Blender Hard-Surface Modeling Techniques

Adding Nuts, Bolts & Cables to Sci-Fi Models with Bryant Momo Koshu

For artists working in the entertainment industry, elevating hard-surface designs from acceptable to a professional level depends heavily on the final detailing stage. In this highly focused, 30-minute technique spotlight, professional concept artist Bryant Momo Koshu shares the powerful tricks he uses to rapidly enhance hard-surface models using Blender. This workshop is ideal for intermediate-level artists looking to advance their Blender skills.

This concise workshop has been designed to give artists immediate, actionable workflows for adding intricate layers of detail — specifically, nuts, bolts, panel lines, and cables — to 3D assets, and to teach how to avoid being held back by tedious modeling pipelines.

This workshop uses Blender as the core software. Bryant uses two recommended Blender add-ons in his demonstrated workflow: Decal Machine and Cablerator.