to work around the program's more limited memory capacity and it did crash sometimes, but it was very interesting to see how far I could push Nomad (and the answer was - much further than I expected!)

[@blizatrex]

That was quite interesting.

[@punishedprops]

Isn't it fascinating?

[@thedoctor755]

Love it! I STILL have to learn basic modeling... been meaning to do your course, Bill. Failure with the printers this past year or so have put all that on the back burner though.

[@punishedprops]

It's a struggle when the machines won't cooperate.

[@George1791-]

Yay!

[@Sypitz]

I’m printing the Boolean Gemini 3d print and in the files on your website, one of the acrylic pieces for the receiver and the bolt is missing. Could those be added back?

[@punishedprops]

Good catch! I've added the bolt STL and the aiming reticle was an SVG file that I used to cut the piece in my laser. You can get them all here: www.printables.com/model/705811-boolean-gemini-replica-prop-from-destiny

[@Sypitz]

@@punishedprops TYSM BRO, had my college cut out clear acrylic for the sights but noticed the receiver acrylic piece wasn’t inside. Also don’t have a resin printer myself to make the handle, so I was gonna make it there too. The worst part about making it is trying to find a good metallic gunmetal spray paint

[@Sypitz]

@@punishedprops Hey, so I went to the site provided and the bolt was there, but the only SVG's I saw were for the reticle itself, not the part that goes in the "upper receiver rear" part.

[@halfsquatchshortbeard3435]

Enjoyed the video and like to see how to use these digital tools, but I rarely get to use digital tools, so I didn’t understand 99% of anything he was doing. Guess I need a very basic intro to this stuff, lol.

[@punishedprops]

I think starting with Nomad Sculpt would be a great introduction.

[@riuphane]

One thing i didn't hear you address is that your head scan (or brother's, to be more accurate) isn't centered in such a way that the horns mirror to the same point on the other side of the head. How do you correct that?

[@punishedprops]

The head model can be moved and rotated until it is roughly centered in the workspace.

[@riuphane]

@@punishedprops right, but I thought he used a plane of the head to do the mirroring? Maybe I'm wrong there and misunderstood, but can/do you define/redefine axis/planes for models?

[@Cullens_Workshop]

Bill and Hoku!!!!

[@punishedprops]

Heyoooo!

[@JustRoy11]

38:53 Bill the Satyr haha

[@punishedprops]

I enjoy having horns! =)

[@CerealEater]

What would be a good and relatively cheap tablet to use for nomad sculpt?

[@punishedprops]

I haven't bought a tablet in over a decade, so I'm not sure what the good ones are nowadays.

[@HokuProps]

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy tab S8 in the video and it's great. iPad pro works too. Not sure on performance of ipad

[@bobweiram6321]

Oh oh! The beast has risen. Prepare for armageddon!

[@AndreiPek]

Short answer: Anything you want :)) As a 3d artist myself, doing your own props is fulfilling as fek.

[@punishedprops]

It really is!

[@jgame8730]

I'm more curious about his eye.

[@punishedprops]

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[@davidvdbergen]

why not mention Blender? It can also sculpt and is free!!!

[@punishedprops]

We're going to have to do a Blender video sometime

[@davidvdbergen]

@@punishedprops awesome!