Citizen Exclusive: Modeling the Mechanic – Part 8

by Jonathan Williamson

This exclusive Video Blender tutorial will cover the entire of process of modeling the mechanic character based off of the concept art by Drew Wolf. In this tutorial you will see the entire modeling process demonstrated, everything from blocking-in to fine detail work. You will find many techniques throughout that you may apply to your own modeling to improve your work flow.

In part 8 of this Citizen exclusive Blender 2.5 video tutorial series we take a break from the normal flow of things and run through a timelapse sculpting session. This sessions makes use of the techniques taught in previous sections to make progress on the model as a whole.

To download this tutorial please log into your citizen account here, or join the ranks today. Remember that being a citizen member not only gives you access to periodic exclusive tutorials, but access to our complete source library from Max Cookie, Modo Cookie and Blender Cookie. Normally 4USD a piece.

Thank you for the support and more education is on the way!

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*Concept art was submitted and completed by DREW WOLF

What is Covered in this Lesson
  • Detailing the glove
  • Detailing the apron
  • Detailing the hand
  • Detailing remaining accessories

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Discussion

14 Responses to “Citizen Exclusive: Modeling the Mechanic – Part 8”
  1. William McDonald
    Posts: 255

    Jonathan, you are outta control good.

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     May 17, 2010 at 1:08 am
  2. Sascha Weniger
    Posts: 4

    yeah , i like this a lot , too . thanks jonathan

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     May 31, 2010 at 8:43 pm
  3. gibson543
    Posts: 8

    I have a problem, I’ve tried downloading the first, second, and third videos. The second one downloaded good. But the first has stopped three times because my PowerBook G4 has “Failed to Decompress” Same goes for the third video. Is there a possible way around this?

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     May 31, 2010 at 9:14 pm
  4. Jeremy Webb
    Posts: 3

    This was a really great tutorial overall. I can’t wait to see what’s next with this model. I’d really like to see some UV mapping and a tutorial on the particle system.

    Are particle system and UV texturing systems stable or are we waiting on the developers to do some more fine tuning on those systems?

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     Jul 5, 2010 at 5:35 am
  5. Kristopher Gray
    Posts: 9

    OMG I just became a citizen and Instantly I was rewarded for my purchase!!! I always start with detail and then give up! and now I know why! I am very happy with my purchase!

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     Jul 8, 2010 at 11:13 am
    • Wes Burke
      Posts: 431

      Thank you for the comments and appreciate the support of us and the site. Helps keep the education flowing. ;) Talk more soon and have a great week.

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       Jul 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm
  6. vic robinson
    Posts: 10

    just finished watching the whole thing…. amazing… being one who was shown this because i used zbrush, ive always enjoyed blender, but missed the sculpting aspect…. its muuuuuch easier to use.

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     Sep 9, 2010 at 2:16 am
  7. et
    Posts: 5

    I dont have citizens

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     Sep 20, 2010 at 5:14 pm
  8. Jeffrey Scott
    Posts: 16

    Jonathan thanks for the tut it answers some questions left by “Kara.” Still have a few though.

    1) Did you ever do the hair. I could not fine a 9th video?
    2) Do you have any videos where you model the inside of the mouth? It’s the only piece missing.

    Thanks

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     Mar 12, 2011 at 1:16 pm
    • Jonathan Williamson
      Posts: 2971

      Hey Bastion,

      Did you not get the part on the hair for Kara? It should be there in the complete download. And no, I have not done a video that covers the inside of the mouth. I do hope to do this in the near future though.

      -Jonathan

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       Mar 12, 2011 at 1:35 pm
      • Jeffrey Scott
        Posts: 16

        Thanks for the quick reply. I do have the hair for Kara. It looked like you were doing something different with the Mechanic and I was just interested to see a different technique. Thanks for all the great work.

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         Mar 12, 2011 at 9:56 pm
  9. thiago kolb
    Posts: 136

    tutorial is complete?

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     Sep 1, 2011 at 3:29 pm
  10. Ezequiel Galán de Lucca
    Posts: 28

    Jonathan Williamson very good, very hard to sculpt the subject …
    I guess everything comes with practice …
    thank you very much
    My mechanic: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EAtiLtWI7Y0/TnXPKSmrECI/AAAAAAAAAGg/PD6eIMumHL4/s1600/mecanicoTerminadoBW.png

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     Sep 18, 2011 at 6:05 am
  11. David Glendining
    Posts: 1

    This whole series is so full of wonderful tips & examples!
    Thanks Jonathan.

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     Feb 8, 2012 at 4:39 pm

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