Plasticity is amazing! (Testing out modeling with Plasticity)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video I show how quickly a complex shape can be made in Plasticity. This will be key for upcoming animation projects.
Software used: Plasticity
...duh! :)
Concept art by: annemariewells...
It's funny how we've come full circle. Back in the day before the maya and xsi days, nurbs modelling was all the rage and this is the kind of workflows that were used but the tools were too basic and primitive so it was a pain in the ass but the preferred method for doing anything kinda organic or flowing. The polygon modeling tools were even worse so they were avoided. Then came Rhino and other tools that made working with Nurbs and other parametric curves easier/more powerful, but by then polygon modeling tools had improved so much and the subd method of working had taken off, so nurbs surface modeling became something used in the cad and product/architectural model world. Interesting to see it come back into the entertainment arena with tools like plasticity!
I think also that Nurbs programs were just expensive. (At least they were for me.)
Polygons work great for characters, animals, plants, etc., and even for a few types of hard surfaces, but I don't think they can compete with the simplicity.
Well, they are not as good if you need to deform them, such as part of a character, as they don't make all-quad meshes. That said, if deformation is not needed, then they may work just fine. Also, I'm looking into ways to get them to be sculpted or deformed even without being all-quads.
@audio technika Yeah, it's limited if you need all-quads. One option though may be to start with CAD and then bake to a simpler mesh.
I would say, theer couldn't be enough tutorials for plasticity, thanks for this one ;-)
Glad you liked it. Do you prefer simple or advanced tutorials, or both?
I’ve been playing with it as well, seems muchhhh better than Blender for hard surface
It's really pretty cool. Polygon modeling does have it's up sides even for hard surface, but the speed of Nurbs modeling is so much faster.
Its not the Blender's problem, but poly modeling in general.
To take this a step further, you don’t really need to layout your initial curves over your drawing. You can also convert your black and white drawing into vector art, export out image out as an SVG file, and the file will import in as curves in blender.
Can Plasticity currently import SVGs, though?
Oh your right. I was under the impression this was a Blender addon. My apologies maybe it is possible 🤔 most programs do have the ability to import alembic files that also contain curve data. So if it doesn’t have an SVG importer, you could take your SVG over to blender and export out your curves as alembic and see if it imports that way.
@@ReboundAnimation Hi, yesterday I've asked the developer Nick Kallen and he said "
SVG import will come at some point, but I'm not sure when."
@@markkusq3po Awesome! Thanks for letting me know.
Would love to see new plasticity videos.
More are on the way :)
In the mean time, you may want to check out our video on how to make a decal in Plasticity: th-cam.com/video/lC91RKZIla4/w-d-xo.html
@@ReboundAnimation thanks, I've already watched it thx 😁
@@shokk1967 Got another Plasticity video coming tomorrow but let us know if there is a type of Plasticity video/tutorial you'd like to see.
@@ReboundAnimation the turorials were you make something, a Sci fi part, etc
@@shokk1967 We just dropped this one: th-cam.com/video/YyTa1apZ5XM/w-d-xo.html
It's a great addon!
I highly recommend it!
Will appreciate it mate.
We now have a modeling playlist, with a number of Plasticity videos: th-cam.com/play/PLGCNPbliawcSXn4vbXCjltOw6kqvH-I3k.html
This will be updated as we add videos.
The gun you're referencing doesn't seem to have space for a buffer tube. Which is fine since it's a sci fi gun, but if you want it to resemble a real firearm or if it functions the same way, you should look into the anatomy of guns and include the vital parts.
In this case, it just needs to look like it can fit a buffer tube inside it (the buffer tube starts from the chamber and extends towards the stock sometimes going inside the stock. It allows the bolt to reciprocate which ejects the bullet casings and when it goes forward it chambers a new round.) To "make space", I would either move the magazine farthur forward or move the buttstock farthur back. Other than that, the gun looks good
Yeah this will definitely be a sc-fi weapon, but thanks for the tips!
I'd love to see you add a ribbed type surface to the pistol grip 😊
Maybe one day :)
oh yes! More tuts please.
Say no more! :) th-cam.com/video/YyTa1apZ5XM/w-d-xo.html
Also, we now have a modeling playlist that focuses on Plasticity: th-cam.com/play/PLGCNPbliawcSXn4vbXCjltOw6kqvH-I3k.html
@1:20 I believe you can alt+click to select entire groups of edges?
Yep, great tip!
Hi, i have recently started learning plasticity, and i cant just see through object to trace my reference images in plasticity?
I think that is toggled in the upper right-hand corner. (Or Alt-Z)
Maybe I’m missing something, and I mean no disrespect, but how is this different than creating a curve in Max, extruding it vertically, and chamfering the edge?
As a Blender user, it looks amazing, would you argue and say this would be good for like car modelling?
100%
I hope to make some scf-fi aircraft with it.
@@ReboundAnimation it would be good for ya to show that off, if I design a car better in Plasticity instead of Blender, that be good
question is though is it useful for making game assets without a lot of retopo
Good question.
It's great if you are okay with triangles or n-gons.
If you need an all quad model, you likely can convert it with this plugin (if you use Blender) or another good remesher: th-cam.com/video/-JX00Fzy034/w-d-xo.html
@@ReboundAnimation imported a mesh created into Zbrush , not the best result , Zbremesher had a fit using ngon export. Triangulated version I grouped by normals, still not the best.
@@sqwert654 yeah, I found that the remesher I use works best on hard edges, as small fillets tends to confuse it.
I'm planning on releasing a tutorial on this sometime this week.
As promised: th-cam.com/video/2be97_htiP4/w-d-xo.html