Hard Surface Modeling in Mudbox

Mudbox primary application is high-res sculpting, texture painting, and displacement and normal map creation, it is a great addition to the pipeline of character/environment based pipeline and works in a close conjunction to Maya. When comparing it to a similar-purpose program Z-Brush, Mudbox owns appreciation between Maya users, for its simplified interface, interrelatedness, brush assortment cut down to the essential 12-14.

This week’s tutorial was on hard surface modeling. The class was practicing on creating soldier armor.

Sketch of Soldier Armor, 1h