Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Introduction to the course

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets take a look at some reference material for the course

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Organising and a look at the gathered reference, remember to keep looking at reference as we build the bike!

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Download for all Assets
• Renders Zip: This is the final render comp
• Asset Zip: This is the female basemesh
• Reference Zip: Here are all references used in the course
• Kitbash Kit Zip: Here are the brushes and tools plus energy material
• Zbrush Tools Zip: Here is the motorbike tools themselves

Download these or start from scratch on your own!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets block in the tyres I am starting with this as it sets the scale of the bike, we will block the whole bike in to start with!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• We will now import a female character in the scene we will not be using this in the final renders its purely for scale, so we are able to judge how far back and forwards we need to place the seat and handle bars etc

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets block in the Tank and Seat and set there position.

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture we will use techniques to shape our tank producing a low file with great topology from the get go!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets use existing geometry to create wheel arches
• Now we will use dynamesh to create our Seat

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Blocking in of the handlebars

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture I am going to show you a very flexible way to use ZSpheres, you might not have thought of this before using this method will make it extremely easy to modify later and adjust, whilst still keeping the geometry light.

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets put the basic power plant block in into position

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets now set up the tyres from the blockin we did earlier

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture we will create the hydraulic shocks
• I will show you how to set up folders that appear in the Light box, this is so you can set up kitbash kits you can access easily.

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets create the spring suspension for our bike and save it as a reusable tool in other projects!, its important you build your own kit bash kit it can save you hours of time!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets create a simple insert brush and save it out as a new brush to use in other projects again these will be available in the light box for other projects "kitbashing" :)

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• A look at the curve brushes premade

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Creating a curve on surface brush for our cables etc
• I encourage you to make lots of your own as well as insert brushes and tools to reuse in this and other projects, or even sell them online!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets adjust the bike rotation
• Getting the shape of our tyres just right via creasing
• Modify and adjust mudguards

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Adding and adjusting the frame
• Problems with ZSphere and scaling!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Creating the wheel rims

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets create the wheel axels

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Adding Wheel Rim Supports

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Using existing geometry for the front wheel

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Placing and modelling the front fork into position

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Adding bolts to the forks

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Refining the Tank
• Adding creases to mud guards

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• I will do a quick paint over to define the fairing of the bike
• We will look at the flow or gesture lines of the bike as well

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Blocking in the concept for the back fairing of the bike
• We will carry on and modify the ZSphere frame

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Creating the re-topology for the back fairing

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets box model the back swing arms for the bike

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets adjust the frame for the back swing arm assembly

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Position of the chain guide
• Adding additional styling for the swing arm

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• A look at the Cog3D
• Explanation of the chain guide to use as the surface guide for the curve chain linkage we will use later

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture we will create the chain linkage

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture we will take the chain links we created earlier and turn them into a fully functional chain linkage brush

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• We will be using the chain brush but we first need to set up its position we can do this by using a chain guide, we did this earlier but I need a bit more resolution and its placement is crucial as it intersects the swingarm, check your own reference to make sure it all matches your bike.

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets now use our positional guide to place our chain links into position!

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Now we will use our chain as a boolian subtraction for our cog this will give us an exact match to the cogs we can apply this both front and back!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Front fairing block in

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets create the final topology based off of our block in!

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this multi part lecture we will be developing the main power plant of the bike this is a clean energy unit PART 1

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this multi part lecture we will be developing the main power plant of the bike this is a clean energy unit PART 2

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this multi part lecture we will be developing the main power plant of the bike this is a clean energy unit PART 3

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets add thickness to our fairing and creases where needed
• Lets also add panels

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this side lesson I want you to totally understand boolians and how they work so in this lesson we take a break from the motorbike

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lesson I am going to show you a few things to do with how to control your creasing this rule would apply to any 3D package you use, it will allow you to understand how to control the fall off of creases you set!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets create the handle grips from scratch

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• To brace our forks we need some supports lets do it

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lesson we will create the yoke to hold the forks and handle bars into position

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets organise our scene

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Check out more organising tips

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Generally motorbikes have infills between the bike frame and the fairing lets block to create this base
• We will also retopologise it as well

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Now we want to create a boolian on the newly created infills
• I will also show you how to get a boolian mesh to create one mesh from the boolian in case you need to this will be covered later as well

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets create the brake handles

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lesson we will use already existing geometry to create the light lenses

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lesson we will create the engine cooler parts and replicate them

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture I will be using ZSpheres again to put my exhaust pipes into position

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Again in this lesson we will use existing geometry to create the seat base

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• We have completed the exhaust pipes so now lets create the muffler

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Creating the front fan and support

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Front fairing infill

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets now create the front radiator

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture we will just recheck positions of some of the tools
• We will also use the curve brushes to apply cables using the frame as a surface in which to position them

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• We will create a dynamash object to place our cables more accurately

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• text in here

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture I will show you a really cool way to use arrays to create a pattern based on one subtool advantages of this are that its quick, low res and easy to switch or change the pattern basically changing one changes them all

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Having a brush with various switches, dials and buttons can be great for using in multiple projects lets create one now
• Lets use our brush here

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• lets create our disk brakes we will use arrays and boolians to quickly create this component and apply it to the model

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets create the callipers for our brakes

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets add the brake cables

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Creating the chain guard

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Inside the chain guard I want a grill panel lets create it
• We can also save this for other projects, something to bear in mind is the distance you will see this there is no point to add unnecessary detail if you cannot see it this is called LOD or levels of details based on distance!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Adding foot pedals from a basic box model

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets create a fixing for our pedals

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Although in the end we do not use it I will show you how to create a multimesh insert brush for strapping type look

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• To add a bit more interest I am using boolians on the fairing surface

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• We will now add text to our model and also use boolians to subtract it from the tank

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets take a break from the bike in this lecture I will show you a common way of creating hardsurfaces inside ZBrush this uses dynamesh to concept out your design before extracting or retopologising parts

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets add text to our tyres
• We will also add more cables and tubing

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• The importance of naming and keeping your tool clean and tidy is not to be underestimated lets tidy again

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Finishing the scene clean up

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• I wanted to go back to the tread creation process it is a great way to show other methods of creating this complicated pattern many ZBrush users get stuck so I wanted to give you a few more methods!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Now we have UVs we can create a tread pattern based on this as well, this is common for all types of patters if you have done my Armour course you will be familiar with this

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lesson I wanted to show you a classic way of using radial symmetry to effect other polygons in your tool, the cog is a classic example of this, by applying radial symmetry on an axis we can effect a change or multiple changes quickly and accurately

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Now we have modelled our bike lets add some colour!!!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Now we have modelled our bike lets add some colour!!!

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• I wanted to take a moment now to explain what is happening with polypainting and also how textures or images are not effected by the vertex colour

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Its important you can UV your models and understand the principals of UVs this lecture explains it

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture again I will show you how to create a UMesh from a boolian

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets now texture the fairing

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Lets check the materials and the colour on all our parts

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Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• Using a premade material we will modify it and create a new material for the energy

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In the lecture we will use the weld brush on the ZSphere frame now we are happy with the frame we can convert it to an adaptive skin for subdivision

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)

Complete Hardsurface Modelling & Sculpting inside ZBrush4 R8 Course

In this lecture we will be doing the following:

• In this lecture we will use spotlight to add a label to our model we will also look at increasing the subdiv resolution so the label is not so pixelated

Any problems following or understanding this lecture please let me know :)