I need advice on Mudbox rock sculpting!

grimsonfart

Hi there!!

I am working on creating rocks for my enviornment using Mudbox. I am fairly expirienced with Mudbox and have been using it for other props several times. But creating rocks caused me some problems.

First off, i can never get the crisp look on the rock as you see Zbrush people do. It allways looks kind of bloaty and booring no matter what. I am having problems getting the shape i want, mainly because i feel the toolset is lacking for what i want to create.

Any Mudbox pros could give me some advice on this topic i would REALLY appriciate it, i dont want to learn Zbrush as the interface really scares me off >.>

pior

Try unticking the "update plane" tickbox of the flatten brush. This is probably the most powerful Mudbox feature of all, and works wonders for chiseled rocks.

grimsonfart

Thanks for the great tip. Definitly helps me out!

oglu

and do a automatic retopo from time to time....
but if possible i would use zbrush for stones...

MethodJ

I use the scrape brush, and then pinch around the edges of the scraped area.

grimsonfart

oglu wrote: »

and do a automatic retopo from time to time....
but if possible i would use zbrush for stones...

I know, i tried using Zbrush for a brief moment and i already got better results than with Mudbox. But i just dont want to learn a new program right now. I might do it later on though.

Kaine123

http://vimeo.com/6332832