ZBrush Studio Projects: Realistic Game Characters

Chapter 1 Sculpting Tools and Workflow.

The Problem of Sculpting.

Our Sculpting Toolkit.

Unpacking Our Toolkit.

The Road Ahead.

Chapter 2 Sculpting the Body.

Proportions.

Project 1: Modeling Base Mesh in Maya.

Project 2: Bony Landmarks.

Project 3: Volume and Massing.

Project 4: Painting in the Anatomy.

Project 5: Filling in the Anatomy.

Chapter 3 The Head and the Face.

Proportions.

Project: Establishing the Foundation.

Project: Establishing the Eye.

Project: Establishing the Nose.

Project: Establishing the Mouth.

Project: Creating New Topology.

Summary.

Chapter 4 Texturing the Head.

Project: Texture Painting by Hand.

Project: Texture Painting Approach #2 ZAppLink.

Summary.

Chapter 5 Suiting Up with Clothes.

Creating a Jacket.

Summary.

Chapter 6 Building Weapons.

The Anatomy of the Weapon.

Anatomy of the Holster.

Texturing.

Summary.

Chapter 7 Getting It Into the Game.

The Topology Spectrum.

Project: Topology - Removing Interior Polygons.

Project: Topology - Combining Parts.

Project: Adding the Holster.

Project: Topology - Decimation Master & Polypainting.

Project: In-Game Hair.

Project: Create UVs using UV Master.

Project: UVs, Topology, and the Platform.

Project: Creating Maps.

Project: Setting Up Model in Maya.

Assessing Your Topology.

Project: Importing Jacket's Reflowed Topology.

Project: Getting Model into Marmoset.

Summary.

Chapter 8 Posing and Rendering in ZBrush.

Project: Finding the Pose with Mannequins.

Project: Establishing the Pose for the Body.

Project: Posing Multiple Objects.

Project: Creating the Base.

Project: Damaging the Base.

Project: Shadows and Ambient Occlusion.

Project: Using Render Passes.

Project: Plastic Maquette Material.

Project: Adding Some SSS.

Project: Timeline Turntable.

Project: XPose.

Project: Exporting a Movie.

Summary.

Appendix About the Companion DVD.

What You'll Find on the DVD.

System Requirements.

Using the DVD.

Troubleshooting.

Customer Care.

Index.