Experimentando Blender

Following the progress made in the rocks with materials post , I started to  to develop a realistic paint for a tank modeling project that can be checked  here .  The node setup is here below: Since the website where I got the texture from, had several maps of the texture already set up, it was easy to get a realistic result.  One of the main ideas I had for the tank was to use decals on some specific parts of the texture. So, I  imported the front grill of the T-70 project, and tried to apply a decal to it.  We start with the same base texture for the grill. Then, use a ColorRamp and intensify the bumps with a Bump Node Using a Simple ColorRamp we can create the Roughness Map to use on the Principled Shader Then, we need to mix the decal, the scratches and the overall green texture Decal base image Decal With Separate RGB in Red Scratches base image Scratches ColorRamp output Mixing Scra...

This time I have tried to improve my material skills, using the node editor. To further improve my skills in the node editor, I have consulted a blender conference video " Materials Made Easy - Non-Destructive Shading in Blender" , that you can check  here. It belongs to the  Official Blender Youtube Channel . To quickly model rocks , a similar workflow of the one shown in the video above was used.  Start with a simple extruded cube.    Then, add a subdivision surface to make it smooth.  Add a displace modifier with a Voronoi texture with large displacement scale, to give the base rock mesh.  Then, add a second subdivision surface modifier, to smooth out those weird edges from the displace modifier. At last, add a displace modifier with a second Voronoi texture, with smaller details. This gives the rock a more realistic look, without having to actually model a realistic one. On the modifiers tab you ...

Today I tried to improve my simulation skills, by learning about cloth and wind simulations. Following a few tutorials, I have acheived this result that you can see below: To do this, start with a basic plane, subdivide it multiple times (W->Subdivide in Edit Mode) in order to have enough vertices for the cloth to behave without weird artifacts appearing in the simulation. The top and bottom left vertices of the flag are configured to stay in a static position, the rest of the flag behaves with cloth physics and there is a Wind force Field to make the flag stand up. Crank up the Wind Strangth in order to acheive similar results. Check the simulation to get a good frame to render, like the one chosen in the picture below. You can give thickness to the cloth with a simple Solidify modifier.  Get a nice material and render it.  Skills learned: Basic Materials Cloth Simulation Wind Simulation