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Game Character Creation in 3ds Max and ZBrush

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Lesson 30. Building in some details to the metal armor
In this lesson we will sculpt in some detail to the armor.
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Software used
ZBrush 4R2, 3ds Max 2012, Photoshop CS5, Mudbox 2012, Marmoset Toolbag 1.05
What you will learn
In this tutorial we will learn how to create a highly detailed game character.

Throughout these lessons we will look at the steps required to build a game character from scratch. We will start by using ZBrush to create a 3D sketch based on our character's concept art.

Along the way we will use 3ds Max to lay out our UVs and create our texture maps. By the end of this tutorial you will have a solid understand of the workflows that are required to create a highly detailed game character.
Guest Tutor
Fabricio Moraes
from the Creative Development series

68 Lessons

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2. Defining the main shape with DynaMesh
20:37
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3. Continuing to shape our character
08:41
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4. Building our character's legs
14:00
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5. Starting to make the clothes in 3ds Max
20:39
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6. Exporting our character from 3ds Max to ZBrush
04:20
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7. Making new elements for our model
14:07
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8. Continuing to refine the base elements
07:16
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9. Using Transpose Master to rotate the arm
14:08
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10. Separating the armor from the arm
05:14
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11. Making the refined high poly armor
08:21
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12. Continuing to make a high poly version of the armor
05:33
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13. Adding detail to the armor
07:52
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14. Building in more armor detail in 3ds Max
02:49
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15. Starting to detail the head in ZBrush
06:55
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16. Continuing to refine the head
02:41
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17. Adding more detail to the head
01:55
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18. Rotating the head and sketching the hair
06:57
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19. Sending the bracelet mesh to 3ds Max
05:29
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20. Starting to retopologize the arm plate
08:49
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21. Beginning to tweak the arm plate shape
07:31
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22. Continuing to refine the shape of our character's arm plate
06:09
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23. Starting to tweak the clothes
08:31
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24. Adding some other cloth elements
12:34
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25. Creating a rope in 3ds Max
11:45
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26. Modeling a belt strap for our character
03:56
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27. Refining the belt buckle
07:47
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28. Continuing to refine the belt buckle
06:33
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29. Adding details to the clothes
08:19
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30. Building in some details to the metal armor
14:30
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31. Continuing to add details to the metal armor
04:48
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32. Defining the arm shape
23:17
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33. Adding a piece of armor on the arms
08:31
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34. Redefining the armor in ZBrush
03:35
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35. Continuing to tweak the shape of the armor
09:24
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36. Adding some details to our high polygon model in ZBrush
01:33
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37. Adding scratches and imperfections to the armor
15:57
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38. Creating imperfections on our character's face
06:00
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39. Sending the high poly mesh to 3ds Max
15:41
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40. Working on our final low polygon mesh
14:04
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41. Modeling the final arm mesh
03:56
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42. Starting to model the low polygon clothes
09:32
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43. Finishing our character's clothes
03:13
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44. Creating UV maps for the torso
08:10
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45. Continuing to unwrap the UVs for our character
05:35
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46. Rearranging the UVs in 3ds Max
02:05
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47. Unwrapping the UVs for the head
04:12
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48. Baking the normal and occlusion maps
03:21
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49. Applying the normal and occlusion maps to the head
04:33
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50. Combining our maps in Photoshop
02:26
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51. Projecting our masks in 3ds Max
02:37
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52. Starting to make the base textures in Photoshop
03:59
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53. Creating the base colors for our character's head
03:25
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54. Painting base colors for our character's clothes
03:49
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55. Continuing to paint base colors for our character's clothes
01:31
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56. Projecting our textures on the final model in Mudbox
08:26
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57. Using Mudbox and Photoshop to tweak the head texture
07:59
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58. Refining our character's hair texture
06:03
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59. Detailing the armor textures in Photoshop
06:33
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60. Adding some refinement to the cloth textures
09:21
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61. Continuing to refine the cloth textures
05:32
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62. Starting to add hair and fur to our low polygon character
07:20
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63. Finishing the fur for our character
05:14
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64. Finalizing our character's hair
04:09
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65. Making specular and gloss maps
03:28
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66. Finishing our specular and gloss maps
01:54
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67. Creating specular and gloss maps for the head
05:39
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68. Reviewing our final render
03:36
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