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It's just a free model I found online for example purposes.

Unfortunately, maya hasnt looked good in a long time, especially when it comes to modeling. After using it for 7 years and switching to blender I dont ever want to touch that software again sorry 😅. I'd be ok with it if you wanted to buy it and use claud/chatgpt to convert it to a maya script though. You'd be surprised how easy it is.

Glad you like it! On the next update I'll probably introduce an option to automatically delete those stray corner vertices when they are merged so stay tuned :)

Hey, Im planning on starting a new hard surface project so I'll try record that for you if I go ahead with it. Not sure if you saw this video but I cover my general blender hard surface workflow using the bevel modifier recently: th-cam.com/video/dByDNj3gR1I/w-d-xo.html

Not sure what happened to the file, but here is another link for you: drive.google.com/file/d/1bVJozObKjLQ_xRF8lt_iKcjo6rFGWQIY/view?usp=sharing

Hey, if you turn off deform, it is basically instancing per point so it is not possible to move along the chain. You would need to increase/decrease the segments count to properly match them. If you are referring to the ends not being able to overlap, then you will need to rip off a segment of your curve so its not cyclical and slightly overlap the curve. Here is an example GIF: drive.google.com/file/d/1B1PQY11fTntZdFXg3ruRW5KosbsFl77D/view?usp=sharing

@@Hodgson3d I build already a geonode that does what I need, thank you very much.

Hey sorry for the late reply. I hope you sorted it. If you are still having issues, could you please send me a .blend of what you are experiencing? The only thing I can think of is if the curve is parented to something else which doesn't have its transforms applied.

Hey, glad you are finding it useful. I would love to add that feature however it would mean rebuilding the whole system from the ground up. I'll do some research and see if I can figure it out on the next update :)

Absolutely, a cutter would work too, but remeshing something like this so you get clean edgeflow around the broken area to make a masking easier for textures can be tricky at times. Also in VFX you often have to hero fracture pre existing assets that already have UVs and textures so remeshing often isn't an option. Good to have both methods in your tool belt :)

@@Hodgson3d True that :)

Fair Enough. They both have pros and cons. I find that Wrap Master produces very unrealistic results as it simply shrink wraps everything. It doesn't respect tension over concave areas of the mesh and is only good at singular cylindrical objects. WrapGen can wrap a a collection of objects and also has tension over concave areas. I've been modeling professionally for close to a decade now and faking the realism of a singular physically accurate wrap with many "rings" with randomness is more than enough for 90% of assets. Wrap Master also is very limited as you said that it cant use custom geo, which ultimately is a dealbreaker for me personally No one wants to be locked into a preset. WrapGen is also much more versatile as you not only can create ropes/bindings etc but also assets such as tire tread, create labels on bottles etc.. Just my 2cents. They can both be used together in different situations.

Apologies, not sure what happened to the file. Here is a new link: drive.google.com/file/d/1bVJozObKjLQ_xRF8lt_iKcjo6rFGWQIY/view?usp=sharing

Hey, apologies for the late reply. Do you mean like a label on a bottle? You will want to disable "array" and "fit to curve" (fit to curve is a reintroduced setting in v1.37) to wrap a single object and not have it encompass the target mesh.

Hi, this modifier uses edges, not curves. Change that and it should fix your issue.

Unfortunately blenders remesh tools aren't great. Use quadriflow in vanilla blender. I highly recommend exoside quad remesher though. It's worth the $$.

Quad Remesh is a built in tool that blender has what do you mean?

@@michaelbailey1242 What tool are you talking about? I know of remesh modifier but that can deform your model. I know of Faces to Tris and then Tries to Quads but that still needs work afters to clean up. The best method I've found that doesnt require any third-party plugins is adding a crease to the edges I want to mantain and add a subdivision modifier. let me know of what I'm missing

@@zachnoll6245 with an object selected in object mode, go to the data panel, there are two remesh options, Voxel and Quad, and they work pretty well, I generally prefer the quad remesher because it creates better edge flow, but I've found voxel has its uses too

I'm talking about blenders quadriflow remeshing. Lots of youtube videos on it. (just make sure to enable "preserve mesh boundary". But regardless, with this workflow you don't actually need a remeshing tool. As you saw the base mesh was very low poly to begin with. You could easily just make it yourself without any remeshing by resolving the Ngon manually. Its probably not a good idea to crease the edges and subdivide a giant Ngon as the topology will be quite messy.

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you are finding my modifiers useful :)

omg you're fast, thank you so much I will definitely update and totally leave a good review. You've been nothing but responsive and understanding.

No Problem at all. Happy to help anytime and keep improving the generator. If you ever have other questions or issue please shout out :)

Apologies for the delay over the holiday period. I just saw your comment about it not on the latest versions of 4.0. I'm investigating this now. If you wouldn't mind sending me your .blend file via the blendermarket inbox that would be much appreciated so we can get to the bottom of what is causing the issue asap. Cheers

It was my mistake in regards to it crashing blender. I didn't add the curve first. I am still struggle to get it to generate past the "disc from curve" phase I'll send a simple blend file with all the steps I can complete. Thank you sm@@Hodgson3d

Same thing happened to me. I tried to append the node tree and as soon as I do the object just disappears.

Apologies for the delay over the holiday period. I just saw your comment about it not on the latest versions of 4.0. I'm investigating this now. If you wouldn't mind sending me your .blend file via the blendermarket inbox that would be much appreciated so we can get to the bottom of what is causing the issue asap. Cheers

Hey, just a heads up that I reworked the whole internal boolean/convex hull system for the generator. It is faster, less bugs and much more accurate now. Please update to 1.1 via the blendermarket page :)

using a remap color node in maya. adjusting the red green and blue values of the texture.

Thanks！

@@isaacreinhart2036 no problem :)

Thanks! Hope you find it useful :)

Thanks for supporting me :) The next one will be an advanced mari/arnold tutorial I think. Might get started on that this week

@@npj5578 wow this is great news can't wait to see it!

Believe it or not, but all the armor is just one redshift shader with all the PBR maps just plugged in. I didn't have to do any extra adjustments outside of substance painter. So it would be a very short tutorial lol. As for the skin its was pretty rough, just wanted something for presentation purposes. So I don't think there would be much point in making a tutorial. There will definitely be more rendering tutorials in future, just not for this guy :)

I actually don't use maya for modeling anymore, I use blender. But that could be a possibility in future. It just takes so long to record modeling.

@@Hodgson3d Wow - so blender is best for modelling? Thanks for sharing your tutorials.

​@@stevejjd Its much better than maya in my opinion... for traditional modeling/sculpting anyway. But at the end of the day you can make great art in any program.

Im working on it ;) I have an idea for a mari tutorial that I want to make next.

Nick Hodgson great thanks. Please make it more advanced and beyond basics.