3dsmax Modeling Stones - Tutorial

[aphexx]

hi,
here is a new tutorial again about highpoly stones, but now we only use 3dsmax and no sculpting software.

you will learn how to setup a fancy modeling rig only with modifiers and procedural maps.
no plugins or stuff needed.
once you setup this stuff you can produce endless variations of stones, only by changing the mappingoffset in the first displacement map.

mapping and texturing (non destructive for the highpoly, which is interesting for cg renderings) will come later as also the standard workflow to make this a game-ready asset.
i hope you like it!

See the video here

[couto607]

That right there is damn cool! Thanks for this.

[JBaird]

That's a pretty interesting technique; I'm gonna have to try it out.

[QUATRO]

Hey! Thank you for the amazing tutorial, the hi-poly rock is very realistic.
P.S.: are you german?

[doylle]

As usual, solid stuff. Thanks for sharing

[aphexx]

thank you all and very nice, that you like it!
@quatro..yes i'm german, i think its obvious due to my accent

[Mr.Guybrush]

I'll be watching this later, i'm intrigued! Thanks in advance.

Oh and being a first time vistor to your blog, i'll be watching those mudbox videos later on too!

[MeatShield72]

Holy crap! Thank you so much man. I have been recently thinking about doing some modeling procedurally like this, but had no idea where to start! You have anything on how to procedurally texture things as well?

[aphexx]

hi meatshield.
procedural diffuses are unlike more complex, than only displacements

and yes, i have something, but no video or explaining. just showing off, what is possible (well at least with my rudimental skills )
but you can download project files.

CG Environments by Sascha Henrichs: A Procedural Concrete Material #xx

and

CG Environments by Sascha Henrichs: Procedural materials in 3dsmax

for more tuts on procedurals, go to
CG Education

or these ones:
3DLuVr.com
Vertix Paint in Procedural Materials Tutorials. 3Ds Max Tutorial