Building Futuristic Armor in ZBrush
In this ZBrush tutorial, we will use as many of the extraction capabilities that ZBrush offers to create a protective, futuristic feminine body suit. Software required: ZBrush 4R4 .
What you'll learn
In this ZBrush tutorial, we will use as many of the extraction capabilities that ZBrush offers to create a protective, futuristic feminine body suit. The purpose of these videos is to demonstrate the many ways that additional geometry can be created from a simple female base mesh. We will use mesh extraction by masking, and we will re-topologize by using ZSpheres, Mesh Insert brushes, and the new Retopology brush in ZBrush 4R4. Software required: ZBrush 4R4 .
Table of contents
- Building the Basic Suit 8m
- Texturing with Noisemaker 4m
- Forming the Armor 12m
- Adding Further Topology 8m
- Creating the Helmet 15m
- Working with the Retopology Brush 4m
- Adding Gloves to the Base Mesh 4m
- Building a Visor for Our Helmet 7m
- Preparation with UVs 6m
- Creating Mesh Insert Brushes 3m
- Detailing with Mesh Insert Brushes 8m
- Further Detailing with Noisemaker 4m
- Hard Surface Detailing 5m
- Texturing the Skin with Spotlight 5m
- Assigning Different Materials to the Suit 8m
About the author
Peter Minister worked for 20 years as a traditional sculptor producing models, props, and special effects for film, TV, Museums, and theme parks before adapting to digital art in 2005 when he discovered Zbrush. Having already achieved on of his life long ambitions’ to produce a full sized T-Rex, this new diversion into digital art opened many more new and exciting projects. He is now known for his prehistoric illustrations and he has had work published in over 30 illustrated books for a number o... more