This course will cover a fun and creative way to learn hard surface modeling in Blender by creating two beautiful SciFi weapons from scratch. You will learn how to block out the model, detail it, use hard-surface techniques for clean composition, and apply materials to give it a beautiful final render, all done completely within Blender.

Who is it for?
Quick answer: ANYONE interested in 3D modeling/art

This course is ideally for those who at least know the basic tool set within Blender (scaling, extruding, moving, menus, etc). Master or advanced knowledge of Blender is absolutely not required. However, if you are a complete beginner or are brand new to hard surface with no prior experience, I would suggest enrolling in our SciFi Crate Design in Blender.

What will the course cover?
• Hard Surface Modeling

• Boolean and Bevel techniques

• How to clean up shading errors

• How to fix artifacts and mesh distortions

• Vanilla (no addons) Blender workflow

• Boolean cleanup

• Topology Fixes

• Subdivision Surface workflow with booleans

• Materials

• Lighting

• Composition

• Rendering

Among other topics, these are the primary points of focus. Specifically, you will learn not only how to model, but also how to clean up common issues involving bad shading and mesh artifacts. The ability to model and then clean up these errors is essential, and this course will cover everything you need to know for hard surface modeling.

Overview
We’ll start by setting up the correct proportions using a reference photo. Although this is a SciFi model, it still needs to make sense, so we’re going to make sure we get the trigger, barrel, grip, and things like that in the correct locations. After that, it will all be smooth sailing into making our own unique design.

Next, we will discuss how to properly use booleans and modifiers to create our own visual aesthetic without the need for a lot of geometry. Along the way, we will encounter common modeling problems and shading errors, which we will fix on the spot. We will also move our focus onto how to practically use bevels in our workflow, to avoid shading errors and artifacts in the first place.