zBrush destruction help

Talbot

Hi everyone,

I'm currently working on the high poly of a concrete pillar and have sort of hit a road block. The block is that I have very little experience with sculpting ware (cracks, chips, gauges etc.) in zbrush. One of the reasons why I'm having so little success is because I don't have a tablet and instead stuck with a mouse.

What I'm trying to accomplish is basically just roughing up my model a little. My model has a lot of detail in it so I don't want to take too much of that away. If someone could give me sort of a guide to follow that would be great. All I currently know is that I should be going from big to small brushes and that I should be using the clay brush.

SHEPEIRO

you dont need a tablet in zbrush but it helps.

just make some ace brushes for damage

Mongrelman

I'd suggest making a layer at the highest subd level, then use a crack alpha (or something else, even just sculpting with a brush). Then you can adjust the intensity of the layer to make it stronger or weake, or turn it all off if you don't like it.

Jesse Moody

Talbot.... I would give the same suggestions as Shep did and Mongrel. Both ways that I have done damage as well.

Also I may be able to help with another problem you have. Check out this thread.

http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?p=925303#post925303

Talbot

Thanks guys.

Jesse, that is very generous of you... but I think I'm going to have to pass. I only say this because I'm planning on buying an intuos 4 soon and I don't think it would be worth it. I'm sure there is someone else out there who doesn't see the purchase of a tablet in their future and who needs it more than I do.

I will be posting a highpoly of my pillar soon so keep an eye out in the pimping section.

Talbot

How do I make it so that when I subtract geometry... it looks less like it melted away and more like it chipped away?