How to model, texture and render a Bullet

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Discover advanced texturing and lighting techniques in this tutorial about creating bullets.

Length:
36 minutes
Software:
Blender 2.5
Difficulty:
Beginner
Rate:
VN:F [1.9.17_1161]
Rating: 4.7/5 (45 votes cast)

In this tutorial you will discover:

  • A quick and easy way to model a bullet
  • How to use Spec and Bump maps to produce more realistic textures
  • How to use image sharpening and color grading to improve the look of an image

In the book of 3d cliches, guns would have to be right at the top of the list. But it’s not surprising seeing as 98% of users are male!

So let’s all take a moment to indulge in a childish fantasy…

The Finished Result

Textures used in this Tutorial

At a Glance

Screenshots from the video:

Further Inspiration

Not sure where to go from here? Check out these videos below for a dose of bullet inspiration:

I hope you enjoyed this week’s tutorial! If you did, you may also like to check out my short film, The Ballad of the M4 Carbine.

What did you learn from this tutorial? What would you like to see more of? Drop a comment below.

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About Andrew Price

User of Blender for 9+ years. I've written tutorials for 3d World Magazine and spoken at three Blender conferences. My goal is to help artists get employed in the industry by making training accessible and easy to understand. I'm an Aussie and I live in South Korea ;)
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  • http://www.facebook.com/henrique.ferreirassa Henrique Ferreira

    HI Andrew!

    Man, you made me overcome my prejudice on Blender.

    Thank you for those brilliants tutorials! I’m gonna try to do all of this, but my PC is really slow, its gonna be slow.

    My final result with this tutorial. Yeah I’ve screwed up with the camera focus, but, it’s ok.

    Thanks a lot!

  • Nimppari
  • rider_rebooted

    Brilliant tutorial, thank you very much!

  • Nicolas

    Men I can’t do this -.- When I click on “Cylinder proyection” it doesn’t appear a… “rectangle” like the video, appear something weird I don’t know how to describe it, but it is not a fucking rectangle ! I’m desperate, i try to do it three times yet, help me please ! :C (Sorry my english, I’m argentinian :3)

    • Ian

      I had the same problem make sure before you select cylinder projection the entire object is selected and the UV/image editor window is cleared of any rendering.

      • Nicolas Vera

        Yes yes ! Before I select cylinder projection I press “A” to select the entire object, but it doesn’t work :C You can fix the problem ? And you can get that “rectagle” that I say ?

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