Overview
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Interested in using Blender to model objects like vehicles or machinery? Learn how to create realistic hard surfaces such as the skid-steer loader featured in this course.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Exercise files
- What you should know
- Setting up reference images
- Blocking in basic forms
- Beginning the lift arms
- Using the Boolean Modifier
- Finishing the lift arms
- Creating the bucket
- Modeling the wheels
- Modeling the operator cab
- Creating the roof
- Creating the base and rear plate
- Modeling the rear cross bar
- Creating the lift cylinders
- Creating the rear door
- Modeling the engine housing
- Finishing the engine housing
- Modeling the seat
- Creating the steering controls
- Creating the window grid
- Modeling the door
- Modeling tubes and pipes
- Creating the tire treads
- Modeling the lights and handgrip
- Final modeling details
- Lighting the scene
- Creating base materials
- Background images for reflections
- Multiple materials and glass
- Adding image textures
- Creating a final render
- Next steps
